For most of the long Independence Day Holiday, I was “takin’ a (generous) bite outta” the Big Apple! (LOL) And at one of the parties I attended, an incident got deep under my skin and really rankled me. This particular soiree was interracial: roughly, the breakdown was 50% Black, 30 % Caucasian and 20 % Latino/Blatino. And, it was mostly [...]
In "Colorism in Black and White," my brand new MOOD SWINGS column for the venerable BALTIMOREOUTLOUD, I explore the ignominious origins and roots of colorism, an insidious form of racism/discrimination many Caucasians continue to wage against people of color--particularly African-Americans. Born during the advent of slavery, colorism is the practice of using the differences in complexions to pit one group of oppressed [...]
