Since the mid-20th century, a handful of white journalists have tried to understand the complexity of the Black experience through donning a costume. Reg Burkett/Express/Hulton Archive via Getty ...
Racial encounters are part of Cross’ nigrescence theory of Black identity development. Nigrescence literally means “the process of becoming Black.” This is the important point; Blackness is more than ...
AFAMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Introduction : Being and becoming Black in the West -- The European and American invention of the Black Other -- The ...
When did being 'Black' become a choice? It's curious that President Trump thinks that Vice President Harris chose to be Black. I am a straight, white, male American, and none of those was my choice ...
Duron Chavis speaks about his urban agriculture work at the five-acre Sankofa Community Orchard on Richmond’s South Side, during Next City's 2023 Vanguard conference. (Photo by Next City) This is your ...
Jen Iro, a 34-year-old from Texas, has been having a hard time with the current state of American politics. The last time she cast a ballot was for former President Barack Obama, and she doesn’t think ...
Based on the way she appears now, I would disagree. Others have compared Dolezal’s change to the transformation of Caitlyn Jenner, saying that if a man can become a woman, a White person can become ...