Higginbotham has covered topics including death, sex, and divorce. Recently, she told the FBomb about her newest book, Not My Idea, which tackles racism and white privilege, and is available now.
As a black person with light-skin privilege, it took me a while to understand that society treats dark-skinned black people with a similar indifference and insensitivity to that which the ugly duckling experienced.
Brazilian author PJ Pereira tells the Fbomb about how his best-selling trilogy of books about the Orishas, gods that are part of the indigenous Yorubá tradition, are helping the belief system be re-examined in Brazilian culture.
In early May, Kim Kardashian West made headlines for her attempts to ask White House officials to advocate for a presidential pardon for 62-year-old Alice Marie Johnson. While this case is certainly worthy of attention, her advocacy generally overlooks the fundamental problems of racism and prosecutorial discretion within the criminal justice system.
The day after his “Saturday Night Live” performance, Childish Gambino released a new song titled “This Is America.” The complicated imagery of the song’s accompanying music video powerfully highlights the provocative symbolism of his lyrics, which make political statements about the role of blackness in America.
Gabby Antonio Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! is a web series that challenges systems of oppression in both its production and its content.
Finally, audiences — many for the first time ever — get to see a complex black superhero supported by a majority black cast, who thrive in positions of royalty and power based on their society’s technological advancement, in an Afrocentric environment.
In early January, H&M came under fire for an ad campaign that many people considered racist and this incident is hardly the first example of a company marketing racist products.
The one thing that characterized my childhood in the Bronx has been fire. Growing up there, it was clear that the borough hadn’t been, wasn’t, and perhaps never will be a priority for New York City officials.
In the context of a market that has long failed to provide products for countless potential customers of color, Rihanna created products featuring myriad tones that embrace a diverse array of skin types.
The way eurocentric beauty standards related to skin tone have permeated other cultures is clear today.
Barack and Michelle’s chose two black artists to create their portraits for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery: Barack chose Brooklyn native Kehinde Wiley and Michelle chose Baltimore-based Amy Sherald.
Even though more women and people of color are featured in this season, the fact that they were added in and of itself doesn’t make the show more progressive.
The Department of Homeland Security is halting the acceptance of new DACA applications, and the thousands who have already received DACA status are at risk of deportation.
Colin Kaepernick is unemployed because he decided to kneel while the national anthem played before games in protest of racial injustice, namely the string of police killings of unarmed black men, in the United States.
The privilege of fully being oneself is harder for students with whom schools take issue — specifically black students, who are often disproportionately affected by dress code sanctions.