Opinion

For black Americans, skin color is a complex topic.

Ta-Nehesi Coates over at The Atlantic has a good article on Kanye West’s lyrics about light skinned and white women and what they signify. I like the beats on Kanye West’s new album. I love the inversion of that famous line about Malcolm X–“That’s too much power for one man to have.” I think he’s […]

FROM CBSNews.com: The company has chosen Bollywood star Shahid Kapur to promote the application as well as its other skin-lightening creams for men. In the widget promising to “Transform Your Face On Facebook With Vaseline Men,” Kapur’s face is presented divided into dark and fair halves. “We started campaign advertising (for the application) from the […]

From CNN.com: (CNN) — A white child looks at a picture of a black child and says she’s bad because she’s black. A black child says a white child is ugly because he’s white. A white child says a black child is dumb because she has dark skin. This isn’t a schoolyard fight that takes […]