Category: Culture
Shariah Harris: The 1st Black Woman to make Polo history
Superstar polo player, Shariah Harris, is the first African American woman to ever play in the top tier of U.S. polo, also known as high-goal polo game. Harris is only 19-years-old and plays at the collegiate level for Cornell University. Harris said it isn’t always easy being the only African American woman playing polo ...
WHY YOUNG BLACK GIRLS NEED BLACK DOLLS
Our identity is one of the few things that we get to keep throughout our lives. We get to build upon it, make changes, and take control over the course of our lives, but it is better to build upon it when there is a solid foundation. This is why young black girls need to...
Big Sean donates 15k to Homeless efforts
Rapper Big Sean’s foundation, The Sean Anderson Foundation, just recently donated $15,000 to Wayne State University’s HIGH, Helping Individuals Go Higher. The HIGH program is designed to aid homeless students with short-term assistance, so in turn, students will be able to complete their degree. This is the second donation Big Sean has given to ...
The Saartjie Treatment: Why Black Women are Still the Venus Hottentot of Today
“Attention, please, those of you whose greatest ambition is to acquire the traffic-stopping body of Kim Kardashian. There is a less drastic alternative to costly and dangerous buttocks implants… the Kim Kardashian of another era…” Said Ben Brantley on May 15 2017 in his New York Times article reviewing...