What’s The Big Deal About Baby Hair?
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Dear Latina Sisters: Will You Name and Disrupt Anti-Blackness?
WirePhoto by Clarke Sanders on Unsplash Denise Padín Collazo, Yes! Magazine Originally written for the April edition of Yes! Magazine…
Candy’s Life Matters Part Two: Candy, ‘Pose’ And Colorism
Pari Dukovic /FX I have an amendment to make. In 2019, I wrote an article giving a defense of Candy's…
Respect must be earned: BTS’ journey towards gaining its stripes in black America
EDIT Dec. 4, 2018: Recently, BTS has been going through some intense growing pains while on the international stage. Check…
Exclusive Interview: “Charcoal” writer/director Francesca Andre talks colorism
Francesca Andre has a message for everyone with her short film, Charcoal. The main theme of her film is about colorism…
At the beauty salon, Dominican-American women conflicted over quest for straight hair
A Dominican immigrant cuts the hair of a customer at her New York City salon. Seth Wenig/AP Photo Melissa Godin,…
Award-winning short film “Charcoal” attacks colorism head-on
Colorism might be a spectre of a racist past, but it still haunts the African diaspora, especially black women, today.…
#RepresentYourStory: A New Initiative By JUST ADD COLOR
JUST ADD COLOR is known as a place that discusses representation in entertainment. But let's be honest; there are a lot…
Three Reasons Why People Have a Problem with Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone
This is a story that's been a big dread of mine to write. Not because the issues are hard for…
