Companies are recognizing the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement with social media statements and philanthropic pledges. In addition to this, there are more actions to be taken to create change. My girl and fellow expert in diversity, equity, and inclusion Toyia Rudd joins me to discuss the state of corporate America’s response to… Read more »
Last week, a video produced by actress Amandla Stenberg grabbed much of the interwebs attention and launched a thousand think pieces about cultural appropriation. This 16-year-old artist put out a video on her Instagram that I believe was part of a school project entitled, “Don’t Cash Crop my Cornrows” where she covered a wide spectrum of actions… Read more »
My daddy and I are pretty close. It has always been this way. We have not always agreed on everything – especially when I wanted to stay out all night and party till dawn while in high school – but we worked through our differences and now are like two peas in a pod. We… Read more »
I recently caught a news report about a new exhibit at the Smithsonian museum which attempts to encapsulate what it means to be cool. I stopped getting prepared for my work day to listen to what the curators of the exhibit had concluded who and what to be cool in our society. Entitled “American Cool”, the… Read more »