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Fashioning Faith

BlogHer Sabrina Enayatulla appears in Yasmin Moll's video, Fashioning Faith.

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On Being Mistaken For White

5/23/12 1:31pm by Justice Jonesie
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[Editor's Note: BlogHer Justice Jonesie had a fender bender recently. But that wasn't what upset her. It's that the police officer assumed that she was white, when she actually is multiracial (and thus confusing to some people). Read on to find out why this incident got under her skin, and how she thinks this situation could have been handled better. --Grace]  Read more

Priscilla Chan is Mark Zuckerberg’s College Sweetheart, Not Asian Fetish

5/20/12 11:18am by Grace Hwang Lynch
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Usually, when a couple gets married, they are showered with gifts and well-wishes. Not that Mark Zuckerberg is known to do anything the conventional way.  Read more >

White Babies No Longer Majority: Why Are Schools Not More Diverse?

5/17/12 9:34am by Rita Arens
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Elementary School Kids

This week the Washington Post noted for the first time in American history, white babies are no longer the majority born in the United States.  Read more >

The Other Moms: Beyond Black/White Feminism and Mommy Wars

5/15/12 11:31pm by Mihee Kim-Kort
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Asian woman and baby

That Time Magazine Cover with the BlogHer writer who posed for it breastfeeding her three-year old son. I don't even have to link to it. You know what I mean.  Read more >

Obama’s Gay Marriage Endorsement is a Slap in the Face to Black Conservatives

5/15/12 6:08am by LaShaun Williams
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[Editor's Note: President Obama's announcement to support gay marriage has a lot of implications among black voters, especially among the religious community which has historically shied away from backing gay rights. BlogHer LaShaun Williams of The L Factor feels the President has turned his back on African American voters in the process. Read on to see why. --Grace]  Read more

The Black Church’s Conundrum: What Would Jesus Do?

5/15/12 12:00am by MoniqueRuffin
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Gay women at rally

President Obama’s recent announcement that he believes gay couples should have the right to marry has touched the hearts of millions of Americans, gay and straight. It’s likely we all have gay friends and family members who have suffered due to discrimination, exclusion, and shaming. Personally, I have seen tremendous hatred toward gay people in my family and in the churches I attended as a youth and young adult.   Read more >

Obama Can Change Black Hearts, Minds For Gay Rights

5/14/12 11:28am by kvirella
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One of the best outcomes of Obama's endorsement of gay marriage has been the inspiration and courage it has given a lot of African-American church goers to likewise vocalize their support.  Read more >

Charisse Conanan and Adrissha Wimberly Are Changing How Millennials View Personal Finance

5/11/12 5:13pm by KathrynFinney
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Adrissha and Charisse, CEOs of Smarteys.com

One of the hottest topics this election season is about student loans and student debt. According to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, student loan debt recently topped 1 trillion (yes, trillion) dollars by the end of this year. And while there's plenty of financial self-help books (Suze Orman's The Money Book for The Young, Fabulous, and Broke comes to mind), few financial tools are targeted to a generation that consumes information in a more tech-centric way.  Read more >

YA Lit: Real Diversity or Coffee-Colored Characters?

5/11/12 10:21am by Grace Hwang Lynch
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If you are white, you might not even think twice that most characters in books are the same race as you. But for black, Latino, and Asian readers -- especially young adults -- the choices in literature that reflects those experiences is pretty slim. Recently, an article in The Atlantic Wire examined that. YA author Sarah Ockler takes the discussion one step further explaining why token minority characters don't help...  Read more

Is Feminism for Black Mothers, Too?

5/10/12 6:32am by LaShaun Williams
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[Editor's Note: Last week, the New York Times invited mothers of various ages and background to chime in on motherhood, feminism and attachment parenting. BlogHer LaShaun Williams was one of those who responded, with a provocative statement that mainstream feminism has not only ignored black women, but short-changed the role of motherhood. Here's part of LaShaun's follow up on her blog The L factor. --Grace]  Read more