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Race: Too Sensitive? Not Sensitive Enough?

Midway through a rousing rendition of En Vogue’s “Never Gonna Get It,” Cilka and I, singing into…

Biracial Babies: Identifying Children As Mixed Race

Marriage and color-blindness appear to be on the rise, according to the American Academy of Child and…

Does Affirmative Action Make Minority Students Less Capable Or Prepared?

Dear Sticky Questions, I feel that minorities who receive degrees from reputable white colleges and universities are…

Perspectives On Race Relations & Racial Discrimination Hitting New Lows

If we cannot count on the younger and future generations to invest in understanding the disparities that…

Preteen Pregnancy: An Alarming Trend

As a teen mother during the early 1970s, I can attest to the extreme difficulty of having…

Mama, What Color Am I?

My 2-year-old daughter looked at my husband and said, “Daddy is tan.” She looked at me and…