“Over the years, you learn ways to keep your hat on your head: Don’t let people touch the hat. Don’t let people knock the hat. Don’t let people hug too close. [...]

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Sara was born in 1789, Henrietta in 1920, more than 130 years later. Sara was a South African woman and Henrietta was an African American. They lived in different times, different worlds and they never knew each other, but they have a lot in common. Both were black women, and both were exploited by the [...]

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And here comes the hair thing… again. Some months have passed since I wrote the last post about hair and I consider that now I have much more experience to talk about it. Has my opinion changed? Well, no really. Actually as time goes by, I believe more [...]

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I always wondered why it’s so hard for people to talk listen about race, specially white people. Race is one of those topics, like politics and religion, that you must never bring up in a reunion, not because people might have different opinions or beliefs, but because it makes people really uncomfortable and afraid to [...]

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