Is "What up n-gga?" a Racial Slur?

The Defendant’s mother, pictured.In a racially charged case in New York, a white defendant is charged with a hate crime after approaching a black man, saying, “What’s up nigga?” and beating him. The black man responded, “What’s up.” The jury is expected to be presented with evidence that the N-word is no longer a pejorative [...]

Infertility: A Silent Crisis?

Now that I’ve reached 30, many of my friends have kids, or are planning on having kids within the next few years. Many people I know, however, I are having major problems conceiving. I have found this to be the case particularly among my white friends, but several black and Asian couples I know also [...]

Black Man Marches For The Confederacy

H.K. Edgerton is his name. Try to resist the temptation to strike him if you meet him. Edgerton is marching along with a South Carolina girl, Candice Hardwick, who is protesting her school’s refusal to allow her to wear Confederate garb. Edgerton says that he admires her stand for “her Southland.” [...]