Letter To A Man

by Curtis Martin. Stolen from Denmark Vesey.

“A man’s relationship with his woman should resemble God’s relationship with that man. God knows you inside and out, yet He still loves you. Just think of how loving He is: His patience, His kindness, His guidance, His forgiveness, His grace and mercy… Now keep that thought [...]

Color Blind Casting

THEATER people have been talking for decades about James Earl Jones playing Big Daddy. The established white Southern setting of Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” notwithstanding, Mr. Jones, the barrel-chested actor with the inimitable basso profundo, strikes many as a natural fit for the foul-tempered, vulgar landowner. There was serious discussion about [...]

How To Deal With The Weight Issue

Black and Married with Kids responds to a reader’s query about the “weight issue.”

“Dear BMWK,
I am 29 and my bf is 29 and in the military. We are talking about marriage and he brought up a sensitive issue, weight. I am 5′8 and I wear a size 14/16, I put on weight [...]

The Root: To Denounce And Reject

“Bullying black leaders to represent the entire black race and to speak and think as one, while also treating every loud-mouthed, controversial black leader as if they represent the opinions, political views and personal aspirations of every black American, seemed to me to be a journalistic and political double-standard that was rarely, if ever, applied [...]