I’ve got a lot of respect for waiters. They’re on their feet for long hours doing back breaking work and dealing with jerk customers. At the end of the day, they go home with minimum wage and if they’re lucky, a few good tips. When I was away in college, I did a stint as a waiter for an ...
Trading Happiness For Approval
I don’t need anyone’s approval. Except my mother’s. I wish I didn’t, but on some level, I do. I’ve never looked to anyone for validation. If they didn’t believe I was talented, I didn’t care. If they didn’t think I was beautiful, it didn’t shake me. If they thought I wasn’t nice, it didn’t ...
Texture Discrimination Rampant In The Natural Hair Community
Discrimination isn’t always overt. That’s why sometimes it’s difficult to tell if you’re truly being discriminated against or just being overly sensitive. In the past five years, I have seen a massive change in attitudes towards natural hair. While we still have a long way to go, black women are ...
All Fun And Jokes Aside
To say this past week has been rough would be a serious understatement. On Thursday, while on my radio talk show, I made a comment that would later prove prophetic. It came the day after the bombshell announcement that the value-added tax (VAT) rate would be increased from 7.5 percent to 12 ...
