On the Naming and Shaming of Quvenzhanè Wallis
We’ve been here before, most recently in the case of Gabrielle Douglas and most often with First Lady Michelle Obama. And now, Quvenzhanè Wallis. Those extraordinary Black females must be identified as...
View ArticleAfro Puffs, Politics and Privilege
So what? You wear your hair natural. Now, add darker skin to that. Add a different physique. How much harder do you think things would be for you? You’ve been acting like there is an equal playing...
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Thinking Intersectionality Symposium, Michigan State University
Thinking Intersectionality, Patricia Hill Collins It is always motivating and refreshing to be surrounded by others doing the work of intersectionality. This weekend I had the intellectual pleasure of...
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McLean County Diversity Project Retreat
This weekend I had the pleasure of facilitating a weekend of workshops for the McLean County Diversity Project. 24 Scholars examined diversity, inclusion and workplace discrimination through a series...
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Girls’ Day with Girl Scouts of Central IL
This weekend, Life Behind the Veil partnered with Girls Scouts of Central IL. We had an amazing session on perceptions of beauty and body image! Check out a few pics from the day.
View ArticleExactly What Are We Defining? Curl Typing in the Natural Hair Community
Language is powerful. So much so that many underprivileged and underrepresented groups (i.e. people of color, women) have ceased using terms like “minority” because of the necessarily negative...
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I facilitated a couple of diversity workshops yesterday (8th grade students). While I typically work with young girls, the groups were predominately male (one group was all male). One of the young men...
View ArticleWhite Girls Can’t Dance: Scripps Ranch High School and the Racialization of...
Last week, a group of San Diego students from Scripps Ranch High School were suspended when a video surfaced which featured the students twerking.[1] The video was both recorded and edited on school...
View ArticleGuest Post at Alliedthought.com
Stopped over at Alliedthought.com to discuss the role of Black men in the Rape/Race movement. Check out the piece here
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I Don’t Get It: Confessions of a Male Observer of Sexual Harassment...
Read an online article that addresses male privilege, white privilege, or anything of the sort and you will likely find a comment board littered with defensive comments from the group identified as...
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From Clarence Thomas to R. Kelly: Black Women, Sexual Violence and the...
1991 “This is a circus, it’s a national disgrace. And from my standpoint, as a black American, it is high-tech lynching for uppity blacks.” “I will not provide the rope for my own lynching or for...
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I’m Jezebel, Meet My Sister—Home Wrecker: Mary Jane Paul, Olivia Pope and...
Just when we thought the world exhausted itself of identities to create for Black women, television brings us the Home Wrecker. Many are familiar with Jezebel, Mammy, Educated Bitch and Welfare...
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Hey Sista, Sole Sista; The Lack of Black Female Relationships in Scandal
Olivia Pope once held a golden ticket to safety in the event of Armageddon. No less than 3 men have professed their love for her in the last season alone. Pope has a ride or die crew that would give...
View ArticleWhen Black Girls Are Left Sitting on the White House Steps; Sexual Assault,...
Sexual assault and domestic violence are issues faced by girls and women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Still, Black girls and women are disproportionately more likely to experience both forms...
View ArticleB-Girls R.A.P.
Life Behind The Veil is excited to announce the launch of our mentoring and empowerment program, B-Girls R.A.P.! . B-Girls Resilience and Prevention (B-Girls R.A.P.) is a mentoring and empowerment...
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I facilitated a couple of diversity workshops yesterday (8th grade students). While I typically work with young girls, the groups were predominately male (one group was all male). One of the young men...
View ArticleWhite Girls Can’t Dance: Scripps Ranch High School and the Racialization of...
Last week, a group of San Diego students from Scripps Ranch High School were suspended when a video surfaced which featured the students twerking.[1] The video was both recorded and edited on school...
View ArticleGuest Post at Alliedthought.com
Stopped over at Alliedthought.com to discuss the role of Black men in the Rape/Race movement. Check out the piece here
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I Don’t Get It: Confessions of a Male Observer of Sexual Harassment...
Read an online article that addresses male privilege, white privilege, or anything of the sort and you will likely find a comment board littered with defensive comments from the group identified as...
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From Clarence Thomas to R. Kelly: Black Women, Sexual Violence and the...
1991 “This is a circus, it’s a national disgrace. And from my standpoint, as a black American, it is high-tech lynching for uppity blacks.” “I will not provide the rope for my own lynching or for...
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