I once thought that only well-meaning white people tried to raise their children "colorblind." They want their kids to believe it's possible to not see race in order to treat everyone equally. This is great in theory but has led to some headaches in race discussions. Someone who is ...Continue

The first time I was ever truly present at a party, I was 20 years old visiting the country of my birth,  Trinidad and Tobago, for Carnival.It's not that I was new to the party scene. Quite the contrary. By my 18th birthday, I was already frequenting adult bars and clubs in New York ...Continue

I never considered myself much of a rebel until now. My dark skin and kinky hair make me somewhat of an insurgent at my lily-white Midwestern prep school. Even more than that, it's my off-brand clothing, my scholarships, my single mother and our lower-class status. I feel confronted by this

I’m aging. That is not some massive revelation or deeply personal first-person confession; you’re aging too. Although we’re all doing it, our faces and bodies don’t all broadcast that we’re doing it in the same ways and at the same rates.For women, this is of great interest to the media,

Halloween night was finally here and I was headed to the party of the year. Our little beat up blue Datsun, which my mother affectionately called the "Blue Duck," made the 15-minute trip from Pasadena’s bungalow haven to a neat little cul-de-sac in Eagle Rock. This year’s party was being