Karen Grigsby Bates

is a Los Angeles-based correspondent for NPR News and co-author, with Karen Elyse Hudson, of The New Basic Black: Home Training For Modern Times (Doubleday).

About Come Correct

Manners and mores in modern life? It's about way more than where the fork goes.

All JULY POSTS (6)

Profile Protocol

What to do when (not if) you're stopped or pulled over

When "Sorry" Isn't Enough

An Insincere Apology Is Worse Than Nothing At All

Invisible Woman

When a non-black person is rude, are they rude cause they have no home training, or....?

Sharing Too Much On Your Shirt

Sometimes saying out stuff is bad enough--but on a T shirt? Please!

Grace Through The Pain

The Jacksons Did Michael Proud On Tuesday

Funerals, Memorial Services, Doing The Right Thing

You Don't Have To Be Present To Pay Tribute To the Departed