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Outspoken Comedian Paul Mooney Dies at 79
Paul Mooney was never afraid to speak his mind, no matter who was around. The self-proclaimed “Godfather of Comedy” worked alongside some of the industry’s most heralded stars, from Richard Pryor to Eddie Murphy, inspiring the comics who came after him to do the same. As Robert Townsend once said: “Paul didn’t care to be…
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Katherine G. Johnson, the Groundbreaking NASA Mathematician Featured in Hidden Figures, Has Died at 101
Katherine G. Johnson, the NASA mathematician who played a key role in helping America win the space race and whose story was featured in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, died Monday. She was 101 years old. From the moment she learned how to count, Johnson fell in love with numbers. “I counted everything. I counted…
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In Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book, It’s Clear All the Blacks Are Still Men
“I know what the world has done to my brother and how narrowly he has survived it,” James Baldwin wrote in a 1962 letter to his teenage nephew. “And I know, which is much worse, and this is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen and for which neither I nor time nor…
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Seriously, D.L. Hughley, You’re Telling Columbus Short’s Wife to Shut Up?
I’m not sure what D.L. Hughley’s problem is with Columbus Short’s estranged wife, Tanee McCall-Short—or, in general, with women who have been subjected to domestic violence—but on a recent episode of his online radio show, the comedian had some raw advice for McCall-Short, who says she was attacked by Short: “Shut the f—k up.” Excuse…
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Can You Really Be a 'White Woman of Color'?
At Clutch magazine, Britni Danielle challenges cultural appropriation in a piece about a woman who grew up white in Mexico but was seen as a woman of color when she moved to the U.S. But “being white excludes her from being a woman of color. Period,” she writes. I recently stumbled across an interesting essay by…
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No Props to Prada for Hiring 1 Black Model After 19 Years
Prada did something it hasn’t done in 19 years: cast a black model in one of its ads. Writing at Clutch magazine, Britni Danielle is not impressed and cautions fashion buyers and cultural critics against congratulating the fashion house for an occurrence that should happen more frequently, given the diversity that exists in the fashion consumer…
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Racist Mountain Dew Ad: Everyone Involved Should Have Known Better
In a piece for Clutch magazine, Britni Danielle says that Tyler, the Creator’s online commercial — in which a battered white woman has to pick a suspect out of a lineup consisting of black men and a goat — peddles stereotypes that black men have been fighting for years. Dr. Boyce Watkins called the spot,…
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If You Don't Like Other Women, I Don't Trust You
Clutch magazine‘s Britni Danielle explains why “I don’t have any female friends” is a giant red flag. Here’s the thing: I used to be one of those girls. When I was growing up I was a bit of a tomboy and hung out with boys. While I always had a small circle of female friends,…
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Single Mothers: Stop Talking About Us Unless You Have Solutions
At Clutch magazine, Britni Danielle uses her personal story and those of others to counter the typical gloom-and-doom discussion. Looks like the media found a new group to throw under the bus this week: single moms. I really just want to say…keep our names out your mouth, yo…but I’m going to take a more diplomatic approach.…
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Is Racism Really Waning?
Britni Danielle is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and novelist. She has covered pop culture, politics and race for outlets such as Essence, Jet and Clutch. Follow her on Twitter.
