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Moving Back Home: A Gift and a Curse
If you had told me in college that I would end up back under my parents’ roof a few months after graduation, I probably would have quipped in response, “Until you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna fail.” I had plans, and none of them included me being back in the…
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Breaking Up With Boyfriend Barack
It’s not surprising that so many people get defensive over President Barack Obama. In many cases, it’s completely understandable. When you hear that a Republican congressman referred to the nation’s first black president as a “tar baby,” you’re rightfully infuriated. The same can be said when condescending Wall Street Journal writers question his intelligence. Worse…
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Eddie Long Can't Cash in on Creflo Dollar's Support
Atlanta mega-church pastor Eddie Long has privately resolved a lawsuit that he had previously sworn to fight like David fought Goliath, so he is free to move forward with plans to expand his once profitable ministry. Should he be let off the hook? Despite rumblings that his New Birth church is falling fast, Long, who…
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Did Don Lemon Throw Blacks Under the Bus?
Rachel Maddow’s wish has been granted. Less than a month after the MSNBC anchor’s much-talked-about interview with the Guardian, in which she encouraged her closeted on-air peers to reveal their true gay selves, someone answered that call. It might not be the cable-news anchor people expected, but CNN’s Don Lemon has managed to snatch up…
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Yes, There Are Positive Images of Black Women on Reality TV
I knew what was coming the minute after reading that NeNe Leakes and Star Jones would be joining the fourth season of Celebrity Apprentice. It was pretty clear that with Leakes’ hot head and Jones’ slick mouth, the two were destined for on-screen conflict. So it is not shocking to see the Real Housewives of…
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Coming Out: Not as Simple as Black and White
Before I decided to come out about my sexuality, I reached out for advice to someone who I knew was gay. I wanted to hear from another black man who I assumed to be out, comfortable and happily leading an open life. I was still very much petrified, but I mustered enough courage to ask…
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Chris Brown, Stop the 'Woe Is Me' Act
Tuesday’s Good Morning America appearance should have been a stop on Chris Brown’s journey toward some well-earned reputation recovery. Now it’s just another reason the narrative surrounding him and his career may always be focused on his anger. By now you’ve heard reports that Brown flew into a fit of rage after his interview with…
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Losing Our Religion
Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him on Twitter.
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The Top 20 News Hogs of 2010
Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him on Twitter. As happy as we are to learn that Antoine Dodson and his family got out of the projects after someone allegedly attempted to rape his sister, a part of us loathes how he has spun this episode for…
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Raz-B's Molestation Publicity Blitz
For the benefit of headline-seeking celebrities everywhere, it’s time we add an addendum to the phrase, “All press is good press.” In recent months, thanks to the likes of Fantasia Barrino and Tyler Perry, suicide and molestation — two issues largely unaddressed in the black community — have been brought to the forefront. Of course,…
