My first experience with colorism as a child wasn’t exactly a personal experience. In our house, there were four kids, two light and two brown. My brother and I were the brown ones. It’s not as though we cared, either, or even noticed. We did things kids do on a daily basis: went to school,…

Kenan Thompson is way off the mark in suggesting that the reason Saturday Night Live has too few black female comedians is that there aren’t enough funny, talented black women for the job, Yesha Callahan argues at Clutch magazine. In a recent interview with TV Guide, Thompson removes all blame for Lorne Michaels, the executive producer…

In a piece at Clutch magazine, Yesha Callahan cautions against claiming reverse racism about Tyra Banks’ participation in a photoshoot emulating white supermodels in which she appears lighter. Although Callahan doesn’t particularly like the photos, she has a hunch that much of the outcry stems from the backlash white people receive when they appear in…

Writing for Clutch magazine, Yesha Callahan rounds up the back-and-forth between advocates such as members of the Congressional Native American Caucus and the NFL brass they’re lobbying to get the r-word removed from the football team’s name. It’s an ongoing effort that does not appear to be successful. (Team owner Dan Snyder has said, “We’ll never…