Tag: tradition and culture
Celebrity
Raven-Symone: “Don’t label me gay or African American”
Former kiddie star Raven-Symoné confused her fans when she recently opened up to Oprah about her life and her sexuality. After years of...
Photos
PICS: Stars Attend The 2014 Ailey Spirit Gala
Dancer, choreographer Judith Jamison, left, and singer/actress Vanessa Williams were among the celebrities and taste makers to attend the 2014 Ailey Spirit Gala at...
Controversy
Outrage As Pharrell Williams Swaps Hats for ELLE Cover
Music producer Pharrell williams has found a new way to draw negative attention to himself. He swapped his ridiculous designer mountie hat for a...
News
Petition Protests ‘Racist’ New Army Hair Regulations
The military's efforts to regulate unkempt Afrocentric hairstyles is drawing flack from natural hair enthusiasts.
The Army's new regulations ban twists, cornrows and dreadlocks or...
Protest
Little Miss Hispanic Stripped of Title Because She’s Not Latin Enough
Delaware's 7-year-old Little Miss Hispanic is devastated that she was stripped of her title because she's not Hispanic enough.
After winning the Miss Chiquita Delaware...
Controversy
11-year-old girl runs away from home to avoid arranged marriage; “I’d rather kill myself”
An 11-year-old Yemeni girl ran away from home to escape an arranged marriage to an older man.
Nada al-Ahdal was saved from an arranged marriage...