The Dreaded One

African American Health and Wellness: Part 3

Hello everyone. To wrap up National Minority Mental Health Month, here is a short…

African American Health and Wellness: Part 2

Dimensions of African American Health (Edwards, 1999)

African American Health and Wellness

April is National Minority Health Month so I thought it would be a good time to talk about…

Campus Racial Climate for African Americans Scale

Dominique Thomas

“From the moment the first African American student integrated a formerly segregated school, African Americans have endured indignities and brutality at institutions of higher learning.”

Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?

I have been thinking a lot about history lately, particularly my own (or lack of one). The farthest I can trace my family is through my maternal great-grandmother (My mom’s mom’s mom). As far as I know our whole family history is in Gulfport. I don’t know anything or…

Book Review #1: iVenceremos?

Jafari Allen’s book seeks to examine the ways in which Afro-Cubans engage in self-making. He argues that…

Black Lives Matter Meditation

Hello everyone. I came across this great resource a little while back. It’s a meditation that was created…

What is Science?

The older I get and the more I study, the more I realize some of the boundaries that we construct are just that: constructed boundaries. For example, the distinction between natural sciences, social science, and humanities. If you really think about the history of intellectual inquiry, most…

Article Summary #5: Black Youths’ Academic Success: The Contribution of Racial Socialization from Parents, Peers, and Schools

Hughes, D. L., McGill, R. K., Ford, K., & Tubbs, C. (2011). Black youths’ academic success: The contribution of…