My opinion piece about skin lightening creams...

Quoted: Sammy Sosa’s new vampire complexion is a jarring reminder that, from the Dominican Republic to Dakar to New Delhi, white is still right, yellow is still mellow and if you’re black, get back.

I love the claim that he's not racist because he marries black couples all the time...

Quoted: A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

Interesting piece from Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the historical context of "race mixing" in America.

Quoted: In defiance of law, social convention and what some “believe,” an enormous amount of “race mixing” has long been occurring in the U.S.

Really amazing that her lineage could be traced so precisely.

Quoted: The map of Michelle Obama’s ancestors connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency.

The end of Ebony...

Quoted: Four years ago, at the funeral of Ebony magazine founder John H. Johnson, then-Sen. Barack Obama remembered the man who almost single-handedly built the economic foundation for black-audience periodicals.

Dude, 25 years?!

Quoted: Did the Huxtables make the Obamas possible?

Messed up. This article raises an issue a lot of people have noticed but never really talk about in NYC...

Quoted: In some families, the ethnic background of a nanny carries a certain cache — and entrenched stereotypes.

You tell 'em, Jimmy!

Quoted: Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism."

Dr. Gates writes about having a beer with Sgt. Crowley and Pres. Obama at the White House.

Quoted: Skip Gates on the White House beer meeting: "It is incumbent upon Sergeant Crowley and me to utilize the great opportunity that fate has given us..."