Role Reboot

What You’re Really Saying When You Ridicule Blue Ivy’s Hair

Black women are constantly scrutinized for their parenting. And attacking Blue Ivy’s hair is a way of attacking Beyonce. A topic of conversation I never found engaging was “natural hair vs. permed hair.” Seriously, who has the audacity to tell someone their hair is wrong? But the main reason I intentionally don’t engage in this discourse […]

Will And Jada Pinkett Smith Are Being Investigated Because They’re Black

Even when you’re black and rich, or black and powerful, you’re always black first. If you didn’t notice, a story about social workers investigating Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and their family swept through the blogosphere today. Last week, an Instagram photo showing their 13-year-old daughter, Willow, and a shirtless 20-year-old male family friend sitting […]