When I was 10, after my parents divorced, my mother became a single parent, raising four kids practically on her own. I still don’t know how she managed at times, but she wasn’t without help. The one thing I can say that made a huge difference was the fact that, even before Hillary Clinton spoke…

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…

Writing at Clutch magazine, Yesha Callahan describes the double standard regarding so-called black names and wonders why some of the nontraditional names that white parents give their children are not similarly critiqued. There’s always that question of “What’s in a name?” but nowadays it’s “Why do parents give black children such weird names?”.  That exact question…

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…

Clutch magazine‘s Yesha Callahan is perplexed about some of the actress’s recent commentary.  Then there’s her abuse of the word “androgyny” when she speaks about possibly being able to fall in love with a woman, marry one and raise a family. In the magazine, Saldana, 34, describes herself as “androgynous.” She says she may “end…

Yesha Callahan wonders at Clutch magazine whether the differences in the two groups’ collective histories are too great to assume a natural alliance. I remember watching a gay rights activist on a television interview discussing the importance of “natural alliances” in the struggle for equality. He stated that “African-Americans” were a “natural ally” for gay…

The actress recently retweeted that the sentiment that someone “blacker” should play Nina Simone was “reverse racism at its best.” Clutch magazine‘s Yesha Callahan wonders what it will take for the public to accept Saldana’s identity, and the fact that Hollywood will do what it wants. Now a retweet can be taken in several different…