I was most comfortable with my identity when I was anti-Black
“That’s so ghetto,” he said to another student in my classroom. The tall, attractive Black 15-year-old was commenting on how he thought that Black women who speak loudly in public...
“That’s so ghetto,” he said to another student in my classroom. The tall, attractive Black 15-year-old was commenting on how he thought that Black women who speak loudly in public...
Culture / Gender & Sexuality / Motivational / Race / Reflections
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published February 14, 2017
Growing up, my mother never had a shortage of Ebony and Essence magazines splayed across our coffee table, a fact that has shaped me into adulthood. When I was bored, I...
Gender & Sexuality / Motivational / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published April 20, 2016 · Last modified October 5, 2020
Almost every morning for the past two years, I have found myself sitting in my car on this predominantly White campus playing Tasha Cobbs or Kendrick Lamar or BJ the...
Gender & Sexuality / Politics / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published July 8, 2015 · Last modified December 17, 2016
When I was seventeen, I was groomed and preyed upon by a high school basketball coach. He told me to stop wearing panties if I wanted to get a ‘real...
Culture / Entertainment / Gender & Sexuality / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published September 20, 2014 · Last modified December 17, 2016
I guess Shonda Rhimes didn’t get the memo. She was the latest victim in bigoted white America’s endeavor to undermine successful black people. And she certainly won’t be the last.
Gender & Sexuality / Lifestyle / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published August 14, 2014 · Last modified December 17, 2016
Being a six-foot-four inch tall black woman often precludes me from being mistaken for other people. Growing up, I was almost never told “Hey, you look just like my friend,”...
Gender & Sexuality / Lifestyle / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published April 17, 2014 · Last modified December 17, 2016
I looked out of my driver side window at a shiny, red convertible. Next to it was an average looking white man and a black girl no more than twelve...
Gender & Sexuality / Lifestyle / Parenting / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published November 15, 2013 · Last modified April 14, 2017
My husband and I have three gorgeous children. Our oldest will be six next month. Our youngest just arrived last month. We were married in 2006 after dating for three...