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Written by Love Isn’t Enough Guest Contributor Andrea (AJ) Plaid; Originally published at Racialicious Honestly, reading some of the analyses about the fauxpology from Very Smart Brothas about their “rape prevention advice” and rapper Too $hort’s “fatherly advice” to boys … Continue reading →

Dear White Women [My Brown Baby] Dear White Women, I know the breastfeeding world is all abuzz over reports that Beyonce breastfed her beautifully brown baby, Blue Ivy Carter, in public last week and that we consider this a victory … Continue reading →

Dear Tami,  Myname is Efrat, and I’m a graduate student at Drexel University. I amstudying African American women’s coping after miscarriage and stillbirth.African American women experience miscarriage and stillbirth twice as often asany other racial/ethnic group, but there is almost … Continue reading →

Written by Love Isn’t Enough Contributor A. Bloom At five, our daughter, was still very much looking to our black friends and adults in her life (professors, artists, heath-professionals, and our pastor) to develop her sense of self. As white … Continue reading →

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It’s Thursday–time for another Gratuitous Cute Kid Pic. Today, we feature LIE Contributor Rachel Broadwater’s girls, Madison and Kayla. What sweeties! Got cute kids? Send their photos to team@loveisntenough so we can show them off for you! Tweet

Written by Love Isn’t Enough Guest Contributor Jennifer; Originally published at Mixed Race America It is Black History month, a time when we (as a nation) remember the significant contributions to American history, culture, and society of people of African … Continue reading →

Indiana Legislator Attacks the Girl Scouts [Slate/The X Factor] The escalating hysteria around modern Girl Scouts is due to the increasing polarization in this country around the concept of women’s equality. In an era where the right is putting contraception … Continue reading →

AFCAF/NY in collaboration with FCCNY and St. John’s Adoption Initiative present ADOPTED. The Movie. We Can Do Better:  6 Evenings on Transracial Adoption with Adult Adoptees ADOPTED, the Movie:  The Movie (2009) by filmmaker Barb Lee “reveals the grit rather than … Continue reading →

Written by Love Isn’t Enough Contributor Rachel Broadwater “Race according to W.E.B Dubois is the differences of hair, skin, and bone…It matters because they are visible..it matters because our culture tells us these differences matter, that the difference in hair, … Continue reading →

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It’s Thursday, time for another gratuitous cute kid pic. This, if you are 4, is clearly the Way to Eat Lunch! Got cute kids? Send their pictures to us at team@loveisntenough.com so that we can show them off for you! … Continue reading →

Written by Love Isn’t Enough Guest Contributor Lexa; Originally published at Lexa’s Journal. When it comes to educating children, I am a firm believer that the opportunity to learn takes place more often in the absence of a formal curriculum. … Continue reading →

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Written by LIE Co-editor Julia Recently, while wandering around the university where I work, I discovered a publication produced by the university’s library titled “One hundred years of Little Black Sambo.” The publication describes the library’s acquisition of a collection … Continue reading →

The Loving Story Premieres this Valentine’s Day on HBO [Southern Poverty Law Center] Teaching Tolerance has produced a teacher’s guide to accompany The Loving Story, a documentary about an often overlooked aspect of the civil rights movement – the fight … Continue reading →

The Swastika in Our Neighborhood [Huffington Post] This led to a discussion of Hitler’s view of a master race, which is pretty tough to explain to a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jewish child (a friend fondly refers to him as “the Jewish … Continue reading →

originally published at Sociological Images by Lisa Wade You might have heard that, after the birth of his daughter with Beyonce Knowles in January, Jay-Z has sworn off calling women “bitches.” [Editor: Jay-Z's representation has since denied this claim.] His change … Continue reading →

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written by Love Isn’t Enough contributor Renee; originally published on Womanist Musings I have always said that once you have a couple of kids, they function as great birth control. Every time the unhusband and I get close to each … Continue reading →