I joke all the time about how great it will be when we’re all beige. When the color of our skin will no longer be an issue and each of us is will only be judged by our character and behavior.
When I say all this, I mean it. But I also realize that it’s probably [...]
20Oct09
Wow! This is 2009, right?
And yet another reminder of just how much the color of one’s skin can affect their life, their future, their love. Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish’s 8th Ward in Lousiana, recently refused to issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey and her boyfriend, Terence McKay. Why? Well, he’s Black, she’s [...]
