But that began to change in the 1980s with the introduction of Black Barbies. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Lagueria Davis, the producer of Black Barbie: A Documentary.

Princeton University visual arts professor, Joe Scanlan — a white man — thinks it’s OK for him to say the N-word. If it’s in an academic setting, if it’s part of a class lecture, if the ...

"The Big Pink aimed to make an album about every facet of love, so it's a great tribute to them that after hearing these 11 songs many will immediately want to come back for more as soon possible.

Race is not an issue movies confront often, or well. But when Kevin Costner saw the script for "Black or White," a drama about a white man embroiled in a battle for custody of his biracial ...