Race and Ethnicity

July 7, 2022

Robert Colescott Throws Down the Gauntlet

His paintings refer to race and racism, pride and prejudice, in ways that startled, seduced, elucidated, and horrified. Now they are at the New Museum. Watch […]
June 8, 2022

The Meme That Derailed an Executive’s Career

John Demsey made diversity Estée Lauder’s corporate pitch. An Instagram post with a racial epithet cost him his job. John Demsey, the beauty executive who became […]
June 3, 2022

In Napa Valley, a Commitment to One Another, and to Showcasing Diversity

As an interracial couple, Erika Graves and Brad Cameron felt it was important that their wedding reflect their reality, so they hired a roster of vendors […]
March 17, 2022

Campbell Addy Up Close

LONDON — On a cold, wet day in South London, Campbell Addy, the Ghanaian-British photographer, filmmaker and artist, opened the door to his studio, grinning. He […]
February 11, 2022

Accepting Applications for a Black Boyfriend

After a lifetime of dating white men, I hoped a new romance could offer a chance at love, and at embracing my own Blackness. “I am […]
February 11, 2022

What Is Black Love Today?

In a special collaboration between Modern Love and Black History, Continued, we gathered stories that illuminate how Black people live, and love, in this moment. When […]
February 10, 2022

Fashion Is Getting an Inclusion Rider

Coming soon to the catwalks: a contractual diversity pledge already adopted by some in Hollywood. In 2018, the actress Frances McDormand gave an acerbic Oscars acceptance […]
February 10, 2022

Fashion Is Getting an Inclusion Rider

Coming soon to the catwalks: a contractual diversity pledge already adopted by some in Hollywood. In 2018, the actress Frances McDormand gave an acerbic Oscars acceptance […]
January 23, 2022

André Leon Talley, Fashion's Last Great Editor

There is a scene early in “The September Issue,” the 2009 documentary about the making of the year’s door-stopper Vogue magazine, that features a meeting between […]
November 9, 2021

The Superheroes From House of Slay Are Here to Stay

How five fashion friends got a starring role fighting discrimination and hate in a new comic book series. One evening, just before Halloween, a party was […]