Tope Fadiran Charlton

Tope Fadiran Charlton writes about race, gender, and sexuality in American culture at Are Women Human? Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Salon, Bitch Magazine, and other outlets.

Tope Fadiran Charlton

The Impossibility of The Good Black Mother

From the pediatrician’s office to the streets I call my own, it is not the myth of the Good Mother, but that of the Bad Black Mother, that renders my motherhood at turns invisible and suspect