If there’s a story that I have become obsessed about, it is Hurricane Katrina. I remember it like it was yesterday. My husband and I were visiting some good pals in South Carolina and recall looking at the giant mass on CNN of Hurricane Katrina heading for the Gulf region. …
I caught a glimpse of the last couple of seconds of the Miss USA pageant last night. Just enough to see the winner was black and catch moment where she does the pageant shocked face look. Crystle Stewart (another “negrotization” of a name…lovin’ it!), I extend my congratulations and hope …
Stingy mofoes! Just kiddin’. 😉 As I get a kick out of catching up with my old college buddies online this past week, I got back to thinking when was the last time I sent a check to Morgan State? If you went to an HBCU, when was the last …
As I read about all the hype surrounding Lebron James and Giselle regarding the Vogue cover, I think back to that photo TMZ and celeb gossip tv show The Insider (spin-off from Entertainment Tonight) used when referring to Sarah Hussein Obama, Barack’s Kenyan grandmother (I think she’s actually his step-grandmother …
So there ARE parents concerned with children and the Barbie image other than my mom. Here’s a link to a post and survey on lilsugar.com under the title “Do You Let Your Daughters Play with Barbie?” Apparently, Barbie’s anniversary was 2/12 so this series of posts from me is somewhat …
When I was little, my mom never let me play with white dolls or Barbies of any race. My sole interaction with those dolls were at my friends’ houses. I didn’t get it when I was young, but it makes sense to me now, and if I had children, I …
“The Man” has definitely succeeded in dividing our people here in America. I just returned to the post on Hello, Negro’s blog about natural hair and am fired up about some of the responses. I must say in my lifetime, I have had the most difficult experiences from my own …
As I’m snuggled up on the couch watching Kinky Boots with my hubby and dreading going to work tonight, the movie got me to thinking about iconic beauty…That’s a good movie, by the way. It’s been on my short list for ages, but I just never sat down to watch …
As I’m snuggled up on the couch watching Kinky Boots with my hubby and dreading going to work tonight, the movie got me to thinking about iconic beauty…That’s a good movie, by the way. It’s been on my short list for ages, but I just never sat down to watch …
Oh, my majority yet rapidly becoming minority population…why do ye forsake thee? The other day, a white girl said “you know who you look like? downtown julie brown!” It was followed by a bunch of obedient nods…whether or not they even knew who she was. Don’t get me wrong, Downtown …
