Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Inside: I need to tune out the news; Unloading some racial angst; I carry the sins of my people; The Hunger Games; To my white friends; It’s human, not racial; Someone talk me down I really do not like thinking about racial ish. But its presence in my brain is undeniable. I wonder how much [...]
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Tags: current events, Derbyshire, Hunger Games, race, racism, Rue, the talk
Travon, Barack & Newt
Inside: Can you relate?; Who do you relate to? Tribalism; Missing White Girl Syndrome Intro We were on a family vacation in western Massachusetts. Bear with me. This is not a “we were somewhere and they were so racist” intro. It’s beautiful up there with a tinge of sadness because most of the mills and businesses [...]
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Tags: culture, current events, race, racism
Inside: Do you remember Smear the Queer?; I am not enlightened; Homosexuality is a European disease??; He’ll smack the ish out of you; The things we’ll say when not in public, the familiar vernacular; I just invented a word via typo — Feminite! This is about homophobia. In a roundabout way. Roland Martin’s Gonna Smack [...]
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Tags: cnn, discrimination, homosexuality, racism, roland martin, sexuality, wpfw
When is White History Month?
Inside: Why is there a Black History Month?; He called my mom ‘nigger’; my ancestors came from Africa, India, Turtle Island, Ireland/England and…; Nickelodeon observes; Disenfranchised young white people. I Huffington-Posted my way to this the other day: http://wheniswhitehistorymonth.tumblr.com/ I haven’t gotten any bites for guest bloggers so I guess I’ll write about it myself. [...]
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Tags: black history month, racism, white history month
Race Bait
My blackness has been called into question many times. Or even constantly. Back in the day — middle school and high school in particular — I was called nigger, coon, jigaboo, pickeninny in the hallways in school and sometimes on the street. And when I went back to my neighborhood I was called an Oreo. [...]
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Tags: getting over slavery, legacy of slavery, race, racism
Up front: My opinions and conclusions are my own. Just because we disagree about something, it doesn’t mean that I think you’re racist, stupid, hateful, hell-bound or full of it. I’m tired of those cards being played. The “disagree with me and I’ll slap a weaponized label on you”. I can’t kick my podcast listening habit. That [...]
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Tags: race, racism, religion, sexuality
On Being Black & Letting Go
I’m not feeling coy. It’s like this. Black people need to forgive America and white people for slavery and the Jim Crow era. Okay, thanks for reading. Good night. THE CATALYST
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Tags: race, racism, slavery
Slavery: Get over it?
That is not a great title. I know. Any of you listen to WPFW? Do you listen to the talk shows? Interesting stuff. Post racial, eh.
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Tags: race, racism, slavery
Man, it was a scorcher out here this weekend. Lots of news fluff pieces about the heat and 4th of July revelers — people hitting the National Mall at about 3pm to be positioned for that evening’s fireworks. Lots of “freedom”, “liberty” being spoken of. You know. Patriotic displays, parades and festivities. And it’s all [...]
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Tags: immigration, race, racism
These are not book reviews. I haven’t read the books. I listened to interviews and radio programs with the respective authors. It’s more an editorial. My opinions on the topic not an analysis of the books. Whitopia http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113543979 This is interesting. So that’s where you all are going! The “exurbs”.
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Tags: racism, religion
