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…
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…
Like manna from Heaven. I’ve been waiting for a good topic for my 700th blog post. Something I could use a controversial title for. This is dangerous territory. Watch out for the ROUS. From Twitter to SoulBounce to this blog entry: http://www.dirtyprettythangs.com/2012/01/08/fat-girl-fairytales-the-amazing-transformation-of-jennifer-hudson/ It’s a critique of this commercial (that I don’t necessarily recommend watching): Now,…
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.…
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…
Back in February, after Aunt Norma passed, I had a blog entry in mind. I started it, like, three times. I never finished. I was going to title it “Black Women”. And then I was going to title it “Women”. It was going to be about the beautiful women in my family and the poise,…
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 raceracismslavery
