Yesterday I went out to share Thanksgiving with my brother and his family. The day started with my nephew’s intra-city football game, the Turkey Bowl.
Let me just say to begin, I’m not a football fan. I never have been. I ‘get’ football, as in knowing how it works and understanding most of the rules, but [...]
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Having a “Sunrise, Sunset” moment.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, Yikes!, family, letting go, people I love, the doting aunt, what's so funny?, tagged family, letting go, NaBloPoMo, people I love, the doting aunt, what's so funny?, Yikes! on 27 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
Connecting the dots.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, brain freeze, choose your own adventure, containing myself, family, full disclosure?, mothers and daughters, race and racism, teaching, where we're from, tagged backstories, choose your own adventure, containing myself, family, full disclosure?, mothers and daughters, NaBloPoMo, race and racism, teaching, the family adventure, where we're from on 20 November 2009 | 9 Comments »
After the surprise of seeing photos of the matriarchs in my family, my students stumbled over what those photos were saying to them. We had, you’ll remember, just been talking about the “shock” of discovering that Michelle Obama has a white person (at least one) in her family tree. That was, of course, the reason [...]
Maybe seeing will be believing …
Posted in NaBloPoMo, family, full disclosure?, mothers and daughters, people I love, prejudice, race and racism, teaching, where we're from, women, tagged teaching, race and racism, where we're from, family, full disclosure?, people I love, mothers and daughters, black woman, the family adventure, NaBloPoMo, women, prejudice on 19 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
In my morning class, when we read the Times article about Michelle Obama’s “shocking” family tree, we had a conversation about the issue of family histories, about Jefferson and Hemings, about the “important American story” Megan Smolenyak is trying to tell for black people in this country.
“Why might it be hard for African Americans to [...]
Remember that wishbone I was choking on?
Posted in NaBloPoMo, Obama, choose your own adventure, containing myself, family, race and racism, self care, show me the money!, where we're from, tagged black woman, choose your own adventure, containing myself, dumb-ass crap, family, getting to know you, history, NaBloPoMo, Obama, race and racism, self care, show me the money!, the family adventure, where we're from on 14 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
I just can’t seem to get it out of my throat, you know? After my angry rant about The New York Times’ shocking discovery of Michelle Obama’s white ancestry, I thought I’d be able to shut up a bit, at least for a few minutes. As if. I was over at Michelle Obama Watch and [...]
Achin’ for Acres
Posted in Jamaica, NaBloPoMo, family, lyrics, music, tagged family, Jah lives in I, Jamaica, lyrics, music, NaBloPoMo, The Rock on 5 November 2009 | 4 Comments »
No more elders passin’
without my kids askin’ –
“Papa, whose tombstones are those in the yard?”
Family gotta stay close,
all us gotta stay close …
– Arrested Development, Achin’ for Acres
The first time I heard this Arrested Development song, I thought: tombstones in the yard? Really? I don’t think so! But the more I’ve thought about it, the [...]
