… some of your ancestors may have raped some of mine. Oh, I’m sorry. Is this is the first you’re hearing of it?
The New York Times ‘broke’ a story today: they’ve discovered the white ancestor in Michelle Obama’s family tree. SHOCKER!! She’s not as black as we thought, not as black as she wants us [...]
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Attention white folks …
Posted in Obama, brain freeze, containing myself, family, full disclosure?, race and racism, violence, where we're from, women, tagged brain freeze, containing myself, family, full disclosure?, Obama, race and racism, sexism, violence, where we're from, women on 8 October 2009 | 23 Comments »
I have no words.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, brain freeze, prejudice, race and racism, wake up call, tagged anger, brain freeze, Katrina, NaBloPoMo, prejudice, race and racism, wake up call on 30 August 2009 | 4 Comments »
For the last week I’ve been trying to write something about the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, but couldn’t say anything that came close to what I was feeling. I had wanted to teach a unit on this at the start of the school year, but I cannot do the work that will enable me [...]
Saartjie, Semenya and Me
Posted in NaBloPoMo, prejudice, race and racism, sexism, women, working my last nerve, tagged black woman, gender, NaBloPoMo, prejudice, race and racism, Semenya, sexism, women, working my last nerve on 29 August 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am a woman. This is true because it’s biologically true and can be proven medically and scientifically. More importantly, it’s true because I identify as a woman. I always have. There was a time when I thought I was a somewhat mannish woman, but I still identified as a woman. There are times when people [...]
Oh, I see. Profiling is colorblind, and we all over reacted about Professor Gates.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, prejudice, race and racism, tagged anger, NaBloPoMo, prejudice, race and racism on 16 August 2009 | 12 Comments »
A week after Henry Louis Gates was arrested in his home last month, Bob Dylan was stopped by police in Long Branch, New Jersey because someone thought he looked ’suspicious.’ The police officer who responded to the call didn’t recognize Dylan. Neither did the officer who arrived to back her up. Did either of them [...]
Choking on a wishbone.
Posted in NaBloPoMo, brain freeze, containing myself, prejudice, race and racism, wake up call, what's so funny?, working my last nerve, tagged black men, brain freeze, containing myself, dumb-ass crap, NaBloPoMo, Obama, politics, race and racism, working my last nerve on 4 August 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been reading over at Margaret and Helen off and on since Fox introduced me to them months ago. They pretty much never disappoint. And yesterday Helen wrote about Gates Gate and the big wind that has blown up around what happened at 17 W____ Street¹ at 12:44 in the afternoon on July 16th.
There are [...]
