The weather was warm, the sky was bright and we were eager to savor our Saturday. Neighbors were mowing their lawns, sailing on the lake or scrambling to get their hands on turkey legs and funnel cakes during that final Saturday of the State Fair. And I was putting put on my ‘Mama’… Continue reading The Minimizing, Maligning & Miseducation of Black Girls
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Oct. 17: Michael Dunn, AKA “Loud Music Killer,” Earns Life Sentence
From a commenter: “He wasn’t mortified, he was mad he was on trial. He ASSASSINATED that boy and he ran away from the crime scene! Damn straight he committed murder, murder of a child! I’m glad he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, I hope he likes it.” “A Florida man convicted of… Continue reading Oct. 17: Michael Dunn, AKA “Loud Music Killer,” Earns Life Sentence
Oct. 13: PBS’ “The Whiteness Project”—-Revealing Or Redundant?
For most of my 40-something years of life, I’ve lived in the suburbs: the neighborhoods my family lived in strongly resemble the one I chose to buy my home in, which has a diverse range of families from different cultures, but is populated with a majority of whites. Given that pop culture, media and other… Continue reading Oct. 13: PBS’ “The Whiteness Project”—-Revealing Or Redundant?