In Spike Lee’s 2000 film Bamboozled, Damon Wayans portrays the pretentious Harvard-educated Pierre Delacroix, a writer and executive at a fictitious television network. After his previous sitcom pitches are rejected by a superior as too “antiseptic” and “white-bread,” the frustrated Delacroix hopes that his latest idea, a satirical variety program entitled Mantan: The New Millennium… Continue reading Miley Cyrus, Swaggerjacking & The Myth Of ‘Sister SuperHo’
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The Trayvon Letters, Pt. 2: Attack The Messenger, Blame The Victim
I knew that I was wading into instant drama when I wrote and submitted my post-‘verdict’ Trayvon Martin column. I had written of race issues before as a Briefing columnist, and as a Black woman who’s lived in the South for most of her life, I was certainly aware that the status quo of “white… Continue reading The Trayvon Letters, Pt. 2: Attack The Messenger, Blame The Victim
The Trayvon Letters, Pt. 1: A Teen’s Lesson In White Privilege
A week after the Zimmerman ‘verdict’ and a day after my column about the issue, readers who take exception with my views are firing off e-mail after e-mail. A couple have been supportive, others have been smug and snarky, while others simply declare me to be a race-baiting anti-white (fill in the blank). And then,… Continue reading The Trayvon Letters, Pt. 1: A Teen’s Lesson In White Privilege
The Zimmerman Verdict: Unfettered Racism, Unequal Justice
Sunday’s weather was overcast and turbulent, the clouds obscuring any presence of brightness and creating an atmosphere weighted with tension and gloom. Normally, I enjoy summer storms. But this time, the tempest overhead was a fitting backdrop underscoring the sadness I felt as an American and a Black parent after jurors found George Zimmerman ‘not… Continue reading The Zimmerman Verdict: Unfettered Racism, Unequal Justice
Hurled Stones & Howling Dogs: My Reply To A Racist’s Response
Judging from the hundreds of views to my column about the Paula Deen fiasco, many people apparently feel some kinda way about my calling her out as the ignorant, arrogant and entitled racist that she is. With the exception of one letter, all of the responses have come from Team Paula, calling ME out as… Continue reading Hurled Stones & Howling Dogs: My Reply To A Racist’s Response