You’re No Classic Beauty… I simultaneously laughed in disbelief and cringed with pain when I read Alessandra Stanely’s racist September write up about Viola Davis and Shonda Rhimes. Specifically the line that read: “Ignoring the narrow beauty standards some African-American women are held to, Ms. Rhimes chose [Viola Davis] who is older, darker-skinned and less classically … [Read more...]
Racism: The Wound that Time Cannot Heal
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Time Does Not Heal All Wounds It has been just a few months since the aftermath of Ferguson...since the death of Mike Brown. In that time we’ve come to learn the names of more: John Crawford III, Darien Hunt, Ezell Ford, Tamir Rice and so many others slain at the hands of police. Yesterday the grand klavern jury voted to not indict the White police officer who used a … [Read more...]
Racial Profile Policing
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(or “The It Is Only Barely Illegal To Illegally Arrest/Beat/Kill Black People” Policing) I wrote a portion of this piece in February 2010 on what was one of my earlier blogs called The Race and Law Report (shout out to Solo Practice University for helping me navigate the "what is a blog" phase of my life). It was just after the young man featured below, Jordan Miles was … [Read more...]
Nicki’s Booty, AllHipHop Letters, and Distressed Hip Hop Daddies Everywhere
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Dear Mr. Creekmur (& Similarly Distressed HipHop Daddies), I want to start by saying thank you for taking the time to put your thoughts about the Nicki Minaj poster down on paper. I know this may have been a difficult subject to discuss out in the open so I appreciate the risk you took by “going there.” As a parent it is clear that your words were at least partially … [Read more...]
Going Natural Video Diaries Documentary & Events!
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by Mireille Liong of www.Going-Natural.com Each of the following events will take place at the Warehouse Gallery in Red Hook Brooklyn (183 Lorraine Street | Studio #5 | Brooklyn, NY 11231) The Going Natural Video Diaries Documentary Date: August 9 at 2:00 pm. This Saturday (as in THIS WEEKEND PEOPLE! ;-) is the 1st screening of the Going Natural Video Diaries, a … [Read more...]