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April 27, 2012 •
Entertainment, Gender, Media, Race •
Views: 288
Years ago when Essence came under fire for hiring a white woman as the creative fashion director for the iconic Black women’s magazine, I came to the defense of that decision. I still believe that it was the right thing to do. If I wanted to work at
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November 5, 2011 •
Culture, Race •
Views: 333
Originally posted at TheModernLatina.com I’ve been sitting on this post for awhile because I guess I just didn’t know how to broach this. I wanted to make sure I didn’t come out extra bitter or angry. I think after all of this time,
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October 4, 2011 •
Entertainment, Media, Race •
Views: 166
I won’t get into the tawdry details of the murder of poor Meredith Kercher. You should or must know that by now. I won’t get into all of the drama surrounding Amanda Knox because you can read that here . I believed, back in 2009 when she
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August 25, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Gender, Race •
Views: 301
Originally posted at ChasingSixPacks.com First, let me start off by saying I think that actor Boris Kodjoe and his wife Nicole Ari Parker seem like genuinely nice people and a fine couple. With that said, I think Kodjoe’s sanctimoniousness got in the
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August 15, 2011 •
Culture, Gender, Race •
Views: 226
Today while at work, I received a few heads up from some folks who were quite irritated with the rants my relative was making on his Facebook wall. I started wondering what the hell was going on and what he’d said to make that much of an impression on
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August 3, 2011 •
Entertainment, Media, Race •
Views: 282
Chevere Marvel has made an impressive decision to shake things up a little bit, and add a little sabor to its Ultimate Spider-Man comic series. In Ultimate Fallout Issue number four–in stores Wednesday–a half-black, half-latino (Afro-Latino) kid
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August 1, 2011 •
Entertainment, Gender, Politics, Race •
Views: 156
Last week, blogger Necole Bitchie posted rapper Common’s new song “Ghetto Dreams” that was quite a deviation from the image he’s purveyed in the past. It’s also, lyrically, repugnant especially for a rapper that people have
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June 15, 2011 •
Culture, Entertainment, Justice, Race •
Views: 182
Last week, buzz surrouding a white female rapper named Kreayshawn and her signing by Sony was all over the blogosphere. Some people were all for her, and others were underestandably displeased. The Crunk Feminist Collective dissected Kreayshawn in a very
