Tag: african american
member name: Nyota *Star*
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August 21, 2009 01:59 PM EDT --
Hi everyone!
I have finally gotten my book self-published and I am so excited! It's mainly for young adults but most anyone may enjoy it. YIPEE!
Malcolm Bakersfield is telling his older brother and . . .
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August 11, 2008 11:16 PM EDT --
I found this on the 'net and it's beautiful!
Nyota = Star (Nuru = light)
A star is a point of light. It denotes something famous or brilliant. As a metaphor, a star alludes to somebody . . .
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May 21, 2008 11:44 PM EDT --
Just wondering if anyone is as turned off by Flava Flav as I am. I caught his latest minstrel show tonight and it was so sorry I had to write to get others' opinions.
Flav sure seems to be enjoying . . .
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June 26, 2008 01:46 PM EDT --
I posted this poem on Gather over a year ago. It was written by my father in books he gave to my sister and me for Christmas when we were very young. Had I remembered, I would've posted it on Fathers' . . .
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August 28, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
Every now and then I write to the companies who use Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben as personifications touting their products. I ask things like: Why can't SHE be Ms. Jemima and HE be Mr . Ben? I have . . .
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June 02, 2009 12:26 PM EDT --
I've been accepted for the POETRY workshop at the Hurston/Wright 3 Day Writers' Workshop beginning on Friday, July 24 – Sunday, July 26, 2009. at Howard University, Washington, DC! This is my . . .
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June 08, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
There's a lot of buzz going around about how Hillary Clinton has been treated so poorly by some simply because she is a woman.
I can't help but think of the speech Sojourner Truth (Isabella . . .
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July 08, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
Just today, while reading an article, I had one of the strongest memory of my father that I hadn't thought of for years.
He was sitting in his favorite chair and smoking his favorite pipe.
This . . .
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October 12, 2009 11:02 AM EDT --
We now have new black "Barbies (have different names; Barbie must be white)". A small step in the right direction. Their skin colored in many shades just as real black people's. All have long hair and . . .
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May 25, 2009 02:35 PM EDT --
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to take the time to share the following article written by one of my Gather (social networking site) friends -- Spencer (delcano) -- because it gave me new . . .
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August 18, 2008 04:35 PM EDT --
A brief history of Black Face (Asians and Native Americans also included).
http://slatev.com/player.html?id=1725315794
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December 11, 2008 07:27 PM EST --
Another milestone!
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/4286
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May 29, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
WARNING: This article is scholarly as well as lengthy.
Buried Prejudice: The Bigot In Your Brain
Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst . . .
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October 30, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
(I wrote an article on this movie about a week ago but Gather's techno-bug wouldn't post it. This was before the tragedy actor/singer Jennifer Hudson is dealing with.).
Have you seen the movie . . .
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January 01, 2009 04:14 PM EST --
The day after Christmas, many African Americans have begun celebrating the home grown celebration of Kwanzaa. The celebration is held for seven days and ends after New Years day. Today is the . . .
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January 01, 2009 10:44 PM EST --
Hi everyone!
I am re-posting the Author's Note from my novel The Magic Pencil because I'd like to get the opinions of new friends and members.
Thanks in advance!
copyright . . .
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September 03, 2009 10:37 PM EDT --
Well, I am busy touting my book and have gotten two stores to carry it so far and have a reading/book signing at one of them in October.
For those of you who may be in the Metropolitan Detroit, MI area: . . .
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September 13, 2009 09:01 PM EDT --
Excerpt from
The Magic Pencil
by Karen E. Dabney © 2009
INTRODUCTION
This story is about YoungStar Malcolm Bakersfield, his mysterious . . .
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January 24, 2009 11:45 PM EST --
Now that Barack Obama is president, many folk are also espousing that there are no more "excuses" for black people who remain impoverished in hearts and minds.
I have to take issue with this . . .
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February 02, 2009 09:56 PM EST --
Copy and paste for some interesting facts!
http://www.diversityinc.com/public/3074.cfm?utm_medium=email&utm_source=peer360&utm_campaign=DI+Newsletter-020209&utm_content=DI+Newsletter-020209 . . .
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