Tag: african american
member name: Nyota *Star*
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April 16, 2008 07:35 PM EDT --
copyright (c) 2008
AUTHOR'S NOTE
The characters of "The Magic Pencil" communicate effectively with one another . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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' . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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August 16, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
From my e-mail:
White folk wanted to make the USA a great country.
What did they do?
They went to Africa and enslaved Blacks to turn the country
into an agricultural . . . more
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June 14, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
From the Associated Press:
Some black Republicans are considering voting for Barak.
" John McWhorter , a self-described political moderate who is a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan . . . more
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April 16, 2008 06:56 PM EDT --
GO TO THIS LINK TO HEAR THE PROLOGUE AND CHAPTER ONE!
http://www.gather.com/viewVideos.jsp?memberId=298621&nav=MyGather
COPYRIGHT © 2008
This story is about YoungStar . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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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