Tag: educational
member name: Nyota *Star*
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June 07, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
I like to do things that could be considered random acts of kindness but I have usually thought them out.
I do "good deeds" such as my latest: I took interesting magazines and distributed . . .
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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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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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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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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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May 10, 2009 11:41 PM EDT --
My cousin, a professional photographer (among other things) asked me to write a poem to go with a beautiful capture of Archbishop Tutu. We are planning to publish a book of his photos with my . . .
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February 11, 2009 12:12 PM EST --
I like reading and writing what are termed colloquialisms from various sources. I enjoy knowing or figuring out what is the writer's/character's meaning by using such words (think Mark Twain). . . .
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March 17, 2009 12:30 PM EDT --
Wonderful post by Harvard Medical Group here on Gather!
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?grpId=3659174697246155&articleId=281474977628198&nav=Groupspace
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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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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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March 29, 2009 09:31 PM EDT --
This is a subject that is near and dear to me.
http://www.diversityinc.com/public/4731.cfm
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June 22, 2009 11:10 AM EDT --
Hello new and 'old' members!
When I first joined Gather in April, 2007, I began to enjoy the site right away! But then I noticed something was missing. There seemed to be hardly any black members! . . .
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June 22, 2009 02:13 PM EDT --
I accidentally deleted the post!
Oh, well.
You can see the one that started it all here:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718298
My deepest apologies! . . .
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September 08, 2009 10:35 PM EDT --
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release September . . .
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