Tag: social commentary
member name: Nyota *Star*
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June 06, 2008 11:53 PM EDT --
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-winfield060408&prov=yhoo&type
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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 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 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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October 13, 2008 01:26 PM EDT --
Just curious.
How many connections have you made by being my friend ?
I know everyone of you will answer this question! [(;p)]
Humor me.
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April 09, 2009 01:27 PM EDT --
This is an article bringing to light--I hope--that I have been chewing over for some time. It explains why I have told some people on Gather that when writing descriptions about others, folk always seem . . .
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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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December 14, 2008 02:36 AM EST --
Why is it that when certain subjects are brought up on this OPEN FORUM, instead of being received as opportunities for all of us to expand our minds, they are treated as though c-clamps were clapped on . . .
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March 16, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
What do you find physically beautiful and how far are you willing to go to be so if you don't already possess that characteristic? Do you know someone who has taken unnatural measures to make their . . .
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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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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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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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August 12, 2009 11:11 AM EDT --
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_us/us_militia_movement
http://www.theroot.com/views/birthers-and-jim-crow-20
tolerance.org
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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 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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