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William Balfour Gets THREE Life Sentences For Jennifer Hudson Family Killings
William Balfour – the man convicted for murdering Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew – has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences, plus 120 years.
Today in Post-Race History: A Modest Proposal
To: President Barack Obama cc: Attorney General Eric Holder cc: GOP Presidential Candidates Dear Mr. President: I hope this letter finds you well. With the Republican race looking more and more like the Real Housewives of something and March Madness in full swing (sorry about your bracket), I imagine that your spirits are rather high. I hope […]
Women’s Her-story Moment: Why Do Black Women Swoon over President Barack Obama? Desperation?
Now that it is Women’s Her-story month I thought I would stoke the fires with a blog about something many black women would have a problem with, but something I need to write and have been thinking about for some time . . . our love for President Barack Obama. Perhaps, not love, but our […]
What would the World be Like if all Little Black Girls Were Treated Like Ms. Blue Ivy Carter
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9NNyT5yEA What if we treated every little girl of color like we treat Ms. Blue Ivy Carter? What would the world be like if everyone in the world waited with breath held for every little girl of color Spirit to divinely make their grand entree into this world because as Jay Z so methodically rapped […]
Post Thanksgiving Thoughts on Black Feminism: "My Great Aunt Made Me Go There"
So, yesterday was Thanksgiving and all I can say is that my great aunt pushed the ultimate button and questioned why I consider myself a feminist. I tried to ignore her comments about feminists being lesbians. I tried to take the higher ground when she said, “Our men need for women to help them, cook […]
BYP NEWSFLASH: BET Founder Bob Johnson Thinks Obama is "Attacking" His Success, New Book Says Diddy Killed 2pac, and MORE!
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH October 4th, 2011 BET founder Bob Johnson has taken a surprising position on President Obama’s Jobs Bill, as well as that whole “tax the wealthy,” “make the elite pay their fair share” thing. “’I think the president has to recalibrate his message,’ Johnson said. ‘You don’t get people to like you by […]
I Know Why Black Men act the Way they Act: Peter Pan Syndrome!!
As I walked home yesterday from the market with my several bags of groceries and my godson in toe being harassed by young black men who probably could be my nephews, I finally understood why many Black men act the way they do. Why they are completely impervious to emotions. Why they can sleep with […]
The world is still anti-gay
When I was 13 years old, I had a crush on my one of my teachers. She was a woman. She was 50 years old. I told her I liked her and she told me she was married. Bummers. Anyway, I’m sure this is rich with Freudian issues but I also believe it was the […]
A Tribute to Donna Lykes: My Mother, My Friend (RIP).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkP3R8j8hE I cry because teardrops weigh too much to stay dormant for long periods of time, and because pain and heartaches are just God’s way of letting us know that love is the source of life, and even though life is bordered by capacities of time, love is eternal, eternally extended in the realms of […]
The First Step is Acknowledgement: I Have Class Privilege
Aloha . . . Mahalo . . . Hula . . . Hana Hou . . . are a few Hawaiian words I’ve learned this week while visiting Hawaii. You know, I think Hawaii is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen with its luscious green mountains and its sparkling blue beaches. There is something […]
Sick and Tired: Being Black, Woman, Poor, Sick, and (Uninsured)
In 1964 at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Convention, Fannie Lou Hamer said, “All my life I’ve been sick and tired . . . Now, I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Even though these words were distinctively about Southern racism, I find myself unconsciously gravitating to these words to talk about the […]