PostRacialist
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It could be argued that no matter what CNN produced for Black In America 2 there would be gripes. There would be complaints about quality and whether or not the documentary was “for us, by us” or “for them, by them.” There was going to be hell no matter what. Still, that didn’t quite prepare
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And they said that wasn’t THEIR lives at Martha’s Vineyard writer Toure was penning for New York Magazine last month. In the article he talked about black self-segregation and how some residents of Oak Bluffs and Martha’s Vineyard wouldn’t be interested in the First Family because the Obamas were “off the people” and Michelle Obama…
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Watching Tyra Banks In France By Lynsey Saunders Like a good bottle of French wine shipped to the US, all of our crappy TV is imported straight to France. The French brown people learn words common to the English language like ‘fierce’ (you’re fabulous Tyra) and know what it means to cook a good rack…
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I can’t say that I loved it. I can’t say that I hated it. I believe I am solidly apathetic towards Soledad O’Brien’s latest installment for her “Black In America” series. More after the jump.
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Old News: Did “Hot Ghetto Mess” Fail Because Black Folk Don’t Get Satire, Or Was the Show Just Lame?
A reader emailed me this Black Voices story, “The Coonery Paradox,” by Jam Donaldson, the creator of the failed BET show “We Got to Do Better,” nee “Hot Ghetto Mess.” In the article Donaldson chastizes people for not getting the satirical angle of the show and that it was about calling out what she calls…
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From Reuters: BOSTON (Reuters) – Disorderly conduct charges filed against one of the nation’s pre-eminent African-American scholars have been dropped, local media reported on Tuesday. Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested on Thursday after what police described as “exhibiting loud and tumultuous behavior,” including accusing police of racism. Boston’s WHDH-TV said all charges
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From the blog Feministe about a CNN story on Michelle Obama’s “slave roots”: (W)e would have loved to see CNN do is to acknowledge that all Americans have slave roots, not just Michelle Obama. We are a country that owes much of our prosperity to our slave labor history. The White House was built by…
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