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You Wouldn’t Like Us When We’re Angry: Black women are often portrayed as hostile which is both racist and sexist, but like all stereotypes there is more complex mechanism behind it. The Incredible Hulk and female Black Panthers. Look at the image of angry black women on television. Politically you have Maxine Waters of California,…
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This is the third entry of “The Chip On My Shoulder Is A Boulder,” a series on the complex relationships between black women and their mothers. The series will run over the next two weeks. Previous entries include “The Adoptee” and “The Rebel.” Parenting can be hard to grasp for any mother, but for the…
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The Village Voice’s Runnin’ Scared blog gave a wrap up of opinions on Michelle Obama’s appearance on The View. While some think the appearance was great and offered la femme Obama a chance to counter accusations that she’s some angry mutant Amazonian black woman, others saw it as “dull” and “cringeworthy.” The Post, on the…
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Tichina Arnold, Kerry Washington and Nicey Nash at the Fashion Votes gala, hosted by Washington So many pictures of so many black people. I just couldn’t chose which was more important to put up — Kerry Washington looking ever-so-fetch in an Oriental accented silk dress, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson looking ever-so-delicious in a tux or…
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A lil’ dap for Elizabeth … she’s supposed to go on Hannity & Colmes tonight. Maybe she’ll tell her boy Sean to stand down on the whole, “Oh dear Lordy, Lord! Barack Obama is an inexperienced black power spewing, honky-hating, Christian Liberation Theology practicing, Secret Muslim extremist who’s super Liberal and wants to conduct gay…
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Yahoo’s TV Guide did lie to me. Elizabeth Hasslebeck was totally there for Michelle Obama’s appearance on The View today. She happily put her fist out as Michelle gave everyone a “terrorist fist jab,” then joked about not being hip. Her co-hosting gig was largely drama free with the exception of her description of Barack…
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This is the second entry of “The Chip On My Shoulder Is A Boulder,” a series on the complex relationships between black women and their mothers. The series will run over the next two weeks. Yesterday we tackled the story of “The Adoptee.” In life we look at others with an outsider’s view, thinking they…
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