It’s time for Black women who get it and our allies to start drawing a definitive line in the sand. On November 20th students at Princeton University published what can only be described as racist, sexist, hateful material in the “Foreskin” newsletter where they trashed President Elect Obama. To add further insult to injury they targeted [...]
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Martina Topley-Bird Beverly Knight Skin J*DaVey Joy Denalane Terri Walker My [...] Update: It looks like David Gregory is getting the job. Affirmative Action for the least qualified of the bunch in the form of white male privilege. We’ll see how long it takes before it tanks! I have to remind myself that we’re going into the year 2009, not 1959. Yet time seems to be going backwards with [...] I love this commercial! I took me some time to track it down though – success comes to those who don’t give up. This straddles the fence between cute and annoying convincingly don’t you think? Happy Turkey Day! My [...] So I was watching the Tyra show yesterday and I wish I had recorded parts of it to play back for this discussion. Half the time when I watch I cringe or find myself shaking my head (and turn it off). Other times I think she covers topics of great interest. No, I don’t have to watch [...] Brace yourself I feel a rant coming on! Marion Jones was one of nearly 700 who requested a pardon or commutation of their sentence from Shrub. She was denied. One of the more notable pardons was granted to John Forte (Fugees) who was charged with intent to distribute narcotics because he went to the airport to retrieve [...] We have a holiday of sorts coming up this week. I always found Thanksgiving to be kinda weird. I was always glad to have a reason for our family to get together and do something special, but didn’t quite buy the historical reasons for this ‘great celebration’. I wondered how the nice unsuspecting indigenous people could [...] No I’m not talking about religiosity, though investing in a spiritual practice certainly doesn’t hurt. I named this blog Acts of Faith because my name is Faith and I wanted to propose a call to arms, a mantra, a doctrine if you will for all of us to step out on a limb, past our comfort [...] |
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