Who am I?
A twenty-something black woman fed up with the degradation and subjugation black women are faced with each day. It's time we stand up and demand better. It's time for a revolution!
My Tweets
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- #Someofyall are mire brutal than I am with this debate. 4 hours ago
- @baratunde I was gonna suggest #clusterfuck 4 hours ago
- @blacksnob @jamiedupree I am not sure who won. 4 hours ago
- @davidbadash LOL so true! 4 hours ago
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My Favorite Blogs
- Abagond
- Acting White
- African American Empowerment Blog
- Angry Asian Man
- Angry Black Lady Chronicles
- AngryBlackBitch
- Another Way to View
- Aphotic Chronicles
- At the Bar
- Aunt Jemima's Revenge
- Beautiful, also, are the souls of my black sisters
- Black and Married with Kids
- Black Sapience…My .02
- Black Woman Thinks…
- Black Women Deserve Better
- Black Women, Black Girls, Empowerment Resource Journal
- Born This Way Blog
- Cobb
- daddyBstrong
- Diary of a Black Lesbian
- Diary of a Content Black Woman
- elle, phd
- Feminists for Choice
- field negro
- Fly Black Chick
- Infidel Guy
- Jack & Jill Politics
- LiberalOasis
- LostNMissing, Inc
- Margaret Cho
- Mes Deax Cents
- My Left Wing:: A Liberal Translation
- NewBlackMan
- Oi With The Poodles Already
- Our Bodies Our Blog
- Professor, What It…?
- QueerBlackFeminist
- Racialicious
- Shakesville
- Siditty
- Sojourner's Place
- soulbrother v.2
- Texas Liberal
- The Angry Black Woman
- The Black Sentinel
- The Black Snob
- The Board Room
- The Old Black Church!
- The Oreo Experience
- Three Brothers and a Sister
- Tradition of Excellence
- Tranifesto
- TransGriot
- Undercover Black Man
- Uppity Negro Network
- Von's Black Consciousness
- W.E.E. See You
- We are respectable negroes
- What About Our Daughters
- What Tami Said
- Wicked Urbanity
- Womanist Musings
- Women's Eye on Media
My short skirt
My short skirt is not an invitation
a provocation an indication that I want it
or give it or that I hook.My short skirt is not begging for it
It does not want you to rip it off me or pull it down.My short skirt is not a legal reason for raping me,
although it has been before it will not hold up in the new court.My short skirt, believe it or not has nothing to do with you.
I’m black and I’m proud
They take my kindness for. . . . . WEAKNESS.
They take my silence for. . . . . SPEECHLESS.
They consider my uniqueness. . . . . STRANGE.
They call my language. . . . . . SLANG.
They see my confidence as. . . . . CONCEIT.
They see my mistakes as. . . . . DEFEAT.
They consider my success. . . . . ACCIDENTAL.
They minimize my intelligence to. . . . . POTENTIAL.
My questions mean I am. . . . . UNAWARE.
My advancement is somehow. . . . . UNFAIR.
To voice concern is. . . . . DISCONTENTMENT.
If I stand up for myself I am too. . . . . DEFENSIVE.
If I don't trust them I am too. . . . . APPREHENSIVE.
I am defiant if I. . . . . SEPARATE.
I am fake if I. . . . . ASSIMILATE.
My character is constantly. . . . . UNDER ATTACK.
Pride for my race makes me. . . . .TOO BLACK.Because we just can’t trust politicians!
What is a liberal?
If by a "Liberal" they [opponents] mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal." ~JFKArchives
Category Archives: race
From the wires
Here’s a roundup of stories and blog posts I’ve found across the web that are interesting. These links don’t signify an endorsement, but are merely articles I found to be conversation starters. Feel free to submit your own! Remote Australian town suffering … (New Black Woman breaks it down)
Jan Brewer: “I felt a bit threatened” by Obama
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably seen this photo. It’s of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Barack Obama, who appears to be taking a verbal lashing from the governor. Brewer, according to CNN, said the president … (New Black Woman breaks it down)
Only in post-racial America can boycotting the president’s speech be considered patriotism
You remember in the previous decade where any sort of criticism of the government, specifically former Pres. George W. Bush, was seen as unpatriotic and un-American? You’d forget that sort of ridiculous standard was imposed upon the American electorate if … (New Black Woman breaks it down)
GLBTQ blog headline perpetuates racial stereotype
I don’t typically get annoyed at news headlines, as I’m in the news profession and understand how hard it is to come up with something clever and eye-catchy. But, this headline and story from Project Q Atlanta, a GLBTQ oriented blog … (New Black Woman breaks it down)
>Another great op-ed by Bob Herbert
>Yesterday, I came across an op-ed by NY Times columnist Bob Herbert titled “Running While Black.” Some snippets: There was nothing subtle about that attempt to position Senator Obama as the Other, a candidate who might technically be American but … (New Black Woman breaks it down)
