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NYT Critic Takes a Shot At Black Female-White Male Relationships: “They’re Weird”
Television shows featuring black women happily boo-ed up with their white male significant others are gaining traction and started to appear more frequently. But this increased visibility is also bringing some critique. One New York Times writer takes his shot.
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“Strong Women Are Attractive,” Says Michael Fassbender
It’s easy to get on a roll and then find that you have gone too far in the wrong direction. It’s even possible to go too far in the right direction. For example, I’ve read plenty of posts on a multitude of blogs teaching/telling/preaching to black women to learn how to use their femininity and/or look more feminine. And the people who write these posts have a point: Plenty of women–white, black, and everything else–are interested in increasing their appeal to men and learning how to practice the feminine arts.
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Ann Coulter: White Men Who Date Black Women Are “Freedom Riders”
Frequent Fox News contributor and far right political pundit Ann Coulter is promoting a new book, thus we can all expect to get served double doses of extra-hot foolishness–otherwise known as “Quotes from Ann”–over the next few weeks as Ms. Coulter makes her rounds of the media.
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Attention: I Am Not A Slave And Neither Are You….
First and foremost, please spare me the conspiracy theories, the abstract philosophies, or anything that tries to put shackles around my arms and legs in the year 2012. I am an American. And last time I checked, the period in the United States where it was perfectly legal to own black women as slaves is over.
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Naomie Harris KILLS It in New ‘Skyfall’ Movie Trailer
Your appetite for the next James Bond film was probably whet when Daniel Craig, as Bond, escorted the Queen of England to the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies in a fantasy parachuting sequence. If you were jonesing for more 007 after that publicity move, here’s your next fix. The official teaser trailer, a video blog, and a promo poster featuring actress Naomie Harris–who plays “Eve” in ‘Skyfall’–has been released.
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“Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty,” a Book Review
America is getting bigger. While population is growing so is the average size of the waistbands on Americans’ jeans. The expansion in the number of overweight Americans is partly explained by the lack of ability by poor people to purchase the kind of affordable and nutritious food which would keep them healthy and slimmer. The food gap, as Winne refers to it, is the gap between the ability of the middle- and upper-classes to access high quality, nutritious food at an affordable price and with relative ease, while on the other side of the chasm there are millions of poor people who lack access and an ability to pay for the same high-quality food as their middle-class neighbors.
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A Short Talk About the “Black” Experience (Hint: There Isn’t Just One)
In a way, it can be understood how Americans see all people with varying degrees of African ancestry as being black, but…
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Blue Cheese, Hazelnuts and Honey Polenta–Recipe
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I know its been a minute since I last wrote but in my defense I have been working ten hour days, building my own empire on a computer that finally crapped on me last week. Now I am handy-capped with the beta of all computers, a PC. Blah.
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So Much for Multiculturalism, Canadians Say ‘No’ to An “Asian-looking” Woman Appearing On Their Currency
After consulting with focus groups, The Bank of Canada removed the image of a woman who was deemed to be too “Asian-looking” from the back of its new hundred-dollar bill. The original image was of a woman with Asian features using a microscope; after the revision, a woman with an ear-length feathered hairstyle and fair-skin is shown peering into the eyepiece of a microscope, i.e., a white women was used
instead.
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Racism and Anti-Poor Tactics All Rolled Into One: Blacks in College Community Receive Excessive Tickets for Jaywalking
The block in Champaign had 82 jaywalking arrests of black people from 2007 to 2011, the highest total in the city, and more than the total number of white people arrested (72) in the entire city combined.
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Dutch Film “Only Decent People” Features An Interracial Couple, But You May Not Want To Celebrate Just Yet
Robert Vuijsje, a Dutch journalist and writer, published his first novel Alleen maar nette mensen, or Only Decent People in 2008. The gist of Alleen maar nette mensen is that a young white man from the upper class of Dutch society becomes infatuated with the prototypical model of black beauty–dark skin, voluptuous lips, and a protuberant backside–and goes in search of a black woman who has such a physical form.
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Who Mia Love Is, and Who She Is Not
Love her or hate her, Mia Love is a woman to watch this campaign season. Jamila has a few choice words.
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African American Women in the Olympics: Doing Themselves and Their Country Proud
From an American standpoint, this marked the first time MORE women medaled at the Olympics than men. The ladies came, saw, and conquered in epic fashion. As for black women, there were some ladies making their mark on history in a big way. Here are the some most notable African American women who competed, but feel free give a shout out to anyone you feel should get some spotlight in the comments:
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What “You Didn’t Build That” Really Means
Elizabeth Warren, Chairperson of the Congressional Oversight panel and challenger to incumbent Scott Brown for the Massachusetts United States Senate seat, became a youtube superstar when a video of her speaking last year went viral. Warren was the originator of the ‘you didn’t build that’ phrase that President Barack Obama has been taking heat for as of late.
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