Category: Global Affairs
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Why Did I Watch Outbreak Last Night?
Hello Meltingpot Community, Please reach through your computer screen and slap me. Hard. Last night, in the spirit of family bonding, I watched Outbreak with son number two. He’s fifteen and loves horror films. I don’t. Needless to say, we have very different taste in movies. I do like thrillers though, so I agreed to…
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Don’t Be Racist and Stupid Because of #CoronaVirus
Hello Meltingpot Community, I’m writing to you live from my new bedroom office where I have been banished because #Corona2020 has turned my usual dining room home office into homeschooling central. Yes, the Corona virus has turned the world on its head. People are suffering and judging from reports, things are going to get worse…
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Get Happy this New Year, Despite the Global Sh*T Show!
Hello Meltingpot Community, As this is my first post back, post holidays spent with my family in Florida, I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year. However, thanks to the fires in Australia, the Cheeto Dusted imbecile in the White House who has us teetering on the brink of war, and a host…
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Diverse News: Chocolate Against Colorism, Barbie and Aaron Burr
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time to see what’s going on in this great big colorful world of ours. Yes, the Amazon is burning and the Cheeto in the White House has lost his mind, but there are also stories showcasing diversity in action that might give you hope. Here’s what…
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The Connection Between Climate Change and Racism is Real.
Today’s post was written by my friend, Eileen Flanagan. Eileen is an author, educator and environmental activist. She is a mother and one of the most dedicated social justice warriors I know. I asked her to write about the connection between racism and global climate change and she penned this insightful and urgent essay. Please…
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#FridayFavorites: #UnfairandLovely Goes Global
Colorism doesn’t discriminate. It’s an equal opportunity “-ism.” That’s why I was thrilled to see this article in Teen Vogue about the relaunch of the anti-colorism campaign, #UnfairandLovely. This time, the organization that launched with a hashtag in 2016 and mostly targeted South-Asian women, is now reaching out to and including Black, Latinx, East Asian…
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#WomensLives: Life on the Border Between Europe and Africa
Hello Melitngpot Readers, If you’ve read my memoir, Kinky Gazpacho, then you know I’ve lived in both Spain and Morocco, so these recent stories about life in the border city of Ceuta have caught my attention. Ceuta is a city on the cusp of Africa, but it is a Spanish territory. Ceuta’s citizens are Spanish,…
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…And We’re Back: Back to School, Back in the USA, Back to the Grind
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I’m baaack!! I hope you didn’t miss me too much. I missed you. Really I did. And I missed having an outlet for all of my crazy discoveries, opinions and cultural critiques that only you, my devoted readers would care to hear about. So, I’m picking up my proverbial pen and getting…
