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Welcome to the Meltingpot!
My name is Lori L. Tharps but around here I go by Ms. Meltingpot. I am a Black woman married to a Spanish man, raising two brown boys and a beige babygirl. I am an author and a professor. My life is pretty colorful. You wanna hear about it? Here goes...
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Black Hair in the Ivy League
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Guess where I spent my morning? At the University of Pennsylvania. The department of Africana Studies hosted a day-long symposium on the politics of Black [..]
Guns, Mental Illness and America: A Special Edition of Burning Questions from Ms. Meltingpot
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I am not one to use my blog to promote my political beliefs or push forth my personal agenda. But today, that is going to [..]
Wednesday Round-Up: Rosie Perez Helps Mitt Romney Get a Clue, Afro-Latinos in America and Little White Girls Who Wanna Be Black
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday again which means I get to share some of the best stuff around the web I’ve found in the last week. But let’s [..]
My New (Hair) Muse
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, I turned 40 this year. I also have a daughter now, after being the only one on #TeamGirl in the Kinky Gazpacho household for [..]