Author: Lori Tharps
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#FridayFavorites: Mustard Greens Are So Meltingpot and So Good
Every Friday, I try to highlight some of my favorite things here on the Meltingpot and being that I’m an Aquarius and a little bit quirky, my favorite things can range from a good book to a new hair product. But this week, my current crush is on mustard greens. That’s right, a very underappreciated…
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What Color is Violence in America?
In the wake of the rise of student activism promoting stricter gun control laws and all of the media attention its been receiving, there have been cries of foul. Why? Because student activists in urban communities haven’t received the same level of attention or support for their efforts to curb gun violence, despite the fact…
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The Meltingpot Got a Makeover – But We’re Not Quite Done Yet
Hello Meltingpot Readers, How do you like our new look here at My American Meltingpot? I decided I wanted to update the design in honor of my return to blogging after an almost two-year hiatus. I hope you like our snazzy new logo, designed by Mt. Airy-based graphic designer extraordinaire, Tesia Barone of Killer B.…
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#FridayFavorites: American Street by Ibi Zoboi
The bad news is, I’m sick. The good news is, being sick gave me the perfect excuse to sit still all day and devour the critically acclaimed YA novel, American Street by Ibi Zoboi. True story, I fell in love with American Street as soon as I saw the cover back in early 2017 when…
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Six Reasons Why Mattel Has Made Me Rethink My Barbie Ban
ADIOS BARBIE Let’s just put it out there. Barbie used to be my nemesis. As a child, I found her thin, plastic limbs too angular to play with. She seemed cold and unfeeling, unlike my menagerie of soft, squishy, baby dolls and furry stuffed animals. I wanted nothing to do with Barbie or her dream…
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Raising Teens is Hard. Is There an App for That?
There’s nothing worse than thinking you alone are raising the spawn of Satan. When I lived in Brooklyn, New York with my two toddler boys, there was nothing I liked more than hanging out at the playground with other moms and their kids and realizing that my sons could have been a lot worse. At…
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Is a Mixed-Race Family on Network TV News Anymore?
Remember that 2013 Cheerios commercial that had the racists losing their pea-sized minds? You know, the one that featured a Black dad, a white mom and their adorable little brown daughter who wanted her dad to eat Cheerios to make sure he stayed healthy. So many racists left evil, nasty messages on the Cheerios YouTube…
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The Most Meltingpot Moment at the 2018 Oscars: Common and Andra Day’s “Stand Up” Performance
I’m going to admit, the only Oscar nominated film I saw in 2017 was Get Out, so I wasn’t all the excited to tune into the Oscars this year. But as a chronicler of pop culture for the Meltingpot, I had to tune in to see what went down. Hands down, the most Meltingpot moment…
