Author: Lori Tharps
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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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Five Easy Ways to End Black History Month with a Pro-Black Bang!
Today is the last day of Black History Month. Just in case you wanted to do something special to celebrate, but you didn’t actually plan anything, here are five Meltingpot approved, easy-breezy, pro-Black ways to finish off the greatest (and Blackest) month of the year. 1.LISTEN Listen to The Diary of a Mad Black Cousin…
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Colorism in the Mixed-Race Family
Hello Meltingpot Readers, When you think of colorism, what’s the first community you think of? Is it the African-American community, with their #teamlightskin #teamdarkskin hashtags? Is it the the Latinx community, considering baseball legend Sammy Sosa and hip hop star Amara La Negra keep making colorism headlines? Maybe when you think about colorism, your mind…
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#FridayFavorites: MTV’s Decoded and Diverse Beauty
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Today is Friday so I’m sharing some of my favorites. Actually, today I just want to tell you about the web series, Decoded. It’s not that new so many of you might be thinking, Ms. Meltingpot is so behind, but please don’t judge. I’m not one of those people who is always…
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Dreaming of a Jet Plane: Ms. Meltingpot Wants to Fly Away to one of these Five Travel Destinations
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Real talk, I’m exhausted. Like mentally and physically spent. Why? Because I just finished the manuscript for a new book. It was a book collaboration with an Olympic athlete and it was a lot of work. This was the first time I’ve ever tackled a project like that and it was exciting,…
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#FridayFavorites: Chris Rock’s Tamborine
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Friday! That means I share something that’s making me happy that hopefully might make you happy too. Lord knows we need some happy right now given what’s happening in this country right now. Last night, el esposo and I watched Chris Rock’s Netflix special, Tamborine, even though it was a school…
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Five Great Books about Frederick Douglass in Honor of his 200th Birthday
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Yes, I know today is Valentine’s Day, but did you know today is also the day Frederick Douglass would be celebrating his 200th birthday? Considering this man is one of my personal heroes, I figured I’d dedicate today’s post to him, instead of waxing on about love and flowers and chocolate and…
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The Loving Generation Explores Blackness, Whiteness and the Spaces Between
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Back in 2015, I wrote about a fascinating documentary called, Little White Lie. It was about one woman’s search for her true racial identity, after years believing she was White. That filmmaker was Lacey Schwartz and now she has directed a new digital documentary series that also explores race, biracial identity and…
