Category: Books in Color
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Wednesday Round-Up: Finding Zion, Fried Chicken and Black Women in Britain.
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday, I’ve searched the web, so you don’t have to. Let’s get to those tasty, new links. 1. Check out this quickie but quirky interview with novelist turned memoir writer, Emily Raboteau. Her new book, Searching for Zion is travelogue, crossed with journalism, mixed with memoir. In the book, Raboteau travels…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Acts of Kindness, Dominican Paradise, Racial Profiling
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Today is Wednesday so that means I’m sending your hither and yon through cyberspace to read some of the best or worst of what mankind has to offer a week before Christmas. So, let’s get to it. 1. Ann Curry, formerly of the Today Show, has decided to DO SOMETHING to honor…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Being Black in Maine, Jewish for the Holidays, and Black in America
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time for some fresh, hot links to share. So, let’s get to it. The first place I must send you to is Maine. I’ve been following Black Girl in Maine via twitter for a long time, and never realized she had a blog. Duh! Well, apparently…
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My ‘Black Friday’ at the Movies: Rise of the Guardians
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I sure did. We hosted 14 people for dinner and everything turned out great. The food was delicious. We went all out and put tablecloths on the tables and my kids entertained everyone between dinner and dessert by playing their instruments (guitar and…
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A Link and a Giveaway
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Ms. Meltingpot is having a crazy day. Sorry about that. But I don’t want to leave you hanging. I stumbled upon this amazing blog that is both beautiful to look at and inspiring to read. The blogger is a multicultural mama from Trinidad, photographer and author. And she’s giving away a copy…
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Being Black: So Easy, Anyone Can Do It
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Yesterday morning, my eight-year-old son came into my bedroom and saw my copy of Baratunde Thurston’s hilarious book, How To Be Black on my dresser. He picked it up, thumbed through it and casually announced, “Hey mom, we should send this book to Abuelo y Abuela in Spain so they can be…
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Meltingpot Mary and Her Little Lamb
Everybody knows Ms. Meltingpot loves books like a chunky boy loves cake. And of course, I want my kids to share my love for the written word. Babygirl seems to be on the right track, but like all babies in the under two set, reading books and eating books is much the same thing to…
