Category: Identity Politics
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Wednesday Round-Up: Black History Beyond Borders Edition
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Monday’s post was meant to get all of my non-Black readers into celebrating Black history month. Now, I want to stretch your minds even more and ask if Black History month should extend beyond our borders here in the United States? Can the Black American experience include Latin Americans? Is the Black…
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Black Mom, White Baby
Hi Meltingpot Readers, In honor of last night’s airing of CNN’s Who is Black in America (which I have not seen yet, because I don’t have cable. But I plan to catch it online or on rerun at my sister’s house), I thought I’d share a funny story with you. So, last week babygirl and…
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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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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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More Race in the Race: Really, Red States? Really?
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Sometimes words aren’t even necessary. Just take a look and shake your heads and sigh. If you want some words to go with the pictures, read this article at salon.com. Peace!
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Race in the Race: A Wednesday Round-Up Election Special
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I think it’s safe to say here, that I am so happy that Barack Obama won the 2012 presidential election. I was sitting on pins and needles last night and if you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know I was pretty much losing my mind watching the election results come in. Lord…
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And Speaking of Whitewashing Latino Identity: Have You Seen Disney’s First Latina Princess?
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I hate to beat a dead race horse (pun intended), but sometimes I can’t help it. Have your heard all of the excitement over the fact that Disney was about to introduce their first Latina princess, Princess Sofia? I’d heard faint rumblings about it here and there, but it wasn’t until folks…
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Is Argo a Whitewash of Latino Identity?
Hola Meltingpot Readers, This weekend el esposo and I went to see the film Argo. In case you haven’t heard about it, Argo is the movie based on the true life rescue of six hostages held in Iran during the infamous 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The hero of the story, Tony Mendez, is the CIA…
