Category: Pop Culture
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April is National Celebrate Diversity Month! Try These 5 Ways to Celebrate
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Did you know April was National Celebrate Diversity Month? If you recall, I launched my Celebrate Diversity hashtag challenge in 2019, calling for all of us to boldly celebrate diversity all year long to counterbalance the disturbing acts of racial and ethnic hate crimes and violence that kept dominating the headlines. And…
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Meltingpot News Round-Up: Colorism, White Fragility & Chinese Food
Hello Meltingpot Readers, This week has been chock full of meltingpot news and stories. It’s hard to keep up. But don’t worry about it, I got you covered. Here’s what you should know for the week that was, April 8, 2019. Colorism in the News Colorism Makes Headlines. This isn’t hyperbole, The Guardian Newspaper’s US…
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MAMP Podcast Ep. #10: Interracial Friendships in Pop Culture and Real Life
It’s Season 2 of the My American Meltingpot podcast! Welcome Back! On episode 10 of the podcast, we’re talking about interracial friendships in real life and in pop culture. Not Everybody Has a Black or Brown Friend Even though I grew up in mostly white spaces and lived in one of the most segregated cities…
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Meltingpot News Round-Up: Jussie Smollett, Books about Blackness and Us.
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s Friday. Yay! We made it through another week of life on this crazy planet we call home. Because this is my American Meltingpot, I thought I’d introduce a new feature here, the Meltingpot Round-Up. Think of it of as a collection of meltingpot news, tidbits and pop culture moments from the…
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Dora the Explorer Is Alive and Coming to a Theater Near You
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Around these parts we’re always lamenting the lack of quality pop culture products with diverse characters, particularly films for younger audiences. So, imagine my complete and total surprise when I found out (thanks teenage sons) that Nickelodeon is making a live-action, Dora the Explorer movie. Just in case you slept through the…
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Vegans are People of Color Too
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I’m not a vegan, nor am I a vegetarian, but I’ve been flirting with the idea of becoming a vegetarian for the last few years. It seems like more and more people I know are choosing a plant-based lifestyle, so I find myself researching the idea with more seriousness. Today, I fell…
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ICYMI: SNL Finds Humor in Race and Pop Culture
Hello Meltingpot Readers, True confession, I don’t have time to watch television on a regular basis. Usually I catch up on the latest shows from social media coverage. I think of Twitter and Facebook as my Cliffs Notes for pop culture. So, I’m keeping up, just not in the traditional way. And please know, I…
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Five Badass Women of Color to Celebrate on International Women’s Day
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Today is International Women’s Day and it’s Friday. Usually on Fridays I share some of my favorite things, so, in honor of women around the world, I thought I’d share five, historical, badass women of color who continue to inspire me with their passion, fierceness, bravery and spirit. I think once you…
