My American Meltingpot

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  • Wednesday Round-Up: A New Movie in “Black & White,” Mixed Race Riots and Questlove on Trayvon Martin

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    Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday and I have three meltingpot items to share in this week’s round-up. So, let’s get to it. 1) Kevin Costner and Olivia Spencer are getting ready to start filming on a new movie called Black and White. The film is about a custody battle between the grandparents – Costner and…

  • Trayvon Martin Deserves More

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    Hello Meltingpot Readers, It is with such a heavy heart that I write this morning. I am still stunned by the jury’s decision to let George Zimmerman walk away a free man. I want to understand the legal process that makes the jury’s decision sound reasonable but I simply cannot wrap my mind around it.…

  • Ms. Meltingpot Is Back!

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    Hi Meltingpot Readers, Is anybody still out there? If so, thank you for sticking with me. I officially hit send on the new Hair Story manuscript at midnight on June 30. It was due at 9am on July 1. (How’s that for punctual?) Then, because Ms. Meltingpot never stops, I converted back into Mom-in-Chief and…

  • Racists in My Cheerios: My Work Is Never Done

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    Hello Meltingpot Readers, I have no words. So, just see for yourself and know our work is never done. Never! Check the story about the Cheerios ad featuring an interracial family and the virulent racist comments it’s been receiving. Then pull your heart off the floor, wipe your tears and remember that we won’t let…

  • Did You Know This About Me?

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    Hi Meltingpot Readers, Did you know I was supposed to be a teacher, not a writer? In college, after earning a C in my first creative writing class, I decided writing wasn’t going to earn me a living. Because I was only 18 at the time, yes I cried and cursed the fates that I…

  • Black Girl Sings in Hmong Language

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    Hi Meltingpot Readers, Sorry it’s been awhile. The end of the semester is hitting me hard. But I couldn’t resist posting this story I just saw on the Tell Me More website. It’s about this young Black American woman who is making a name for herself singing gospel music in the Hmong language. It’s a…

  • Under Construction

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    Hi Meltingpot Readers, If there was a soundtrack to my life right now, all you’d hear would be jack-hammers and chainsaws grinding away. I’m working on a book proposal,  launching my new Hair Story website and supposedly planning the summer for five people in this Kinky Gazpacho family with five different agendas. Do you hear…

  • Black Hair in the Ivy League

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    Hi Meltingpot Readers, Guess where I spent my morning? At the University of Pennsylvania. The department of Africana Studies hosted a day-long symposium on the politics of Black hair. The panel I attended was moderated by Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show. Perry dedicated an entire show to the topic of Black women’s hair…

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