Tag: Black women in America
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Black Women Belong Anywhere They Want To Belong
April 7, 2022 will go down as a special day in American history, because it was the day the United States finally appointed its first Black woman to the Supreme Court. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed with a vote of 53 – 47 and will replace retiring justice Stephen Breyer in June. *tosses confetti*…
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Madam C.J. Walker Deserved Better than ‘Self-Made’
Hello Meltingpot Community, If you recall, earlier this month I posted about how excited I was to watch the Netflix mini-series, Self-Made:Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. I probably should have kept my expectations low based solely on the clunky, pseudo warning in the title, but alas, my love for Madam C.J. Walker,…
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The Vice President of Costa Rica is a Black Woman…Hint, Hint USA
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Here it is the day after International Women’s Day 2020, and I keep reading more and more think pieces about why America isn’t ready for a female president and why Elizabeth Warren’s vagina prevents her from being taken seriously as a presidential candidate. It is maddening. It is pathetic. It is ridiculous.…
