Tag: Books by Lori L Tharps
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Rethinking My Relationship With Racism
Hello Meltingpot Community, It’s been a wee bit of time since we last spoke. While I have been posting here with new podcast episodes, I admit I have been incognegro here on the blog. And while I did mention that I was taking August off to get healthy and recharge, I failed to mention that…
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#Flashback Friday: “Substitute Me” Debuts
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Even though I’m one week early, today I want to go back in time to 2010. Nine years ago, I officially became a novelist with the debut of my novel, Substitute Me. From the time I was a little girl, I dreamt of writing novels, but lacked the courage to pursue my…
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Why We Can’t Wait to Talk About Colorism
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Can we talk about colorism? What I mean is, are we allowed to talk freely, out in the open, about colorism? It’s always been deemed a taboo topic, something we don’t speak about in polite company. So, has that changed in the last few years? Has something shifted in the cultural zeitgeist…
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Babygirl’s Birthday, Books and My Body
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Tomorrow is a big day for so many delicious reasons. Let’s just list them all. 1. It’s babygirl’s birthday! My little munchkin is going to be seven years old! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT. It seems like just yesterday I was posting on this blog about her actual birth. And now, this…
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Love Not Hate: Proud by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Yesterday, April 3, Muslim communities across the UK had to deal with a disturbing and frightening threat, a threat that also made its way to the United States’ Muslim community. I refuse to use my blog to write specifically about the event, because I feel it simply adds credibility to a hate-filled…
