Tag: Racism
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Poor White People: Where Are They?
Hi Meltingpot Readers, So, the other day my older son made a comment along the lines of, ‘Well, all the poor neighborhoods are Black neighborhoods.” I can’t even recall the context in which he said this, because my heart stopped for a moment and I had a painful flashback to my own childhood. Growing up…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Fierce Female Bloggers, Django One More Time, and GQ’s Take on Asian Beauty
Hi Meltingpot Readers, It’s Wednesday, so let’s get it to it, your weekly rationing of tasty, fresh links. I’ve scoured the web, so you don’t have to. Enjoy! 1. Because I spend far too much time scrolling through my twitter feed instead of working intently on my next book project, I stumbled upon this great…
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Asian Beauty: Italian Vogue Puts Chinese Model on the Cover
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Did you know fashion history was made at the beginning of the month when Italian Vogue put Chinese model, Fei Fei Sun on the cover of their January issue? This is the first time Italian Vogue has ever featured an Asian cover model. Now, you might be thinking, Italy isn’t exactly a…
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Wednesday Round-Up: Acts of Kindness, Dominican Paradise, Racial Profiling
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Today is Wednesday so that means I’m sending your hither and yon through cyberspace to read some of the best or worst of what mankind has to offer a week before Christmas. So, let’s get to it. 1. Ann Curry, formerly of the Today Show, has decided to DO SOMETHING to honor…
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Blackface…Again
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I have to apologize for the ‘interruption in service.’ Ms. Meltingpot is up to her ears in work, all related to being Professor Meltingpot. The semester is almost over, so that means finals to correct, amongst a list of other duties I must complete. So, please pardon my paltry postings these days.…
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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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Michelle Obama Depicted As a Slave in Spain. Say What?
I am married to a Spaniard. I have lived in Spain. I consider the Iberian peninsula my home away from home. But I still cringe and throw up my hands in disbelief when the country that created el esposo, keeps putting themselves on the national stage with racially provocative misdeeds. The latest is this…
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Not the Nanny Syndrome Doesn’t Discriminate
Recently, a lovely journalist from TODAY Moms interviewed me about what I call the “Not the nanny” syndrome. You know, that irritating situation when people mistake you for your child’s caregiver because you might be of color and your baby looks kind of White? I know it happens all the time to Black girls like me who…
