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Race in America

Let's talk about it folks.  Let's put the headlines aside and have a discussion about race that is long overdue.

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It's okay to kill black males

"You kill a dog, you go to jail," Crump ( an attorney for the boys mother) said on the courtroom steps just after the verdict was delivered. "You kill a little black boy, nothing happens." Welcome to...

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Campaign Fatigue

This time of year thou mayest in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou...

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Blacks and Gays

There has been much talk lately about the relationship between blacks and the Gay and Lesbian community.  Each has a perspective borne of challenge and difficulty.

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Bring Back the Draft

I've been wondering what the Congress could do to stop the war immediately.  I think I've come up with one idea worth pursuing.

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Fanny Lou Hamer I'm with you...

I've noticed that if a white woman disappears it's on all the channels all the time.  Not so with black women and women of color.  Michael Vick's cruelty to dogs got more coverage than any story about...

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Hillary I'm not mad atcha...

Lots of folks seem pretty pissed off at Hillary Clinton.  Though I do not plan to vote for her in the primaries, I'm not mad at her.

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The Fear Factor

Let's see...911...war on terror...Patriot Act...Homeland Security...Fisa...Gay Marriage...Immigration...Rising energy cost... What do all of these have in common???   Fear...Terror... Etymology: Middle...

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The Spirit of the Season Pt. 1

This is the holiday season.   I've always gotten into the spirit of the season. I love that for a lean moment we can smile at and speak to strangers.  I like wishing folks well.  I am a celebratory...

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Young Black Men and Women

I am writing this diary and addressing it to young black men and women.  It may be hard to understand that the whites on this site don't have to write open letters to other whites because,well, because...

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Ain't scared of no republican.

There's been a lot of talk about what the republicans may or may not say about this candidate or the other.  Here is my take on the whole thing.

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Obama...a reason to hope

It's the first day of the new year and I'm trying to focus on the days and months ahead.  So much is going on. In two days we will see what is really happening in Iowa.  I have reason to hope.

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Why Obama gets my vote

As this political season started I wanted Al Gore to run with Obama as his running mate.  I still think of Al as our President in Exile and wanted him to have his chance at bat. You can't want...

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Requiem for a Scoundrel.

I started this year with a feeling of hope.  I could feel a sense of wonder and relief and gave it the name of a candidate.  Now, I realize it was so much more.  It was also the awareness that we are...

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'Bout Time

I know how hard it is to believe again. I had gotten so cynical that for the last few primaries I voted for the face in the Democratic Party that I wouldn't mind having to look at for four years.  In...

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What King Taught Me

One of the things that all of us who participated in the Civil Rights Movement knew was that we might be able to get laws passed but we would never be able to legislate feelings.We understood this....

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Black History Month

It's that time again.  You know when PBS starts with the King and Malcolm video(s) and HBO and Showtime replay their black movies and showcase shorts made by black film makers. This year we get an...

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My Black Herstory

It's  the last day in Black History month and I'm thinking that since I was fully conscious for most of the last sixty years I would share a small part of my Black History or in this case, herstory....

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It's a Race Thang.

Over the last few days there has been much hand-wringing,mudslinging and all around body flinging from the cliffs of politics. It comes down to one thing.  Race.  It's a race thang.

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Getting My Groove On

It's Friday night.  Long week.  So much playing on the screen of time and space. Watching the equivalent of a political Britney Spears, holding the high watch for spring, I've finally found my groove.

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Salt Lake City...Utah

Sitting in an airport waiting room yesterday in Salt Lake City, something interesting happened. A spontaneous conversation arose about politics and there was no one there who liked McCain.  No one.  In...

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bushwhacked

Okay I know it is high season in the world of politics.  I can't keep up with all the polls and where we are in the fight.  All I know is that we are going to win. I learn something every day.I keep...

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Is This How They Do It?

There has been much talk and mucho speculation about the McCain campaign wanting to dump Sarah Palin.I just had a flash. The blackwoman often feels her way through circumstances.  Sometimes they are...

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Thank God For Bush

I thank God today for George W. Bush.  Without him, showing America what teh stupid looks like, we might be subjected to four years of McCain and that friends would be even worse.

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Barack Hussein Obama, Yeah I said it!

We got a sheriff in the deep south using our future president's name in vain. "Hussein" he shouts as if Obama's middle name ought to be the dealbreaker. Some folks on the left start getting all fidgety...

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Sistahspeak...Today

It's been a long journey to this day. I have been witness to last century's attitudes toward those of us born of the diaspora.  More than it's witness, I have been it's face.  I am black.  In America.

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Gold Rims

The limousine of the President was pulling out of Union Station. Itself a testimony to a standard of American luxury, shiny ,black, sleek and bulletproof.I had to make a call on the smart...

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We Can't Fix Ya!

I’ve been thinking. It happens. Most of us around here know what‘s going on.  It’s gotten to the place where I don’t feel the energy of explaining.   Or the need. Not that many people are listening....

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Sistahspeak

I had hoped to stay out of this and remain silent. I can no longer do this.  I have watched with some amusement as the managing editor of Black Kos has tried to build bridges with those who not only...

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Sistahspeak

Black women have been doing it for themselves for a long time. Sojourner Truth was the first black woman to take a white man to court.  Her free son was taken and illegally sold into slavery. She took...

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SistahSpeak

The Civil Rights Movement continues. We just don't do that much walking anymore.  We learned a lot about the nature of racial politics. Had to. As Adept2U once put it, black folk been hearing dog...

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SistahSpeak

I do not like horror movies. Never have.  Never will. Growing up a black female in America has always been horrifying enough. There are real life monsters roaming American cities.The mean streets of...

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SistahSpeak

My mother whose nickname is Tennessee Sweetie is one of the best things about my life.No one has ever heard my mother raise her voice. She never had to. Her ability to raise an eyebrow was enough to...

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SistahSpeak

The blackwoman hasn't been around much lately. Real life is far more compelling. The DK might be real life for some, but not the kid.  Since the beginning of the year, I feel like I've marched through...

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SistahSpeak

The blackwoman wasn't going to write a diary today. It's been a long, exhausting week. My body hurts. My soul aches.Sometimes though, folk go a bridge too far. The so called TeaParty folk have done so.

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SistahSpeak

The blackwoman has been quiet long enough.  Some things need to be said and since no one else seems to be saying, I will.

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SistahSpeak

I am a person who loves words. Always have. They are for me precious in their ability to communicate ideas. It is a way for me to observe a person's inner framing. For some, words are things they read...

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SistahSpeak

I told you change is loud. Loud like the sound of locomotives coming right at you. The up close sound of a buzz saw. It has so many voices.  Time to pick one. To listen to.Life every voice and sing

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SistahSpeak

The blackwoman has been left slack-jawed at some of what passes for dialogue on this site. I've been told today that I am too sensitive because I object to the term 'race card' and find it offensive.I...

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SistahSpeak

The Black woman has not a few friends that are disgusted by the open and racist attitudes that can be found all over the news, and the internet. I have a somewhat different attitude . Today.  My...

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SistahSpeak

>  The Blackwoman started out wanting to write something that might soothe some of the souls wounded by the constant beat of racist drums. Now I'm listening to those drums being beaten (off rhythm I...

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SistahSpeak

 One would think that there would be very few ways white folk could surprise the Blackwoman after all these years. One would think. One thing is clear to me. Your blues ain't like mine.

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SistahSpeak

White America is at a crossroads of sorts. It will be interesting to see the turn it takes.Have Americans had the hope squeezed out? Are they willing to suffer the known rather than continue on a path...

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SistahSpeak

The Blackwoman grew up in and with Chicago politics. As a result I do not even remember an election in the city where the outcome was  not determined during the primaries. In Chicago it comes down to...

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SistahSpeak

As I sit propped up in my bed, on an absolutely perfect Pacific Northwest day I am thinking about freedom.  Through my window I can see snow-capped mountains.  On my desk one of my orchids is in a...

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SistahSpeak

There is a vantage-point where the political theater we are all witnessing the Blackwoman finds deeply amusing.  I personally had to leave the point of view I found  disturbing.  Way to. Disturbing....

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SistahSpeak

Lately the Blackwoman has been spending time with the long-view.  Past and present.  There is a reason for the saying 'hindsight is 20/20.  Not always. Often enough. Those who do not learn from the...

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SistahSpeak-Black Men! Live Longer...Go to Jail.

Health care for black men is now dependent upon whether or not they are incarcerated. At least this is the case a new study presents.This article is my WTF??? moment of the week.  The Blackwoman is...

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SistahSpeak

The Blackwoman has gown weary of segregation. Integration  too. At this moment, it would seem that the internet is as segregated as America. I'm just not up for it anymore.

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SistahSpeak

 The blackwoman woke up this morning with a song playing in her head. Two days in a row. How Insensitive. Yesterday I actually walked downstairs and sat at my baby grand piano and tried to play for the...

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