Oh we’re shattered. [MC - Memoirs]
Dear Heroes,
I’ve been a little busy lately, and it seems that you thought I was just letting it all slide. I wasn’t. I was just getting around to this letter, as it’s been a long time coming.
This may not mean much to you since I’m not a die-hard-fan kinda [...]
Posts Tagged ‘racism’
it’s not chipped, we’re not cracked: a letter to Heroes
Posted in pop culture, race, tv, women, tagged Heroes, race, racism, scifi, sexism, tv on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
same ish, different century
Posted in my life, race, tagged Henry Louis Gates, News, policing while racist, race, racism, racist cops on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My dad has been into real estate since before I was born. It’s what he likes to do – buy a place that needs some fixing up, fix it up, and rent it out. Well, he bought some places earlier this year, and has been fixing them up for the past several months. The cops [...]
another one bites the dust
Posted in pop culture, race, tv, tagged Kyra Sedgwick, pets do not equal people, racism, racist tv, Raymond Cruz, The Closer, turning racist, tv on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been watching The Closer for a couple years now. I think Kyra Sedgwick is pretty near awesome in the role. She runs things, and doesn’t apologize for doing her job. I thought the show was doing pretty well integrating a multicultural cast – maybe not perfect all the time, but trying. The show is [...]
what we see
Posted in pop culture, race, reminisce on this, tv, tagged back in the day, black sitcoms, children's programming, Hollywood, Polly, race, racism, then and now, tv on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Catching up on news over at the root this morning, I ended up reminiscing on Erin Evans’ pop-cultural survey of black preachers. And as I watched the very last video, “Stand Up” from Polly (1989), I got tears in my eyes.
Also included in the same video survey is the opening sequence [...]
gravity and responsibility
Posted in my life, race, tagged black history, Black History Month, education, race, racism on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The time between Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and March 1st is normally America’s media foray into Black History. I’m certain there will be a particular and peculiar focus this year because of our new president. I’m looking forward to Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story that will be airing on TNT. [I'm *almost* related [...]
conflicted
Posted in my life, race, tagged race, racism, Mammy, small-town life, old ladies on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My dad is semi-old. 64 this year. So he remembers a lot, having grown up in the South. And he generally tends to gauge the white people he meets by how they respond to him. He has enough experience to be pretty accurate with how they are – whether they’ve got race issues that are [...]
it begins
Posted in my life, politics, race, tagged American Dream, hope, inspiration, Obama, racism, victory on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Be ever vigilant. I’ve already heard enough comments that they are beginning to snowball into something that causes me some apprehension. Commentators [black and white] are already making statements about how Obama’s election demonstrates the end of racism in America.
Watching Obama’s victory speech is interesting, because his opening phrase further reiterates sentiments about the ‘American [...]
sometimes, i silently scream
Posted in movies, my life, pop culture, race, tagged movies, racism, The Color Purple on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I ever saw The Color Purple I was about 9 years old. it may be possible for a 9 year old to understand this movie – but I sure didn’t. I just remember being very disturbed by the movie. I’ve seen bits and pieces since then, but never the whole thing.
Finally, I [...]
