Archive for the 'Black History Month All Year Long' Category

Why the mighty fell

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

I like this breakdown of how Clinton’s presumptuousness about superdelegate loyalty was her undoing. They didn’t mention her bigger-than-Texas-sized sense of entitlement outright, but you can read between the lines. Some highlights:
“Sure, Senator Clinton was the favorite early on, but that was simply because of the institutional support that she already had,” […]

I’m Shaping Youth!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

How flattered am I that Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth.org decided to cross-post my AntiRacistParent column (Breaking the Color Code and Princess Power)?
ShapingYouth is a forum about media and marketing’s influence on kids, and is chock-full of great resources for parents and anyone interested in kids and consumer culture. Another such site is ParentsForEthicalMarketing.org/Corporate Babysitter. […]

Belated congratulations…

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

…to Junot Diaz! His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Your input needed: The Sheroes Project

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

What do you get when you cross presenting your girl-children with role models and icons who look like them, with home decorating?
The Sheroes Project.
Motivated by Maj. Kimbrell and by the desire to decorate BabyGirl’s new Big Girl bedroom, I’ve decided to collect images, preferably but not exclusively black and white, of black sheroes to frame, […]

Shero: Maj. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

“Every Day, She Breaks More Than the Sound Barrier”
Maj. Kimbrell is the USAF’s first black female fighter pilot.
Hat tip to Harry Allen, the Media Assassin