I’m so lame. Tapestries of Hope has been on my to-blog list for a minute, but I hadn’t gotten around to it because it deserves much more than a rush job, and that’s where I am these days. But Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth has done the damn thing–and done it right. Here’s an excerpt from […]
…sounds like a recipe for…well, Jerome White, Jr. This native of Pittsburgh’s North Side is doing his thing in Japan.
“A Far Cry from Home”
I read with a mixture of amusement and curiousity until these paragraphs:
He was dressed in his usual hip-hop garb, but didn’t attempt a single dance step. Instead, with quiet sincerity […]
This is a long, but worthwhile read. From their report to lawmakers’ ears…
FINDING FAMILIES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN: THE ROLE OF RACE & LAW
IN ADOPTION FROM FOSTER CARE
Authors: Susan Smith, Ruth McRoy, Madelyn Freundlich, Joe Kroll
Published: 2008 May. New York NY: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Document Type: Policy Brief (58 pages)
Availability: PDF Full Report […]
You can also check out this review and related content over at 3BlackChicks and ShapingYouth.
A few months ago, I viewed the trailer for Girls Rock!, a documentary which chronicles a 5-day-long Rock ‘n Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon. At the camp, the girls form bands, write music, and ultimately perform for a […]
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. […]
I might have to start tuning in again…
My latest column, The Princess Problem: “There’s More Than One Way of Being Pretty”, is up over at AntiRacistParent. Toot-toot.
While the whole country, it seems, has Rev. Jeremiah on continuous play, I (and others) have noted that McCain’s connection to Rev. Hagee has (surprise!) largely gone unnoticed by the media outlets that are salivating over the Obama-Wright connection. Why hasn’t McCain been made to account for Hagee, I wondered. Well, from my mouth to […]
Some interesting articles at The Root…
Get Off the *$&(%# Boat, Black People!
I’ve never taken a cruise, and when I think of future international travel, I do plan to be as adventurous as the author suggests. I’ve never understood folks for whom the boat itself was a destination.
“Thurgood”, the musical
Not really, but Laurence Fishburne […]
Hat tip to JA at Wigger Lover
I read an excerpt of Patton’s book before it was released. I felt it to be a hard read, and so I haven’t gotten a copy (yet). Would love to hear from anyone who has finished it.
An interview with historian and writer Stacey Patton
conducted by […]
