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Shellie Zimmerman's Doubts Come Too Late
The time for Shellie Zimmerman to raise questions about her husband George Zimmerman’s innocence was before or during his second-degree-murder trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. They’re immaterial now that he’s been acquitted, Charing Ball argues in a spot-on piece at Madame Noire. Well I see Shellie Zimmerman has been in the news,…
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Why Do We Love Sophia Grace and Not Black Children?
In a blog entry at Madame Noire, Charing Ball looks at the fascination with a viral video of two British girls singing Nicki Minaj’s hit single “Super Bass.” While she, too, adores the girls, she bemoans the fact that such praise and attention often escapes African-American children. While everybody is still talking/reeling about Nicki Minaj’s “Hell…
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The Tracy Morgan Dilemma: Is It OK Not to Help Mom?
In a blog entry at Madame Noire, Charing Ball examines criticism of Tracy Morgan for reportedly refusing to help his mother keep her house out of foreclosure. Relating her own story of estrangement from her mother, Ball makes the counterintuitive argument that sometimes ties have to be cut. … We had tried to work on…
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Why Line Up for 'Red Tails' and Not 'Pariah'?
In a blog entry at Madame Noire, Charing Ball questions George Lucas’ argument that black cinema is at risk if his film Red Tails bombs at the box office. Not so, she says, citing the subdued popularity of Pariah, which is a black film. … Interesting enough, Red Tails was created by the same guy…
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S–t Natural-Hair Girls Need to Stop Saying
In a blog entry at Madame Noire, Charing Ball challenges African Americans to stop the perennial good hair-bad hair debate, which reared its head recently after the “S—t Natural Hair Girls Say” video went viral. She maintains that it promulgates self-loathing. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention how this bickering over hairstyle choices…
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Gay Is Not the New Black
In a blog entry at Madame Noire, Charing Ball challenges the recent claim that gay is the new black. She says that “black is still black” and she’s tired of racism being subsumed by other social issues. The two are not comparable, she writes. Recently, the Huffington Post Black Voices section published a provocative piece…
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Herman Cain and Why We Hate Cheating Politicians
In a blog entry at Madame Noire, Charing Ball addresses the allegations of adultery against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. She says that people love a good scandal involving politicians, especially conservatives, because they tend to elevate or exaggerate their moral stature. … And it’s not just a Black Republican thing: Bill Clinton, David Vitter,…
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Is Lil' Kim Too Old to Rap?
If Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg can still take to the stage to rock the mic, surely Lil’ Kim should be allowed to strut her stuff and spit her flow, writes Charing Ball in a blog entry at Madame Noire. The fact that she gets clowned, aside from her offstage antics, is symbolic of sexism that…
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