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From the Red Carpet to a Brown Baby
When Sandra Bullock stepped on stage to thank the Academy for naming her best actress this year, she also gave a special shout out to “the moms that take care of the babies and the children, no matter where they come from.” Now we know why. In January, Sandra Bullock and soon-to-be ex-husband, Jesse James,…
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Dear Kiely, T.M.I.
I’m sure Kiely Williams is so glad to be done with the Cheetah Girls and 3 Little Women. I mean, who wants to be associated with a played out animal print, tweeny-bopper pop music and the Disney Channel for the rest of her life? (Sorry, Raven-Symone.) So in celebration, Ms. Williams decided to show another…
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Singing the Census Form Blues
“I am black. I did not appreciate the black, the African-American and Negro,” the caller to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal told U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves last month, “…The word Negro really hurt my feelings … that to me is racist.” Groves, who appeared as a guest on the show that day, promptly apologized to…
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Doing the Right Thing?
According to artist Sofia Maldonado, the stylized female figures on her 92’ x 12’ mural at Times Square (on view now until April 30, 2010) were meant to represent working women who are seldom seen in mainstream media. They are working class Latinas, the kind of women that Rosie Perez brought to the large screen…
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Black Barbie Talks
To Whom It May Concern, After all of the recent controversy over a silly photo that was taken of my friend Barbie and me, I’ve decided it’s time to speak up. We were hanging at Walmart last week when somebody decided to snap our picture. I’m not sure if it was paparazzi or a soccer…
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It’s Hard To Be Mocked, Harder To Stay Focused
Never mind the genius of George Washington Carver, the linguistic stylings of Langston Hughes, the ingenuity of Granville T. Woods. Forget how much Rosa Parks’ feet hurt. Harriet’s, too, for that matter. To some people, Black History Month will always mean an opportunity to mock the less, um, upstanding members of black America, as opposed…
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OMG Look at Your Hair!
Last week, when Sarah Palin popped onto the set of Oprah’s “Fridays Live” program (via satellite from Wasilla, Alaska) she gave the talk show host pause. No, it wasn’t that she’s pregnant again. It was her hairstyle. The front looked basically the same as most of us are used to seeing it, but this time…
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Okay, fine. You're Cablinasian.
In yesterday’s “Why Tiger Woods’ Family Business is Our Business”, writer Jimi Izreal raised some valid points about the recent crash involving Woods (and, rather bizarrely, his wife Elin who was on the scene standing over her hubby with a golf club). Izreal states that while Tiger Woods has the right to stay quiet about…
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When Santa Goes Green
We get it. Most of the folks on your holiday list aren’t exactly tree-hugging, granola-crunching, Birkenstock rockers (not that there’s anything wrong with that). It’s just that the company you keep has always had high expectations of Santa. Even your mom, who always loved the nature crafts you used to bring home from camp isn’t exactly…
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Big Bird Turns 40
Yo, Dora, I’m really happy for you, and I’m a let you finish, but PBS had the best children’s television show of all time. I loved Sesame Street. I still do. I guess that’s why I’m slightly offended when my 4-year-olds act like there are cooler, more interesting characters to watch on TV than the…
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