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Cover Your Eyes: Obama "Swagga" Segment Not Fit for TV
Congrats CNN, on your “swagga” segment FAIL. We all know that mainstream news can be stiff by nature and necessity, but that’s a reality that exists because, more often than not, attempts to be ‘hip’ and relevant tend to fall flat on their face. It’s pretty clear by his on camera demeanor that correspondent T.J. Holmes was…
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100 Days On: Are We Post-Racial Yet?
All the talk about President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office, and hardly any about the “post-racial” America white folks were looking forward to. As far as I can tell, white folks are just acting screwy-er that usual, even if there is a noticable uptick in thier niceness. Doors get opened for me now.…
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Chantelle Biya of Cameroon Gives Michelle Obama a Run for Her Money
Now that the first lady of the United States is past her first 100 days in “office,” a host of profiles and tributes and pop theses on her appeal have started to appear: The NEW YORK TIMES wrote about how Obama’s staff has maintained tight-fisted control over her public image; while the WASHINGTON POST describes…
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The 100th Day Threat to Voting Rights
On the 100th day of the first term of the first black president of the United States, lawyers for a small utility district in Travis County, Texas, walked up the steps of the Supreme Court Building to ask the nine justices of the court to dismantle a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of…
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Disney's First Black Princess and Near-White Suitor
Disney’s The Princess and the Frog won’t be released until December 11, but there’s already drama. Princess Tiana, played by Dreamgirls’ Anika Noni Rose, is a young girl living in New Orleans’ French Quarter during the Jazz Age. Of course, she has to kiss a frog on the lips in order to break the spell…
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Carrying Her Own Head
Michelle Obama is showing her humanity in a very interesting and very clear and personal way—it’s bringing people in, putting her hands in the dirt, not being controlled every single moment, and just carrying her own head. As the Yoruba people say—carry your own head. I admire her intelligence, and her phenomenal love for her…
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Rock Star
First lady Michelle Obama has simply rocked these first 100 days as well as the decades before that have led her family and this country to our present day. Her grace, strength and intelligence in everything from pep talks at federal departments to engagement with the city in which she now lives demonstrates that without…
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An American Mother
The first lady during the first 100 days has just been marvelous; she has helped to give America a new sense of hope. They’ve been a people’s family; they displayed a sense of caring and a sense of sharing and getting other people in America to look out for each other. But more than giving…
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A Friendly Neighbor
For those of us who call the nation’s capital our home, Mrs. Obama has become a neighbor and community activist. From Day One, she has been reaching out to the D.C. community, visiting the children from the city’s working-class and underprivileged households to tell them that her childhood was much like theirs and that through…
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The Other Community Organizer
There is a certain majesty about the way Michelle Obama approaches her role. It shows, at the same time, a humility, and in some ways, the spirit of a community organizer. When she was talking about being mom in chief, she’s not saying that she’s exclusively concerned about her own family, but rather the role…