Tag Archives | Race Politics

My Life as a Tragic Mulatto

By on August 7, 2010 in Color Lines, Nappy Roots

There are a few things I find funny about the way people think about “mulattoes”, which for our purposes will be defined in the classical way: a person of white and black parentage. One is, to a lot of white people mulattoes are usually black until they do something important. Then they’re “biracial” — and [...]

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The Coming Race War

By on July 25, 2010 in Color Lines, Media Matters, Why Racism Isn't Over

Well, Andrew Breitbart, smearing Shirley Sherrod in order to refute the NAACP’s resolution against “racist elements” in the Tea Party turned out to be a pretty bad idea. Yes, you cost her her job, but she’s making black people look good. It’s too bad you’re not like, a journalist, or something, and did some digging [...]

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Look! Black People Are Totally Racist Too!

By on July 20, 2010 in Color Lines, Why Racism Isn't Over

[Cross-posted from Feministe] Fox News dropped this bombshell in the early hours of July 20 (or the late night of July 19, as it is for me). Apparently someone was able to dig up a video of a black USDA worker telling an audience of other black people about having to help a white farmer [...]

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When You Have To Say It: Tea Party Racism (Again) and You?

By on July 19, 2010 in Are You Serious?, Color Lines, Why Racism Isn't Over

Why I continue to follow links relating to the Tea Party and whatever problematic tripe they’re spewing on that particular day, I don’t know. I only have a certain amount of anxiety medication allotted each month and I can’t afford to waste it. When I saw that the NAACP called the Tea Party a bunch [...]

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From Feministe: The Master’s Publishing House

By on July 17, 2010 in Color Lines, Feminist Struggle, Media Matters

[UPDATE: I have decided not to submit to Seal Press. I'm leaving this up, but feel free to not answer the question since it's already been answered.] In working on the anthology I’m editing/contributing to, Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on Self-Image, an issue has come up over whether or not I should include [...]

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Outlaw Clothing: Burqas, Islamophobia and Women’s Rights

By on July 14, 2010 in Color Lines, Feminist Struggle, Politics As Usual

The ongoing quest of the French government to preserve their country’s “secular traditions” came to the fore once again Tuesday when the lower house of France’s parliament voted to ban women from wearing any face-covering veil, such as the infamous burqa or the less “extreme” niqab — a move obviously targeting French Muslim women, of [...]

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Is White Really the Combination of All Colors?

By on July 13, 2010 in Color Lines, Media Matters, Politics As Usual

This “family feud” has been mentioned in blog post after blog post, so I’ll keep the history short. Big “feminist” site Jezebel posts about female comedy writers not being represented in the staffing of The Daily Show. Big “feminist” site XX Factor posts about how hypocritical it is for Jezebel to post something controversial to [...]

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The One Drop Rule

By on July 7, 2010 in Are You Serious?, Color Lines, Politics As Usual, Why Racism Isn't Over

These days it seems like things are going back to the way they were in the good old days, only with a few tweaks. You’ve got proud racists, anti-abortion “feminists”, and now it looks like we’re getting a 21st century reboot of the “one drop rule”. This time, however, it’s one drop of white blood [...]

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on Self-Image – Deadline October 15, 2010

By on July 4, 2010 in Color Lines, Media Matters, The Body Politic

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Occupied Bodies: Women of Color Speak on Self-Image – Deadline October 15, 2010 I am soliciting essays for an anthology on women of color’s self-image/body image as shaped by family, friends, media, society, history, lived experiences, etc. I’m looking for smart, accessible, and snappy personal narratives that also offer nuanced analysis [...]

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Being Black In Washington State

By on June 21, 2010 in Are You Serious?, Color Lines, Media Matters

Why I didn’t hear about this, I don’t know. This is the kind of thing that, if a white girl was involved, would be blogged about until the end of time. I’m talking about a white police officer cold cocking a 17 year old black girl square in the face for shoving him. Watch the [...]

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