Dear America: What this black woman would like you to know about race
Crossposted from What Tami SaidIt is normal to be prejudiced....and in a country like America that was born and raised on the notion of white supremacy (See manifest destiny, slavery, Jim Crow,...
View ArticleFive reasons to be bitter
I am a 38-year-old, middle-class, black woman. And I am bitter.I am bitter because I am not doing better than my parents did. That is the way it is supposed to work, isn’t it? Each generation is...
View ArticleYou don’t know me (Part I): Tackling disturbing memes from the 2008...
Crossposted from What Tami SaidI’m sick of condescension. And it is rampant in the 2008 presidential election. I’m sick of hearing other people attempt to explain my values, beliefs, biases and...
View ArticleThe truth about Barack Obama's church
Crossposted from What Tami SaidPlease understand, the purpose of this post is not to proselytize. In fact, I'm not even a member of a Christian church at this time. But with the breathless excitement...
View ArticleThis is the Jeremiah Wright I know
Cross-posted from What Tami SaidThere have been other phenomenal diaries about Bill Moyers' interview with Rev. Jeremiah Wright last night on Bill Moyers' Journal, but I feel I must weigh in as a...
View ArticleSexism and privilege: parsing identity politics and the Clinton campaign
Cross-posted from What Tami SaidI was all set to write a post about how some feminist support of Hillary Clinton seems contrary to principles of female equality. I get the sense, in some Clintonistas'...
View ArticleBarack Obama had to do it
Overshadowed by the results of the Democrat's Rules and Bylaws committee was a story broken by CNN contributor Roland Martin: Barack Obama has resigned from being a member of Trinity United Church of...
View ArticleWhat's so wrong with intolerance?
Crossposted from What Tami Saidand Political Voices of WomenIt happens about this time every two years. I find myself becoming less open to the ideas of the other side and less understanding of the...
View ArticleThings your president says when he thinks you're not listening
Of course we knew this all along. When President George W. Bush is with his cronies behind closed doors and the cameras are (supposedly)turned off, sometimes he lets a little truth slip out.Greg...
View ArticleBobby Jindal explained: Republicans give positions to unqualified women and...
crossposted from What Tami SaidI always thought Republicans were being disingenuous in their arguments against affirmative action. I was sure that conservatives knew encouraging diversity and making a...
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