“Whether we’re blasting 2 Chainz while mentoring kids, drinking a 40 ounce in a Brooks Brothers bow tie, fully understanding Niggas in Paris or screaming the lyrics to All Gold Everything with a well diversified financial portfolio, we clearly show a deep appreciation for the duality of our condition in Post Racial America.”
Fredrick C. Harris
The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and Rise and Decline of Black Politics
USA - Black history month, febrero.
Honduras - Mes de la herencia africana, abril
Venezuela - Mes de la afrovenezolanidad, mayo
Colombia - Día de la Afro-colombianidad, 21 de mayo.
Panama - Día de la Etnia Negra de Panamá, 30 de mayo
Peru - Día de la Cultura Afro-peruana, 4 de junio.
Costa Rica - Día de la Cultura Afro-costarricense, 31 de agosto.
Uruguay - Día del Patrimonio, cualquier sábado de septiembre
Ecuador - Primer domingo de octubre.
Brasil - Dia de la conciencia negra, 20 de noviembre
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Apparently, Slave patrolling was the jury duty of its day. Nice.
Michael Arceneaux
For a party that loves to refute accusations of happily harboring racist fringes so long as it suits their political interests with “SEE! SEE! We got this Black, and this Black, and that Latino, and oh, that Black with lady parts!” you’d think they would see their most-accomplished member of color plead with them to elevate themselves and learn a lesson.
Unfortunately, thus far, all we’ve gotten from conservatives is the same old crusty two-step.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME…
So no one was going to tell me there’s a reality show about black funeral homegoing services?
“TLC” isn’t The Learning Channel anymore? Guess those baby stories weren’t paying the bills.
I just.
*MY WORDS HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING*
This is why I believe rhythmic learning can change a child’s learning experience…especially learners of color. Its so simple, but w/ this simple rhythm and beat they memorized biological hierarchy.
The fact that conservative media and political leaders are making such openly racists commentary and analysis is so sad for humanity.
1) “White America died last night. Obama’s reelection killed it….Anything worth doing on this Earth was done first by white people.” - Pat Buchanan
2) “The white establishment is now the minority. And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff.” - Bill O’Reily
Excerpt from a good piece about the black love affair with Clinton and the illusion of black economic advancement during his term.
“It is important to remember that the description of Clinton as black was prompted by his experience of personal, public humiliation at the hands of his political foes. It is not a claim about his racial heritage, but instead a reaction to his experience with and use of cultural markers that often stand for the denigrated elements of black life in America.”
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Good piece about the age-old anxiety that if African Americans somehow address each other - especially on political topics - then it must be about division, separatism and conspiracy.
“Suddenly, the Fear of the Black Planet takes hold, and no matter what words are actually said, some folks with a deeply ingrained (and probably guilt-induced) phobia of Black people are going to produce their own pre-emptive narratives of imagined, future victimization.”
