Posted on February 21, 2008 by Guest Blogger
Posted by: Shark-Fu
In remembrance of those who lost their life due to the violent hatred of others.
Strange Fruit was written by Lewis Allen and made famous by the fantabulous Billie Holliday.
Breathe in…exhale…begin.
Enough.
Southern trees bear strange fruit.
That’s right, I said enough.
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.
I am sick and tired people casually [...]
Filed under: Angry at the Media, Angry in General, Bigotry & Prejudice, Media, On the Radio, Racism, Rank Stupidity | Tagged: Bill O'Reilly, lynching, Strange Fruit | 36 Comments »
Posted on November 29, 2007 by the angry black woman
I’m very much enjoying the discussion about feminism in the previous post, so I’m reluctant to start a new topic (and I still haven’t finished my essays on the subject). Instead, I will mention that I was on the News & Notes Blogger Roundtable again Monday. I had the pleasure of meeting Farai Chideya in [...]
Filed under: Media, On the Radio | Tagged: Missing Minorities, News and Notes, NPR | No Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2007 by the angry black woman
Just tooting my own horn a bit here. And mostly because I’m kind of flabbergasted at some of the things I’m finding lately.
Firstly, back in September Electronic Village named me as one of the Top 10 Black Bloggers on the internet (ranked via Technorati authority). I came in #5, which really surprised me as I [...]
Filed under: In the Papers, Media, On the Internets, On the Radio | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2007 by the angry black woman
Later this afternoon I’m heading down to my local NPR studio to take part in News & Notes Black Blogger’s Roundtable. If you’re not familiar with News & Notes, the roundtables are segments where bloggers or reporters, etc., discuss a few news items and give take on them or the media response or something [...]
Filed under: Media, On the Radio | Tagged: NPR, NPR News & Notes | 29 Comments »
