Posted on January 15, 2009 by the angry black woman
A few years ago at WisCon (the feminist SF convention) there was a panel about Cultural Appropriation that sparked an online discussion about the topic that is generally referred to as the Great Debate of DOOM. This was partly due to the wide-ranging nature of it (over 20 blogs, I believe) and due to [...]
Filed under: Discussions, History, Literature/Writing, Media, Race, Religion, Sex & Gender, Society & Culture | Tagged: Cultural Appropriation | 103 Comments »
Posted on December 4, 2008 by karnythia
So the news that Clarence Thomas has asked the Supreme Court to consider whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship has hit the airwaves. This story is running all over the blogosphere and much as I hate to agree with Clarence Thomas he’s actually not selling out Obama by putting [...]
Filed under: Politics, Race | 16 Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2008 by the angry black woman
So here’s the story as I understand it. Every year at this elementary school they celebrate Thanksgiving by having the kids dress up as pilgrims and “indians”. Parents, mainly those of Native descent, have begun to object to this for several reasons. 1. It’s a completely inaccurate portrayal of what went on when the pilgrims [...]
Filed under: America the Crazy, Bigotry & Prejudice, History, In the Papers, Race, Rank Stupidity, Society & Culture | Tagged: Condit Elementary School | 22 Comments »
Posted on November 25, 2008 by the angry black woman
This may all come to nothing, but it’s being widely reported that Patterson Joseph has been asked to play the lead in Doctor Who and he’s either thinking hard or has accepted the role.
For those of you who don’t know Doctor Who, it’s an iconic British SF show where the main character, The Doctor, has [...]
Filed under: ABW’s TV Corner, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Media, On the TV, Race | Tagged: black people in roles usually played by whites, Doctor Who, Patterson Joseph | 27 Comments »
Posted on November 11, 2008 by the angry black woman
Black people in California =/= All Black People
10% of population =/= 100% of the problem
~30% of Black Californians Who Voted NO on Prop 8 =/= People you can spit on, blame, rage at, and dismiss, then turn around and expect to support you. Not that they would support a ban on gay marriage and other [...]
Filed under: America the Crazy, Angry at White People, Politics, Race, Racism, Rank Stupidity | Tagged: prop 8 | 40 Comments »
Posted on November 5, 2008 by the angry black woman
Last night America elected its first black president. We made history, as everyone still enjoys saying. And I think we’ve earned the right to bask in the glow for a little bit.
But listen, there’s still a lot to be done.
First and foremost, it should be stated that, although come January we will have a Black [...]
Filed under: Bigotry & Prejudice, History, Our Black History, Politics, Race, Racism, Society & Culture | Tagged: 2008 Election, black is the new president, Ellection 2008, Obama | 55 Comments »
Posted on October 15, 2008 by karnythia
So a blogger (apparently protesting some of the misogynistic macros aimed at Gov. Palin) gets the idea to post:
and then decides to “pull it down” but not. Because I’m hotlinking to the picture (which is still hosted on his webspace) right now. And then he tries to act like he had no idea it [...]
Filed under: Angry at White People, Politics, Race | 35 Comments »
Posted on September 29, 2008 by the angry black woman
September 15th was the 45 year anniversarry of the 16th Street Church Bombing. Some background, for those who don’t know. In 1963, a group of white men who were members of the KKK planted bombs in a black church on a Sunday morning. When the bomb went off it destroyed a good portion of the [...]
Filed under: America the Crazy, Angry in General, Bigotry & Prejudice, History, Race, Religion, Why I’m Angry | Tagged: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing | 25 Comments »
Posted on September 24, 2008 by the angry black woman
I don’t even know if I have the stomach to do full commentary on this shit. So here are the highlights.
Worried that welfare costs are rising as the number of taxpayers declines, state Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, said Tuesday he is studying a plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied.
“We’re [...]
Filed under: America the Crazy, Angry at Politicians, Bigotry & Prejudice, In the Papers, Politics, Race, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Sex & Gender, Sexism, Society & Culture, Why I’m Angry | Tagged: John LaBruzzo | 24 Comments »
Posted on August 28, 2008 by karnythia
There’s a lot of actual political discussion that I’ll bring to the table in the months to come. And I know I’ve been an awful blogger lately (Real life has been hectic and I’ve been piling on other writing projects aside from this blog and my LJ. Because my eyes are bigger than my figurative [...]
Filed under: General, History, Politics, Race | 7 Comments »