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Party People, Party People: Friday Good News Roll Call!

Posted on July 11, 2014 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in Black Library Girl, In the (New) Know, The Write Hustle, You Gotta Read This

I’m up early this morning because I’m pretty excited since this has been a good news week for me: I was included in two new books on poetry that just came out!

Teachable Racial Moment: On Fingers Pointed in Black Faces

Posted on January 27, 2012September 27, 2017 Administrator411 CommentsPosted in In the (New) Know, Teachable Racial Moment, Uncategorized

Because the finger point gesture establishes superiority, the gesture is even worse if a White person does it to a Black person, due to the racial history of this country.

Guthrie Ramsey’s New Single from THE COLORED WAITING ROOM (Available Today!)

Posted on January 20, 2012 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in In the (New) Know, Sweetness & Light, Uncategorized

Today you can download “Stolen Moments,” the first single off Guthrie Ramsey’s CD The Colored Waiting Room–for FREE!

Join me TODAY at 1:30pm EST on Left of Black!

Posted on October 31, 2011 Administrator1 CommentPosted in Black Library Girl, In the (New) Know, Uncategorized

Join me today at 1:30PM EST on Left of Black. I’ll be talking about my Phillis Wheatley poetry project, Slutwalk, and Touré’s controversial ESPN article on Michael Vick.

Speak Up Sister: Black Women, Hair and Exercise–A Much-Needed Survey

Posted on August 18, 2011 Administrator12 CommentsPosted in Fly and Fit, In the (New) Know, Sister Sister, Uncategorized

Dr. Rebecca Alleyne is conducting a research project on Black women, hair, and exercise. Spread the word about her important project!

Chocolate Breast Milk: A Review of The Help

Posted on August 11, 2011 Administrator62 CommentsPosted in In the (New) Know, Sister Sister, Sweetness & Light, Uncategorized

It’s not the story of Black domestics that I resent–or that the novel the movie is based on was written by a White woman. What I resent are the tone-deaf, historically inaccurate depictions.

Watch the Throne: A Twitter Salon

Posted on August 10, 2011 AdministratorLeave a commentPosted in In the (New) Know, Uncategorized

On Wednesday, August 11, at 9pm EASTERN, I’m joining Mark Anthony Neal, James Braxton Peterson, and Salamishah Tillet for a Twitter Salon to discuss Watch the Throne, the latest CD by Jay-Z and Kanye West.

Coming Out of the Black Nerd Closet: A Meditation

Posted on August 5, 2011 Administrator23 CommentsPosted in Black Library Girl, In the (New) Know, Uncategorized

This week, The Black Nerd has been all over the web. A couple of days ago, the actress/writer Issa Rae premiered her seventh episode of The Misadventures of AWKWARD Black Girl. This web series about a nerdy Black girl and her many humorous situations as a result of her nerdiness has become an instant classic. […]

Black and Wired, Here and Across the Water

Posted on July 27, 2011 Administrator1 CommentPosted in In the (New) Know, Uncategorized, Up With Humanity

There’s an organization called Envaya that seeks to connect folks living throughout the “Third World” with a creative and original use of the World Wide Web.

Black Folks’ Invention Number 1001: Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2011 Administrator2 CommentsPosted in In the (New) Know

It turns out we Black folks invented the actual holiday of Memorial Day, and not just the holiday barbecue.

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