The Ancestors Claim Martin Bernal, 76, Author of “Black Athena”
• June 23, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Class, Classical History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Health, History, People of Color, Race, Television, Women
Tags: African Americans, Ancient Greece, Bernal, Black Athena, Blacks, Cambridge University, Cornell University, Culture, Egypt, Greece, Martin Bernal, Oriental Studies, Phoenicia, Racism, Sinologist, Sinology
Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”
• June 15, 2011 • Comments Off on Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Islam/Sufism, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American Studies, African Americans, Amiri Baraka, Bio, Biography, Black Liberation, Black Men, Black Women, Blacks, City University of New York, Columnist, Cornel West, Culture, Gary Younge, Guardian, History, Leftist, Leith, Leith Mullings, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, Princeton University, Progressive, Racism, Stanley Aronowitz, The Sixties, United States, Writer
Whoa! Iman Al-Obeidi Married? Plus, A Video From Her Mother
• March 29, 2011 • Comments Off on Whoa! Iman Al-Obeidi Married? Plus, A Video From Her MotherPosted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Arabs, Class, Education, Hate Crimes, History, Iman al-Obeidi, Islam/Sufism, Libya, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Revolutions, Sexual Harassment, The Rest of the World, War Crimes, Women
Tags: Al Jazeera, Al-Aan, Aljazeeera, Authoritarian Government, Bab Al-Aziziya, Benghazi, Civil War, Culture, Eman al Obaidi, Eman Al Obaidy, Eman al-Obeidi, Faraj Ghaithi, Fiancé, Gaddafi, Gang Rape, Gang Rape Survivor, Heroine, Honor, Imam Atik Salih, Iman al-Obeidi, Islam, Law Student, Lawyer, Libya, Libyan, Libyan Youth Movement, Martyr, Moammar Khaddafy, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Muslims, Politics of Libya, Protests, Rape, Rape Victim, Sexual Abuse, The Libyan Uprising, Time Magazine, Tobruk, Tripoli, Virginity, Wadad Omar, Zawiyah, ايمان العبيدي
The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street Video
• October 19, 2010 • Comments Off on The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street VideoPosted in African American History, Africans, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "I Whip My Hair", "Sesame Street", "The Bluest Eye", "The Spook Show", ABC News, African American, Angelina Jolie, Anything Muppet, Barbie Dolls, Biracial, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Muppet Girl, Black Women, Blacks, Blonde, Blue Contact Lenses, Children, Culture, Deep, Girls of Color, Growing Up, Joey Mazzarino, Latinas, Latinos, Love, Mash-up, NBC News, Racism, Segi Mazzarino, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Straight, Television, The Media, Toni Morrison, Towel, Viral, W, Whoopi Goldberg, Willow Smith, Women of Color, Zahara Jolie-Pitt
BBC Production of Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at Hulu
• March 25, 2010 • Comments Off on BBC Production of Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at HuluPosted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction Writing, Film, Health, History, India, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II
Tags: "White Teeth", Anti-Immigration, Black Muslims, Blacks, Britain, Culture, Immigration, India, Indians, Islam, Islamists, Love, Malcolms, Neo-Colonialism, Pakistan, Pakistanis, World Culture, Zadie Smith
The Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy: Why It Shouldn’t Have Happened
• October 12, 2009 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Abenaki, Africa, Africans, Ancestors, Angel Valley, Anger, Arizona, Asia, Asian American, Baron Samedi, Cow Hollow, Culture, Curios, Erzulie, Eucalyptus, Fasting, François Duvalier, French Quarter, George Harrison, Haiti, Haitians, Idols, Incense, James Arthur Ray, Joseph Bruchac, La Vieux Carre, Latino American, Legba, Loko Atison, Marie Laveau, Masks, Melanesia, Micronesia, Native American, Neighborhoods, New Age, New Orleans, Nichiren Buddhism, Noe Valley, Oshun, Pine Tar, Religion, Rituals, San Francisco, Sauna, Scandinavia, Sedona, Sioux, Sweat Lodge, The French Quarter, The Voodoo Museum, Turtle Island, Union Street, United States, Voudou, Voudou Flags, Yavapai County
Womb Jealousy and Infant Stealing: Yet Another Expectant Mother Found Murdered
• July 30, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Boston Herald", Abuse, Attention, Babies, Baby Worship, Children, Class, Color, Crime, Culture, Darlene Haynes, Department of Mental Retardation, Developmentally Disabled, Domestic Violence, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Fetus, Infants, IQ, Julie Carey, Lower Middle Class, Massachusetts, Motherhood, Murder, Nadya Suleman, Newborns, Parents, Psychology, PTSD, Roberto Rodriguez, Stalking, The Poor, Womb Jealousy
They Were Right…
• March 20, 2009 • Comments Off on They Were Right…Posted in American Politics, History, Love
Tags: Consciousness, Culture, Hippies, Peace, Sixties, War