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I’m Not Gone, Just Writing and Job Hunting and…

• September 26, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Facebook, Fiction Writing, Gun Violence, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Business, California, Death of Trayvon Martin, Facebook, George Zimmerman, Love, Madison, Murder, Racism, San Francisco Chronicle, Scott Walker, Trayvon Martin, United States, Vegetable Garden, Wisconsin, Writing

Author Walter Dean Myers: It’s Back to The Fifties with Every (Black) Man/Woman for Themselves

• May 11, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Fiction Writing, Gang Violence, Health, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, Women
Tags: "In These Times", American Library Association, Barack Obama, Black Community, Books, Civil rights movement, Harlem, James Baldwin, President, United States, Walter Dean Myers, Writing, Young-adult fiction

Yesterday, Nine Years Ago

• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency

I May Be Back Next Week Full On…

• June 4, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: Black Women, Blksista, Follow The Money, Job Hunting, Madison WI, Money, Poor, Self-Worth, Single, This Black Sista's Page, Unemployed, Work, Writing

Technical Difficulties: The Laptop is Done, But the Beat Goes On

• May 18, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Joblessness, Lena Horne, Love, Maxine Waters, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Aiyana Jones, Black Women, Blacks, Blogging, Computer, Craig's List, Detroit MI, Geoffrey Feiger, Grandmother, Jobless, Laptop, Lena Horne, Madison WI, Mertilla Jones, Mitrice Richardson, Money, PayPal, Rep. Maxine Waters, Videotape, Writing

I’ll Be Back Tonight…

• March 31, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Who I Am
Tags: Common Sense, Deadlines, Fellowships, Novels, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Work to Do, Writer, Writing

Mitrice Richardson: Proof That She Was Having a “Severe” Mental Breakdown at the Time of Her Arrest at Geoffrey’s Restaurant

• December 15, 2009 • 9 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Jasmyne Cannick, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Nut up or shut up", "People Magazine", "The Los Angeles Times", "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Arrogant, Bipolar Disorder, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Compassion, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Constables on Patrol, Crazy, Delusions, Depression, Detective Steven Eguchi, Diaries, Disinterest, Geoffrey's, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Hallucinations, Homophobia, Jaycee Dugard, Journals, Lack of Common Sense, LAPD, Laxity, Lesbian, Lesbians, LGBT, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Mania, Mental Health, Mental Health Professionals, Michael Richardson, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Notebooks, Odd, Psychologists, Racism, Rapid Cycling, Representative Maxine Waters, Self-Worth, Sheriff's Deputies, Steve Whitmore, Suicide, The Los Angeles Police Department, Writer, Writing

Well, I Have a Job For the Moment…

• November 22, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, The Economy
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Career, Chanting, Christmas, Clerical Workers, Daimoku, Extensions, Freelancing, Job, Job Hunting, Job Search, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year's, Survival, Teaching, Temporary Employment, Thanksgiving, The Holidays, The New Poor, The Poor, Unemployment Check, Unemployment Insurance, Work, Writing

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