Tag: social commentary
member name: Nyota *Star*
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June 06, 2008 11:53 PM EDT --
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-winfield060408&prov=yhoo&type
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June 15, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
On another thread, Pondering #2, I asked if you have had to change any rules for accepting an e-mail/Gather friend when you met them in person.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977373319&nav=MyGather . . .
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September 14, 2008 11:17 PM EDT --
From my e-mail:
*Now* I understand McCain and Palin (I think)
I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight. . . . .
* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by . . .
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June 08, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
There's a lot of buzz going around about how Hillary Clinton has been treated so poorly by some simply because she is a woman.
I can't help but think of the speech Sojourner Truth (Isabella . . .
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August 16, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
From my e-mail:
White folk wanted to make the USA a great country.
What did they do?
They went to Africa and enslaved Blacks to turn the country
into an agricultural . . .
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October 13, 2008 01:26 PM EDT --
Just curious.
How many connections have you made by being my friend ?
I know everyone of you will answer this question! [(;p)]
Humor me.
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September 22, 2008 12:35 AM EDT --
Why are men's facial wrinkles considered character lines and women's are just wrinkles?
I know, easy answer.
But, I am hoping you will dig deeper into other descrepancies and come up with some . . .
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May 15, 2008 10:58 PM EDT --
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Do you remember the 1976 movie Network? It starred Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall. I can't . . .
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June 14, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
From the Associated Press:
Some black Republicans are considering voting for Barak.
" John McWhorter , a self-described political moderate who is a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan . . .
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May 29, 2008 10:11 PM EDT --
Associated Press report on suicide within our troops.
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is one major cause.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_suicides
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August 28, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
Every now and then I write to the companies who use Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben as personifications touting their products. I ask things like: Why can't SHE be Ms. Jemima and HE be Mr . Ben? I have . . .
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September 28, 2008 11:42 AM EDT --
How some Metro Detroiters see the other.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080928/ap_on_re_us/the_racial_divide
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May 29, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
WARNING: This article is scholarly as well as lengthy.
Buried Prejudice: The Bigot In Your Brain
Deep within our subconscious, all of us harbor biases that we consciously abhor. And the worst . . .
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June 14, 2008 03:54 PM EDT --
Do you have stricter rules for your e-mail friends than you do for those friends you've already met in person?
If you've met an e-mail friend later in person, have you had to change your rules . . .
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August 18, 2008 04:35 PM EDT --
A brief history of Black Face (Asians and Native Americans also included).
http://slatev.com/player.html?id=1725315794
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October 30, 2008 12:04 PM EDT --
(I wrote an article on this movie about a week ago but Gather's techno-bug wouldn't post it. This was before the tragedy actor/singer Jennifer Hudson is dealing with.).
Have you seen the movie . . .
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November 19, 2008 10:46 PM EST --
from my e-mail:
http://www.theroot.com/id/48726
Alice Walker on expectations, responsibilities and a new reality that is almost more than the heart can bear.
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May 26, 2008 03:27 PM EDT --
Joan G. posted this under the various tags I have been touting. I don't want anyone to miss it so I am posting it to YOU! Please watch and see what you may have been missing! Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvC64lWeu-s . . .
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