Angry at Black People | The Angry Black Woman

Dear Black People: Stop Embarrassing Me

Category: Angry at Black People, Media, On the Internets, On the TV, Rank Stupidity

September 19th, 2007 | 41 comments

Though this website is mostly a people of color positive zone, every now and then I feel the need to vent a bit about my own people. It generally happens when I want black people to stop freaking embarrassing me!
First up, hip hop artist Plies. Yes, his name is Plies. It’s embarrassing [...]

Criticizing the Critical

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry at Black People, Angry at Women

August 29th, 2007 | 14 comments

On the Kids Hair post, La – msviswan made this comment:
…it also seems black women with natural hair are putting emphasis on black women who prefer their hair straight as having some kind of self-hate. This insinuation (not saying by you) usually offends me.
Which dovetails nicely into a conversation started by Ren over at Feministe [...]

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up to Hate Kinky

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry at Black People, Angry at the Media, Race, Sex & Gender, Society & Culture

August 20th, 2007 | 47 comments

Oddly enough, the most consistently visited posts on this blog are the ones relating to hair. They no longer come out top everyday as they did last year, but they get at least 20-30 hits daily. Moreso lately because one was linked by Feministe (hi there!). Since I’ve been given this soapbox [...]

John McWhorter, What is Wrong With You?

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry at Black People, Discussions, In the Blogosphere, On the TV, Race, Rank Stupidity

July 5th, 2006 | 8 comments

Hey kids, remember John McWhorter, the shufflingest shuffler that ever shuffled? He’s still shuffling.
blac(k)ademic caught him on CNN last month and… it wasn’t pretty:
i turned on my television yesterday and came across your two hour talk on cnn, where you were promoting your new book, “winning the race.” i never watch cnn, but i [...]

In response to: Juvenile Politics Under a Cute Afro

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry at Black People, Media, Race, Rank Stupidity

March 16th, 2006 | 5 comments

Dear Mr. McWhorter,
Regarding your piece: Juvenile Politics Under a Cute Afro in the New York Sun
You couldn’t be more wrong about Aaron McGruder, The Boondocks, and race relations in America. In light of your body of work, this doesn’t surprise me. But then, there are lots of little Thomases like you running around, [...]