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Jena Thursday

Category: In the Blogosphere, Media, On the Internets, Politics, Race, Racism, Society & Culture

September 20th, 2007 | 16 comments

Though I’m not leaving the house today, I’m wearing black in support of the marches on Jena, LA.

I waited to write this post so that I could point to news coverage of the protest. I’m happy to say that it’s been mentioned on All Things Considered (twice) and Morning Edition today. A GoogleNews [...]

International Blog Against Racism Week, the Sequel

Posted by: nojojojo

Category: Carnivals, In the Blogosphere, Race, Racism

August 6th, 2007 | 2 comments

Guest blogger Nora, with a heads-up:
Not getting enough hot and smexxy race-related discussion here on ABW? Well, you’re in luck, because it’s International Blog Against Racism Week again! Last year’s IBARW was an impromptu event that pretty much boiled out of the confluence of a Wiscon panel, a multi-blog-discussion on cultural appropriation that got pretty [...]

May 2007 Erase Racism Carnival

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Carnivals, In the Blogosphere, In the Papers, Link Roundups, Literature/Writing, Media, On the Internets, On the TV, Race, Racism, Science Fiction / Fantasy

May 21st, 2007 | 36 comments

Welcome to the 12th Erase Racism Carnival! Sorry this edition is a little late. We had a few issues to deal with at ABW Central this weekend.
This is a very media-heavy edition, mainly because media issues are very interesting to me. The summer movie season is starting to heat up and this [...]

Race or Gender?

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Discussions, In the Blogosphere, Race, Sex & Gender

April 28th, 2007 | 16 comments

A couple of weeks ago author Steven Barnes posted this on his blog:
I had a conversation with a friend on racial and gender issues. The question came up of whether Hillary or Barack had the best electability. It was her contention that white men would rather vote for a black man than a white woman. [...]

My final thoughts on Language

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: America the Crazy, Bigotry & Prejudice, In the Blogosphere, Media, On the Internets, On the TV, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Sexism, The Patriarchy

April 26th, 2007 | 4 comments

Note: I’m off meditating in the woods until April 30th. This post was written beforehand and set to go live in my absence. Feel free to comment and discuss as you normally would. Just be aware that I can’t take part until I come home.
By the time this post goes live we’ll [...]

Link Roundup and Open Thread

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry at Men, Discussions, Feminism, In the Blogosphere, In the Papers, Link Roundups, Media, On the Internets, On the TV, Race, Racism, Rank Stupidity, Sex & Gender, Sexism, Society & Culture

February 20th, 2007 | 6 comments

My folder of links to share with you all is getting rather full. I guess that means it’s time for a link roundup. It’s a little long, so I put it under a jump.

Blogs to Watch
Here are some new blogs I’ve come across this week:
Ramblings in Space and Time – blog of writer [...]

Weekend Fun: Comment Rescue and Open Thread

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Bigotry & Prejudice, Comment Highights, Discussions, In the Blogosphere, Race, Racism, Society & Culture

February 10th, 2007 | 14 comments

No new content this weekend, sorry. That’s because I want to draw some attention to stuff already posted on the blog that I think deserves some more attention and discussion. Comments, mostly, and some posts. Also, this is an Open Thread, say what you want to me! I can take it.
Monday [...]

Why am I Angry? This is why I’m angry mutherfuckers!

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: Angry at Men, In the Blogosphere, Rank Stupidity, Sex & Gender, Sexism, The Patriarchy, Why I’m Angry

February 4th, 2007 | 13 comments

Alleged Former Abu Ghraib Guard Discussed Gang Rape in Video
From the Transcript:
(Bold type denotes off-camera voice of one of two other men present
**** indicates an edit in the tape.)
Get this on tape man. Say it again. Say again what happened.
Say what?
You know, like what was going on? What was it like being a guard [...]

Black History Month – A Project

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: In the Blogosphere, Race

February 2nd, 2007 | 20 comments

It’s February. Black History Month is upon us again. *rolls eyes* Huey Freeman (of Boondocks fame) summed it up best when he said:
Every Black History Month it’s the same thing – the Underground railroad and George Washington Carver. Like nothing else ever happened to black people!
The next frame of the strip [...]

Dear City of Boston

Posted by: The Angry Black Woman

Category: America the Crazy, Angry at the Media, General, In the Blogosphere, In the Papers, Media, On the TV, Rank Stupidity

February 1st, 2007 | 2 comments

Dear Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, Police Commissioner Edward Davis, and Governor Deval Patrick,
In regards to yesterday’s ‘bomb scare’ and the subsequent revelation that the suspicious devices were merely an ad campaign for Adult Swim:
It’s barely been 24 hours since this all began but already this situation is completely out of hand. [...]