Inspired
Last year on the anniversary of 9/11 I was listening to NPR’s Morning Edition and their coverage of the memorial stuff going on at the WTC site. I was struck by the structure of the ceremony — there wasn’t just the reading of the names,
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Some Truths That Perhaps Have Not Sunk In Yet
Black people in California =/= All Black People 10% of population =/= 100% of the problem ~30% of Black Californians Who Voted NO on Prop 8 =/= People you can spit on, blame, rage at, and dismiss, then turn around and expect to support you.
It’s Morning In America
Last night America elected its first black president. We made history, as everyone still enjoys saying. And I think we’ve earned the right to bask in the glow for a little bit. But listen, there’s still a lot to be done. First and foremost, it
Election Day 2008
I voted. Have you? No matter who you’re voting for, it’s important to vote. Exercise your right. Open Thread on election stuff! In the comments you can post any election news, let us know what it’s like for you locally, or share an election story.
Liveblogging Election Day
Anyone who reads this blog is well aware of how important tomorrow is. Though I have a day job, I suspect I’ll spend most of the day and night looking at election coverage and the growing clusterfuck that is mismanaged polling places. I’ll update the
Mirror Universe
You would think that any headline reading: John McCain ‘endorsed by al-Qaeda supporters’ Would actually be from the Onion. Or something the McCain campaign would say about Obama. But no. In a message broadcast on the password-protected al-Hesbah site, the group said they would also
News & Notes Monday
I’m going to be on NPR’s News & Notes again Monday as part of the blogger’s roundtable. One of the things we’re going to discuss is the incident Nora mentioned in the previous post. I’ll try to keep the disgust from my voice. Also: I’m
Joe Six Pack
Palin goes on and on about Joe Six Pack, McCain is all about Joe the Plumber. These mythical men are supposed to represent Real Americans and all that. Yeah. I haven’t bene paying much attention to the coverage, so maybe one of you can tell
Some Changes Afoot
Some of you may have noticed that a couple of weeks ago the URL in the title bar changed from theangryblackwoman.wordpress.com to theangryblackwoman.com. This is step one in a series of small changes that will allow me to move this blog from wordpress.com to a
25 Black Superheroes… are there even that many?
Need a break from politics and war and other stuff getting you down? Go over to Fantasy magazine and read this article by (former guest blogger) Naamen Tilahun taking BlackVoices to task for their top 25 list of fail. I’m not a big fan of