Though race gets made in the culture and not in nature, like processed food, the manufactured product has many powerful and potent uses. Though not a natural product born from the earth, Twinkies, Doritos, and Corn Pops can effect real damage on the body as well as on the earth. Over-consumption can clog the body’sContinue reading “Recovering Trayvon Martin”
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Summer Reading
During the summer I add food writing and adventure tales to my usual reading list. I don’t quite know why I incorporate these categories at this moment but it has consistently worked out that way for at least the past several years. I haven’t compiled this year’s list yet, but I suppose because of myContinue reading “Summer Reading”
12 Hours in Cleveland
My mother knows all of the best places to eat in Cleveland. My husband thinks that when she retires, she should give culinary tours of the city. What I’ve learned from paying attention to the places my mother eats is this: If you walk in and see lots of old people, and I’m talking very,Continue reading “12 Hours in Cleveland”
Models Monday: Oprah’s Commencement Speech at Spelman College (Update with Video)
I had the great pleasure of being in attendance at Spelman College’s Commencement on Sunday, May 20, 2012. Oprah Winfrey offered the Commencement Address and she also was the recipient of the Board of Trustees Community Service Award. What crystallized for me during her address was the clear distinction between Winfrey as an interviewer, aContinue reading “Models Monday: Oprah’s Commencement Speech at Spelman College (Update with Video)”
Chief Lee’s Peculiar Confidence and the Troubling Role of Race in the Story of Trayvon Martin
I have continued following the Trayvon Martin case in the news since my previous writings on it. I continue to find it very upsetting on a number of levels–especially as the reports attempt to present the racial strands of this story as if they are marginal or obstructive. Race though, is quite central to thisContinue reading “Chief Lee’s Peculiar Confidence and the Troubling Role of Race in the Story of Trayvon Martin”
Models Monday: On Being “Caught Up”
It was Mother’s Day yesterday and I spent a lot of my wonderful time in peace and quiet thinking about my father. I guess about a week ago now, I wrote in a post that the rapper T.I. reminded me of my father because he is “a talented, charming guy with lots of potential whoContinue reading “Models Monday: On Being “Caught Up””
Living Civil Rights in the Age of Obama
I am happy that President Obama has made a statement confirming his support for marriage equality. I have long been disappointed in the denial of the civil right to a legal union for same-sex couples in the United States. Being gay in America should not place you outside of citizenship. I am proud of theContinue reading “Living Civil Rights in the Age of Obama”
The Songs of Your Life
I read these remarks from an interview with Eddie Levert in the Huffington Post and I was stunned: I really wanted to work with a lot of the hip-hop artists. I really would love to work with R. Kelly, I really would love to work with Kanye West, I would love to work with Jay-Z,Continue reading “The Songs of Your Life”
Models Monday: Living Other Models in the age of Obama
And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America’s promise will require more than just money. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Kennedy called our “intellectual and moral strength.” Yes, government must lead on energy independence but each of us must do our partContinue reading “Models Monday: Living Other Models in the age of Obama”
A Critique of “Young Barack Obama in Love”
It has taken me days to read “Young Barack Obama in Love: A Girlfriend’s Secret Diary,” the story that David Maraniss adapts from his biography of Obama entitled, Barack Obama: The Story. It has taken me so long not because of its difficulty or its length but because I have been trying to figure outContinue reading “A Critique of “Young Barack Obama in Love””
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