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OMG… this is a brilliant blog, Renina!!! I think we
disagree, alot; but, your thinking is tour de force
thinking!!!!
-Alex l NYC
Renina continues to
challenge herself and
give these types of
conversations a platform
away from the classroom.
i also think she grapples
with a lot of ideas and
i love that she’s not afraid
to put that work on display.
i’m thankful.
-Bianca l Brooklyn
You’re bookmarked based off of this post alone
-Ketchums l Michigan
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my first time responding. You give me reason
to think and improve upon myself and others.
Thank you.
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Sabina O’Donnell and Donte Johnson photo via thebeatofphilly.com
I have been haunted by the murder and rape of Sabina O’Donnell, allegedly by Donte Johnson.
“PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP/KYW) Two weeks to the day after 20-year-old Sabina Rose O’Donnell was brutally raped and strangled to death in an empty lot, Philadelphia police have announced [...]
How Zora and Dilla Helped me to Claim My Crush
There are two more days of voting for my #SXSW panel, Race, Sex and Blogging, The Limits and The Possibilities. Vote Here.
Oh. And you can Like the Blog on Facebook here.
The Brilliant Ann, who did the site redesign, created these awesome buttons to promote the #SXSW [...]
^^^This is that NY Taco Fun…I needs that Austin Taco Fun in my life.
#blackGirlsAreFromtheFuture #ForReal.
My presentation proposal, “Race, Sex and Blogging: The Limits, The Possibilities” has been accepted into SXSW Interactive.
Please help take #blackGirlsfromthefuture to Austin, so we can GET LIVE!
The more votes I get, the more likely I will be chosen. This isn’t just [...]
Black Youth Rising, by Shawn Ginwright is a book that changed my life because it addresses violence, East Oakland, social movements and the need for folks to understand how the crack epidemic’s most profound impact may be the ways in which it underminded Black city residents ability to hope that shit might get better.
Given what [...]
Robert Johnson, Blues Musician This post is for my nephew, who inspires me to this work.
Black Mothers Raise Their Daughters and Love Their Sons ~Saying I/we have heard
…The oppression of women is a difficult issue for our community partly because it is such a personal one. It is passed on to us through [...]

Let Them Eat Crack by Banksy
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I am not sure if this will work but lets try it.
What do you all think of this.
For the next three Monday’ s, we can Tweet/Chat #Nixonland. On Sunday’s I will put up a blog post w/ guiding questions. If you have ideas, questions thoughts, put [...]

Publishers Weekly cover from Dec 2009
The other day I was reading an interview with Ishmael Reed and he said some things about Black fiction that got me to thinking. The interview was with Jill Nelson for his new book, “Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: Return of the Nigger Breakers.” Tell me how you [...]

Where does all the nerdiness come from?
I get it from my momma,
Talking with Y’all,
And reading all these books.
Yes. Above is one semesters worth.
Glad I got my eye sight still. Not a bad life, no?
Amen.

New Model Minority is an ad free blog, because I see this space as an end in and of it self. No sponsors. No corporation. Just Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap. Feel free to donate, if you feel moved by the work here. More than your donation I want your comments.Enjoy the site. ~Renina