What People Are Saying

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

I’ve read your blog for a long time and this is
my first time responding. You give me reason
to think and improve upon myself and others.
Thank you.
-John l Florida


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Archive for April, 2007

Imus : 0. Nappy Headed Ho’s: 2. Advertisers are Pulling Ad’s. NICE!

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Companies including Procter & Gamble Co. and Staples Inc. are pulling advertisements from Don Imus’ show due to the shock jock’s on-air racial slur about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Ummm. Corporate Responsibility is De.Li.Cious. “Based on recent comments that were made on the show, it prompted us to kind [...]

Imus: 0. Nappy Headed Ho’s: 1.

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Update. Your boy has been suspended. The Rutgers team is going to “meet” with him. Here are some interesting quotes that I have collected around the internet. The players said today that, We just hope to come to some type of understanding of what the remarks really entailed,” said team captain Essence Carson. “We [would] [...]

Do Fortune 500 Companies believe Black Women are Nappy Headed Ho’s?

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

If fortune 500 companies do not believe that the Black women are “nappy headed hoes”, then they must pull advertising from his show. An entites budget is one of its most vocal tools. Former New York media critic Philip Nobile has made a crusade of documenting Imus’ awful racial remarks, including calling the highly-regarded black [...]

Libertarian Tales.

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

10 Reasons why I got sprung on TL (The Leo). 1. He grabbed me in public.2. We had an entire conversation about guns and this.3. In the first conversation he told Black women,no matter how mean that are, are little girls at heart and just want to have that recognized from timeto time. 4. This [...]

Friday Night Fried.

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

I made this last night. And this too. I am so proud of myself. It has been almost two years since the broken engagement and I am finally cooking again w/ enthusiasm. Not just cooking. But making shopping list. Building up excitment. Thinking of whats in season so I can incorporate it into the recipes. [...]

DJ Triple Threat Presents: The Backpacker B-List Single Set

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

1. Where my homies?, Ill and Al Scratch. Sing-songey rap hooks. In the ninties?!?!?! WHuuuT?Come around my wayyyyyy/ Come around my wayyyyy.Prototypical hood homie anthem. 2. Jeru, the water song, Come Clean. On the strength of love I have for yall. Imma post it ALONG with the original. >> Whoops. Couldn’t find the orig. And [...]