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Model Minority ::: Best Posts of the Year

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Hot Links, get it?

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There is something about the end of the year that
has you on reflective mode.

The air gets crispier, you get a little but more
thankful for your family, or depressed because
there are some folks who simply aren’t around for
one reason or another.

And then there is the year end list.

I ain’t gone lie. I did not COMB through the all of this years posts.
I’m anal, but not THAT anal.

I have in fact posted a link to the posts that garnered
a robust comments.

You more than likely already read them, but as SJ tells
me all the time, its good to reflect.

I would say that these are a combination of the
best and the most entertaining posts.

Academic Dudes vs. Street Dudes.

The Female Brain

Backpacker Week Presents the Back Packer Boxset

F*ck Whoever Don’t Like Little Brother

Pharrel Swag Kinda Heavy

R Kelly, The Duke Rape Case and AKON

What if Public School Teachers Earned 80K out the Gate?

On Attraction

Are N*ggas Really THAT Homophobic?

NY Times Speculates on Surge of Oakland Murders

Just Ask M.Dot

Intergration Killed Black Education

Jay Z is the GOAT

I Can’t Listen to NAS

America’s Failure to Educate Black Children is Soft Genocide

I ain’t gonna front.

Reviewing this years post’s has me feeling like this is
an interesting little collection of work.

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Did I miss any posts that you liked more than the ones
I listed above?

Is there anything else that you want me to write more
or for that matter less about, in ’08?

What are some sites that you visit that you think I may find of interest?

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2007 Blog Link Wrap Up.

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Its all in the title.

Out of the millions of sites and blogs out there,
there are some that we bookmark and forward to our friends,
and even write about ourselves. In that spirit, I present to you
a collection of links.

These sites either have a dope premise, amazing content
or a combination of both. Please peruse them while I go on holiday with the folks.

I have a couple of things in the pipeline for you all between
now and New Years Eve.

But until then enjoy.
Will Okun
You can always find something inspiring in Will’s posts
about being a White, empathetic, analytical teacher in Black
under resourced Chicago.

Angry Asian Man
Any blog that has ANGRY and ASIAN in the title
is alright with little Ms. Mdot. I mean, we Model Minorities
have to stick together, right.

Damali Ayo
Damali was the subject of one of my first posts.
Had to show love, “It’s the Brooklyn way”.

Breihan
Unlike many writers for popular publications who write about hip hop,
Brehain actually LIKES the music and his enthusiasm pops
off the page. He is also a little less biased then me, which is nice.

Ella Baker Center
Ella Baker is an organization that I have been familiar with
every since OPD removed some teeth from my brothers mouth
a few years ago. I have committed myself to working with them
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Ensure (the likelihood) that you will Rest in Peace.

On Being Adopted
Sang-Shil Kim is a writer and Korean adoptee whose blog
discusses the latter. I can hear Kims voice when I read his/her
words and THAT is a sign of a good writer.

Black Informant
A Black man gets his write on.

Many times I take a huge risk in losing readership due to some of the thoughts expressed here (and it happens); but being able to speak candidly in a forum such as the blogosphere is something that is far more valuable to me in the long run than any numbers game. I also enjoy the challenge of refining my thoughts against strong criticism versus the shallowness of thought that comes from speaking only to an ?amen? crowd.

Women. Comic. Book. Writers. ALL GOOD.

Man I must really love y’all.
I just finished packing, and wrapping, brunching and
pedicuring. I’m pooped.

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Which links do you like and why? Which links could you not give a f-ck about? Why?

You tired? I’m tired.

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Obama’s Dance with White Folks

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Frank Rich had me going. Up, then down, then up again.

All while reading about Obama.

A lot of ink has been spilled on Obama and the White vote,
but what these articles don’t mention is that Black folks have
to do a VERY similar dance every day.

We constantly monitor our Blackness. We monitor it
during small talk, we monitor how we use our language,
we monitor the food we eat around coworkers. Oh.
Food. I had a classmate who would not eat fried chicken
in the law school cafeteria. He was like, “baked, grilled”,
thats fine, but fried, “I’m cool on those.”

That bugged me out.

But back to Frank Rich.

So he says some things that had me excited
such as this,

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this,

But much like the Clinton campaign itself, the Republicans have fallen into a trap by continuing to cling to the Hillary-is-inevitable trope. They have not allowed themselves to think the unthinkable ? that they might need a Plan B to go up against a candidate who is not she.

and the really juicy part, which is this,

Part of the Republicans? difficulty in countering Mr. Obama, should they have to, is their own cynical racial politics. For the most part, race has been the dog that hasn?t barked in this campaign despite the (largely) white press?s endless fretting about whether the Illinois senator is too white for black voters and too black for white voters.

Then I was disappointed when he said,

Most Americans aren?t racist, most Republicans included.

According to who? What is racism? How are you measuring it? Based on what?

Then he turned around and said this,

It?s not because those no-[shows [Rebublicans]are racists;
it?s because they are defensive and out of touch.

Now come on Frankie. Come on. Be easy with the “most”,
and “many’s”, and defining the racism levels of entire groups.
You and I both know that unless you have data
to back your assertions up, you come across person
whose integrity has a shot gun blast right in the center.

Other than that, I am pleased with the piece.

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When is AL GORE going to come out the wood work?

Maybe the plan is to make Al the VP?

But then again he wouldn’t go for that. VP?AGAIN?

When was the last time you had to think about
“who you were” in mixed company?

What made you think about it in the first place?

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There is Something about Missy Elliott

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Missy Elliott single handedly changed the game.

In recent history, pop music has dictated that Black women
must aspire to Pam Grier esque beauty if they want
to even consider getting any burn.

In addition the female artists sex and
sexuality is usually core component of image.

Trina, Kim, Khia’s career all reflect this fact.

Miss simply did her and has a career to show for it.

That is not to say that Missy is rendered asexual, with
songs like One Minute Man and lyrics like,

“ I’d like to get to know you so I could show you
Put the p*ssy on you like I told you
Gimme all your numbers so I could phone you
Your girl actin’ stank then call me over
Not on the bed, lay me on your sofa
Phone before you come, I need to shave my chocha
You do or you don’t or you will or won’t you
Go downtown and eat it like a vulture” – Missy Elliott, Work It

Listening to these lyrics will make you blush.
Reading it on the page makes it look down right crude.
To be fair, I have found that to be the case with a lot of
hip hop. The bottom line is that she refused to be rendered asexual
in a industry that has one costume fits all for female artists.

From the beginning of her career, Missy has pushed the limits of
of what convention dictates she should wear.
For instance, remember the I Can’t Stand the Rain Video,
where she flipped it by rocking an animated garbage bag!

In the same video she wore blue-black lipstick and
the camera focused, at several times, on her mouth.

We know that Black folks are mean to Black women,
especially browned skinned Black women, with large lips.

That was a bold move.

To make it more personal, Its one thing to have
what my brother calls “soup coolers”
its something else to paint them a color that people can’t miss.

The second reason why Missy is in a class of her own
is that in addition to creating her own lane, she is
getting that upfront loud money and that quiet
ASCAP royalty money from her work as a producer and
song writer.

Shawn E. Rhea writes in Black Enterprise about Missy saying,

Missy Elliott is a songwriter who opted for an administrative deal for exactly those reasons. “I’ve just always felt like publishing deals were for people who were trying to make quick money,” says Elliott of her decision to sign an administrative deal.

Missy Elliott is a songwriter who opted for an administrative deal for exactly those reasons. “I’ve just always felt like publishing deals were for people who were trying to make quick money,” says Elliott of her decision to sign an administrative deal.

In further evidence that Missy is a in a league of her
own I submit the snippit of the “Its Alright” video.

If you don’t gotta gun (its alright)
If yah makin’ legal money, (its alright)
If you gotta keep yah clothes on, (its alright)
You ain’t gotta cellular phone, (its alright)
And ya’ wheels dont spin, (its alright)
And you gotta wear them jeans again, (its alright)
Yeah if you tried oh well, (its alright)
MC’s stop the beef lets sell, (its alright)

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First of all the break beat to this song is nasty.
Secondly, she goes for the gusto, telling folks to be
okay with who they are. When was the last time you
got that from a rap song?

If I haven’t convinced you that she changed the game
then perhaps this fact will help. Missy is the only female rapper
to have six certified platinum albums by the RIAA, including
one double platinum plaque.

Missy’s survival is a testament to both her business
acumen and her willingness to think outside of box when
she was told what “her weight wasn’t marketable.”

?They said I had to look a certain way,? she recalls. ?When you get people saying that, you start believing it. But you?ve got to shake that monkey. Once I displayed confidence in myself, I was able to make people believe, hey, I?m the shit!?

Salute Missy. You changed the game.

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Whats you favorite Missy song?

Is their something in the water in Virginia?
Clipse, Missy, Timberland, Mike Bivins, Pharrell & Chad……..

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Are Black Bloggers Meaner than White Bloggers?

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In last months Essence Nia, Gabby and Sanaa asked whether that
Black Blog sites were meaner than the white bloggers.

Essence: How do you deal with the 24-hours-a-day gossip that comes out on the Internet?

Gabrielle: Just last week somebody gave me a baby. This isn?t Perez Hilton or the White gossip people, these are women of color, specifically Black women who, for whatever reason, don?t like the company I keep.

Sanaa: She’s talking about the gossip sites.

Essence: The blogs.

Sanaa: That are run by Black women.

Gabrielle: And now because everyone is clamoring for celebrity tidbits, the bigger gossip sites and even mainstream entities are picking up on it. No fact-checking, no nothing. And in one week?s time, there were like five different dudes, a baby?I?m a homewrecker. In literally seven days. I can?t point the finger at the White media. They don?t care about us. Paparazzi are not staked out in front of any of our houses. They are not going through our garbage because they don?t care about us in that way. So when you hear crap about us, it is coming from our own community, which hurts.

Nia: We are some of the few Black actresses whose passions are rooted in our community.

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Implicit in Gabby’s rationale is that the Black bloggers should be nicer to
the Black women actors because we all share the same ethnicity.

Shock blogging sales ad space. The Black blogger’s and the shock
writers know that. Bol,YBF, and for that matter Imus and Howard Stern
get this as well.

Fresh is a little different in that she won’t hate on you just to do so.
You typically have to earn it, and I have found her writing about women’s
bodies from size 4-14 to be body positive.

Ci Ci at Lenzizm speaks on this very issue when she says,

Hmm… my question is, who are these unnamed black female bloggers? I for one love Gabrielle. I am a black female blogger, and I don’t recall ever saying anything bad about her or any of the other actresses being interviewed. But then, I am just a contributor, it is called “Lenzism” after all. And I got this excerpt from Essence.com, so that flies in the face of her theory about not having any sourcing. To be fair, some blogs do hate on her, but most of the “negativaty” is coming from Page Six or some other print gossip column. The black blogosphere is, however, burning up with negativity because of her comments

Thats not to say that I haven’t been critical, as I know in my most recent post
I was criticizing he level of grease on the women in the Gucci Mane video.

But talking yack about someone’s weave isn’t isn’t my shtick.

Here are MM we laugh, make fun, analyze. The whole 9.

We also own mirrors AND magnifying glasses. We use them too.

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Do you think the Black Bloggers are meaner?

Are the artists just being sensitive?

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