Interview With My Bully: When I confronted my bully about racism

Recommended reading: a thought-provoking article by Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.
The bully first denies, then defends herself, then reveals her true lack of character.  May feel achingly familiar to some readers.
As I read, and later reflected on the piece I thought ( Read more... )

On September 15, 1963, these children died as the result of a racially motivated bombing ( a group of White men were later arrested for the crime).  They were waiting for Sunday School to start in the basement of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.  I remember hearing a National Public Radio interview with a woman who, as a ( Read more... )

I already posted this in two LJ communities, but just in case:

An Open Statement to the Fans of "The Help"
"On behalf of the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH), this statement provides
historical context to address widespread stereotyping presented in both the film and novel
version of The Help. The book has sold over three million copies ( Read more... )

You may have already seen this film short (it's a few years old), but it has been making the rounds again lately. Well done, carrying the impact of a focused, tightly written short story within 6 minutes and 15 seconds.

Impasse from Reel 13 on Vimeo.

Director: Bram Schouw

Without words, we're left to consider whether love and attraction can break ( Read more... )

Quick signal boost: Here is a great roundup of online resources of interest to poets/spoken word artists. Academic librarian Maureen Perry has published this very useful and interesting article , Resources for your rhymes: Sites for slam/spoken word/performance poetry in the new issue of College and Research News, a publication of the Association ( Read more... )