You know what – No.

RNC chairman candidate defends ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ song

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How much does this suck?

White House Family Values: Where Are the Boys?
h/t Renee

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Rest in Peace, Eartha Kitt

NEW YORK (AP) – A family friend says Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died. She was 81.

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Oh – hi….

So… I’ve been gone.
It was the end of the semester with massive grading out the wazoo, then I got sick, and on top of being sick had to deal with unsavory commenters which was making me rethink this whole blogging and so I was writing posts in my head and reading the amazing [...]

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SPEAK! Album

From Sudy

Speak! is a women of color led media collective and in the summer months of 2008, they created a CD compilation of spoken word, poetry, and song. This is the first self-named album.
With womyn contributors from all over the country, Speak! is a testament of struggle, hope, and love. Many [...]

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Friday night video – The Mean Kitty Song

I had a cat just like this once… the best little kitty in the world.

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Obama selects cabinet

h/t PostBourgie

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Death of Black Student in Mississippi Raises Suspicions

Via Ruby Sales at Spirit House:
Dear Friends,
Heads up on a story that I am working on! A seventeen year old Black high school football star, Billey Joe Johnson, headed to college with a pocket full of scholarships to schools throughout the South and in Oregon, was stopped by a police [...]

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“Please forward to everyone you know!!!”

I don’t get very many mass emails of the paranoid propaganda type forwarded to me, and when I do, I generally roll my eyes as I hit the delete key. Occasionally one of those emails lands in my box courtesy of someone that I either care about, think should know better, or both. [...]

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Posting This As ‘Good Girl’ …Because That’s What The Instructions Say

Music Meme – lifted from here.

Put your IPod or MP3 player on shuffle.
For each question, press the next button to get your answer
YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the note from.

Not tagging because [...]

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