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True Blood Recap 6.4: “At Last”
By Joseph Lamour Image via True-Blood.net. The recap for True Blood 6.4 “At Last” is under the cut! We start off with Jason unconscious on the floor after getting knocked around by Billith, and while...
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Quoted: “Singing the Lesbian Blues in 1920s Harlem”
Bentley with bandleader Willie Bryant in 1936. (Via QueerMusicHeritage.us) In 1930’s “The Boy in the Boat,” Ma Rainey’s protégé, Bessie Smith sang, “When you see two women walking hand in hand, just...
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Dark Girls: A Personal Story
By Guest Contributor Kiana Fleming The OWN channel aired the world premiere of the 2011 documentary Dark Girls by D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke that explores the prejudice and often-internalized...
View ArticleThe Racialicious Links Roundup 7.11.13: Fruitvale, Target, Rachel Jeantel & More
“‘Fruitvale Station’ Is More Than a Movie, It’s a Landmark” (Colorlines) In the days following Grant’s death Davey D, host of Hard Knock Radio on KPFA in the Bay Area says he remembered seeing people...
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Quoted: Was Zimmerman Telling The Truth?
“But we still will never know the truth about this key question: Who instigated the scuffle that led Zimmerman to pull out his gun? According to the taped account Zimmerman gave to police that was...
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The Racialicious Links Roundup 7.18.13: Baby Veronica, Zimmerman’s Race; His...
Dusten Brown and his daughter, Veronica. The Washington Post/Getty Images In its ruling, the US Supreme Court held that Dusten Brown, and his daughter, Baby Veronica—who are both citizens of the...
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Open Thread: True Blood 6.6: “Don’t You Feel Me”
Hosted by Joseph Lamour True Blood is really veering off from the books, isn’t it? It’s so different now. Try as I might to keep myself from repeating a presumably annoying statement, this current...
View ArticleThe Racialicious Links Roundup 7.24.13: Ethnicity, Trayvon, Devious Maids and...
By Joseph Lamour How to Ask Someone About Their Ethnicity Without Being an Asshole (Jezebel) …I am Not a White Person. This means I am a walking version of this fun little game called “What Kind of Not...
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Race And Racism In The Wake Of The George Zimmerman Trial: An Upworthy Chat
By Joseph Lamour My other gig, Upworthy, had a discussion last week on twitter about race and racism in the wake of the George Zimmerman trial that I would like to share. Feel free to check it out,...
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Open Thread: True Blood 6.7: “In The Evening”
By Joseph Lamour Image via True-Blood.net. Man. No supporting player is safe from the gauntlet this season. Spoiler filled discussion points for True Blood Episode 6.7, “In The Evening” are below the...
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Quoted: “Why The Right Hates Detroit”
Image via Salon.com. Is it pure coincidence that these two landmark cities, known around the world as fountainheads of the most vibrant and creative aspects of American culture, have become our two...
View ArticleThe Racialicious Links Roundup 8.1.13: Profiling, Civic Tech, And A SMH...
By Joseph Lamour George Zimmerman Speeding, Pulled Over With Gun In Car (HuffPo Black Voices) Zimmerman, who informed police that the weapon was in the car shortly after being pulled over, was asked...
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Open Thread — True Blood 6.8: “Dead Meat”
Hosted By Joseph Lamour Read the SPOILERY talking points and discuss the latest episode of True Blood 6.8, “Dead Meat” after the cut. Image via True-Blood.net. Did a pang of sadness come over you when...
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Quoted: Rand Paul’s Racial Problem
Image via Salon.com. The latest episode in Paul family’s saga with white supremacy comes from John Harwood, who interviewed Paul for NPR. When Harwood asked the senator about Jack Hunter, who...
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Racialicious Links Roundup 8.8.2013: A Black Batman — And More…
By Joseph Lamour Why Batman Can’t Be Black (Blogtown/The Portland Mercury) People don’t like the implication they could be the bad guy on this issue. Racism is bad. That’s axiomatic. Thus, arguments...
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True Blood Open Thread 6.9: “Life Matters”
Hosted by Joseph Lamour Image via True-Blood.net. Ed.’s Note: Laffy’s looking ferosh. Pairing your purple suit accessoriesto your purple eyeshadow is living life at expert level. I think this was the...
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The Racialicious Links Roundup 8.14.13: White Friends, “The Butler”, Education
Image via Entertainment Weekly. The Politics Of Being Friends With White People (Salon) I had only begun to have white friends the year prior when I found myself newly “tracked” into the...
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True Blood Open Thread 6.10: “Radioactive”
Hosted By Joseph Lamour Image via True-Blood.net. The True Blood S6 finale ended with a lot of big-ish to enormously relevant moments to Sookie and company. Even with with the Killy Kill McKill mood of...
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Quoted: White Is The New White
Image via Femme and Fortune. “Orange Is the New Black defenders repeatedly tell me that Kerman is invested in prison reform. She very well might be. But the problem here lies in the fact that her...
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The Racialicious Links Roundup 9.5.13: History, Apps, And Detroit
Lt. Thomas Grosvenor and his black servant Key, by John Trumbull, 1797 or after. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. Image via The Root. “Creator of GhettoTracker.com Surprised by All the...
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