Wednesday, February 19, 2014

I stood my ground

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We are at this table yet again. Unintended invitees to a bitter soup served cold. The best kind of revenge they say. Of course I'm talki...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Facebook hates me

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Apparently Facebook thinks my life sucks. It told me so in a neat 1:02 video. For its tenth anniversary Facebook is allowing all its user th...
Friday, December 13, 2013

12 historical and fictional characters you didn't know were white

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Megyn Kelly stirred up a whirlwind this week when she revealed that Santa Claus was white . This was in response to a story from Slate mag...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

24 hours a slave

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My grandfather was a lifelong Republican. He, like so many black men of his generation felt an obligation---almost a beholding---to the Gr...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

There once was a white woman in Thailand

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It was the winter of 1999, and my partner and I had taken a 3-week vacation to Southeast Asia, our first of many trips to the region. We had...
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Friday, July 19, 2013

North Carolina to pass law prohibiting youngsters from carrying candy without a permit

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Raleigh, NC The Republican controlled General Assembly is poised on passing an unprecedented law. In the second-degree murder trial of the...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

The 68 Percent Solution

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The turning of the year always makes you think. It does to all of us. As the Swarovski crystal ball descends and the Veuve Cliquot filled ...