Recent Posts Tagged With 'african american'

• Roots

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 20:08 in Tennessee, family tree, african american, slave, va, slavery, jane austen, civil war, pride and prejudice, ancestors, slave trade, jamestown

  My paternal great-great grandmother, ”Aunt Martha” Ray, was a slave in Rhea (pronounced just like “Ray”) County, Tennessee.  The records that my family have been able to acquire indicate she was in her 20’s during th...

• Black Tuesday

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 23:51 in african american, black, racism, Stereotypes, jada pinkett smith, blaxploitation, spike lee, bamboozled, michael rappaport, black and white issues

  One of my favorite films is Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.  It’s a modern satire of black stereotypes, black portrayal in the media, and blaxploitation.  Here’s part of the synopsis from wikipedia.  (I’m way too lazy to write on...

• Black Tuesday

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 08:00 in race, african american, racial identity, biracial, identity crisis, interracial relationship, one-drop rule, .a little cream in your coffee...perhaps some half and half?., black and white issues

  I have recently come to the conclusion that part of the reason for this quarter-life crisis is wrapped up in my own racial identity.  Just about anyone who has grown up biracial will tell you about not fitting in, about the crisis of identity and id...