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• “SOMETHING NEW” ISN’T NECESSARILY SOMETHING GOOD (PART II): WHO ARE THE REAL NEO-MAMMIES?

  Posted on Sunday February 24th, 2008 at 16:47 in mammy, african american, black women, african americans, interracial relationships, black men, african american women, interracial marriage, assimilation, black unity, assimilationist, black-on-black love

  By Clare X. Brown  In the previous post I drew attention to some of the practical reasons why “Something New” Isn’t Necessarily Something Good.  In this post I am going to explore an uglier side of this Black Female/ White Male movement i...

• “SOMETHING NEW” ISN’T NECESSARILY SOMETHING GOOD

  Posted on Friday January 4th, 2008 at 21:04 in african american, black women, black, african americans, interracial relationships, african american women, interracial marriage, black identity, black consciousness, intermarriage, black love, something new

  By Clare X. Brown Since the release of the film Something New, (featuring a black female/ white male interracial relationship) there has been a major effort in the blogosphere to similarly encourage black women to pursue relationships with white men...

• BLACK-ON-BLACK LOYALTY

  Posted on Sunday November 18th, 2007 at 15:17 in feminism, african american, african americans, black men, black blogs, black unity, black biracial, biracial, black consciousness, black panthers, bell hooks, black feminism

  By Clare X. Brown Loyalty is something that is very important to me -whether it’s in personal relationships, or in relation to group loyalty.  One of the themes that run through this blog is the need for black people to show more loyalty towards ...

• WHY WE MUST RESIST ASSIMILATION

  Posted on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 18:34

  By Clare X. Brown  I believe that in this white supremacist world, there is something about being in close proximity to whites that causes many of us black folk to act completely and utterly against our best interests.  For example, Chinweizu (19...

• ASSIMILATE IF YOU MUST, BUT PLEASE BE HONEST ABOUT IT!

  Posted on Friday August 3rd, 2007 at 13:09 in african american, black, african americans, progressives, assimilation, black unity, progressive movements, black marxists, black leftists, assimilationist, black progressives, black nationalists

  By Clare X. Brown I think that black folk who want to assimilate need to be honest about this.  All too often, black folk are assimilating and promoting assimilation but are refusing to be open about what they really stand for. Why is it so diffic...

• RUMINATIONS ON RACIAL IDENTITY

  Posted on Saturday July 14th, 2007 at 20:58 in african american, black, mixed race, racial identity, black identity, black biracial, biracial, multiracial

  By Clare X. Brown  I cannot stand hypocrisy in relation to race matters, and one of the areas that particularly irks me is hypocrisy about racial identity.  It is my firm belief that one’s racial identity comes from one’s physical appearance,...

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