This is not my article, but the person who wrote it is cited. I was glad to see this and I think it helps to explain to everyday folks the realities of life for people of color and how every single move that people of color make, just as every decision a woman makes IS [...]
Archive for the ‘Culture and 'Ethnicity'’ Category
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Posted in Culture and 'Ethnicity', Race, activist, white folks, white people, tagged privilege on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chi-Town I
Posted in Culture and 'Ethnicity', Journal, Salsa, activist on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been awhile, too long. Just a quick update for the few (I know how few from the ratings). I’m still living in my very-first-apartment-alone-in-downtown-Atlanta, who-hoo. Thing is, I don’t have very many guests. I still am surprised that I haven’t ‘gone wild’ here and I’m not really sure what to make of that. Lately, [...]
Introducing: Shawaquatema Shareesha Jones
Posted in Culture and 'Ethnicity', Funny, Humor, Memories, anarchist babies, black folk, black people on November 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I have an alter-ego. Before now, I have not introduced her to the world of the Internet. However, I feel it is time to let her free from my mind. This is not a joke. Her name is Shawaquatema Shareesha Jones. My name is Jennifer A_______. I grew up in Harlem (NYC) in the mid-80s through the 90’s–a [...]
Mi Gente centroamericana / Afro-Americano / Inmigrantes
Posted in Central & South America, Culture and 'Ethnicity', Panama, Radical, The South, activist on October 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The voices of my people are often loud and after a long day of work and school and then more work, no one making the commute home wants to hear the obnoxious squeals from a girl whose jokes aren’t that funny. About a group of five or six young women who were leaving their jobs [...]
