In Memory of Mildred Loving, Landmark of Civil Rights

Posted 5 May, 2008 at 4:07 pm by Kevin
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Mildred Loving, who challenged Virginia’s anti-interracial marriage laws, resulting in the Supreme Court striking down laws against interracial marriages, passed away on Friday, 2 May.

From the AP:

RICHMOND, Va. - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.

Peggy Fortune said Loving, 68, died Friday at her home in rural Milford. She did not disclose the cause of death.

“I want (people) to remember her as being strong and brave yet humble — and believed in love,” Fortune told The Associated Press.

Loving and her white husband, Richard, changed history in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld their right to marry. The ruling struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least 17 states.

“There can be no doubt that restricting the freedom to marry solely because of racial classifications violates the central meaning of the equal protection clause,” the court ruled in a unanimous decision.

Her husband died in 1975. Shy and soft-spoken, Loving shunned publicity and in a rare interview with The Associated Press last June, insisted she never wanted to be a hero — just a bride.

“It wasn’t my doing,” Loving said. “It was God’s work.”

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Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Posted 5 May, 2008 at 3:41 pm by Kevin
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Hows about we get this party started with a little 2Mex!

Things like this make me miss Denver. These kids are too cute.

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On This Day

Posted 2 May, 2008 at 12:57 pm by Kevin
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On this day, many moons ago, at this exact time, I was unleashed upon the world. My moms tells me that I had one eye open and one eye closed. I was also a week late. Heh, some things never change.

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I Miss You, My Friend.

Posted 2 May, 2008 at 3:01 am by Kevin
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Tomorrow will be the third anniversary of Gibby’s passing. I post in her honor.

I miss You so much, my dear Gibby.

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Link Love for 2008-05-01

Posted 1 May, 2008 at 12:35 pm by Kevin
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What you should be reading:

The Unapologetic Mexican: Hillary Clinton in Eugene, Oregon [pt. 4]
Pt. 4 of Nezua’s coverage of Senator Clinton’s rally/town-hall appearance at Oregon’s South Eugene High.
(tags: uspresidentialelection2008 hillaryclinton)

The honeymoon is officially over. at AngryBrownButch
No, Obama, not all Americans are offended by Wright’s comments. The implication that all Americans should “rightly” be offended by his comments is, in fact, offensive.
(tags: uspresidentialelection2008 barackobama revjeremiahwright)

Wright-Obama Locked in Generational Conflict
“Barack Obama winning the presidency cracks the foundation of Wright’s lived experience. For his generation, white racism is inseparable from the very idea of America.”
(tags: revjeremiahwright uspresidentialelection2008 barackobama)

Celebrating Feminist and Multicultural Presses « WOC PhD
Prof BW celebrates “Publishers that Rock!”
(tags: publishing books profbw race feminism)

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Some Folks on Rev. Wright

Posted 30 April, 2008 at 11:27 pm by Kevin
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The responses to the most recent Reverend Jeremiah Wright fauxtroversy have been varied and interesting. Here’s a taste:

Yoabachi thinks that Rev. Wright went too far in his appearance at the National Press Conference

He was unduly flippant, and needlessly sarcastic and patronizing; and this comes from a self-admitted smart-ass. All the smirking and clowning was just way over the top.

And the really sad thing is, up until that point, Wright was winning the media offense. He had well articulated a number of things on three extensive broadcast (2 of which were live); though the media dug out the one or two points to pounce on. Then he acted a fool at the end and gave them tons of ammunition to run amuck with.

DP wonders how much denouncing Obama will have to do before this is all over.

When the sound bites of Rev. Wright’s sermons first hit the airwaves, Obama was pressured to denounce him. He didn’t, instead giving what was universally hailed as a brilliant speech on race, during which he “rejected” his pastor’s words, but refused to denounce the man.

Now with Wright’s little speaking tour (which started out so well on Friday), and especially the National Press Club engagement, Obama has been forced to denounce the man himself, which in turn his opponents are using to question his character. In fact, I’m already hearing the whispers that he didn’t denounce him hard enough to regain his footing in the campaign. You get the picture?

So in order to save some time and aggravation, here’s my list of future denouncements for Barack Obama to make, preferably in one fell swoop. You know it’s coming, so just get it over with already.

Shark-Fu, as usual, cuts through the bullshit and debunks the Acceptable Blackness idea that is oh so obviously behind all this nonsense.

Is this a political story?

Is it really?

Do people honestly believe that Senator Obama believes/supports/embraces everything that comes out of Rev. Wright’s mouth?

Really?

Or is this about that faux perfect acceptably black mask that Senator Obama never put on himself being removed through unfortunate circumstance to display a real person…with real and totally normal Pastor drama…who fumble a bit in dealing with it because it was real and personal and he is human and so, duh, flawed…and what that lack of absolute perfection does to some people’s ability to maintain…oh Gawd, there’s that word again…tolerance?

Head over to their sites and read the full posts. Personally, I’m too tired and disillusioned to say anything of worth right now.

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Wednesday Old School Jam

Posted 30 April, 2008 at 7:02 pm by Kevin
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The Meters - Live 1974 - Look-Ka Py Py / Jungle Man

Best comment at YouTube: “Funk is the law!”

Word.

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Quotation of the Day

Posted 26 April, 2008 at 4:29 pm by Kevin
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From Sudy:

I tend to view apologies as the beginning, not the end. So, if apologies are true and heartfelt, you’ll forgive me for not weeping with joy and instead, again, borrowing this popular term, “Prove it.”

Not to me, but to those who you say you love and have hurt. Prove it to them.

Truer words are rarely spoken.

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James Rucker on Net Neutrality

Posted 26 April, 2008 at 3:37 pm by Kevin
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Save the Internet

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Sigh

Posted 26 April, 2008 at 3:31 pm by Kevin
Filed Under Racism, War on POC for Profit | 6 Comments

My feed reader is dwindling down to next to nothing.

I think the point where I went fuck it , is when a law student, a couple writers, and a professor basically endorsed a book and MISSED in reading something they were ATTACHING their names to .

Racist comics, about MY PEOPLE. Yeah MY PEOPLE, being KILLED and destroyed to save a white man and give a white woman the “courage” she so desperately desires .

And people fell over themselves to excuse them . Cause they’re learning

You know what , fuck off

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