Happy Juneteenth!

From Juneteenth.com:
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.
Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a [...]

Mammies and Niggers: We Ain’t No Joke

This is going to be one of those rambling, “where the hell is Kev going with this type of posts.” Just so you know.
I’m pissed. I’m pissed off at this thread in particular right now; and no, I’m not pissed at Ilyka for rightfully expressing outrage at the offensive use of a mammy figurine for [...]

Happy Bloomsday!

Grab yourself a bottle of Powers and celebrate the best novel of the 20th century that no one but a handful of English majors and Joyce scholars have ever read.

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Link Love: Trying Not To Get Too Angry Addition

It’s sad that this has to be done, but Gina from What About Our Daughters has started a Michelle Obama Watch blog.
R. Kelly is acquitted.
As the verdicts were being read on Friday, the singer started crying and whispering “Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus,” over and over again, his lawyers said.
Jesus [...]

Reasons to Vote Republican

Via a good friend of mine who doesn’t have a blog:

How to be Succesful in the United States

Update: I should have known. Our “representative” appears to be Niger Innis, son of Roy Innis, National Chairman of CORE–that once radical Civil Rights group that somehow found itself supporting Nixon in 1968 and 1972. Here’s a look into Innis’ mindset:
“When you say to society at large that you have to accept, not only accept [...]

Link Love for 2008-06-08

My links for 2008-06-08

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