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ABOUT Jenée Desmond-Harris
ARTICLES:
Rihanna Hospitalized in Sweden
November 01, 2011
In today's link roundup: Rihanna had to skip a show because of exhaustion. Plus: Obama gets a clean bill of health.
Black Nurses Can't Care for White Patients?
| November 01, 2011Four women behind a lawsuit say that was their employer's policy.
'Crackheads' Aren't Coming to Get You
| November 01, 2011What we should really be concerned about is that drug sentencing laws remain unfair.
VIDEO: Arizona Governor: We're Not Racist
| November 01, 2011Jan Brewer defended her state's controversial anti-immigration law on Morning Joe.
VIDEO: Christians Shouldn't Occupy Wall Street?
| October 28, 2011Pat Robertson says the movement is a "rebellion," and not in a good way.
Police Raid on Oakland Was Nothing New
| October 28, 2011In today's link roundup: Police tactics during protests were all too familiar to the California city. Plus: Obamas inspire new sitcom.
Judge Approves Settlement for Black Farmers
| October 28, 2011The decision references "broken promises to those African-American farmers and their descendants."
Carlina White, Kidnapped at Birth, Tells All
| October 28, 2011Renamed Nejdra Nance, the 23-year-old talked to New York magazine about her relationship with her birth parents and the woman accused of kidnapping her.
First Black Marines Finally Honored
| October 27, 2011In today's link roundup: Montford Point Marines get a Congressional Gold Medal. Plus: Black woman speaks out about street harassment.
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BLOG POSTINGS:
One of Your Friends Might Be a Blackface Barack Obama for Halloween. Should You Get Upset?
October 30, 2009
I’m bracing myself for one or two blackface Baracks. And I’m trying to decide now – because I do my best thinking when I’m not in a ridiculous costume – how I’ll react.
A Worthwhile Conversation
| September 08, 2009So what if it isn’t exploding with earth-shattering dating revelations?
A Response to Hair Haters
| September 02, 2009Make an effort to appreciate the discussion on black hair. If you find that you truly can't, please just sit down somewhere and wait for the this hair season to pass.