Quirky Black Girls

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kokoamoon: By Mambu Bayoh

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By Mambu Bayoh

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msalexismarie:PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THIS VIDEO!!!!!!These are...

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msalexismarie:

PLEASE HELP ME SPREAD THIS VIDEO!!!!!!

These are young boys from Stuyvesant High School (Ardi Demaliaj, Loren Weiss, Peter Ferguson, Arthur Rentzler and Joseph L. among them). Yes, Stuyvesant High School. Supposedly the number one high school in New York City. These boys are supposedly the best and the brightest. They are spewing hatred and talking about a young Black woman who attends the school. I wrote a letter to the principal of this school, Stanley Teitel, asking that these boys be reprimanded and he refused to disclose any information to me in terms of how this situation would be dealt with. Please help me spread this video around to show what truly goes on in institutions like this. The overt racist acts perpetrated against these young Black children, who are unfortunately a small minority in these larger white institutions. Help me to make a change. We have to stop things like this from continuing. It is not enough to simply give these boys a pat on the wrist. This is not just an isolated, individual incident. This is what is, and has been, going on for many years now. Something MUST be done!

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Phylicia Barnes: Still Missing 2 Months Later (flyblackchick.com)

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Phylicia Barnes: Still Missing 2 Months Later (flyblackchick.com)

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Phylicia Barnes: Still Missing 2 Months Later (flyblackchick.com):

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Another Afro Latina writer...

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To add to this list, I'd recommend Puerto Rican author Mayra Santos-Febres.

I read her novel Nuestra señora de la noche /Our Lady of the Night for a class I had on Caribbean sexuality in literature (taught by the fabulous gay, Rican scholar Larry La Fountain-Stokes! Seriously, like my fav profesor evarrr!).

The novel's about Isabel la Negra, an iconic Puerto Rican madam. It's a great story that deals with colorism, racism, latinidad, sexual violence, sex work, neocolonialism all in really complex ways that I for sure didn't completely understand. (we had to read the book in Spanish and write a reaction on it in just one week. Larry's a fun and brilliant prof but he plays NO GAMES with coursework! lol) I actually just re-discovered this book in my basement and might read it again sometimes soon. Or I might pick up Sirena Silena which is her most famous book.

Anyone else read anything by this author?

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xicanagrrrl:buttahlove:Amore by Tinae OMG! She looks so...

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Amore by Tinae
OMG! She looks so beautiful in Peach!
*Inspiration*.

zomg… that dress!!!

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Afro Latino writers...here's a list to get you started.

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Afro Latino writers...here's a list to get you started.

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dreamhampton1: Joyce Bryant. Bronze Bombshell. 1948.

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Joyce Bryant. Bronze Bombshell. 1948.

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someecards pic of white man in a tux, joyfully waving a...

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someecards pic of white man in a tux, joyfully waving a statuette as he clutches a microphone. set against a lavender background text says, "Let's watch the whitest Academy Awards in decades this Black History Month."