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I'm a 52 year old, black, southern woman. I'm a poet, an attorney, and a former school teacher.

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Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Racism: 4 of 40

I read most of my news on the Internet. It saves my house from being cluttered with newspapers. I am not very domestic and I try to avoid housekeeping to the extent possible. I've been following a tragic story regarding the shooting death of a young college student, Eve Carson. She was student body president and in her senio...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Terrorism Has America gone too far with anti-terrorism?: 5 of 39

A good friend likes to give me riddles to which he doesn't know the answer. Recognizing my compulsive personality disorder, he knows that I will become consumed with figuring out the answer, thus providing both of us with eventual satisfaction. I, on the other hand, try to only pose riddles to which I know the answer; I may ...
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Reactions to Michael Richards' racial comments: 2 of 12

I've been trying to decide if I wanted to write about actor/comedian Michael Richards public meltdown during his performance at a comedy club. It has been a long time since anything has left me speechless. Like most people, I was dismayed by the blatant use of the N-word. I can't even bring myself to write that word. I don't...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections US elections 2008: Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign: 11 of 20

So I called my BFF Hillary Clinton the other day to see how she was doing after all the negative commentary about her little verbal slip. "Girlfriend, what on earth were you thinking! Have you lost your mind up in here?" Oh, wait a minute, I don't really know Hillary well enough to address her as girlfriend. We're not really...
Society & Lifestyle > Racism Why racists still exist: 23 of 33

Last week I received the same e-mail from several people. The subject line proclaimed, "Racist White Girl Group on Billboard Charts." The article goes on to reveal that Lamb and Lynx Gaede, 13 year-old twins known in white supremacist musical circles as Prussian Blue, have released their third album, End of A Black World, to...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Addicted to reality TV: 5 of 5

My Addiction to Trash Television My friend, HR, calls me the queen of trash. He is referring to my fascination with popular culture. I look forward to Tuesdays because that's the day that my new issue of Entertainment Weekly arrives. I watch for the postman and hurry out to greet him every Tuesday. I suspect that he thinks t...