Still Water, Silent Thunder

Almost finished with #zadiesmith’s #whiteteeth. Great novel! I love her critique of white western liberalism. #books #nowreading

misterand:

Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Roberta Flack and Aretha Franklin

(via daretobeblack)

lilgodzilla:

stimulateyourmind:

mediaite:

Wayne Brady calls “bullshit” on Bill Maher.

I would be happy if anyone beat Maher’s ass in public, but especially so if it were Wayne Brady

and more context from the article:

Maher first explained his desire for Obama to be a “real black president” who “lifts up his shirt so they can see the gun in his pants” during a monologue in 2010. Subsequently, Maher referred to Obama as “your Wayne Brady,” a characterization that put into question the African-American credentials of both Obama and Brady.

“I’ve respected him as a comedian, and what he does on HBO is great,” Brady told Hill. “But when he starts to drag me in, to use me as the cultural linchpin of his not-black-enough argument, that’s bullshit.”

few things more irritating than being called “not black enough” by WHITE PEOPLE. they really believe their racially privileged opinions are such the standard of thought that they suddenly have the credentials to comment on and even critique the black experience and black authenticity.

Trying to get inside the head of #CharlotteHawkinsBrown by studying her etiquette book. #phdorbust #books #gradschool #nowreading

dynamicafrica:

William Moore (attr.), inscribed: “Macomo and his chief wife,” South Africa, c. 1869.

Along with several other Xhosa leaders and their wives, Maqoma was imprisoned on Robben Island for leading insurgencies during the Frontier Wars of the eighteen-fifties.

This widely circulated portrait was taken after their release.

Even when they were photographed on Robben Island, Maqoma and his wife never sat for the camera without dress coats, hats, and shawls.