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New Blackface Not Fashionable; Still Racist

10/4/10 6:41pm by whattamisaid
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Blackface Photo

It seems a little silly, I suppose, to hope black women might be treated well in a misogynist industry. Racial discrimination is but one of the fashion industry's sins, and its sins against women are too numerous to explore here. And fashion is so frivolous, isn't it? Surely there are more pressing problems facing black womanhood.  Read more >

What's Wrong With a Dancing Soldier?

7/12/10 8:58am by whattamisaid
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Dancing Soldiers

Last week, members of the Israeli Defense Force, who participated in a viral video dancing to Ke$ha’s “Tick Tock,” were reprimanded by military officials and sentenced to create an anti-dancing-in-the-military educational video to deter other soldiers with the urge to bust a move on You Tube.  Read more >

What we mean when we talk about confronting privilege

8/12/09 10:15am by whattamisaid
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written by Tami, originally posted on What Tami Said  Privilege : a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all; prerogative: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" Why is it so difficult to acknowledge our privilege?  Read more >

The problem with black faces and books

7/28/09 12:53pm by whattamisaid
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crossposted from What Tami Said Why would a young adult (YA) book about a black girl with feature  Read more >

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Tamara Winfrey Harris
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Tami Winfrey Harris writes about race, feminism, politics and pop culture at the blog What Tami Said. Her work has also appeared on The Guardian’s Comment is Free, Huffington Post and Racialicious. She is a graduate of the Iowa State University Greenlee School of Journalism. She spends her spare time researching her family history and cultivating a righteous 'fro.

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