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  1. 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 >

  2. 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 >

  3. 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 >

  4. 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 >

  5. Sonia Sotomayor: The more things change, the more they stay the same

    5/29/09 10:56am by whattamisaid
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    crossposted from What Tami Said The election of President Barack Obama heralded in a post-racial world, or so I'm told. Why then, does criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sound so much like the typical volleys thrown at high-achieving people of color?  Read more >

  6. Why can't our first lady have sex with Mick Jagger?

    8/12/08 5:22pm by whattamisaid
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    Cossposted from What Tami Said  Read more >

  7. From a married lady to young, single sisters

    7/11/08 4:56am by whattamisaid
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    Crosspost from What Tami Said It's funny the perspective that time gives.  Read more >

  8. Our national sin: Roman not Paris

    5/30/08 8:25am by whattamisaid
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    Remember back before the hype and noise of the 2008 presidential campaign. The media, not yet consumed with "bittergate" or "Bosniagate," was gnashing its teeth about our society's seeming reckless and unreasoned adoration for celebrity, above all else. The unholy poster girl of our addled minds was supposed to be Paris Hilton. What shallow and dull-witted society would worship a pantyless, dull-eyed heiress with no discernible talent?  Read more >

  9. Five reasons to be bitter

    4/18/08 2:40pm by whattamisaid
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    Cross-posted from the blog What Tami Said  Read more >

  10. My black history: Little gifts

    4/9/08 10:04am by whattamisaid
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    Cross-posted from What Tami Said   Read more >

Tamara Winfrey Harris

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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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