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Keepin' it real vs Breaking down the Stereotypes

Fashionable Michelle has a new, beautiful baby girl who sleeps well, leaving Michelle a little time each day to keep her friends abreast of important goings on on the NYTimes magazine. She sent me the link to the article on PRECIOUS.

Good reading. Interesting article. I could riff on so much in it. I’ve never read [...]

Not black enough. Too white.

some names have been changed to protect the innocent.

partially in response to: http://fashionablecouple.com/?p=95

D…How can you be the ‘whitest’ black person?  Have you ever been on time for anything?

It seems that if you’re not upholding the stereotypes (unwed parent, broken English, gang colours etc.) then what’s said about young, black males is that they’re the ‘whitest’ [...]