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By the time I got to middle school, I had worked out the bulk of my internal racial issues. This is partially because my parents did a good job of showing me that black is beautiful and partially because I was too busy with being a nerd (dealing with bullies and doing science projects) to be concerned with something as abstract as racial identity. I was black and I was cool with that. But just because I was cool with it, didn’t mean that everyone else was… and I had no idea that something as simple as the way I talked could cause so much trouble.

If you haven’t read Part One, I suggest you catch up then read on.

Continue reading ‘Tweezy, the Early Years: Talkin’ Like a White Dude’

I don’t know how many people have been following the developments of the comments made by Don Imus, a radio talk show host and writer, on Tuesday in reference to the Rutgers women’s basketball team. His exact words to describe them were “nappy headed hoes” and “jiggaboos”. If you haven’t seen it, the video is below:

Imus was subsequently suspended for 2 weeks. My question to our readers this week is do you think that suspension is enough? Or should he have been fired? Do you believe his speech is protected under the First Amendment? I’m pretty sure that regular readers know where I stand on this, so I’m posing the question to you.