Colorism from Jennifer D. on Vimeo. Link: Colorism Documentary This short documentary focuses on Colorism. The topics include Wale’s video “Pretty Girls” which was criticized for it’s absence of women of color (dark-skin women), as well as Sammy Sosa’s skin lightening. The featured speakers are myself, Webcaster Joy Daily, and NYU Professor Ed Guerrero. The [...]
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to open a business a month from now. I had the paperwork, my website designer, accountants, lawyers, promotional ideas, and a general idea of what the stationery would look like. When I brought the idea to my Entrepreneur Class in Midtown Manhattan everyone thought it was great. I knew it could succeed and so did [...]
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Two weeks ago, I was eating dinner with a group of neighborhood friends. One of my friends is Dominican and he was talking about the color issues amongst us. We spoke for a bit and it was an interesting conversation. But he used one word that has puzzled me forever: ‘Cocolo.’ He said: ‘I’m a [...]
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Article: Much Ado About Straightening: Old Black Salons Face New Rivals. I’m the first person to admit that I don’t know a thing about women’s hair. My mom and sister are at the Dominican salon on Nagle Avenue regularly. There have been moments where I’ve heard them complain about certain Dominican hairstylists, but I’ve never [...]
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Suns sweep Spurs 4-0. Five things 1. The Suns and their fans can now call this a rivalry. We beat them four straight playoff series’ in the last 8 years. They finally defeated us. It was just a matter of time. 2. Manu was never the same after his Gonzo got fractured by Dirk. 3. [...]
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Ahh the good ol’ days. I’m standing up right behind #12. We called ourselves “The Bench Mob” like the old Sacramento Kings. Shoutout to Cuzzi, Justin, Gogo, Shawn, Clive, Void, S. Brown. If you’d like to subscribe to this blog, click here
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Make sure to visit the site and take a look at all the other folks included in this edition. I guess I should let out a “Wooooo” like Ric Flair as it’s called “Styling and Profiling.” Anyways, shouts to Oscar Monte De Oca for including me in the “Stylin & Proflin” edition for the Uptown [...]
