January 10, 2007

What Book Am I?

I can’t resist a good quiz, so when I recently came across this test on recent visitor, Vivian J. Paige’s Blog, I had to jump on it. Almost wish I hadn’t. Sounds kinda ominous and bleak with a tinge of hope at the end.

You’re Invisible Man!
by Ralph Ellison
Most of your life, people have [...]

January 10, 2007

Ebony and Jet Swear off the N-Word

“N-word” has been swung like a clumsy nightstick by Whites for
years, trying to demean, dehumanize and destroy the dignity of Black
Americans,” Bryan Moore writes. “We have a generation who have been
desensitized to – or never were taught – the real origins and impact of
such a hateful [...]