tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post4076212441325731327..comments2024-01-26T09:29:04.765-08:00Comments on My American Meltingpot: Time to Wash that Grey Right Out of My HairProfessor Tharpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-13551420813065813292008-08-01T06:37:00.000-07:002008-08-01T06:37:00.000-07:00Hi there. I’ve just started reading your blog. I’m...Hi there. I’ve just started reading your blog. I’m going from the earliest posts to the latest and so far I’ve really enjoyed them:) I don’t usually comment on ppls blogs, but I did wanna say something about this post. You make a good point, but I feel that although race is a very real part of an interracial union, I don’t always find it entertaining as a subplot. I appreciate GA somewhat dismissal of the issue. It gets old and sometimes comes off as a cop out for a story line. I don’t watch GA, but I do know I would be even more annoyed if they had decided to throw some kind of racial conflict thingy in there. I don’t feel like I’m making a lot of sense, lol. This why I don’t comment on ppls blogs :P<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great stuff. I was at Borders the other day reading The Audacity of Hope (great book--but you probably already know that) and on my way out I saw your book on the shelf. It caught my eye because ever since I started going natural (October 2005) any image of natural hair makes me do a double take. I flipped through it really quick because my mom was riding my ass about hurrying up so we wouldn’t be late for this thing. I tried to remember your name and promised myself to Google it when I got home. Well...I did, and that’s when I came across your wonderful blog. I don’t have much money at all but the next time I get 30 bucks I’m gonna buy your book. I’m sure I’ll be in for a good read. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Jessiea passive observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999172877200550679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-73345040837421928712007-05-07T07:55:00.000-07:002007-05-07T07:55:00.000-07:00Hey, Lori. I'm not a Grey's watcher, but I'm not s...Hey, Lori. I'm not a Grey's watcher, but I'm not surprised. Friday night Bill Moyers (who I like) interviewed a black guy who had been wrongly incarcerated for 25 years. Moyers seemed outraged and incredulous that such a thing could have happened in the United States, but he never brought up race as one of the potential factors that influenced the case. If serious journalists don't mention racism, except when it's in reaction to some celebrity slip (Don Imus, Michael Richards, etc.), I'm not surprised fiction writers shy aware from it too. My guess: too many white viewers don't want to see reality reflected back to them.Imperfect Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745094245592947482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-30192666116096715202007-03-20T17:30:00.000-07:002007-03-20T17:30:00.000-07:00I know what you mean. But I do appreciate the esca...I know what you mean. But I do appreciate the escape from race once and a while.LorMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182120408651424886noreply@blogger.com