I contacted someone for a wireless internet card on Saturday. I only needed it for one the One Million Mentor tour that I did not blog live from last night. He said he could help. He asked me for the location of the venue. I told him. He said that he was going to go…
Category: Marcie’s Thoughts
Ebonics Speaking Professional Needed – This is for Real
I received an e-mail from Awesomely Luvvie’s blog regarding a company seeking an ebonics speaking professional. Of course, I had to check it out for myself. Chenega Corporation is seeking a Linguist II-Ebonics(ATL)*Contingent* Am I surprised by this? Not at all. Like Mignon said on Luvvie’s blog: This job ad lives inside the same society,…
What does post-racial era mean…
What does post-racial era mean exactly?
ABC 7 reported that the Nordic…
ABC 7 reported that the Nordic Fest, a gathering of white supremacists, will be held in Mokena, IL this weekend. So much for post-racial.
God Has a Way of Getting Your Attention
Something happened recently, and I could not upset. I could only comply with what happened because I was disobedient and I knew it. You can’t argue with God when you know you’re wrong. He’s been trying to get my attention, and I’ve been doing what I wanted to do. When He got fed up, He…
Update: No Live Blogging at One Million Mentor Tour
I learned today that there was no Wi-Fi at The Regal Theater so I will not be live blogging. However, I am still going to try to interview Michael Baisden for Shorty and As NOT Seen on TV. There’s always a viable plan B.
Check out Missie Hahn’s story,…
Check out Missie Hahn’s story, The Africa Not Seen on TV, on AS NOT See on TV…
The Africa NOT Seen on TV
“ Africa is special because there is little common understanding between Africans and Americans to provide context for interpretation” (Hawk 1992:4) What are the first things that come to mind when you think of Ethiopia? Poverty? Famine? African children with bloated tummies from lack of food? Ethiopia and other regions of Africa are usually viewed…
Are We Really Surprised About Texas’ White Supremacist Textbooks?
I received an e-mail about Texas rewriting history to emphasize white supremacy. More specifically, it stated: “Among the many proposed changes are attempts to paint the Confederacy in a positive light, rewrite the civil rights era, downplay the contributions of nonwhite characters in Texas history, and ignore the atrocities committed on our own soil by…
Support Color of Change: Fox News Fire John Stossel
Following is an e-mail from the Color of Change asking Fox to fire John Stossel. Click here to the sign the petition. Dear friends, On Wednesday, Rand Paul, the GOP’s US Senate candidate for Kentucky repeated his claim that a central piece of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was wrong, and that businesses should…