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Sandra Rafaela — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:32:32 -0000

Thanks for mentioning Black Women in Europe and the Afro European Sisters Network!
You are also doing a Great Job!

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Haniplease — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:10:39 -0000

i was interviewed to work a tour for this special! dig THAT y'all! i made it past several rounds and wasn't chosen. Thank you JESUS for taking that wheel!
;( after seeing the result of this whatever it was, i now understand why! Fred, this would have made a GREAT im convo for us as 99% of the things ur friend asserted, i too asserted w/in my group of friends.

i am truly "american" in that my lineage is composed of a myriad of different races, thus my brown skin with curly hair. i immediately thought of my acestors from Haiti,my mom's creole lineage, and my girl Staci in NY with all of her PR goodness. these cultures are so unique and diverse and intesting! a lot of blacks aren't aware of the histories/immense amount of immigration that's associated with that black face we pass on the sidewalks daily. similarly, most americans assume that all black people are the same. learning about the invasion of the french and the blend of races would have blown a lot of people away! I am blessed to be personally aware of the history of Nuyoricans and "blacks" in america that aren't "of" america. in the interview, they described this special as "a special report that aims to make america blatantly aware of the issues blacks struggle with daily." HA! no no double that HA HA!

in short CNN, and soledad[my former favorite reporter] fell TERRIBLY short of glory. this was nothing more than "somebody tellin' the family bidness and making us look bad" if i may be so frank. they exposed a myriad of typical stats and cleches, that most people tuning in to the special were already aware of, and then each segment ended abruptly. i know i'm not the only one that sat there like "hol' on mere! wait its done? fin? they didn't conclude anything though, nah i thought soledad would come back or something. aw HEEEELL to the NAW! i'm done!" it was sloppy and stupid. i expected to learn something and be impressed. i assumed this would be a special we could show the children i volunteer with. and well....i'm still waiting for like the part 2 or something?!?!

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More To Black — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:51:55 -0000

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Ginger @ Girls Just Wanna Have — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:57:39 -0000

LOVE IT! And I love your blog layout ;-) Michael did a great job!

Seriously, they need to intterview us in order to gain and all around perspective because this was clearly one sided.

I also have a similar post up about CNN's Black in America: http://www.girlsjustwannaha...

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Carter — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:51:00 -0000

The problem is that you can never do a documentary on an entire race of people because you end up picking out the stereotypes that fit the images you want to portray. If she had included everything you asked for there are still 20 million other scenarios to show. Main stream media since the beginning has tried to box us into as few categories as possible. It is much easier to find a few ways to generalize us all than it is to take each person as a separate individual.

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Candace — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:50:24 -0000

Afer watching the 4 day propaganda all week, your thoughts on the matter resonated with me two-fold.

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Rashad — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:55:32 -0000

Well stated.