Friday, December 15, 2006

state of emergency

I always find it disturbing that the state of black men in the US is always approached as a "community" emergency while black girls and women battling harsh economic conditions fail to elicit similar concern and action. This piece by Earl Ofari Hutchinson might trouble those waters a bit.

4 Comments:

Blogger starfishncoffee said...

THANK YOU!!!!!
It's because it's like Patricia Hill Collins says...we're the black jellybean at the bottom of the jar.
Black women and girls aren't worth shit in this world.

4:30 PM  
Blogger starfishncoffee said...

Hey,
read this makes your point entirely, I just got it:

http://www.blackagendareport.com/004/004g_tn_myth_of_black_womens_progress.html

11:12 AM  
Blogger starfishncoffee said...

ACK! that didn't post the whole link!
I'll email it to you!

11:13 AM  
Blogger colored me said...

thanks for that link rana to http://www.blackagendareport.com/004/004g_tn_myth_of_black_womens_progress.html

i'm glad the No! documentary is finally getting the attention it deserves as well. when i teach my black feminism course, i plan to show it.

11:52 AM  

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