a girl like me

I got linked up to this short while reading blackprof.com this morning. Several mature and insightful young sisters weigh in on the struggles black girls encounter as they grapple with notions of beauty in our culture. Quite impressive.

am i the only one who doesn't get the joke?

Eddie Murphy is indeed a master of comedy. He has the uncanny ability to transform himself into different characters and adopt various voices, personalities, and dialects. But am I the only one who doesn't find the "Flip Wilsonesque" tradition of dragging as black women in ways that promote stereotype and caricature NOT FUNNY? Some Tyler Perry fans (yes I have met some) have defended his Madea routine as flattery and a show of fondness for his granny. I also think most folks were too doubled over in belly laughs to pay very much attention to the way Martin Lawrence's ghettofabulous alter-ego "Shanana" or Jamie Foxx's "Wanda" caricatured certain types of black women. Now, I'm not hypersensitive about this stuff. I just don't get the joke. I don't understand what's funny about black men making fun of their grannies, the girl down the block, or the booster next door. Maybe it's me. Can someone please clue me in?

yes, there are more of us

"You mean Barak and Condi aren't the only 'articulate' black folks?"

ah hell naw

Biden might as well bow out now. There's no way in hell he'll survive this campaign.