Day: July 20, 2015

  • Nuns told her that “no man will ever want you, because you’re black”; a career counsellor said she should “consider taking man friends” to support herself. “I was told I wouldn’t amount to anything and should consider prostitution,” [Rosemary] Adaser says. Her black background was vilified and even denied, she says, and she was constantly…

  • Meet this year’s outstanding contributors at The Globies! The Seattle Globalist 2015-07-17 Christina Twu, Editor/Contributor The Seattle Globalist is proud to recognize three brilliant Globalist writers that have made outstanding contributions to our publication this year, helping to grow our coverage and make 2015 a phenomenal year for us. Please join us in recognizing these…

  • How should a dancer look? Ask Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera The Melissa Harris-Perry Show MSNBC 2015-07-18 Melissa Harris-Perry, Host Dancers Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera discuss their pioneering work as, respectively, the first African American and Filipino American principal ballerinas at the American Ballet Theater. Watch the video (00:07:46) here.

  • Mr. President, on behalf of an ungrateful nation, thank you WFTS: ABC Action News Tampa Bay, Florida 2015-07-16 Dick Meyer, Chief Washington Correspondent Scripps News Some points to ponder about Obama’s record WASHINGTON, D.C. – I’ve never written a column like this. Readers rarely believe it, but I am not on any political team. Generosity…

  • The Adoption Papers Bloodaxe Books 1991 64 pages 21.6 x 13.9 x 0.5 cm Paperback ISBN: 978-1852241568 Jackie Kay, Professor of Creative Writing Newcastle University