Goodbye and thank you
I can’t believe how quickly these two weeks have passed. There are at least two original posts that I had hoped to write, but now, alas, my time as a guest blogger is up. I have enjoyed contributing to this community. I think I’ve been cured of lurking and will be a real participant here [...]
...read moreRaising the dead
originally published at What Tami Said I’ve been trying to raise the dead. With faded photographs, copied records, old death certificates, family hearsay and e-mails from long-lost cousins. I am an amateur family historian. And this is what I do. Here is one rule of resurrection. It is easier to bring a dead man to [...]
...read moreMarginalized folks shouldn’t always have to be “the bigger persons”
originally published September 2009 on What Tami Said Teaching moments are wonderful, but I think that no marginalized person is obligated to swallow justified hurt and anger to better “teach” the privileged or “squash” the mess or racism. That people of color are nearly always asked to do so in the face of prejudice is [...]
...read moreDispatches from Nappyville: The sensual pleasures
Originally published at What Tami Said Right now, the back left side of my hair is strangely puffy, fuller than the rest of my head. The curls there are stretched out and winding this way and that. You may surprised to hear me say that I am NOT having a bad hair day. I am; [...]
...read moreAre black women too religious to get married?
As I’ve previously blogged here, the media has a not-so-subtle obsession with the love lives of single black women. Recently, CNN.com added more fuel to the fire, pondering, “Does the church keep black women single?” We’ve already learned from the mainstream media that black women are too educated, too successful and too independent to be [...]
...read moreHello…it’s me
I started my blog What Tami Said three years ago because I missed writing for my own pleasure. I missed playing with words. I had done so little of this since college. Also, as a progressive black woman, I often felt voiceless and isolated both in the mainstream media and in my racially homogenous and [...]
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