By Clare X. Brown In the previous post I drew attention to some of the practical reasons why “Something New” Isn’t Necessarily Something Good.  In this post I am going to explore an uglier side of this Black Female/ White Male movement in...
Topics: African American Women, Assimilated Black, Assimilated Blacks, Assimilation, Assimilationist, Black Love, Black Male-Female Relationships, Black Men, Black Nationalists, Black Sexual Politics, Black Unity, Black Women, Black Women Married To White Men, Black-on-Black Love, Debra Dickerson, Intermarriage, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intraracial Racism, mammy, Something New, White Men Dating Black Women

By Clare X. BrownSince the release of the film Something New, (featuring a black female/ white male interracial relationship) there has been a major effort in the blogosphere to similarly encourage black women to pursue relationships with white men. ...
Topics: African American Women, Black, Black Americans, Black Consciousness, Black Identity, Black Love, Black Women, Black Women Married To White Men, Intermarriage, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Something New, White Men Dating Black Women

By Clare X. BrownLoyalty is something that is very important to me -whether it’s in personal relationships, or in relation to group loyalty.  One of the themes that run through this blog is the need for black people to show more loyalty towards each...
Topics: bell hooks, Biracial, Black Americans, Black Biracial, Black Blogs, Black Consciousness, Black Feminism, Black Feminists, Black Men, Black Panthers, Black Unity, Eldridge Cleaver, Feminism, Uncategorized

By Clare X. Brown  I believe that in this white supremacist world, there is something about being in close proximity to whites that causes many of us black folk to act completely and utterly against our best interests.  For example, Chinweizu (1994)...
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By Clare X. BrownI think that black folk who want to assimilate need to be honest about this.  All too often, black folk are assimilating and promoting assimilation but are refusing to be open about what they really stand for.Why is it so difficult for..
Topics: Assimilated Black, Assimilated Blacks, Assimilation, Assimilationist, bell hooks, Black, Black Americans, Black Feminism, Black Feminists, Black Leftists, Black Marxists, Black Nationalists, Black Progressives, Black Unity, mentacide, progressive movements, Progressives