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In The New York Times today:

Skulls Confirm We’re All Out Of Africa

Well, apparently UNICEF Germany, like The Guardian, might have already gotten the memo:

UNICEF blackface campaign

But maybe they also took it a little too seriously? (curtsy to Black Women in Europe, via African American Political Pundit)

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So, following my previous post on Jamaica, which got me thinking about race and class, of course I came across this news gem at Jack and Jill Politics, about “Hot Ghetto Mess,” a new show on BET. The news originally came via Racewire.

Here’s a quote from BET, but there is more to read at Jack and Jill:

“Hot Ghetto Mess” is an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek examination of the good, the bad and the ugly of Black popular culture. Read the rest of this entry »