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Sharon is a community college administrator, former special education teacher, wife of 15 years and mother of two school-age children in northwest Houston. Her primary interests are family-inclusive culture and arts, travel, politics, historical literature and all things Disney.

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5 truths about Thanksgiving

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Most American schoolchildren can recount the tale of the first Thanksgiving, describing a lovely turkey dinner between some friendly Wampanoag...
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Sosa is symptomatic of global self-hatred

Friday, November 13th, 2009 · 6 comments

The term, “colorstruck,” was injected into mainstream black vernacular by Harlem Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston, whose 1925 play...
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Sesame Street retains street cred for 40 years

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away…. On my way to where the air - is- sweeeeet! Can you tell me how to get - - how to get to Sesame Street?...
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Has blackface lost racist implications?

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Blackface, in general, refers to theatrical makeup, used primarily on white actors, to portray stereotypical images of people of African descent....
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TSU removes Tavis Smiley’s name from communication school

When it rains, it pours. Or so it must seem for Tavis Smiley, former Tom Joyner Morning Show radio commentator and host of the Tavis Smiley Show on...
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Prairie View student's death reminds us: no excuse for hazing is acceptable

“Excuses are tools, used by the incompetent, to build monuments of nothingness.” I heard that phrase a million times, if I heard it once,...
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Teen pregnancy prevention must be included in health care reform discussion

A Chicago public high school recently made local television news for the stunning fact that 115 of their 800 female students are either pregnant or...
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Top 5 reasons Colorado balloon boy could not have been my mother’s child

Millions were transfixed at their televisions and computers yesterday by news reports of a six year old boy flying perilously in his father’s...
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NFL players’ reaction to Limbaugh’s bid for St. Louis Rams may be start of something good

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Reaction to radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s bid for ownership of the St. Louis Rams has been relatively predictable. In light of his track...
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Why would anyone not celebrate President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize?

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Americans have awakened to find that President Barack Obama has won a Nobel Peace Prize for “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international...
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