http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint From Grandmas Kitchen Boiling Point Blog discusses a variety of controversial issues from politics to culture. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/08/31/my-cabbage-patch-and-me/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/08/31/my-cabbage-patch-and-me/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:42:26 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=381 Black? My Cabbage Patch is Black? Isn't everyone's Black? Is mine abnormal? My aunt insured that I never played with a White doll. She understood something that I, at the time, could not. For young, Black girls, Positive Reinforcement is everything. There is power behind our play things and the choice between Black or White can spell the difference between self-love and self-loathing.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/08/31/my-cabbage-patch-and-me/feed/ 2 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/07/16/mom-doesnt-like-black-girls/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/07/16/mom-doesnt-like-black-girls/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:53:03 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=362 what happens if i, a black girl, ever have to meet his white racist family? where i'm on my WWJD kick today, what will i do when i'm staring racism in the face? Ofay Melee anyone?]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/07/16/mom-doesnt-like-black-girls/feed/ 1 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/06/15/black-women-make-me-sick/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/06/15/black-women-make-me-sick/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:46:11 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=340 So it may sound strange but I don't fault these brothas for not marrying us, for not wrapping it up, for calling us out our names. Why? Because before we check them, we need to check ourselves.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/06/15/black-women-make-me-sick/feed/ 2 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/06/15/youre-dating-a-black-girl/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/06/15/youre-dating-a-black-girl/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:37:09 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=331 I didn't press him about it but I do wonder if she said, "OH NO! You can't date a Black girl" or if it was more along the lines of, "BUT SHE'S A NIGGER!"]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/06/15/youre-dating-a-black-girl/feed/ 6 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/21/get-off-the-dick/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/21/get-off-the-dick/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 13:54:00 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=323 you have a vagina. get rid of that and you'll be cured.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/21/get-off-the-dick/feed/ 2 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/04/06/what-up-my-nigga-says-the-white-boy/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/04/06/what-up-my-nigga-says-the-white-boy/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:19:18 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=212 Allowing a white friend to call you nigga is akin to being at Walmart and in an effort to get your attention, instead of saying, AYE Kisha, he says, AYE BITCH!]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/04/06/what-up-my-nigga-says-the-white-boy/feed/ 5 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/04/03/the-threat-of-white-pride/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/04/03/the-threat-of-white-pride/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:52:59 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=205 The difference between African-American Pride, Latino Pride, Jewish Pride and White Pride is that, White Pride is usually based solely on skin color. When it's your color and not your culture that unites you, that's what makes you racist.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/04/03/the-threat-of-white-pride/feed/ 11 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/21/white-women-benefit-most-from-affirmative-action/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/21/white-women-benefit-most-from-affirmative-action/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:06:56 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=183 White women have benefited more from Affirmative Action than any other minority group.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/21/white-women-benefit-most-from-affirmative-action/feed/ 1 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/21/white-charm-black-men-white-women/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/21/white-charm-black-men-white-women/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:45:35 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=147 Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, her color matters. What does it say to Black women, Black girls all across the world that arguably the most powerful man in the world is married to a Black woman? And not just a any Black woman...a chocolate one? Ok, mocha-choco-latte...whatever, she ain't "high yella" or "red bone" if you wanna go there and if you didn't, I just did.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/21/white-charm-black-men-white-women/feed/ 35 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/18/dreadlocks-represent-poverty/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/18/dreadlocks-represent-poverty/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:51:23 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=144 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/18/dreadlocks-represent-poverty/feed/ 2 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/10/the-audacity-of-nappy-bias/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/10/the-audacity-of-nappy-bias/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:08:28 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=136 recently a visitor posted a reply to 9 Curly Hair Tips that I obviously didn’t like otherwise I wouldn’t be blogging about it. This article was contradictory in some points. I will never take "curly hair" advice from someone who locked. what never ceases to amaze me is the size of the teets on some African-American [...]]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/03/10/the-audacity-of-nappy-bias/feed/ 3 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/27/white-people-with-dreadlocks/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/27/white-people-with-dreadlocks/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:25:03 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=128 What do you think of White people with dreadlocks? Is it a lifestyle or hairstyle for them? Are they ever truly dreadlocked? ]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/27/white-people-with-dreadlocks/feed/ 67 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/20/ny-post-apologizes-for-racially-tinged-chimp-cartoon/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/20/ny-post-apologizes-for-racially-tinged-chimp-cartoon/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:01:36 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=92 This morning in it's editorial section the NY POST apologizes for a cartoon in Wednesday's paper that had many across the country screaming foul.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/20/ny-post-apologizes-for-racially-tinged-chimp-cartoon/feed/ 1 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/17/everything-really-does-happen-for-a-reason/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/17/everything-really-does-happen-for-a-reason/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:20:16 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=78 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/17/everything-really-does-happen-for-a-reason/feed/ 1 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/12/is-black-history-month-obsolete/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/12/is-black-history-month-obsolete/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:33:45 +0000 naanis naturals http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=54 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/02/12/is-black-history-month-obsolete/feed/ 2