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/2009/07/18/a-white-woman-explains-why-she-prefers-black-men/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/07/18/a-white-woman-explains-why-she-prefers-black-men/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:15:46 +0000 Bakos http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=369 They resent our taking their men. Black men are two and a half times more likely to marry a white woman than a black woman is to marry a white man. Black women can point to that statistic in justifying their wrath. But in truth, black sisters, we're after the sex, not the ringand these guys aren't the marrying kind anyway.]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/07/18/a-white-woman-explains-why-she-prefers-black-men/feed/ 11 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/2009/05/20/uk-blacks-questions-for-african-americans/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/uk-blacks-questions-for-african-americans/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 19:24:18 +0000 XinaT http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=258 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/uk-blacks-questions-for-african-americans/feed/ 4 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/the-state-of-race-relations-in-the-uk/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/the-state-of-race-relations-in-the-uk/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 19:13:19 +0000 XinaT http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=252 There are still some groups of white people who are very racist and unwelcoming and are given some political power by likeminded white people who vote for them. ]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/the-state-of-race-relations-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/differences-between-black-and-white-people-in-the-uk/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/differences-between-black-and-white-people-in-the-uk/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 19:01:43 +0000 XinaT http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=244 UK Blacks have fundamental differences to our white counterparts. A UK Black would almost always moisturize freshly bathed skin, even males. This isn’t necessarily so for our white counterparts. ]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/differences-between-black-and-white-people-in-the-uk/feed/ 1 http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/black-to-black-the-difference-between-african-americans-in-the-us-and-the-uk/ http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/black-to-black-the-difference-between-african-americans-in-the-us-and-the-uk/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 18:04:56 +0000 XinaT http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/?p=237 Black people are black people, right? No matter where we are, we have the same traditions, experiences, knowledge and culture – don’t we? Or, do we?]]> http://fromgrandmaskitchen.com/boilingpoint/2009/05/20/black-to-black-the-difference-between-african-americans-in-the-us-and-the-uk/feed/ 3