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	<title>FABOO MAMA &#187; African-American</title>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s been Tupac&#8217;d</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2009/01/19/obamas-been-tupacd/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2009/01/19/obamas-been-tupacd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went to the California African-American museum yesterday for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations.  I expected vendors, but nothing prepared me for what I am calling the Tupacification of Barack Obama. This first photo is a rhinestone shirt. The caption of the photo is what it says on the shirt. This vendor had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on last night&#8217;s election</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/11/05/musings-on-last-nights-election/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/11/05/musings-on-last-nights-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[am not going to try to write a long intellectual entry on what happened last night. I can only post snapshots on we witnessed.  My feelings are still too raw.  I woke up this morning, like in 2000 and 2004, with a knot in my stomach; expecting a different outcome.  I rushed to grab my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/11/04/president-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/11/04/president-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[44th president]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t have words.  I just wanted to type that.  I&#8217;m in tears right now.  I&#8217;m shocked.  Yes.  I fully expected to be disappointed tonight.  I expected a long night and a lot of shenanigans.  This is a new day for America.  Finally, we are no longer under a horrible Republican leadership.  The tireless work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uppity Obamas</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/09/05/uppity-obamas/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/09/05/uppity-obamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idiocy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigotry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lynn westmoreland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michelle obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Black Snob shares with us that it&#8217;s official, the Obamas are &#8216;uppity&#8217;. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., was chewing the fat with reporters in the U.S. Capitol and was asked to compare Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama. &#8220;Just from what little I&#8217;ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Senator Obama, they&#8217;re a member of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Democratic National Convention is over</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/08/28/the-democratic-national-convention-is-over/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/08/28/the-democratic-national-convention-is-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[john mccain]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What an emotional and historical four days it has been.  There&#8217;s a lot to talk about and I&#8217;m sure the chuckleheads on cable news are babbling incessantly and stupidly coming up with vapid memes to instigate the Republican party with&#8211;that&#8217;s their specialty. You already know how much I cried during Michelle Obama&#8217;s speech.  Oddly enough, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>History</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/08/28/history/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/08/28/history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As much as Rev. Bernice King bugs me, I have to say that her speech is bringing tears to my eyes. This is pretty big. I&#8217;ve had this aura of nonchalance about Sen. Obama&#8217;s advancement through the primaries. Yes, I got the big import that a black man is being taken seriously. As much as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Barack Obama:  Our Democratic Nominee</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/06/03/sen-barack-obama-our-democratic-nominee/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/06/03/sen-barack-obama-our-democratic-nominee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democratic nominee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AP just went live with this most awesome headline that will only topped in Nov. when Obama wins the presidency: AP tally: Obama effectively clinches nomination Fuck yeah! The tally was based on public declarations from delegates as well as from another 15 who have confirmed their intentions to the AP. It also included 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dick of the Day</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/28/dick-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/28/dick-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assholes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hypocrisy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That title goes to Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. (h/t to Booman) Short story: Indiana city has always bused their seniors eligble to vote to go vote. It was a civics lesson and one that any teacher, parent or American should be proud of. This is getting students involved in democracy. Mayor McDermott, a Clinton [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BET Founder:  Still a tool</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/14/bet-founder-still-a-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/14/bet-founder-still-a-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really despise Bob Johnson.  It&#8217;s bad enough that he inflicted BET on us, but the ongoing problem is that he continues to talk like someone cares.  Jim Morrill did an interview with Johnson in the Charlotte Observer.  Bob Johnson not only repeats the &#8220;Obama is lucky his black&#8221; meme, but revises history to boot: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LACMA Jazz</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/04/lacma-jazz/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/04/lacma-jazz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Just wow. I&#8217;ve gone to opening nights before and the act is always good.  Ernie Andrews just blew them all away.  I listen to a lot of blues.  I like the blues.  Jazz&#8230;it&#8217;s great, when it has a more blues infusion.  Otherwise, that vocal jazz or the smooth jazz crap make me want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Matthews is a tool</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/02/chris-matthews-is-a-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/04/02/chris-matthews-is-a-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assholes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idiocy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accepted racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigots]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.com/?p=1305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why? Oh, only because on his show yesterday he actually asked Sen. Claire McCaskill: OK. Let me ask you about how he &#8212; how&#8217;s he connect with regular people? Does he? Or does he only appeal to people who come from the African-American community and from the people who have college or advanced degrees? You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White NDSU student portrays Obama</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/03/30/white-ndsu-student-portrays-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/03/30/white-ndsu-student-portrays-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blackface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Dakota State University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this, &#8220;Who woulda thunk?&#8221; category, I found this over at Political Ticker: FARGO, North Dakota (AP) &#8212; North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a white student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance. The same skit, part of a charity fundraiser held at a campus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I get an &#8216;Amen&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2008/01/18/can-i-get-an-amen-2/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2008/01/18/can-i-get-an-amen-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I wish that I was a little older and single, because I&#8217;d jump on the Rev. Joseph Lowery so fast&#8230;Part of the reason, I had the earwig for You Can&#8217;t Win is that reading in the black blogosphere, you&#8217;ll see comments that say, &#8220;I&#8217;m voting for Hillary because they won&#8217;t ever let a black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSNBC&#8217;s African-American Women: Where They Stand</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2007/12/01/msnbcs-african-american-women-where-they-stand-2/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2007/12/01/msnbcs-african-american-women-where-they-stand-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://faboomama.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/msnbcs-african-american-women-where-they-stand-2/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[h/t to Kudzu, Mon Amour. If I hadn&#8217;t read her blog, I honestly wouldn&#8217;t have known this series was going to air. I don&#8217;t watch TV, and you couldn&#8217;t pay me to watch a &#8220;investigative series&#8221;. After reading her blog and What About Our Daughters, I had to at least watch the clips available online. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YEARLYKOS 2007: African American caucus</title>
		<link>http://faboomama.com/2007/08/03/yearlykos-2007-african-american-caucus-2/</link>
		<comments>http://faboomama.com/2007/08/03/yearlykos-2007-african-american-caucus-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Malone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got into the room a little late. Everyone was introducing themselves. Lots of famous activists and bloggers in the room. Discussion was about black leadership in DC and locally. Where is it? Has it failed? Many in the room believed that with technology and such, we are the new black leaders. Many people in [...]]]></description>
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