Hurricane Season 2008: Getting you Ready! – Bay News 9

Hurricane Season 2008: Getting you Ready! – Bay News 9

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Get ready for hurricane season! – Bay News 9

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Get ready for hurricane season! – Bay News 9

Tropical storm ‘Arthur’ forms near Belize- msnbc.com

Tropical storm ‘Arthur’ forms near Belize- msnbc.com

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Diary from the eye of the storm

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Diary from the eye of the storm

Lawmakers run for cover as storms hit Ill., Ind. – Weather- msnbc.com

Lawmakers run for cover as storms hit Ill., Ind. – Weather- msnbc.com

BBC NEWS | Africa | Troops ‘must back Mugabe or quit’

BBC NEWS | Africa | Troops ‘must back Mugabe or quit’

This Cruel Sickness

Assalamu alaikum, from the Sunni Sister Blog, Mashallah, I agree with this post wholeheartedly. I had to read the first paragraph twice to make sure I read the story she recounts correctly! Subhanallah, I’m speechless…

Philly’s Black Muslims Increasingly Turn to Polygamy : NPR

Philly’s Black Muslims Increasingly Turn to Polygamy : NPR

BBC NEWS | Americas | Medical charity helping US poor

BBC NEWS | Americas | Medical charity helping US poor

Iggie’s House

Assalamu alaikum, this was the book that, well, sorta kinda introduced me to the issue of race/color in America. I was in the third grade? I think, and the book was read to me in class, and a couple things stand out for me in my mind. One, that black people were called “Negroes” still (I can’t remember if this was the case in the book, but one of the teachers’ aids who read it to me referred to black people as “Negro”) and secondly that as we were starting to read the book, we had this discussion about what the book was about and we all went around the room noting the different “races” present in the room. I say “races” because out of the mostly white class, I think there was a couple of black students and a kid who was albino (racially white, though this was not pointed out to me at the time, I actually thought for the next couple years that “albino” was another race altogether). And I remember being told, or having it affirmed to me that I was “white”. And I remember feeling confused about the whole thing, i.e., “why are we having this discussion” “why is it a big deal what color people are” “sighted people are just so stupid and picky and trifling” (sorry but I did think that) Etc., etc. meaning, a lot of other flashes of thoughts that I can’t quite put into words, but something along the lines of white people having issues, and that I was going to do my best not to have those same issues, and well, let’s just get on with the book…

That book had a huge impact on me, and I wish I could find it in some sort of an accessible format and read it again, though being that the book was published in 1970, it was sure dated in 1984 or so, when we read it… And I didn’t realize that it had been written by Judy Blume, I’d read a few of her books as a child, the only one I can remember now being “Are YOU There, God, It’s Me, Margaret”. That one I read in like one night, after everyone had gone to bed when I was supposed to be sleeping. It was a good book if I remember right.

Anyway, just thought I should actually post something other than a bunch of articles.

Mere Islam: Anti-Salafi Resources

Mere Islam: Anti-Salafi Resources

NY judge: Dell engaged in fraud, false advertising | Reuters

NY judge: Dell engaged in fraud, false advertising | Reuters

Mechanics, Police Say Gas Theft Changing With Times | TheLedger.com

Mechanics, Police Say Gas Theft Changing With Times | TheLedger.com

Tornado chasing requires vigilance

Tornado chasing requires vigilance

F5, Rip Currents, and Pneumonia Front

F5, Rip Currents, and Pneumonia Front

Daily Kos: Gaffe….You Want A Gaffe?

Daily Kos: Gaffe….You Want A Gaffe?

Out of Business, Tim Davis’s Plight Reflects General Woes | TheLedger.com

Out of Business, Tim Davis’s Plight Reflects General Woes | TheLedger.com

Talbot House Opens Newest Facility | TheLedger.com

Talbot House Opens Newest Facility | TheLedger.com

Black Political Thought: Barack Obama Says His Uncle Helped Liberate Auschwitz, Fact Check Says Otherwise

Black Political Thought: Barack Obama Says His Uncle Helped Liberate Auschwitz, Fact Check Says Otherwise

Haitian-American Shares Family’s Struggle : NPR

Haitian-American Shares Family’s Struggle : NPR