Post-Black and Post-Racial

The Ordinary Girl likes Toure a lot. But over the years, there are two things that continue to baffle yet impress (I don't know how that works, either) me. One is the fact that he has a wife - I won't go into more detail. And the other is that he has managed to make a name for himself with just one name to go by. Like Prince. Or Madonna. That's cool. But what some people are saying isn't cool, is Toure's new book, Who's Afraid Of Post-Blackness: What It Means to Be Black Now. I hope to read it soon but I haven't yet so I can't speak on it. However, there have been talks about these buzz phrases; "post-black" and "post-racial." In the video below, Toure, my Amanda Seales and Baratunde Thurston speak on the two and their differences. What do you make of all of this?

#NBIF11: What's the Difference Between "Post-Racial" & "Post-Black"? from Boldaslove Magazine on Vimeo.

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theblagg is about as mixed as a Fouro. That’s word to all you kidults who grew up making six-o and stuff. Anyway, both The Ordinary Girl and Dude’s parents are black people, who although speak different languages, have always been people of the South. And that’s word to Dali Tambo and his pillows. But that’s as far as our roots go. Some people, like Lila Anton, have a far more interesting ethnic make-up. This striking individual’s mom is black, her dad is white – both are American but settled in Japan in the 70s. She was born in Japan and Japanese is her first language aaaaaaand she’s studied in Ghana and Palestine. Cool, right? Well, she thinks so. That’s why she made a documentary about it. It’s called A Raizin In The Sun and sounds like a lot of fun. Snippets of Lila’s life have already been put on the ‘net and this is just one of them:

RAIZIN IN THE SUN EP 4 from Creative Control on Vimeo.

PS: Sorry Akio, The Ordinary Girl still won't get down with the cuisine