The Culture of Life (But Only If You’re White and Rich)

Riggsveda at American Street ties together the stories of the Kenyan Dog who mothered an abandoned baby, the ‘do not rescuscitate’ order, and the fate of an abused child, in this moving report on the so-called ‘culture of life’, as practiced by Florida Family & Children Services.

“In Kenya, a baby is thrown away in a plastic bag, but rescued by a stray bitch and adopted into her litter.

In Florida under the watchful eye of the famous Dept. of Children and Families (who fought so hard for Terri Schiavo), a baby is battered and abused, sent to the hospital for 2 months, then despite the enormous amount of evidence of her torment, released back into the custody of a mother who didn?t want her, whereupon she is again beaten so badly that DCF sends a lawyer out to the hospital to request a Do Not Resuscitate order..”

Unfortunately it only gets worse.

Wild about Harry

Interesting Monstah examines old musicals:

So they’re still just wild about Harry. For three years, we’ve heard this refrain in reference to the success of the Harry Potter books. I tried to get through one and couldn’t (I have a very hard time with fiction), so I must say I cannot really relate. Yet and still, they’re wild about Harry, and we are all supposed to know precisely what that means.

But how many know that this phrase originated in a legendary “all black cast” Broadway musical? And one that was the first to portray a serious love relationship between a Black man and Black woman?
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Well, it really doesn’t matter. What remains important is the legacy that headlines like “They’re Just Wild About Harry” are tapping into. It’s our history. It’s your history, too.