date out v. phr.— «Black women around the country also are reconsidering deep-seated reservations toward interracial relationships, reservations rooted in America’s history of slavery and segregation. They’re taking cues from their...
soup-spitter n.— «He said Family Court officials are now differentiating between youths who committed what would be considered felonies in adult court and so-called “soup-spitters”—a term for defiant youths who make their parents or...
fakeality n.— «Take F list celebs Angie Everhart, Shar Jackson and Marla Maples add non-famous women who have gone through nasty divorces, add a “life coach” and you have yet another cheap hour of fakeality television...
black scale n.— «The pentatonic scale is sometimes called the black scale, as so many Negro spirituals are pentatonic: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Deep River” were named. (I happen to know that...
Joshua generation n.— «Obama continued his address in Selma, calling his current era the Joshua generation, in line with Biblical account, standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.» —“Obama makes his case for being ‘Black...
croom v.— «Did Mike Shula just get Croomed? Shula is the guy Alabama hired over Croom four years ago. Alabama went 10-2 last year, but what’s Shula done lately? With all those resources and all that money, he’s 6-4 overall, 2-4 in the...