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		<title>&#8220;If Frederick&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two words started an interesting journey for Gwinnett County, Georgia parents and children. As one parent acknowledged, the word questions demonstrated that &#8220;racists&#8221; still exist. Gwinnett County schools spokesperson Sloan Roach stated that &#8220;the teachers were trying to do a cross-curricular activity&#8230;We understand that there are concerns about these questions, and we agree that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=963&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Wonder?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This new year has been filled with many uncertainties, perhaps enough to last a whole year. Can Tim Tebow truly play quarterback? How far can he lead the Broncos? Is his style of play sustainable? What about the GOP nomination? Can Ron Paul pull off the unthinkable? So many questions, so many answers. Do not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=953&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And there&#8217;s Mississippi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor Phil Bryant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Mississippi seemingly shocked the nation with its rejection of Amendment 26 or the Personhood Amendment in the November state elections&#8211;the debate over life continues here in Mississippi and states like California. Mississippi fighting for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but how best to achieve this is up for grabs and much debate. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=937&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Know?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diana Ross]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t help but think of Diana Ross: &#8220;Do you know where you&#8217;re going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? Do you know?&#8221; Hopefully, on this November 8, Mississippians will ask these very questions as they enter the polls. Consider me prisoner of the moment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=929&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>40 Million Ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In speaking with J. Freedom du Lac, writer and cultural critic Touré repeats a line from Henry Louis Gates: “if there are 40 million black Americans, then there are 40 million ways to be black.” In his latest book Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?, Touré’s objective is to “to attack and destroy the idea that there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=915&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uncomfortable Yet?</title>
		<link>http://keshaperry.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/uncomfortable-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.” These words should be vaguely familiar; these were Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s remarks to nonwhite jurists in a speech in the early 2000s. When I heard them, I immediately wondered: whatever happened [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=911&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;As long as I can compete, I won&#8217;t quit&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://keshaperry.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/as-long-as-i-can-compete-i-wont-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those were Cal Ripken, Jr.&#8217;s words when describing his quest for 3,000 hits. As a child, I admired Cal, Jr. because he made the game look effortless. But I knew then and I know now, the details were in the preparation. He had a work ethic second to none. Just as he approached the game [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=900&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;And for love’s sake, each mistake, ah, you forgave&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://keshaperry.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/and-for-love%e2%80%99s-sake-each-mistake-ah-you-forgave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was very fortunate to grow up in a household where music was used as entertainment, therapy, and as a way of expressing ourselves. I learned to play the piano by ear. My aunts Jackie, Joyce, Velma, and even Melissa and my uncle Terry were pretty good singers. But it was my uncle Earl who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=895&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;My Mississippi&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gay Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two versions of &#8220;My Mississippi.&#8221; One Black, one White. David Banner&#8217;s Mississippi Mixtap Vol. 1 or his album Mississippi. Jeff Bates&#8217; song &#8220;My Mississippi.&#8221; Regardless of the point of view, regardless of the musical tastes one may have, these artists talk about Mississippi and how the state&#8211;or better yet, the people have made their experiences [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=890&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did you notice&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://keshaperry.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/884/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Whalum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memphis City Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is anyone paying attention to what&#8217;s going on in Memphis? Ok, there&#8217;s quite a bit going on in my &#8220;adoptive&#8221; hometown, but I will start and end today&#8217;s conversation on school funding. Essentially, the Memphis City School Board has threatened to keep the schools closed until payment comes from the City of Memphis. And according [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=keshaperry.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8339566&amp;post=884&amp;subd=keshaperry&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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