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bestselling blaxpat author Delorys Welch-Tyson

The Odor of Mendacity

May 28, 2012
Tags: racism in america, white women and black women, The Help, kathlyn stockett, delorys welch tyson, African Americans, 1964 civil rights act
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Although we lived in the North, my family maintained property in both Mississippi and Alabama for generations. My mother’s family originates in Alabama and my Dad’s family, Mississippi. Although my two brothers and I were born and raised in New York City, we spent most  Read More 
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DRIVING IN THE DARK

May 23, 2012
Tags: franch drivers licence, living in France, bad manners, delorys welch tyson
This is a reprint of a Blog I wrote last year at the beginning of the tourist season here in the South:



J’en ai marre !!!!!

The tourist season has officially begun here on the French Riviera. What always arrives with the hordes is the inevitable and harsh criticism of French driving habits.

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DIVIDE AND RULE

May 19, 2012
Tags: caness film festival 2012, sexism inthe film industry, La Barbe, the womens movement, women in hollywood, delorys welch tyson
So, today I rand across this headline:

"CANNES FILM FESTIVAL SLAMMED BY FEMINIST GROUP LA BARBE FOR EXCLUDING WOMEN DIRECTORS"

The feminist group La Barbe which started several years ago in response to the sexist media treatment of Segolene Royal in her race against Nicholas Sarkozy, has taken on one of the most sexist  Read More 
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ALL UP IN MY KOOL-AID AND DON'T EVEN KNOW THE FLAVA

May 11, 2012
Tags: racism in france, racism in europe, black women in france, delorys welch tyson, expat blogs
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Recently, a person wrote me asking how I handled racism in the South of France. This person claimed they had lived here and found the people extremely racist to the point of driving him out of the country. The writer claimed that they were East Asian and Caucasian.

When I asked him to describe  Read More 
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Et Voilà

May 7, 2012
Tags: francoise hollande, sengolene royale, election 2012 france, election 2012 USA, delorys welch tyson
François Hollande
Congrats to France's new President!

Bonne courage, Monsieur.

(What else can I possibly say?)
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I LIED!

April 29, 2012
Tags: art in sweden, kakode linde, female genital mutilation, feminist issues, black artists in europe, delory welch tyson
Swedish artist, Kakode Linde
I promised levity (see last post). Can't deliver it yet. I just can't "shake" that "shock art" cake Happening in Sweden!

Sometimes the public can become so bogged down with concepts of racism that it can miss the entire point in creating controversy.

There is an old proverb that goes: When the axe  Read More 
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EVEN MORE DEPRESSING CRAP TO SHARE WITH YOU

April 25, 2012
Tags: racism in europe, stupid jokes, shock art, black artists in europe, female genital mutilation, african customs
This time courtesy of the Swedes...


http://abagond.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/clitoridectomy-cake


This leaves me speechless to say the least.


I promise some levity on the next post!

Have a terrific day!
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THE LOST ART

April 22, 2012
Tags: Conversation, facebook, email, text messages, ipod, correspondence, expat blogs, life in france
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I'd like to share with you, on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, the most depressing article I've ever read...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html

Look in the mirror...and then enjoy the day!
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MY BLAXPAT BLUES: The EU

April 19, 2012
Tags: untited europe, the EU, french elections, us elections, delorys welch tyson expat blogs
Europe according to the future
‘What’s the matter, Martin? You seem very agitated.’ asked Harry Belafonte.

‘Well, I am, because I’ve come upon a thought that I don’t know how to deal with at this moment.’, Martin Luther King, Jr.replied.

‘Well, what is it?’

‘We’ve fought long for integration. It looks like we’re  Read More 
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Etiquette Advice: Part 3

April 16, 2012
Tags: madame bozells guide, ladyfingers: a novel, delorys welch tyson, etiquette
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Another excerpt from Madame Authuertta Bozell's Guide to Manners and Proper Behavior:

Invitations
An invitation is an unsolicited and generous offer of hospitality. It generally takes the form of an invitation to one's home, but it also could take the form of an invitation to a movie, or the theater, to dine  Read More 
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