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Feminist, Activist, former Young Lords Party and Black Panther Party member, applied cultural anthropologist

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Diaries published: 1513 (1 day since last diary on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 05:29 AM PST)

Comments posted: 190171 (0 days since last comment on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 12:57 AM PST)

Diary frequency: frequent

Comment frequency: frequent

Total Recommends: 139724

Total Comment Ratings: 255627

Most Recommended Diary: My response to David Brooks in the NYT, 804 comments, 1654 recommends

People Following Denise Oliver Velez: 2076

Denise Oliver Velez's Most Recent Diaries:

Caribbean Matters: Understanding Venezuela's efforts to seize two-thirds of Guyana
While most U.S. media has its international news attention trained on events taking place in the Middle East and Ukraine, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana is making Caribbean and South American headlines. I doubt that most Americans would...
by Denise Oliver Velez
Comment Count 206 comments on Thu Dec 07, 2023 at 05:29 AM PST with 289 Recommends
Black Music Sunday: Kabiosile (all hail) Chango!
On Dec.�4,�the sound of drumming�and singing will fill the air�across the Caribbean and Latin America, and in neighborhoods here in the States where there are practitioners of African diasporic ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
Comment Count 115 comments on Sun Dec 03, 2023 at 05:59 AM PST with 109 Recommends
Caribbean Matters: Rest in power, Pablo 'Yoruba' Guzman
Pablo “Yoruba”�Guzman, born Paul Guzman on�Aug.�17, 1950, in New York City, to�Puerto Rican and Cuban parents, joined the ancestors on Nov.�26, 2023, after suffering a heart attack. The sad news ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
Comment Count 65 comments on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 05:29 AM PST with 122 Recommends
Black Music Sunday: 'Simply the Best': Remembering Tina Turner on her birthday
On Nov. 26, 1939, Anna Mae Bullock was born in Nutbush, Tennessee to a factory worker mom and a Baptist deacon dad. Nutbush, at the time, had a population of 239. From these humble beginnings, Anna ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
Comment Count 158 comments on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 05:59 AM PST with 200 Recommends
Caribbean Matters: Jerk chicken, callaloo, mofongo: Not everyone eats turkey on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the United States (though many Native Americans have a very different perspective on its history ). It is decidedly not a part of Caribbean history. Lest we ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
Comment Count 70 comments on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 05:29 AM PST with 143 Recommends
Black Music Sunday: Prep your holiday meal with a side of 'that sweet soul music'
As I write this (days before you read it), I’m already in prep mode for my annual Thanksgiving gathering. I don’t know what’s on your holiday menu, but mine�never changes. I cook the same meal ...
by Denise Oliver Velez
Comment Count 153 comments on Sun Nov 19, 2023 at 05:59 AM PST with 136 Recommends

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