Posted on 21 September 2009
Are there many black women in television? Well from the looks of last night’s Emmy’s telecast there aren’t many. And none of the five sisters—with six nominations between them— went home with a statuette (although I did some brothers up there with “30 Rock”. So I thought it might be better to take a look back at Diahann Carroll’s historic role as “Julia”. More than forty years ago this dynamic woman was the star of her own show and brought us a character filled with dignity and class. It is time to find a modern day “Julia” that we can all come home and turn to.
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Corynne - who has written 1111 posts on That Black Girl Site.
Corynne Corbett is That Black Girl Blogging. She has always been passionate about empowering women to find ways to make their lives better. She has spent her career writing and editing for as well as speaking to women about their mental, physical and spiritual well-being. On this blog, Corbett will take a critical look at the images, issues and attitudes associated with us in popular culture and give you her view. Some of what she has noticed is strange, disturbing, comical and downright unbelievable. It makes her say hmmm…. or it makes her want to holler. Ultimately she wants you to know what effect these things have on black women’s lives.
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