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Norman Kelley is an independent journalist, author, and former segment radio producer at WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio. He has written for Society, L A Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, The Village Voice, The Nation, New York Press, Newsday, Word.com, The Black Star News, New Politics, Black Renaissance/Noir, and The Bedford Stuyvesant Current. He is also the author of the "noir soul"/ mystery series that features "Nina Halligan" in Black Heat (Amistad), The Big Mango (Akashic Books), and A Phat Death (2003). Norman Kelley was also a contributing writer to Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Books, 2004) and DC Noir (Akashic Books, 2006) and Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium (Random House 2000). He edited and contributed to R&B (Rhythm and Business): The Political Economy of Black Music (Akashic Books, 2005; 2002).

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APRIL 16, 2011 10:25AM

Do You Notice That You're Black All the Time?

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Interesting exchange, according to Slate.com, between NPR's Michel Martin and Tina Fey:

 Tina Fey seemed a little uncomfortable last night. The comedian was on the third stop of a promotional tour for her new memoir, Bossypants, and NPR's Michel Martin was asking her about race.                                 

Martin, an African-American woman, broached the subject by applauding the way Fey treats the subject on 30 Rock. "You notice it, but you don't notice it all the time," Martin said, pointing out that most comedians have an all-or-nothing approach to race-based humor.
 

If Tina was as smart as she is bossy, she should have replied to Marin: "Do you notice that you're black all the time?"

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