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The Retort is a special blog series by several black bloggers meant to examine, discuss and dissect CNN’s Black In America series as well as other portrayals of minorities in the media. The contibutors are Jay Anderson of AverageBro, Danielle Belton of The Black Snob, Christopher Chambers of Nat Turner’s Revenge, Cheryl Contee of Jack & Jill Politics, Charles D. Ellison of The Ellison Report, Gina McCauley of Michelle Obama Watch and What About Our Daughters, Vernon Mitchell Jr. of Negro Intellectual, Baratunde Thurston of Jack & Jill Politics, Lamar Tyler of Black and Married With Kids, Elon James White of This Week In Blackness Poet, and writer Bassey Ikpi.
While watching CNN’s Black In America 2, on Wednesday and Thursday, the writers of The Retort will be in the chat room at theretort.chatango.com. The chat room goes live at 9 p.m. eastern standard time.