Flashback Friday: Merle Oberon, Hollywood (Secret Indian) Star.
(Image Source) Merle Oberon was stunningly beautiful, and one of Hollywood’s first genuinely glamorous stars. She was also mixed-race, born in India, and […]
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Some Sunday Stuff: June 25th
From left to right: Greg, Nate, Joe, Justin, Jenny and the judge. It’s been a looooong time since I did a “Some… Stuff” […]
So maybe Indians are kinda, sorta Black?
Bonda girl in Orissa. Image by: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0/Flickr/Otabi kitahachi (via HuffPo) Well, at least some Indians are… a few weeks ago, I confessed […]
Flashback Friday: Lena Horne on the Blacklist.
Lena Horne (Image Source) Lena Horne- singer, actress, glamour queen of the 1940’s- found herself blacklisted in Hollywood, labeled a Communist betrayer of democracy […]
Flashback Friday: When Sammy Davis Jr. got devilish.
(Image Source: Vice) Last week in the Anton La Vey post, I mentioned how Sammy Davis Jr. became a member of The Church […]
Flashback Friday: When Buddy Holly Broke the Color Line- at the Apollo.
Bespectacled Buddy. (Image Source) Before his shocking death at only 22 in 1959, Buddy Holly managed to make major moves. A native of […]
Come Clean: I thought Indians were Black, too.
(Master of None, Netflix Screen Grab) There’s a throwback scene at the very top of Master of None‘s Season 2’ episode, “Thanksgiving”, during […]
The Preachers: Anton La Vey & The Church of Satan.
Anton La Vey and snake. (Image Source) So far in this series, I covered Jim Jones who believed himself better than God (if […]
Flashback Friday: Sam Cooke’s Crossover Pop Success and How It Made Change Come.
Sam Cooke (Image Source) Earlier this spring, when rapper Kendrick Lamar dropped his critically praised album, “DAMN”, it shot up to the top […]
Flashback Friday: Marlon Brando’s Eulogy for a Black Panther.
Black Panther Bobby Seale with actor Marlon Brando. (Image Source: San Francisco Bay View) In a San Francisco Bay View film review for […]
Alisha
@myeastofedenTo borrow a line from Drake: I’m more than just a number. But if I had to pick one, I’d be a 7 — not perfect, just honest about it.
I’m Alisha: 30, a Christ-follower, married to my husband Keiron, and mom to our daughter Zoe. East of Eden is where I write weekly about faith, culture, and relationships — a curious mix of the relevant and reverential, covering everything from religion and politics to pop culture to the quieter, more personal stuff.
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