"Maybe I've handled it all wrong, but I've gotten out of it what I wanted to get out of it. That's a sense of being true to myself. I came to a point where I said I know there are things I am not going to do for money." - Rosalind Cash
I came across this article on discussing race in America, why do you think? Is racism here forever or can it be resolved through frank discussion between people? I'm not a very optimistic individual on this subject.
Candace Parker scores 34! I can't wait until she is drafted by the L.A. Sparks!
I think I'm going to have the suffer the screaming children and the nerdy fan boys to see this flick. I loved Speed Racer when I was little, even though I always pulled for Racer X. I always prefer the bad guy.
“There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.” - Harriet Jacobs
My home boys made the final four. Keep up the good work. My other pick UNC made it as well. We'll see how it turns out. but I'm proud of my native and adopted home teams doing so well.
The other thing that kills me is the fact that these same students love to throw all-white parties featuring attendees in blackface and have the nerve to take pictures and post them on the internet. When they get caught, they always say they meant no harm. How can that be? It's not an accident that they didn't invite anyone black to the party. And I can't imagine seeing a bunch of white kids showing up in blackface at a party with 20 0r 30 black people in attendance. Somebody would definitely be getting their ass kicked and I'm not about to believe that these white kids don't know that. 
I am truly tired of Hillary Clinton now. She can't win. Even if by some miracle she gets the nomination, black folks are never going to forgive her and they won't vote for her. She can't win without us. Why doesn't she get that? And if she gets the nomination and doesn't win, destroying the black support of the Democratic party in the process, she is in turn destroying her own legacy. Black folk may not have a lot of power, but they do have long memories.
Please take the time to read this article from the current issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education. This article raises some very scary points about relationship violence between black men and women. Please feel free to share what you think about the piece.
I hope rapper T.I. pays his lawyers a bonus, they have truly earned it. How does a self-proclaimed "seven-time felon" get away with community service and a pending 12 month jail sentence, after getting busted with unregistered machine guns? And how is the hell is T.I. going to give talks to children about the "dangers" of weapons and drugs, when his next album will surely be filled with songs glorifying and celebrating the use of guns and drugs? Anyone that brings him into a community center should be fired!
Considering the manpower and firepower the authorities used to arrest T.I. and now this extremely weak resolution seems extremely fishy. Not mention, this plea deal sends the completely wrong message to black youth. Young people don't view a 1,000 hours of community service as a huge penalty to pay for getting arrested with a small personal arsenal. The "system" fails black youth and the black community, again!
I was going to post this morning, that I strongly believed that rapper Remy Ma was going to be convicted today because her defense was so weak. I decided to be kind and hope that she and her attorneys would have made a deal. They didn't make a deal and Remy went down hard. Remy deserves to go to jail and she is now definitely going away for a long time. What a waste of talent and what a waste of youth. She has two children that will be raised by someone else and her career is over. I don't see the judge giving her a break, her sentence is going to be long. The other shame is no one in hip hop will learn a lesson from this because she is a woman. Her pointless act of violence and loss of freedom will not register with young black males for one second.
Authorities have found the remains of kidnapped U.S. contractors, Paul Johnson Reuben and Joshua Munns. These men were part of group of American citizens working in Iraq that had been kidnapped over a year ago. This latest discovery is a crushing blow to their families and the families of the other workers, that had hoped all the men were still alive. I think all American citizens need to leave Iraq now. It is nothing but mindless killing to kidnap people with no purpose other than to torture them and their families, only to ultimately kill me anyone.
A Federal Appeals court ruled that former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal's murder conviction should stand, but also ruled that he should be granted a new penalty phase hearing. Abu-Jamal has been on death row since 1982.
Without a doubt Dick Cheney is the most morally bankrupt vice-president in American History. All the families of the 4,000 dead American soldiers have been completely disrespected by this arm-chair warrior. He only cares about power instead of serving the American people. He is also the most hypocritical vice-president ever. Cheney railed against gay marriage except when it applied to his own daughter. How can anybody be actually thinking about electing another Republican ticket?
This is the highly anticipated cover featuring a black man on the cover of Vogue for the first time? This photo is absoulutely terrible. Is Lebron James attacking her or posing with her? What in the hell was Vogue thinking? He looks like some giant sea monster attacking the defenseless white woman. This photo does not celebrate the awesome "shape" of Lebron James, it exploits it.
I wonder why so many Americans are so fearful of overseas terrorists, considering the increasing number of home-grown monsters we have right here. These very scary folks have been accused of torturing and murdering Dorothy Dixon, a 29 year old woman who was mentally challenged and six months pregnant. Adding insult to injury, Dixon's 1 year old son was found at the scene of the crime weighing only 15 pounds. This case is just sickening. How could human beings do these kinds of things to one another?
And what kind of man is sleeping with a mentally challenged woman and abandoning their child? How did Dorothy Dixon fall through the cracks of the system so easily? Why didn't her family or anyone inquire about her or her child's well-being? Have we become so callous and cold to one another? These are questions that will never get answered to my satisfaction, I just can't even stand the fact that they have to asked at all.
It's five years later, the USA is billions of dollars in debt and 4,000 U.S. soldiers are dead and our Vice-President is saying "So?" to three-quarters of the American people who no longer support the war. Can ANYONE really say if this war will bring democracy to Iraq? Can ANYONE really say there will EVER be peace in the Middle East? Can ANYONE really say that America is safe from terrorists and terrorism? If anyone says they can, I'm going to have a hard time believing them, they are going to need more people to convince me.
The special investigation around Da' Hip Hop Mayor of Detroit is winding down. I can't imagine that criminal charges will not follow, since there are mountains of evidence that he lied under oath. I wonder if he will get some class and resign willingly or will he be forced to resign because he is facing prosecution?
Update - Kilpartrick and former aide charged with multiple counts of perjury.
My NCAA men's tournament bracket got jacked the hell up this weekend. Thank God my final two are still in the mix - UNC and UCLA, with UCLA picked to win it all. Don't even bother with the women - It's my Tennessee Lady Volunteers all the way!!!!!
Right-thinking black people everywhere are stunned by the recent betrayal of Al Sharpton and the NAACP in a situation that is just too outrageous to ignore.
This is a painful story to tell, but it’s important for the moral, law-abiding majority of black Americans to understand exactly why Al Sharpton and the NAACP must be immediately stopped.
On June 18, 2007, a black woman was gang raped by 10 youths and forced at gunpoint to have sex with her own 12 year old son in a housing complex called Dunbar Village in West Palm Beach, Florida. The young men not only viciously punched, kicked and sliced this sister and her son with glass objects, but they also blinded her boy by pouring nail polish remover into his eyes.
The young men forced this sister and son to lay naked in a bathtub together, and attempted to set them on fire (they could not find matches). The youths boldly took cell phone pictures so that they could enjoy their violent, immoral and sadistic acts at a later time. The violence continued for more than three hours, and although this sister’s neighbors heard her screams, no one called the police or came to her aid.
This sister and her son had to walk a mile to the hospital, because the assailants stole her car, and threatened to kill her and her family if she told the authorities.
Only four of the young men have been apprehended, while the remaining six are on the loose, doing Lord knows what in our communities. There is no manhunt for the remaining suspects.
As devastating as this story is, what the NAACP and Al Sharpton have done about it will simply take your breath away:Not only did the NAACP ignore hundreds of requests to assist this woman because it was 'outside the scope of their mission', but they joined forces with Al Sharpton, and sent their lawyers to speak out IN SUPPORT OF THE RAPISTS.
You heard me right.
Even though there is conclusive DNA evidence and signed confessions, the NAACP and Al Sharpton are saying that it is 'unfair' to not offer bail to these four alleged rapists. They even had a press release about it.
IT IS TIME FOR SENSIBLE BLACK PEOPLE TO STOP THIS KIND OF NONSENSE ONCE AND FOR ALL.
Al Sharpton and the NAACP are banking on the belief that you and I will be just like this black woman’s neighbors. Join me by saying NOT THIS TIME. We will not turn a deaf ear to when we hear calls for help from one of our sisters and brothers who are being victimized.
Stop the NAACP and Al Sharpton’s National Action Network from committing this disgrace in our community. Just this once, let’s stand up and be counted by saying that we demand safe neighborhoods for our women and children.
Here is what you can do:
1. Spread the word. Forward this email if your conscience and concern have been raised. Send it to every concerned black citizen that you know.
2. Demand an explanation from your local NAACP chapter about this case. Cancel your membership to these organizations, and write a letter explaining that you will return when they prioritize the public safety needs of black women and children.
3. If you do not belong to these organizations, call and write them to tell them of your outrage and displeasure:
NAACP National Headquarters
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore MD 21215
Toll Free: (877) NAACP-98
Local: (410) 580-5777
National Action Network
Rev. Al Sharpton
106 W. 145th Street
Harlem, New York 10039
212-690-3070
877-NAN-HOJ14.
If you know an African American reporter or a black radio talk show host, forward this story to them and ask them to follow up on it.
Each Friday at 9:00am, visit any of the websites below, which will give you an update on the status of this situation.
DO NOT LET THIS GO. Let us start working for safer neighborhoods in black communities.
Read the history of the Dunbar Village problem here: http://www.dunbarvillage.blogspot.com/
I
am a black woman
tall as a cypress
strong
beyond all definition still
defying place
and time
and circumstance
assailed
impervious
indestructible
Look
on me and be
renewed
Mari Evans - Last stanza of her poem, I Am A Black Woman
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A funny thing happened when Barack Obama's opponents thought they were starting to find a serious chink in his armor, somebody got caught with their hand in the state department computer cookie jar, not once, not twice, but three times in the last three months. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY in their right mind is going to believe that those state department workers that got fired for illegally accessing Barack Obama's passport files, only did it out of "curiosity." Completely unbelieveable.
A complete independent investigation needs to be launched and someone in charge needs to get fired. How does that not happen? A senior official needs to get fired just for the fact of not knowing what their junior employees were doing in the first place. And if President Bush, Secretary of State Condolezza Rice, Senator John McCain and Senator Hillary Clinton remain silent on this issue, our government is just flat out hopelessly corrupt and broken.
Ya'll can get made if you want to, but this country is not ready to elect a black president. Clearly we are going to see every dirty trick in the book and a few we have never seen or heard of before. How lowdown and how far down the dirty path will people go to keep a black man out of the White House?
Congrats to one of our most classy actresses in Black Hollywood!
And how about McCain's endorser, Reverend John Hagee on Hurricane Katrina; "All hurricanes are acts of God because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God and they were recipients of the judgment of God for that." - John Hagee, blaming the victims of Hurricane Katrina
"Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining." - Grace Jones
Straight folk should shut up about marriage and I mean immediately. Married people should not look their noses down on anybody. Straight folks need to stop jabbering on that marriage is between a man and a woman. Pastors need to stop shoving marriage down folks throats. And women, especially black women need to stop whining about marriage. The current state of marriage in America sucks, period! More than half of all marriages end in divorce. What's so great about being a part of that statistic?
We elect public officials that have wives and children because we think they are somehow better people than someone that is single. That is being proved to be a completely bogus ideal. Hours after being sworn in as the new Governor of New York State, David Paterson admits that he and his wife engaged in extramarital affairs, Paterson admitting a three year relationship with another woman. The couple describes this time as a "rocky patch" in their marriage. That's not rocky, that's broken. And it's an excuse, because it sure ain't marriage. Let's not get started about the guy he replaced or Hillary and Bill Clinton or John McCain. Not to mention the Vitters and the Kilpatricks. Been there, done that.
If this is marraige, I want no parts of it. If marriage means putting up with a man that pays for sex with prostitutes or engages in affairs with his staffers. No thank you. Do marriage vows really mean anything or are they some fake words people recite? I am sick and tired of looking at women with education, their own money and their own professions looking completely beatdown because their husband is airing their martial dirty laundry in public and they are standing there like a Stepford wife supporting the trainwreck that used to be their marriage.
I hope this is true. Scientology has been targeting wealthy black folks in recent years, hoping to tap into a new market for it's strange and quite frankly weird Sci-Fi religion. This stuff is definitely not for black people, but getting someone of Will Smith's caliber and profile to join would have too many black people seriously considering joining as well. Leave this mess alone, black people, we already have enough issues to deal with and don't need our folk joining cults. One crazy-ass Jim Jones and one poison purple kool-aid drink mass killing is quite enough.
I watched a film over the weekend called Into the Wild. The film is based on the true story of a young man named Christopher McCandless. After graduating from college, McCandless decides to give away his life savings of $24,000, cut his family ties, and pursue adventure by travelling cross country. After spending a couple of years doing odd jobs and travelling out west, McCandless makes the fateful decision to hitchhike to Alaska to live in the wild. He would arrive in Alaska in late April 1992, his body would be discovered in late August of the same year. McCandless died of starvation. He was just 24 years old.
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