"So much is owed to this legend [Althea Gibson]. Althea helped me and other women to understand you can be all you can dream and more. The benefits of her contributions to tennis are still being realized and enjoyed by modern-day players.” - Zina Garrison
Black folks are grasping for some serious straws in the on-going drama about Morehouse College having it's first white valedictorian. Now, several bloggers are claiming that Joshua Packwood has multiple co-valedictorians. After spending a short while searching on the Internet, I could not confirm this fact.
The one name that kept popping up as a candidate for co-valedictorian is Josh L. Harris. It is true that Morehouse Man Josh L. Harris does have a 4.0 g.p.a. and is an extremely successful tennis player at the college, but he is only a junior. Therefore, he could not be valedictorian because he has not graduated yet! Reading about Mr. Harris, he has all the making of a successful future valedictorian at Morehouse!
"Being analytical and strategic is great, but to get a team motivated during tough times, you also have to show your passion - you have to break a sweat so they understand at an emotional level what's really at stake." - Pamela Thomas-Graham
Barack Obama has lashed out strongly at the GOP ads attacking his wife. I'm with him, the GOP better be careful. I've said it before and I'll say it again, black women are not going to like watching Michelle Obama being unfairly attacked. Quite frankly, it's pretty sad that the GOP thinks that it's the all-American way to get their candidate elected by attacking the wife of their opponent. If John McCain wants to be president, let him do it on his own merits and not by smearing Michelle Obama.
Even though, I know they will drive my L.A. Lakers batty in the western conference finals, I am strongly pulling for Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets to win tonight. Everyone keeps waiting on them to lose and I just love that they keep winning!!!! Go CP3!!!!!
It may be a case of too little, too late, but the NAACP has finally selected a national president under the age of 40. Ben Jealous is going to have a tough time changing the image of the NAACP as an organization dominated by black folks way over fifty and it's out-of-touch civil rights era leadership. Not to mention the dwindling finances of the NAACP. I wish him the best of luck. I will be keeeping an eye on his reign at the NAACP.
The WNBA season opened yesterday and the L.A. Sparks opened with a victory over the defending champions, the Phoenix Mercury. The real question was WNBA rookie Candace Parker ready for the professional leagues. Well, she scored 34 points, snatched 12 rebounds and dished 8 assists. Nearly a triple double in her first game! All-Star Lisa Leslie looked great and so did Delisha Milton. It is with good reason that the L.A. Sparks are heavily favored to win the title!
Killa' Kobe and tha boyz closed out the Utah Jazz. Spurs or Hornets next! Go Lakers!!!!
Anybody up for a summer road trip? I'm strongly suggesting Brazil. Lots of fine-ass brothas in Brazil. They speak Portuguese, but I'm a quick learner! Mmm..mmm....good!!!!!
Tim Montgomery, the knucklehead mastermind behind the check fraud enterprise that contributed to the downfall of his former girlfriend, Marion Jones, finally had his day in court. How do dudes like this guy attract women in the first place? This dude is crooked as hell with no ethics or morals and already has four children. He doesn't even have a job. What in the hell do women see in men like this?
I just don't get it. Dennis Rodman is ugly as hell and koo-koo for cocoa puffs, so what in the hell makes white women run to him as if their lives depended on it? He lies to them, cheats on them, and smacks them around, but as soon as he loses one, another is waiting in the wings. There would never be enough money in the world for me to let this freak anywhere near me.
I'm afraid of the large black man! I find it extremely troubling that there are black people struggling to make ends meet and this fool is blowing millions of dollars on gambling. And adding insult to injury, Barkley thinks it's cute to owe $400,000.00 to a casino, because he can afford to lose it. TNT needs to fire his ass and let's see how long he can truly afford to keep gambling that way! What a soulless individual!
Can Hillary Clinton be realistically considered a candidate for vice-president with Barack Obama? And would she even accept the offer? What do you think?
Remy Ma is going to spend the rest of her 20s behind bars and get married there as well. This is just some ghetto mess! How about working on your temper and getting your life together for the future instead?
Professor Tracey is renovating her small town version of Black Woman's Disneyland today. I'm up to my elbows in paint and picking out mini-blinds or curtains (still can't make up my damn mind). Not to mention getting rid of Comcast (Mr. Pay Me 1 Month In Advance!) and reconfiguring my home theater system. My budget may even allow a new piece of furniture or two! I may even hang my over-priced college degrees in their cheap-ass Big Lot frames on the wall this time!
Thanks to many folks advice from family to Attorney Mom to my blogging buddies, I have decided to keep saving toward my dream house and drop a "few" dollars fixing up my loft for hellish "small town" living for one more year. And my lawd, this is truly a major sacrifice!!!! The power went out here on Sunday for four hours! In the whole town!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, back to my loft. Where is the black home improvement man when you need him? I always feel like a black female version of Robinson Crusoe, whose black man Friday never shows up! Matter fact, where is the black version of home improvement shows? I watch those shows like crazy and the only one I see is that fake Lauren Lake on "Spice Up Your Kitchen" and that show is horrible! They kicked the black folks off "Flip This House" for being crooks. Damn!
I love Dorothy West, but she lied, the living ain't easy. Ya'll keep fussing at me about Morehouse giving away the whole damn campus to that white dude. LOL!!!
Somehow in 2008, Morehouse College has ended up with it's first white valedictorian in it's short 141-year history. Don't get me wrong. Joshua Packwood deserves to be highly celebrated for his achievements at Morehouse College. He put in the hard work and the dedication necessary to succeed in college. Yet, a large part of me finds this "celebration" to be an extremely disturbing moment.
What in the hell are the brothas doing at Morehouse? Where are the brothas with the perfect 4.0 g.p.a.'s and the extensive study abroad experiences? Where are the brothas interning on Wall Street and being Rhodes Scholar finalists? Where are the brothas with the same grades, same experiences, and the same opportunities "fighting" to become valedictorian of their alma mater?
Instead of explaining how the white guy "navigated" a predominately black campus, someone should be trying to figure out why Mr. Packwood's competition for valedictorian didn't seem to be present.
The Chairman of the Board will grace the newest celebrity postage stamp with the latest price increase. Don't forget about it or your bills will be boomeranging back in your face.
Damn boy! What in the hell happened to DMX? That boy needs to lay off the mind-altering substances. And he better stop mistreating pitbulls or me and Che gonna have to drop by his crib for a chat. And what in the hell is that brotha doing living in Arizona?
Reverend Al gonna need some of James Brown's fancy moves to stay out of jail, if he doesn't handle his back taxes.
Oprah has been getting on my nerves royally lately, kiss-ass catering to Tom Cruise and Barbara Walters, but I am feeling this quote today!
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Now Barbs should have known that Star was gonna have something to say! I'm with Star on this one! Barbs should be the last person talking about who is telling lies. You lie about an affair with a black man for 40 years, but you're sparking on Star for not telling everything to the world about losing weight? Who's zooming who? That's white privilege for ya ass!
My L.A. Laker Boys are up 2-0 on the Utah Jazz, heading into two games where the Jazz hang tough with the home floor. Let's hope the Lakers can steal one of the games up there.
My boy Chris Paul and the rest of the New Orleans Hornets are making the San Antonio Spurs look old as hell! If the Hornets win tonight and go up 3-0, this series is over.
My adopted home state of North Carolina got it right. Obama smashed Clinton in NC, but of course, my new location of Indiana only nearly got it right (which I have discovered is a pattern for this state since I moved here) by giving Hillary a very narrow win. People can continue to lie to themselves if they want to, but Indiana proves that WHITE MEN will NEVER elect a black man as president of this country. Hillary who was supposed to be so hated by white males in the midwest, has gotten their votes. When Obama get the nomination, these white men will vote for McCain, guaranteed!
And the Reverend Wright factor played a role with white folks in Indiana as well. It never ceases to amaze me that white people can be so concerned about something they NEVER ever bothered to think about in their entire lives. How can a pastor you never heard of before and never heard so much than three minutes of sermon snippets from, weigh so HEAVILY in your election decision? The fact that any white person who has never set foot in a black church would allow that to be a strong factor in their voting tells me that those kind of folks are looking for ANY excuse not to vote for a black person.
Hillary has to win and by big numbers the last three primaries and that is not going to happen. And with her campaign running out of money and her options getting smaller by the day, Clinton will fight to stay in the race until the very end. Shame on her!!!!! If the shoe was on the other foot, Obama would have been drummed out of the campaign months ago. She should do what is best for the party, just like they would have told Obama!
President Bush has proposed to eliminated ALL the government funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) in his 2009 budget. Since Condoleeza Rice and Laura Bush read everything to him, he sees no value in little children getting free books to read. What country do we live in where it is more important to feed and protect other nations, but eliminate all the important resources for our own country? People need to start paying closer attention!!!!!
I voted yesterday to avoid my very jacked-up local polling place - only two booths!!!! I hope folks in NC and IN get off their butts and go out to vote! I believe Obama will win NC easily, but good ole Indiana is going to be a problem I think. What do you folks think?
I'm sorry, but neither one of these brothers is hard to look at today. Looking grown, clean, and sexy. Brothas, take notes!!!!!! Now let's hope that their new albums sound like something.
I will feel sorry for Kevin "Big Ticket" Garnett, but I am really pulling for the Atlanta Hawks to upset the Boston Celtics tomorrow. It's definitely, a big tall wish, but I'm pulling for the young brothers of the Atlanta Hawks.
I'll let you judge for yourself, but this film really made me wonder how far black people have really come in America. This film has some significantly troubling and disturbing moments about black folks and our right to vote in this nation. Very scary and very sad.
I'm wondering when folks are going to start asking about John McCain's record on civil rights and on issues near and dear to the hearts of people of color. Ain't this the dude that voted against the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday? You really have to hate black folk to deny yourself a day off!
I really hate the backwards ass thinking of the idiots that market and promote women's professional sports, particularly the WNBA. They always get it so wrong! For example, the L.A. Sparks jersey of the number one pick in the 2008 draft Candace Parker, has already sold out in sizes x-large and xx-large. Are the marketing geniuses of the WNBA taking pre-orders on her jesery to be sold at a later date? Of course not! What a missed opportunity!!!!!
When Allen Iverson was traded to the Denver Nuggets and when Kobe Bryant changed his number from 8 to 24, the NBA store took pre-orders for their jerseys months in advance. Pre-orders on jerseys that were not even for sale yet! And the WNBA is missing opportunities to continue selling a sold out jersey? How brainless is that? Women will never make strides in professional sports if they don't start taking advantage of valuable opportunites.
“Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.” - Jada Pinkett Smith
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