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60 Minutes with President Obama, Positioning

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7391356n   When I was academically and emotionally dredging my way through undergrad I knew that college was an opportunity for me to put myself in a position to make more money. That was drilled into my head by high school teachers and guidance counselors. Thanks, Mr. Watson and Mrs. Berrier! Not one time did I question their advice. I believed and believed in them. To this day, I must state that I am still of the belief that going to college and finishing with a degree is a potential opportunity to put yourself in a position to make more money. Not that it is a guarantee. My life has proven that a bachelor’s degree and a higher degree do not permanently secure a comfortable middle class salary. Nevertheless, I by no means believe that my present seeking employment predicament is indicative of an ‘inequality’ within the American system. I decided to major in Health & Physical Education. I decided to spend the majority of my professional

Tyler Perry is not the Problem...Black People Are

Okay...I read the infamous Open Letter to Tyler Perry .  First, I want to state that I have not always been in Tyler's corner. I actually do not like all the characters that he has created which in my opinion are either alter egos or figments of his imagination that he loves dearly and loathes secretly. Like a lot of people Tyler has demons; and apparently the demons subconsciously surface when he is thinking about a movie script that will more than likely make viewers laugh and cry.  With this recent soon to be dashing uproar, I must say that I am seriously fed-up with the complaining about what Perry does and doesn't do. He is an entertainer. The objective ultimately is to make money. Just like the Hollywood Jews do on the daily. Those Jews are in fact the Jewish population that black people help make billions by flocking to see an array of blockbusters!  What Perry is not is what so many attach to him...he is NOT responsible for the Black Cause. He is not a self

I FAILED AND CAIN IS RIGHT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPiSzCDChX4 "Don't blame Wall Street…Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." Herman Cain’s most recent statement regarding the protesters of the Occupation Movement did not ruffle my feathers. It did not offend me. It was certainly not  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoX7vd30zq8 Alarming! It was a candid statement that has been Liberally used to taint his reputation - and further divide the classes of America which is something that’s necessary since the election of a black/white man there is a belief that the races are on an equal playing field. A field that’s littered with opportunity but purposely disenfranchised by Dixie, mid-Western, Northern, and Western xenophobes!  While insensitive but truthful, Herman Cain could have tamed or reserved his opinion considering there is significant financial trouble lurking around and plaguing families from all walks of life, there ar

Troy Davis, September 21, 2011

  "Since Davis' conviction in 1991, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted their testimony. No physical evidence was presented linking Davis to the killing of the policeman."  So what is the problem...???? Why in the hell is he still on Death Row with this information?  The recanting of the witnesses is a classic example of how when people are up against the wall they will more than likely in COWARDICE and FEAR serve someone else up to be lynched including an innocent man...that is a sad commentary. All of these 'recanting witnesses" who lied to avoid jail time or received favors/money to lie should be locked up for the amount of time Davis has spent in prison. Damn Losers! http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011 /09/15/on-the-radar-clemency-s ought-marine-honored-congressm en-to-be-sworn-in/?&hpt=hp_c2  The state of Georgia best not kill this man on September 21, 2011! The Black Rebel

In the Face of Insult from a White Reject

White FAILURE “Don’t feel sorry for poor white Americans. They had/have every opportunity to be out of poverty. Their skin, their family heritage, their ancestors investment in slavery, their superiority that’s attached to Christian domination all over the world, their ability to institute institutional racism without it being detected, their ability to hoodwink the world with a white Jesus and Santa Claus, their denial of wanting to be of dark skin, their women’s concealed desire to want a black man to sexually devour them…their entire life is one of privilege - and if a white person is down and out, homeless, and/addicted to a substance there is only one explanation: They are shiftless and/or they have been disowned by momma and daddy because they (white women) were caught sexing a brother while off to college or they (white men) brought home a black woman home for the celebrated Indian Massacre. -Grandma Frankie I was standing in line at the Starbucks in Kroger waiting on my reju

The Help...Integrity, Pride, Sacrifice

http://boycewatkins.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/dr-boyce-why-i-wont-be-seeing-the-help/#more-1888   I read the blog written by Dr. Boyce Watkins (link above) and I have read several of the responses. Once again, black-hyper sensitivity at it is best. Instead of whining about a stereotype we should think about what African American ancestors who were maids would more than likely prefer us to embrace. They played an integral part in the formation of Black America History. A history that’s honorable – and not embarrassing. Not of shame – but of pride and integrity. The job of a maid back before the civil rights act and immediately afterwards was ‘a job’. One of America’s greatest icons, MLK, said this: “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did
I am an American! Growing up I never thought of Independence Day as a holiday. It was just the day that competed with my birthday, July 3, 1970 – My Sleep…Explained http://muatatruthtelling.blogspot.com/ .   I also never felt any sense of American pride on the Fourth of July. Conversely, living via learning has humbly changed me in ways that have faintly defied my Fred Hampton militancy. Without releasing all of my Nat Turner defiance, I have altered my opinions regarding the day that solidified America’s vicious Conquest and Imperialism. Note the word… altered . Believing that the United States has been a diabolical system of biblical Roman supremacy and tyranny, I cannot relinquish all of my Bob Marley sentiment.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73zaNwyhXn0&feature=related   I would like to believe that I am anew . That I am getting better with age, and not soft. Or, perhaps   I am an American…? Would I be the turncoat of the Black Power Movement if I completely embraced Ame
This One has Gay Written All Over It… Let me begin by saying that Tracey Morgan’s use of God’s Creation ability as a - non mistake occurrence - is another example of people using shallow vacation bible school learning as the unadulterated truth. I ask, what in the hell does Tracey know about God’s creation other than what his momma, daddy, and some in-the-closet deacon told him? And, if he wants to play around with his biblical beliefs, let me further question, “Why did God repeatedly sanction the death of children in the Hebrew Bible (OT) and why did this same mean-azz God issue threats of death and destruction to the Created, homo sapiens, in King James’ pathetic version of what some call Grace – but is really ‘The Easy Way Out’? Who is this God that does not make mistakes? Tracey is right…God does not make mistakes…God is just a force that plays horrible tricks on the Created. What do you call it when two people are told not to do something, and the deity that gave the mandate p
Royalty is not Cultured Culture is the character of a people’s identity, the good and the bad. Culture at its root –at its alpha- is unblemished…but over time it can be seasoned with moral corruption, irresponsibility and superciliousness. In most cases the true essence of a people’s culture is beyond reproach. That’s if it is not tainted with brutal imperialism and outlandish liberalism. Culture is solidified…permanently footprint-ed in the universe leaving humans with brilliance, integrity, sophistication, and unfortunately with inflated egos and even horrible memories of human hatred i.e. Pacific Islanders were slaughtered by Christian missionaries. Therefore, culture should never drift, die or create a new identity. Culture will remain…with and without its orchestrators when this temporary existence that we refer to as Life implodes. Early this week an associate and I were discussing The Royal Wedding. He let me know with high intensity that I was being shallow when I state