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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
BBC NEWS | Africa | Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 500
Our brothers and sisters are struggling in Zimbabwe, it pisses me off that in this technologically advanced society, there are are people dying of a lack of the most bare necessities. Like clean water. According to BBC, there have been 11,700 new cases of cholera since August. Please click below and pass it on. God Bless Africa!
Recession... Duh
Attention Attention, it is now OFFICIAL...we've been in a recession for the past year! Well...Duh!
Have our government officials been strung out on crack for the past year? Of course were in a recession. Maybe their heads and egos are so high in the clouds that they don't see the unemployment lines forming at their feet. The wall street crashes, the bailouts, the foreclosed homes...did you really need a research group to tell you that we're in a recession?
This recession in my opinion has gone on for way more than a year. Coming from where I'm from, everyday is a rececession for many. Black folks being laid off, thrown out of their homes, and not being able to pay their bills is a regular occurance. I know folks who don't have money for groceries, folk swho are living in shelters, children who won't get christmas toys.Now that white folks are struggling, we are in a recession. WHEN WILL BLACK AMERICA RECIEVE A BAILOUT?
Have our government officials been strung out on crack for the past year? Of course were in a recession. Maybe their heads and egos are so high in the clouds that they don't see the unemployment lines forming at their feet. The wall street crashes, the bailouts, the foreclosed homes...did you really need a research group to tell you that we're in a recession?
This recession in my opinion has gone on for way more than a year. Coming from where I'm from, everyday is a rececession for many. Black folks being laid off, thrown out of their homes, and not being able to pay their bills is a regular occurance. I know folks who don't have money for groceries, folk swho are living in shelters, children who won't get christmas toys.Now that white folks are struggling, we are in a recession. WHEN WILL BLACK AMERICA RECIEVE A BAILOUT?
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
We GOTTA REACH THAT HIGHER GROUND!!! BUT WE GOTTA DO IT TOGETHER. THIS IS A CLASSIC THAT IS VERY APPROPRIATE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOIN ON.
Monday, November 24, 2008
A Great Moment in time
I used to envy those who were of age in the 60's; when times were soaked with the sweat of resistance.The beauty of folks standing up, sitting-in, and falling to theirs knees both literally and figuratively for civil rights fascinated me, and I wished that I was apart of it all.
Then I wished I was part of the 70's era when "Black is Beautiful" and "Black Power" were the mantras of the masses. I yearned to be alive when folks rocked their Dashiki's afros and corn rows, and raised black fists to the sky in defiance to anyone who attempted to stop them from rising. Oh I wished I were there for it all,I daydreamed about it.
But I am an 80's baby, born and raised in the inner city jungle. The good ole 80's, where the constant blows of socio-economic and racial injustice left us numb inactive and politically dead. The residue of resistance took root in hip hop and hope sprang forth, that is until we put its control in the hands of the corporate elite, who have steered the artform completely away from the political.
It's as if we've been sleep walking through the past two decades, accepting more and fighting less. It's like someone pulled out a gigantic remote and silenced us all. Iraq War...Mute, No child left behind... Mute, Hurricane Katrina...Mute.
Now I am sensing a shift, a revival,an explosion that is rising within us all. This is the beginning of a new Era. Now we are yelling fighting watching and MAKING CHANGES. We are igniting and organizing, we are becoming a movement. In the process,We ELECTED SENATOR BARACK OBAMA AS THE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES and HAVE MADE THIS A GREAT MOMENT IN TIME. So I know longer long to live in the past, the present is good enough for me!I smell the movement when I open my windows, I taste it, I hear it. Let's keep it going because we have alot of work to do, and we have to make up for lost time. :)
Then I wished I was part of the 70's era when "Black is Beautiful" and "Black Power" were the mantras of the masses. I yearned to be alive when folks rocked their Dashiki's afros and corn rows, and raised black fists to the sky in defiance to anyone who attempted to stop them from rising. Oh I wished I were there for it all,I daydreamed about it.
But I am an 80's baby, born and raised in the inner city jungle. The good ole 80's, where the constant blows of socio-economic and racial injustice left us numb inactive and politically dead. The residue of resistance took root in hip hop and hope sprang forth, that is until we put its control in the hands of the corporate elite, who have steered the artform completely away from the political.
It's as if we've been sleep walking through the past two decades, accepting more and fighting less. It's like someone pulled out a gigantic remote and silenced us all. Iraq War...Mute, No child left behind... Mute, Hurricane Katrina...Mute.
Now I am sensing a shift, a revival,an explosion that is rising within us all. This is the beginning of a new Era. Now we are yelling fighting watching and MAKING CHANGES. We are igniting and organizing, we are becoming a movement. In the process,We ELECTED SENATOR BARACK OBAMA AS THE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES and HAVE MADE THIS A GREAT MOMENT IN TIME. So I know longer long to live in the past, the present is good enough for me!I smell the movement when I open my windows, I taste it, I hear it. Let's keep it going because we have alot of work to do, and we have to make up for lost time. :)
I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My mind in sponge like form has absorbed all that it can possibly hold for these past 8 months and now it is time to let it all out. I am ready to explode, so brace yourself!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Sure has been a while
I know I have abandoned this blog...but I'm back and ready to go. Alot has occured since my last post. Why there's the Jena six, extensive hip-hop discussions and debates, and of course, OBAMA Mania. I definitely have to catch up with the rest of blogosphere, sheesh.
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