I know this post is sure to kick up the Black Male Protection Reflex in many people. So my advice is to take a Valium and go sit in the corner. The reason why all of this accountability talk is so threatening is because no one has been held accountable. Generations are simply repeating what [...]
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Did you hear President Obama weigh in on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates last night? You know it had to be a big deal to get Obama to actually say something about race. “But I think it’s fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry; No. 2, that the Cambridge [...] Once again we see public discourse of a black woman’s body. This time it’s not Serena Williams being chided for being overweight and lazy but the Surgeon General nominee. Apparently when you are a black woman none of your accomplishments matter only your proportions. I lay this squarely at the feet of black men who [...] So the arrest of Skip Gates has been dissected from most of its angles. Charges of racism have been levied. The immediate knee-jerk defense of any behavior by the police has been used by others. I have a slightly different take on things. We could ask why the neighbor made an assumption of criminal activity. [...] Watching the Cosby Show is a little slice of heaven. If certain African-Americans or whites thought families like the Huxtables didn’t exist in the ’80′s when it originally aired I wonder what they’d think about it now. A show with an intact family of working professionals and happy well-adjusted kids seems foreign to many of [...] It’s been an especially hectic two weeks at Acts of Faith blog. I know I have readers who are not black or live in “black communities” or have to deal with any of the issues that have been discussed. I bet it’s been an eye-opener! I also am welcoming a lot of new readers who [...] This time Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney successfully got through the illegal blockade and delivered medicine and other goods to the residents of Gaza!!! Crow if you will but she is certainly one determined African-American woman on a mission of peace. In honor of one criminal, rabble-rouser and terrorist per labeling by the US [...] Actually it was on Friday but I thought two posts was enough for one day! I can’t believe I’ve made it thus far and I have so many of you lovely readers, lurkers, passersby and participants to thank. Thank you for the encouragement and the challenges. I have learned a lot about myself through this [...] Ooh I like this week’s meme. Divas. Can I be one when I grow up? My Blog Name [...] |
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