Kyle Kulinski on Trump: “We don’t have a government anymore y’all. This is a crime syndicate. He is an endless black void of a man that has no honor, no integrity, no dignity, no values. The man actively wants the worst for everybody. He is the embodiment of all that is evil”
Hate begets hate and it shows in everywhere. This is what a campaign fueled on hating others and getting some type of unearned revenge will get you. Black people learned that centuries ago. HATE does not win you anything worthy.
Kyle’s anger reflects what a lot of people feel when institutions seem broken, but this is the end result of what happens when politics becomes fueled by grievance, vengeance, and teaching people that cruelty is strength.
Hate is a fire that never stays contained to its original target. It spreads. It poisons discourse, communities, families, and eventually the entire culture.
Black people have centuries of lived experience understanding this truth. We know what happens when fear, resentment, and dehumanization become political currency. Nothing worthy is built from hate. No lasting justice, no real progress, no peace.
As we have seen, African attitudes toward sexuality and gender varied in precolonial culture and were greatly affected by the dictates of the colonial period. So where does this information take us today? How do we achieve balance, understanding, and mutually respectful behavior?
I'd like to make a few offerings here: If you are the parents of a child who sees himself or herself as transgendered, please do not subject your child to any form of torture. The church tortures trans children by labeling them as demons who are condemned to live in hell. This is soul-wounding and incompatible with our original attitudes toward sexual diversity. Be aware that laws, such as the "bathroom bill" are being passed that will make it even easier to expose our children to pedophiles. The pressures of institutionalized racism, economic exploitation, and escalating police violence against black people greatly limits your ability to protect your children. And please do not hand your children over to the medical establishment with its history of experimenting on black bodies since the first ships landed on our shores.
The African indigenous response is the healthiest. Allow that child to be androgynous until age sixteen or older, observe their body and spirit, and provide some guidelines for behavior that maintains their place within the family. Be careful and compassionate, because there is a high percentage of self-harming among these youths. Also be patient because transgender identity (an estimated .2% to 3% of the population) does not continue to adulthood in the majority of cases.
Whatever you do, do not cast them into the street where they will be consumed by hyenas in the sex trade. Be brave and give yourselves the liberty to discuss this matter fully and honestly. This includes examining the hormones (such as Atrazine and Finasteride) in your food, and the medications you have been given for depression (especially during pregnancy). Diligently examine with a critical eye all the reports regarding tests, studies, and experiments. Ask who conducted them? Who were the test subjects? Where were they conducted? And most importantly, who invests and stand to gain financially from these activities?
It has been claimed that hormones in the womb matter more than rearing when determining sexual orientation. This tips the scale in the nature versus nurture debate. If transgenderism is truly "biologically based," then you do have a right to ask, "whose side of the family is it on?" just as you would any other biological trait. Further, it would be helpful to talk with trans adults who may be able to provide you with information and insights from their own experience.
For the transgendered adult: Chose your personal pronoun and remember that whichever one you choose, you'll be a BLACK one. So live your best life. Distinguish yourself from the trans-aggressives whose behavior will alienate you from your family and allies. If you are someone who feels they must have surgery, keep your eyes on the medical profession, and remember the Tuskegee Experiment.
-Luisah Teish, "Patriarchy in Drag: Sexual Imperialism in Africa, and Delusional Revisionism in the African-American Community" in Female Erasure
NPR: In new documentary, Ibram X. Kendi asks 'What is wrong with Black people?'
Eric Deggans looks at the new documentary "Stamped from the Beginning," which looks at the history of racist ideas in America.
In new documentary, Ibram X. Kendi asks 'What is wrong with Black people?'
Eric Deggans looks at the new documentary "Stamped from the Beginning," which looks at the history of racist ideas in America.
AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:
The Netflix documentary "Stamped From The Beginning" starts with a provocative question writer and professor Ibram X. Kendi asks of other Black academics.
(SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING")
IBRAM X KENDI: Can you please tell me what is wrong with Black people?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: What is wrong with Black people?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: OK, what do you mean by that?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: What is wrong with Black people?
RASCOE: Kendi, who founded the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, answers by invoking how systemic racism can convince Black people and everyone else that Black people deserve to be marginalized. NPR TV critic and media analyst Eric Deggans has watched "Stamped From The Beginning" and has also been following recent allegations of mismanagement against Kendi at the BU center. Hi, Eric.
ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Hi.
RASCOE: So first, tell us more about this documentary. It's out on Netflix later this month.
DEGGANS: Yeah, it's this percolating primer on the themes in Kendi's award-winning 2016 book of the same name. Now, there's compelling animation, historical photos, interviews with lots of academics - although it might be tough for some people to watch. It's centered on this idea that much of the systemic racism that's directed against Black people was created as an attempt to justify enslavement and exploitation of Black people, not the other way around. And in the film, you know, Kendi speaks of this ruler known as Prince Henry of Portugal who he says turned to enslaving Black people from Africa in the mid-1400s instead of Europeans because it was harder for them to run away. Here's a clip. Let's listen.
(SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING")
KENDI: Prince Henry didn't want to admit he was violently enslaving African people to make money, so he dispatched a royal chronicler by the name of Gomes Zurara.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
KENDI: Gomes Zurara justified his slave trading by stating that Prince Henry was doing it to save souls and that these people in Africa were inferior.
DEGGANS: So that, Kendi says, is the creation of Blackness in which Europeans treat Africans from many different tribes and countries as one inferior race to justify exploiting them.
RASCOE: So these are some very complex concepts about race and history. How does this fit with his other work, you know, like his bestselling book "How To Be An Antiracist" or his ESPN series on sports and race?
DEGGANS: Well, you know, I've interviewed Kendi for NPR's Life Kit podcast. And at the core of a lot of his work is this idea that racism is a behavior, not just a state of being - that it comes down to choices you make every day. And in Netflix's "Stamped From The Beginning," that means examining these ideas like the myth of Black hypersexuality, which has been invoked throughout history to justify raping Black women or lynching Black men. And after the death of George Floyd in 2020, you know, Kendi gained new prominence speaking on these themes - the themes in "How To Be An Antiracist." And those ideas are found in so many contemporary issues that it makes sense that Kendi could leverage them into an ESPN project on racism in sports or this Netflix film.
RASCOE: And what about that criticism Kendi ran into following his decision earlier this year to lay off about half the staff at the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University? Where do those allegations of mismanagement stand?
DEGGANS: Well, the university just released an internal audit finding there were no issues with how the center's finances were handled, which kind of backed up Kendi's contention that the layoffs were not a result of bad fiscal management. And it also pushes back against some critics who tried to delegitimize his concepts by suggesting he's some kind of fraud. Now, hopefully, this will allow people to focus more on his ideas, which he sums up at the end of "Stamped From The Beginning" by answering that original question. The only thing wrong with Black people, he says, is that we think something is wrong with Black people.
RASCOE: NPR TV critic and media analyst Eric Deggans. Thank you so much.
As a Star Trek Discovery fan, I've listened to quite a lot of interviews with the cast. Every now and then there's an interview that really just stands out because there's such genuine warmth and transparency being exchanged between the interviewer and interviewee. The Syfy Sistas podcast did this interview with Sonequa Martin-Green and honestly, it's the best interview I've listened to in a while.
Regardless of where you fall on the love/dislike scale with DSC, this is a great interview for everyone to hear.
If you are a SciFi fan, a Star Trek fan, Star Trek Discovery fan, or just like SMG you MUST listen to this interview with Sonequa Martin-Green. It's so good!!
“ Three chapters in this book stand out. The first chapter, “On Firsts, Foremothers and the Walker Effect,” situates Hurston’s legacy within Alice Walker’s legacy because of Walker’s role in reigniting interest in Hurston’s literary contributions. Walker pulled Hurston into new arenas of Black feminist thinkers, solidifying her literary contributions into the canon of African American literature.”
Ida E. Jones, “Zora Neale Hurston’s Anthropological Legacy (Black Perspectives, March 30, 2023).
Always trying to demean Original Women for just living their life and implement a false narrative to imply the action is subhuman behaviour... pettiness is messiness for the miserable 🤦🏽♀️
Who Cares!?!
If that's how some feel comfortable, and want to protect their hair from the elements, leave them be...
Do we mock Original Men when they rock out with their Durag for similar, if not the same reason?!?
Do we mock religious folk for wearing their head coverings and veils?!?
Do we mock those individuals suffering from chronic illness who have to wear hair enhancements or coverings for medical reasons?!?
Do we mock folk that wear caps and other head coverings as a fashion statement?!?
Do we mock Barristers for still wearing wigs within a court setting, or even walking in public as they have pride in what that wig represents?!?
Do we mock those of you for being an idiot and advocating tearing down Original Women publicly to perpetuate political and systematic agendas once again... Yes Fool!!! So STOP IT!!! 🤣🤷🏾♀️🥴
And...
Before anyone starts...
Headwraps are apart of our heritage, tradition and culture which became twisted and whitewashed within that interruption of our history when Caucasian/White individuals made our Ancestors Prisoners of War; where they used the wrap as a symbol to decide who had more power than another within the plantations/prisoner of war transportations in order to know who to breakdown or murder and so forth.
Thus...
The confusion of the wrap being a positive action or not...
However, we originally utilised the Headwraps as symbolism for our heritage, tradition and culture as previously mentioned, and our original intention was to honor family lineage, representation of status, respect for the union of Marriage or honoring death of a loved one, and more significantly, as a protective garment from environmental elements such as weather, and so forth...
So...
Don't @ Me...
It's about RESPECT!!!
Ask yourself why you not only subconsciously disrespect Original People, especially women; but also feel socially secure enough to deliver such disrespect consciously...💡
Get to know our history and stop blindly advocating hisstory...
You see...
It's all about perception and what is deemed socially acceptable by the general population regardless of validity...✍🏽🎙👂🏽
Just think about why the latest trend of attack for any targeted group is actually happening...
“I never bought into my invisibility or nonexistence as a Black person. As a female and as an African-American, I wrote myself into the world. I wrote myself into the present, the future and the past.”
