#racializeddiscourse

[miaflorins17-blog]

Ligeia possesses the narrator YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG

made their way into my heart by paces so steadily and stealthily progressive

- I had becomes a bounden SLAVE in the trammels of opium

In the excitement of my opium dreams, for I was habitually fettered in the SHACKLES of the drug

[naturalinclination828]

This is awesome! This is exactly what I aspired to do with #mycommunitymyvoice. We have to continue to tell our story, so society understands that being a Black woman is more than kinky hair and brown skin. These toward displays do not account for the multiplicity of our being!

[naturalinclination828]

"Racism seems to be one of the only problems that some people, conveniently believe we can solve without first analyzing it's cause and plotting it's distruction, as any concerned doctor would with any other disease."

[naturalinclination828]

[naturalinclination828]

"Hair Raising is a conversation that speaks to the multi-generational journey that women have with their hair... and how it impacts issues of self-esteem. As we acknowledge the effect our mothers had on our image of beauty, our own struggle for self-acceptance and the role we as mothers play in guiding our own daughters, we must demand an inclusive beauty standard — one that celebrates the unique beauty of all women. From generation-to-generation, it's time for Everyone to Get Love."

[naturalinclination828]

Racialized media discourse needs to be critically analyzed. I’m so happy some people are tweeting a counternarrative!

[naturalinclination828]

How we ‘see’ ourselves and our social relations matters, because it enters into and informs our actions and practices.

Stuart Hall (1981, p. 57)

Hall, S. (1981). The rediscovery of ‘ideology’: return of the repressed in media studies. In: Culture, Society, and the Media. eds. M. Gurevitch, T. Benett, J. Curran, and J. Wollacott, pp. 56-90. London, UK: Methuen.

[naturalinclination828]

Black Girls Rock!

Ok, I'm going to keep this brief, but trust me, I could write a dissertation just on this show--this movement!  My heart is overwhelmed.  I am overjoyed by the Black Girls Rock! awards.  My 10-year-old daughter watched it with me (we had to get rid of the 4 year old because she was just too unruly) and it was an uplifting experience.  This show is true sisterhood.  This is exactly what I am trying to get at with my research.  Beverly Bond got it right.  We have to build a community.  We are the community.  We have to uplift our young Black girls and this is an awesome way to do it.  This movement encourages me to dig deep and rely on the creativity God has given me to try to build up my sisters.  Who's with me?  How can you make a change?