I have been lax in posting but I am working on a really big job and it is taking all my time to make my deadline.
I have so many things going on in my head I don't know what to write about first.
I hope to post again in a week!
Maybe on my birthday!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
An Odd Occurance with White Mothers of Children of Color
I guess I should say, white mothers with children who are half black.
This has come up many times in my life. A white mother, with a bi-racial child will innocently ask, "Will they get darker?"
It always makes me angry. It makes me want to slap them...hard. I have never understood these women who marry black men and bear their children, suddenly seem concerned with how dark their child will become.
They don't understand there is no clear cut answer to that. But yes many of them will become darker. Some will remain light. Some may look bi-racial, some will look black.
WTF?
You married a black man, why the hell should it matter how dark your child is? It's too late to worry about that, no matter what-in society's eyes, their children WILL NOT BE WHITE.
If they wanted white babies, they should have had them with white men.
I cannot say much more on this because it makes me sick to my stomach. Truly.
To hell with you women. I just pray all your kids are the same shade lest you treat the lighter skinned ones better than the darker skinned ones.
This has come up many times in my life. A white mother, with a bi-racial child will innocently ask, "Will they get darker?"
It always makes me angry. It makes me want to slap them...hard. I have never understood these women who marry black men and bear their children, suddenly seem concerned with how dark their child will become.
They don't understand there is no clear cut answer to that. But yes many of them will become darker. Some will remain light. Some may look bi-racial, some will look black.
WTF?
You married a black man, why the hell should it matter how dark your child is? It's too late to worry about that, no matter what-in society's eyes, their children WILL NOT BE WHITE.
If they wanted white babies, they should have had them with white men.
I cannot say much more on this because it makes me sick to my stomach. Truly.
To hell with you women. I just pray all your kids are the same shade lest you treat the lighter skinned ones better than the darker skinned ones.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Curtain Will Be Lifted
As I have watched the Democratic election process this year, I was struck at how many times I was stung by racism more than sexism.
I have seen a lot of women losing their minds over the sexism so I began to ponder this. Is it me? Have I been subjected to sexism so much more than racism that it doesn't bother me? Possibly.
I also began to think that racism has been so deadly to PoC, so dangerous to our very lives where sexism wasn't so much on that scale. The hurt and fear I began to feel, the trepidation, was based on the thought in the back of my mind. "They could relegate us to nothing any time they want, they could kill us all and no one would care."
I am afraid that it is only going to get worse now that there is no woman in the race. To my black and brown sisters and borthers...brace yourselves. The curtain is only cracked, when it comes off in November you are probably going to hear things we thought only our fathers and grandfathers had to hear. You are going to hear a lot of excuses and whining about double standards and you are going to hear a lot of mouth garbage, insulting us, criticizing us and pointing out us as the OTHER more than ever.
Just stay strong like we have for centuries and remember-WE ARE THE ADULTS HERE!
In regards to race issues.
I have seen a lot of women losing their minds over the sexism so I began to ponder this. Is it me? Have I been subjected to sexism so much more than racism that it doesn't bother me? Possibly.
I also began to think that racism has been so deadly to PoC, so dangerous to our very lives where sexism wasn't so much on that scale. The hurt and fear I began to feel, the trepidation, was based on the thought in the back of my mind. "They could relegate us to nothing any time they want, they could kill us all and no one would care."
I am afraid that it is only going to get worse now that there is no woman in the race. To my black and brown sisters and borthers...brace yourselves. The curtain is only cracked, when it comes off in November you are probably going to hear things we thought only our fathers and grandfathers had to hear. You are going to hear a lot of excuses and whining about double standards and you are going to hear a lot of mouth garbage, insulting us, criticizing us and pointing out us as the OTHER more than ever.
Just stay strong like we have for centuries and remember-WE ARE THE ADULTS HERE!
In regards to race issues.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Will There Be Shooting?
As I hear over and over about the natural disasters going on and the amounts of people displaced. I keep wondering in my mind, will they be shooting at folks?
I check the news just to see but I don't see many black or brown faces and I think a few things.
1. The disaster must not be as bad as Katrina that people don't need to literally flee on foot to another county.
2. Everyone has enough money to save themselves so they don't need any help.
3. The country has learned it's lesson after Katrina and has responded in a timely and concise manner so everything is under control.
But still, nagging in the back of my mind I wonder. If I could conduct a test and put a lot of black and brown faces in place of the white ones would news stories change to coverages of looting and would families still get shot at for seeking shelter? Even AFTER the mock, shock and outrage of the white community after Katrina.
I bet you 10.00 dollars we PoC would still be getting shot at while looking for help. It only seems like we learned our lesson because the areas hit are majority white.
Not that I wish another disaster on anyone, but give it time. Black and brown folks I beg of you to start saving some cash in a fireproof/waterproof box, food, water, medicines etc. Because I think we'll be on our next time, like were last time, like we have been for all time.
I check the news just to see but I don't see many black or brown faces and I think a few things.
1. The disaster must not be as bad as Katrina that people don't need to literally flee on foot to another county.
2. Everyone has enough money to save themselves so they don't need any help.
3. The country has learned it's lesson after Katrina and has responded in a timely and concise manner so everything is under control.
But still, nagging in the back of my mind I wonder. If I could conduct a test and put a lot of black and brown faces in place of the white ones would news stories change to coverages of looting and would families still get shot at for seeking shelter? Even AFTER the mock, shock and outrage of the white community after Katrina.
I bet you 10.00 dollars we PoC would still be getting shot at while looking for help. It only seems like we learned our lesson because the areas hit are majority white.
Not that I wish another disaster on anyone, but give it time. Black and brown folks I beg of you to start saving some cash in a fireproof/waterproof box, food, water, medicines etc. Because I think we'll be on our next time, like were last time, like we have been for all time.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hulk Hogan on Larry King
OK, ok, I know I said I wouldn't talk about this anymore. But I saw Hulk Hogan on Larry King last night and he was in tears.
I disagree with some things he said and some of the reasons why he said what he did seemed a little "after-the -fact". If you know what I mean.
But my point is I think Hulk has learned something from this, I don't believe his son may have, but I truly feel he is hurt in his heart for all that has transpired.
I know I shouldn't listen to most of what the media puts out there so I cannot even justify getting so pissed off in my original post except to say that a reality tv show idea just made me see red.
And please Hulk teach your son how to pronounce "reality"-or is that some secret lingo you guys use?
So that being said, Hulk I still love you. I believe in you. But sadly I cannot say the same about Nick.
I disagree with some things he said and some of the reasons why he said what he did seemed a little "after-the -fact". If you know what I mean.
But my point is I think Hulk has learned something from this, I don't believe his son may have, but I truly feel he is hurt in his heart for all that has transpired.
I know I shouldn't listen to most of what the media puts out there so I cannot even justify getting so pissed off in my original post except to say that a reality tv show idea just made me see red.
And please Hulk teach your son how to pronounce "reality"-or is that some secret lingo you guys use?
So that being said, Hulk I still love you. I believe in you. But sadly I cannot say the same about Nick.
Monday, June 9, 2008
An Open Letter to Certain White Women
An Open Letter to Certain White Women Who Are Threatening to Withhold Support from Obama in November Your Whiteness is Showing
By TIM WISE
This is an open letter to those white women who, despite their proclamations of progressivism, and supposedly because of their commitment to feminism, are threatening to withhold support from Barack Obama in November। You know who you are.
I know that it's probably a bad time for this। Your disappointment at the electoral defeat of Senator Hillary Clinton is fresh, the sting is new, and the anger that animates many of you--who rightly point out that the media was often sexist in its treatment of the Senator--is raw, pure and justified.
That said, and despite the awkward timing, I need to ask you a few questions, and I hope you will take them in the spirit of solidarity with which they are genuinely intended। But before the questions, a statement if you don't mind, or indeed, even if (as I suspect), you will mind it quite a bit.
First, for those of you threatening to actually vote for John McCain and to oppose Senator Obama, or to stay home in November and thereby increase the likelihood of McCain winning and Obama losing (despite the fact that the latter's policy platform is virtually identical to Clinton's while the former's clearly is not), all the while claiming to be standing up for women...
For those threatening to vote for John McCain or to stay home and increase the odds of his winning (despite the fact that he once called his wife the c-word in public and is a staunch opponent of reproductive freedom and gender equity initiatives, such as comparable worth legislation), all the while claiming to be standing up for women...
For those threatening to vote for John McCain or to stay home and help ensure Barack Obama's defeat, as a way to protest what you call Obama's sexism (examples of which you seem to have difficulty coming up with), all the while claiming to be standing up for women...
Your whiteness is showing।
When I say your whiteness is showing this is what I mean: You claim that your opposition to Obama is an act of gender solidarity, in that women (and their male allies) need to stand up for women in the face of the sexist mistreatment of Clinton by the press. On this latter point--the one about the importance of standing up to the media for its often venal misogyny--you couldn't be more correct. As the father of two young girls who will have to contend with the poison of patriarchy all their lives, or at least until such time as that system of oppression is eradicated, I will be the first to join the boycott of, or demonstration on, whatever media outlet you choose to make that point. But on the first part of the above equation--the part where you insist voting against Obama is about gender solidarity--you are, for lack of a better way to put it, completely full of crap. And what's worse is that at some level I suspect you know it. Voting against Senator Obama is not about gender solidarity. It is an act of white racial bonding, and it is grotesque.
If it were gender solidarity you sought, you would by definition join with your black and brown sisters come November, and do what you know good and well they are going to do, in overwhelming numbers, which is vote for Barack Obama। But no. You are threatening to vote not like other women--you know, the ones who aren't white like you and most of your friends--but rather, like white men! Needless to say it is high irony, bordering on the outright farcical, to believe that electorally bonding with white men, so as to elect McCain, is a rational strategy for promoting feminism and challenging patriarchy. You are not thinking and acting as women, but as white people. So here's the first question: What the hell is that about?
And you wonder why women of color have, for so long, thought (by and large) that white so-called feminists were phony as hell? Sister please...
Your threats are not about standing up for women। They are only about standing up for the feelings of white women, and more to the point, the aspirations of one white woman. So don't kid yourself. If you wanted to make a statement about the importance of supporting a woman, you wouldn't need to vote for John McCain, or stay home, thereby producing the same likely result--a defeat for Obama. You could always have said you were going to go out and vote for Cynthia McKinney. After all, she is a woman, running with the Green Party, and she's progressive, and she's a feminist. But that isn't your threat is it? No. You're not threatening to vote for the woman, or even the feminist woman. Rather, you are threatening to vote for the white man, and to reject not only the black man who you feel stole Clinton's birthright, but even the black woman in the race. And I wonder why? Could it be...?
See, I told you your whiteness was showing।
And now for a third question, and this is the biggie, so please take your time with it: How is it that you have managed to hold your nose all these years, just like a lot of us on the left, and vote for Democrats who we knew were horribly inadequate--Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, right on down the uninspiring line--and yet, apparently can't bring yourself to vote for Barack Obama? A man who, for all of his shortcomings (and there are several, as with all candidates put up by either of the two major corporate parties) is surely more progressive than any of those just mentioned। And how are we to understand that refusal--this sudden line in the proverbial sand--other than as a racist slap at a black man? You will vote for white men year after year after year--and are threatening to vote for another one just to make a point--but can't bring yourself to vote for a black man, whose political views come much closer to your own, in all likelihood, than do the views of any of the white men you've supported before. How, other than as an act of racism, or perhaps as evidence of political insanity, is one to interpret such a thing?
See, black folks would have sucked it up, like they've had to do forever, and voted for Clinton had it come down to that। Indeed, they were on board the Hillary train early on, convinced that Obama had no chance to win and hoping for change, any change, from the reactionary agenda that has been so prevalent for so long in this culture. They would have supported the white woman--hell, for many black folks, before Obama showed his mettle they were downright excited to do so--but you won't support the black man. And yet you have the audacity to insist that it is you who are the most loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, and the one before whom Party leaders should bow down, and whose feet must be kissed?
Your whiteness is showing।
Look, I couldn't care less about the Party personally। I left the Democrats twenty years ago when they told me that my activism in the Central America solidarity and South African anti-apartheid movements made me a security risk, and that I wouldn't be able to get clearance to be in some parade with Governor Dukakis. Yeah, seriously. But for you to act as though you are the indispensible voters, the most important, the ones whose views should be pandered to, whose every whim should be the basis for Party policy, is not only absurd, it is also racist in that it, a) ignores and treats as irrelevant the much more loyal constituency of black folks, without whom no Democrat would have won anything in the past twenty years (and indeed the racial gap favoring the Democrats among blacks is about six times larger than the gender gap favoring them among white women, relative to white men); and b) demonstrates the mentality of entitlement and superiority that has been long ingrained in us as white folks--so that we believe we have the right to dictate the terms of political engagement, and to determine the outcome, and to get our way, simply because for so long we have done just that.
But that day is done, whether you like it or not, and you are now left with two, and only two choices, so consider them carefully: the first is to stand now in solidarity with your black brothers and sisters and welcome the new day, and help to push it in a truly progressive and feminist and antiracist direction, while the second is to team up with white men to try and block the new day from dawning। Feel free to choose the latter. But if you do, please don't insult your own intelligence, or ours, by insisting that you've done so as a radical political act.
Tim Wise is the author of: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull Press, 2005), and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (Routledge: 2005). He can be reached at www.timwise.org
By TIM WISE
This is an open letter to those white women who, despite their proclamations of progressivism, and supposedly because of their commitment to feminism, are threatening to withhold support from Barack Obama in November। You know who you are.
I know that it's probably a bad time for this। Your disappointment at the electoral defeat of Senator Hillary Clinton is fresh, the sting is new, and the anger that animates many of you--who rightly point out that the media was often sexist in its treatment of the Senator--is raw, pure and justified.
That said, and despite the awkward timing, I need to ask you a few questions, and I hope you will take them in the spirit of solidarity with which they are genuinely intended। But before the questions, a statement if you don't mind, or indeed, even if (as I suspect), you will mind it quite a bit.
First, for those of you threatening to actually vote for John McCain and to oppose Senator Obama, or to stay home in November and thereby increase the likelihood of McCain winning and Obama losing (despite the fact that the latter's policy platform is virtually identical to Clinton's while the former's clearly is not), all the while claiming to be standing up for women...
For those threatening to vote for John McCain or to stay home and increase the odds of his winning (despite the fact that he once called his wife the c-word in public and is a staunch opponent of reproductive freedom and gender equity initiatives, such as comparable worth legislation), all the while claiming to be standing up for women...
For those threatening to vote for John McCain or to stay home and help ensure Barack Obama's defeat, as a way to protest what you call Obama's sexism (examples of which you seem to have difficulty coming up with), all the while claiming to be standing up for women...
Your whiteness is showing।
When I say your whiteness is showing this is what I mean: You claim that your opposition to Obama is an act of gender solidarity, in that women (and their male allies) need to stand up for women in the face of the sexist mistreatment of Clinton by the press. On this latter point--the one about the importance of standing up to the media for its often venal misogyny--you couldn't be more correct. As the father of two young girls who will have to contend with the poison of patriarchy all their lives, or at least until such time as that system of oppression is eradicated, I will be the first to join the boycott of, or demonstration on, whatever media outlet you choose to make that point. But on the first part of the above equation--the part where you insist voting against Obama is about gender solidarity--you are, for lack of a better way to put it, completely full of crap. And what's worse is that at some level I suspect you know it. Voting against Senator Obama is not about gender solidarity. It is an act of white racial bonding, and it is grotesque.
If it were gender solidarity you sought, you would by definition join with your black and brown sisters come November, and do what you know good and well they are going to do, in overwhelming numbers, which is vote for Barack Obama। But no. You are threatening to vote not like other women--you know, the ones who aren't white like you and most of your friends--but rather, like white men! Needless to say it is high irony, bordering on the outright farcical, to believe that electorally bonding with white men, so as to elect McCain, is a rational strategy for promoting feminism and challenging patriarchy. You are not thinking and acting as women, but as white people. So here's the first question: What the hell is that about?
And you wonder why women of color have, for so long, thought (by and large) that white so-called feminists were phony as hell? Sister please...
Your threats are not about standing up for women। They are only about standing up for the feelings of white women, and more to the point, the aspirations of one white woman. So don't kid yourself. If you wanted to make a statement about the importance of supporting a woman, you wouldn't need to vote for John McCain, or stay home, thereby producing the same likely result--a defeat for Obama. You could always have said you were going to go out and vote for Cynthia McKinney. After all, she is a woman, running with the Green Party, and she's progressive, and she's a feminist. But that isn't your threat is it? No. You're not threatening to vote for the woman, or even the feminist woman. Rather, you are threatening to vote for the white man, and to reject not only the black man who you feel stole Clinton's birthright, but even the black woman in the race. And I wonder why? Could it be...?
See, I told you your whiteness was showing।
And now for a third question, and this is the biggie, so please take your time with it: How is it that you have managed to hold your nose all these years, just like a lot of us on the left, and vote for Democrats who we knew were horribly inadequate--Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, right on down the uninspiring line--and yet, apparently can't bring yourself to vote for Barack Obama? A man who, for all of his shortcomings (and there are several, as with all candidates put up by either of the two major corporate parties) is surely more progressive than any of those just mentioned। And how are we to understand that refusal--this sudden line in the proverbial sand--other than as a racist slap at a black man? You will vote for white men year after year after year--and are threatening to vote for another one just to make a point--but can't bring yourself to vote for a black man, whose political views come much closer to your own, in all likelihood, than do the views of any of the white men you've supported before. How, other than as an act of racism, or perhaps as evidence of political insanity, is one to interpret such a thing?
See, black folks would have sucked it up, like they've had to do forever, and voted for Clinton had it come down to that। Indeed, they were on board the Hillary train early on, convinced that Obama had no chance to win and hoping for change, any change, from the reactionary agenda that has been so prevalent for so long in this culture. They would have supported the white woman--hell, for many black folks, before Obama showed his mettle they were downright excited to do so--but you won't support the black man. And yet you have the audacity to insist that it is you who are the most loyal constituency of the Democratic Party, and the one before whom Party leaders should bow down, and whose feet must be kissed?
Your whiteness is showing।
Look, I couldn't care less about the Party personally। I left the Democrats twenty years ago when they told me that my activism in the Central America solidarity and South African anti-apartheid movements made me a security risk, and that I wouldn't be able to get clearance to be in some parade with Governor Dukakis. Yeah, seriously. But for you to act as though you are the indispensible voters, the most important, the ones whose views should be pandered to, whose every whim should be the basis for Party policy, is not only absurd, it is also racist in that it, a) ignores and treats as irrelevant the much more loyal constituency of black folks, without whom no Democrat would have won anything in the past twenty years (and indeed the racial gap favoring the Democrats among blacks is about six times larger than the gender gap favoring them among white women, relative to white men); and b) demonstrates the mentality of entitlement and superiority that has been long ingrained in us as white folks--so that we believe we have the right to dictate the terms of political engagement, and to determine the outcome, and to get our way, simply because for so long we have done just that.
But that day is done, whether you like it or not, and you are now left with two, and only two choices, so consider them carefully: the first is to stand now in solidarity with your black brothers and sisters and welcome the new day, and help to push it in a truly progressive and feminist and antiracist direction, while the second is to team up with white men to try and block the new day from dawning। Feel free to choose the latter. But if you do, please don't insult your own intelligence, or ours, by insisting that you've done so as a radical political act.
Tim Wise is the author of: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (Soft Skull Press, 2005), and Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (Routledge: 2005). He can be reached at www.timwise.org
Saturday, June 7, 2008
The Hogan Way
OK so I guess he got his way.
Hulk Hogan's son transferred out of solitary
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Deputies at a west Florida jail have transferred Hulk Hogan's son out of solitary confinement into a communal cell.
Seventeen-year-old Nick Bollea is now sharing living space with three other juvenile inmates.
He initially was segregated because he is a minor, albeit convicted in adult court. A judge denied a transfer request from his lawyers on Tuesday.
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda says housing assignments are routinely reviewed because the jail's population constantly changes. That created an opportunity to house juveniles together.
Bollea is serving an eight-month sentence after pleading no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his friend.
I hope he is happy but I am sure he is not. This is the last time I let the Hogan's cross my mind. I am finished with them forever.
On to more serious issues.
Hulk Hogan's son transferred out of solitary
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Deputies at a west Florida jail have transferred Hulk Hogan's son out of solitary confinement into a communal cell.
Seventeen-year-old Nick Bollea is now sharing living space with three other juvenile inmates.
He initially was segregated because he is a minor, albeit convicted in adult court. A judge denied a transfer request from his lawyers on Tuesday.
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda says housing assignments are routinely reviewed because the jail's population constantly changes. That created an opportunity to house juveniles together.
Bollea is serving an eight-month sentence after pleading no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his friend.
I hope he is happy but I am sure he is not. This is the last time I let the Hogan's cross my mind. I am finished with them forever.
On to more serious issues.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Obama Oh Obama
OK I have to say I don't speak much about politics for several reasons:
1. People lose their ever loving minds, begin frothing at the mouth and it is all I can do to back out of the room safely and run as fast as I can in the opposite direction.
2. I hate government. I don't agree with the world today and seem to be more at peace with small bands of tribes. The less people I have to see and talk to the better.
3. Politics=Evil
So that being said I am going to comment about Obama because this is quite a moment in World history for the United States.
I like Obama I really do but I am having issues with someone who is so willing to sell his soul to be the puppet of the imperialist guard.
I am having issues with someone who cannot stand on principal and folds due to media pressure.
I have and take issue with him flattering HRC after her and Bills seedy tactics, though I expected no less from HillBill I have no shame in saying so and would not flatter either of them.
I am concerned about what Obama's presence has done to white America, not all of it mind you. But the man behind the curtain on most of it has been exposed and I fear for his life.
I know it must sound awful coming from an American about fellow Americans but if you are truly honest with yourself, we are a violent, selfish, bigoted nation. We are greedy, power hungry and prideful. All of us.
Some of the venom coming out of people leads me to the following possible scenarios:
1. HillBill will commission a hit on the O Man if he makes her his VP
2. Hate groups will commission a hit on the O Man as a right of passage for new recruits
3. Our own government will be a little lax on the O Man just in case 1 and 2 or even just a lone goneman gone wild wants to put a hit on the O Man.
I don't see him making it four years, heck the hit might happen between now and November and he may not even be able to run.
Yes I have little faith in the people of America when it comes to politics, fairness and in many cases sanity. Shoot I have little faith in the entire world when it comes to politics.
Now if an earthquake happens, no one sees color-everyone helps each other and all is well, but when it comes to the government-something happens in folks heads that is a bit Stepford-ish.
I almost wish he dropped out as I keep having nightmares of him being killed and it is awful. I will pray from this day on.
1. People lose their ever loving minds, begin frothing at the mouth and it is all I can do to back out of the room safely and run as fast as I can in the opposite direction.
2. I hate government. I don't agree with the world today and seem to be more at peace with small bands of tribes. The less people I have to see and talk to the better.
3. Politics=Evil
So that being said I am going to comment about Obama because this is quite a moment in World history for the United States.
I like Obama I really do but I am having issues with someone who is so willing to sell his soul to be the puppet of the imperialist guard.
I am having issues with someone who cannot stand on principal and folds due to media pressure.
I have and take issue with him flattering HRC after her and Bills seedy tactics, though I expected no less from HillBill I have no shame in saying so and would not flatter either of them.
I am concerned about what Obama's presence has done to white America, not all of it mind you. But the man behind the curtain on most of it has been exposed and I fear for his life.
I know it must sound awful coming from an American about fellow Americans but if you are truly honest with yourself, we are a violent, selfish, bigoted nation. We are greedy, power hungry and prideful. All of us.
Some of the venom coming out of people leads me to the following possible scenarios:
1. HillBill will commission a hit on the O Man if he makes her his VP
2. Hate groups will commission a hit on the O Man as a right of passage for new recruits
3. Our own government will be a little lax on the O Man just in case 1 and 2 or even just a lone goneman gone wild wants to put a hit on the O Man.
I don't see him making it four years, heck the hit might happen between now and November and he may not even be able to run.
Yes I have little faith in the people of America when it comes to politics, fairness and in many cases sanity. Shoot I have little faith in the entire world when it comes to politics.
Now if an earthquake happens, no one sees color-everyone helps each other and all is well, but when it comes to the government-something happens in folks heads that is a bit Stepford-ish.
I almost wish he dropped out as I keep having nightmares of him being killed and it is awful. I will pray from this day on.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Holy Sh*t Hulkster
OK. I admit I am a fan of Hulk Hogan, not for wrestling-I hate wrestling. But because he is cool and funny and I always admired his kids crusades.
But I gotta say I am disappointed. I was ready to really rant and vent this morning but had a RL crisis that tempered my mood.
So now, what you are going to get is a calmer version of me being judgemental as hell.
First I have to say that I am sick and tired of seeing these privileged litte rich kids act like jack asses, whine, carry on and act like all around idiots.
Truly. Can you make Americans look any more stupid than parading around in ugly clothes made by designers who probably laugh behind your back that cost more than most people make in a year?
With an over abundance of make-up, hair dye, (or in the case of males hair gel), silicone or whatever implants are made of these days and a cel phone stuck to your sneering little pinched face, you truly are sickening.
God if I could slap one of these privileged little whiny brats as hard as I possibly could and not get arrested, trust me, I would.
Hearing Nick Hogan whining to his mummy from jail is pathetic. It makes me so sick I want to vomit and to hear Hulk and Linda indulge his whiny little privileged ass only makes me sicker.
Now I cannot fault Nick totally-it's not his fault he's a spoiled little jack ass-but Hulk, come on man. I expected more from you. Now I did not ever really expect your wife to show any character but you? God, I realy did.
I am disappointed and sad to see that your behavior is no different from any other stuck up, privileged rich jerk in America.
With all the crap in the world today you always lifted me up. I was so happy to hear you were on AG, but now I can't even bear to look at you.
I truly hope this reality show idea for Nick is a joke, he is no better than Paris Hilton and she has as much depth as tracing paper. Please reconsider Hulk and teach your kid some manners and empathy. I know you have it-don't you?
Will and Jada, don't let me down! My hopes are riding on you!
Monday, June 2, 2008
People Going Crazy
Ok this election year I have seen more people lose their minds publicly than ever before.
Not to get into a deep conversation about race, but things I secretly hoped were not true about the people who control and manipulate our thinking are true.
This election is showing me how truly ugly many Americans are inside. How selfish, hateful and downright nuts most of us are.
Here is a sample of what I mean...
Seriously-is she drunk? What is wrong with people.
Does she think a "black" man as president is going to do something horrible and vindictive to white people?
I hate to tell her that if that was going to happen, blacks don't need to be President to do so.
It would have happened a long time ago.
I know this is one example here-but I have seen many more..someone explain this fear and paranoia to me please.
Macon has a good post about this here:
stuff white people do: hide their feelings about race behind a calm white mask
Not to get into a deep conversation about race, but things I secretly hoped were not true about the people who control and manipulate our thinking are true.
This election is showing me how truly ugly many Americans are inside. How selfish, hateful and downright nuts most of us are.
Here is a sample of what I mean...
Seriously-is she drunk? What is wrong with people.
Does she think a "black" man as president is going to do something horrible and vindictive to white people?
I hate to tell her that if that was going to happen, blacks don't need to be President to do so.
It would have happened a long time ago.
I know this is one example here-but I have seen many more..someone explain this fear and paranoia to me please.
Macon has a good post about this here:
stuff white people do: hide their feelings about race behind a calm white mask
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Why Riding Shtogun?
I named my blog Riding Shotgun because all my life I have felt like I was riding alongside my own life.
Everything I have done I have done for others, be it family, pets, friends, bosses, society, God. I have never ever felt my life is or has been my own.
Never felt my decisions were based solely on my best interest and never felt I was making money for myself or my future (since I never have any money anyway).
In terms of being a female of color I have never felt I fit properly and securely anywhere except one time in the Forida Keys surrounded by Cubans and island folks. It was the first time I wasn't watched, stared at, followed or ignored. The first time people truly spoke TO me, not through me, above me or around me and were genuinely interested in what I had to say and offer.
We are planning a trip to Belize in 2009. My uncle loved it. I am beginning to think that maybe The United States of America is not a place where I can truly feel whole, real and free. Where I can express my intelligence without being second quessed time and time again. Believe me when you feel the difference it is astounding.
Not watching what you say all the time, how loud you say it, expressing joy jubilantly without being judged is a wonderful thing. Wearing your hair how you want and seeing so many other people with brown skin is wonderous. Especially if they are running a country, businesses, hopsitals and more. You get sick of seeing brown people in rags, starving and getting some rice and milky water on TV. You get sick of seeing your people called whiners and complainers and ungrateful. It is absolutely freeing to see your people doing what they do. Raising families, working, playing, loving and living, being happy.
I know this sounds racist but if you have always been the only one of your kind somewhere, you know what am I talking about. It is truly remarkable the ideas you pick up from those not like you. Your mind is almost colonized. To see your people doing things the exact opposite of what you are told everyday at "home" is amazing.
I never knew. White people I envy you in that regard.
Sigh.
Everything I have done I have done for others, be it family, pets, friends, bosses, society, God. I have never ever felt my life is or has been my own.
Never felt my decisions were based solely on my best interest and never felt I was making money for myself or my future (since I never have any money anyway).
In terms of being a female of color I have never felt I fit properly and securely anywhere except one time in the Forida Keys surrounded by Cubans and island folks. It was the first time I wasn't watched, stared at, followed or ignored. The first time people truly spoke TO me, not through me, above me or around me and were genuinely interested in what I had to say and offer.
We are planning a trip to Belize in 2009. My uncle loved it. I am beginning to think that maybe The United States of America is not a place where I can truly feel whole, real and free. Where I can express my intelligence without being second quessed time and time again. Believe me when you feel the difference it is astounding.
Not watching what you say all the time, how loud you say it, expressing joy jubilantly without being judged is a wonderful thing. Wearing your hair how you want and seeing so many other people with brown skin is wonderous. Especially if they are running a country, businesses, hopsitals and more. You get sick of seeing brown people in rags, starving and getting some rice and milky water on TV. You get sick of seeing your people called whiners and complainers and ungrateful. It is absolutely freeing to see your people doing what they do. Raising families, working, playing, loving and living, being happy.
I know this sounds racist but if you have always been the only one of your kind somewhere, you know what am I talking about. It is truly remarkable the ideas you pick up from those not like you. Your mind is almost colonized. To see your people doing things the exact opposite of what you are told everyday at "home" is amazing.
I never knew. White people I envy you in that regard.
Sigh.
Sunday Morning
I was going to start my analysis of living in the North vs. living in the South today but I am tired. Maybe this afternoon.
We had storms all night that kept me up.
I am going to get some coffe and work in the garden and later tackle my topic!
Peace.
We had storms all night that kept me up.
I am going to get some coffe and work in the garden and later tackle my topic!
Peace.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Welcome
I want to start blogging but don't feel I have found my voice. So I hope along the way that I will.
I have been reading other bloggers for over a year now and some are quite political and others quite controversial, which I like.
I am not as smart or well versed as most bloggers out there. I am an artist who knows how I feel that is all.
So welcome.
I have been reading other bloggers for over a year now and some are quite political and others quite controversial, which I like.
I am not as smart or well versed as most bloggers out there. I am an artist who knows how I feel that is all.
So welcome.
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