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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA
Michelle Obama exudes confidence, poise, and radiance. She is articulate, educated, and awesome. She seems to be a great supportive wife and mother. I can relate to her on so many levels. She shows me what it is to be a black woman in America with dreams, goals, vision, and standards can allow you to accomplish. Michelle Obama is definite a phenomenal woman!!!!!
OVER THE HEDGE! A CHILDREN'S TALE WITH GANG UNDERTONES
Yesterday was my sons 1st day of school in 2nd grade. Literacy is stressed in schools and rightly so. 60% of our prison inmates are illiterate. Now you understand why reading is fundamental!!!!! Anyway, my son told his teacher he didn't have any big books at home. He has a lot of books I purchased between birth and 3 years old.
So, he was given a scholastic book 'Over the Hedge', a DreamWorks book. The book begins with the tale of a raccoon. The raccoon stole a bear's food supply and the bear found out about it. The bear woke up and told the raccoon in one week I will awaken again if my food isn't back I am going to kill you. So the raccoon went on his way and he noticed a hedge, he and his other animal friends wanted to know what was on the other side of the hedge.
Low and behold they found humans, humans that had food! So the animals began robbing and stealing people's food under the guise of this raccoon. Well one of the animals lets say a fox began to feel bad about stealing and he wanted to return the food. The raccoon didn't agree, the fox and raccoon argued a bit and the fox soon realized that it was best to stay on the side of the raccoon. (raised eyebrow starts here)
Well one particular human, Gladys, decided to hire an exterminator to get rid of the animals because they were wreaking havoc in her neighborhood breaking in people's houses, robbing and stealing their food. The exterminator installed a Depelter something or another that was illegal in 48 states! (yes that is what it said in the book).
So the animals devised a plan as to how they were going to get around Gladys security system, break in her house and steal her food. They also had the skunk use her womanly charm to distract Gladys pet so that their plan would be successful.
The animals break into the home and are almost scott free but the raccoon decides he wants a can of cheese on a shelf. That is when they are caught. The raccoon knows he has to save his friends so he creates a distraction. Somehow they get free and they are off with their cart full of loot. A chase ensues between the animals, the exterminator, and Gladys. The entire time the bear is watching from above with his binoculars. When he believes the animals are caught he decides to go over the hedge as well in the hopes he will get his food back.
Well, the story doesn't end like that. Gladys, the bear and the exterminator all end up in a trap, the bear is taken by animal control and Gladys and the exterminator are jailed for having the illegal Depelter.
The animals then tell the raccoon if he had told them that he took from the bear and had to return the food they would have given him food to have. They also told him that they were a family and asked him did it feel good to belong to a family????? (raises both eyebrows and jaws drop. The animals were breaking and entering, robbing, and stealing and nothing happened to them?????)
On the back of the book it said to some extent that the animals discovered that the grass was greener (I thought we learned the grass wasn't greener on the other side!!!) over the hedge and that humans lived to eat they did not eat to live.
So.....no where I repeat NO WHERE in the book did it mention that stealing, robbing, breaking and entering was wrong. Nothing bad happened to any of the animals and the people who were stolen from all ended up locked up or taken away.
As a parent I realize that I have to read what my child reads before he reads it. Subliminal messages are being sent to our children in the subtlest of ways. We have to be on alert and train our children in the way they should go.
Please Note: I may not have right which animal did what but I do have the story right 100%. Words such as heist, steal, kill, illegal were 100% absolutely used in the story.
So, he was given a scholastic book 'Over the Hedge', a DreamWorks book. The book begins with the tale of a raccoon. The raccoon stole a bear's food supply and the bear found out about it. The bear woke up and told the raccoon in one week I will awaken again if my food isn't back I am going to kill you. So the raccoon went on his way and he noticed a hedge, he and his other animal friends wanted to know what was on the other side of the hedge.
Low and behold they found humans, humans that had food! So the animals began robbing and stealing people's food under the guise of this raccoon. Well one of the animals lets say a fox began to feel bad about stealing and he wanted to return the food. The raccoon didn't agree, the fox and raccoon argued a bit and the fox soon realized that it was best to stay on the side of the raccoon. (raised eyebrow starts here)
Well one particular human, Gladys, decided to hire an exterminator to get rid of the animals because they were wreaking havoc in her neighborhood breaking in people's houses, robbing and stealing their food. The exterminator installed a Depelter something or another that was illegal in 48 states! (yes that is what it said in the book).
So the animals devised a plan as to how they were going to get around Gladys security system, break in her house and steal her food. They also had the skunk use her womanly charm to distract Gladys pet so that their plan would be successful.
The animals break into the home and are almost scott free but the raccoon decides he wants a can of cheese on a shelf. That is when they are caught. The raccoon knows he has to save his friends so he creates a distraction. Somehow they get free and they are off with their cart full of loot. A chase ensues between the animals, the exterminator, and Gladys. The entire time the bear is watching from above with his binoculars. When he believes the animals are caught he decides to go over the hedge as well in the hopes he will get his food back.
Well, the story doesn't end like that. Gladys, the bear and the exterminator all end up in a trap, the bear is taken by animal control and Gladys and the exterminator are jailed for having the illegal Depelter.
The animals then tell the raccoon if he had told them that he took from the bear and had to return the food they would have given him food to have. They also told him that they were a family and asked him did it feel good to belong to a family????? (raises both eyebrows and jaws drop. The animals were breaking and entering, robbing, and stealing and nothing happened to them?????)
On the back of the book it said to some extent that the animals discovered that the grass was greener (I thought we learned the grass wasn't greener on the other side!!!) over the hedge and that humans lived to eat they did not eat to live.
So.....no where I repeat NO WHERE in the book did it mention that stealing, robbing, breaking and entering was wrong. Nothing bad happened to any of the animals and the people who were stolen from all ended up locked up or taken away.
As a parent I realize that I have to read what my child reads before he reads it. Subliminal messages are being sent to our children in the subtlest of ways. We have to be on alert and train our children in the way they should go.
Please Note: I may not have right which animal did what but I do have the story right 100%. Words such as heist, steal, kill, illegal were 100% absolutely used in the story.
THIS MARRIAGE I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR!!!!
This morning driving my son to school I was listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show. A woman wrote in and the title of her letter, 'I didn't sign up for this!' Her and her husband married in their 30's and immediately decided to start a family. The woman became pregnant and had a miscarriage. Once her doctors gave her the green light to try again, she became pregnant had miscarriage #2 and that led to her having a hysterectomy.
After the hysterectomy, she writes that her husband became distant and their love making when it did happen was cold and impersonal. She asked her husband about adopting a child and he told her he didn't want someone elses throw away, he wanted his own child.
Now here is where the story gets interesting. The husband ended up having an affair with another woman, the other woman became pregnant and had the child, now the husband wants his wife to help him fight for full custody. The wife acknowledges the child has nothing to do with the situation however, when the child comes around the wife leaves the home. The wife's question is what should she do.
Now, I know the marriage vows say for better of for worst and to death do us part but my goodness. This man had an affair, unprotected sex, and another child on his wife. As a woman I can't imagine how it would feel to know I cannot bear children let alone have to help raise and care for a child my husband had with another woman because I couldn't have children (or at least that is the excuse he is using).
At any rate, before marriage I think the questions of where will we live, how many children we will have, what if we have problems having children, adoption and all of that should come up before the I do. Think about the absolute worst things that could possibly happen. The what if I become paralyzed, lose a member of my body, my sight, my hearing etc. Will you still love me? Do you love me based on what you see with the naked eye only or by whats in my heart?
I feel for this woman I truly do, I can't speak on what she should do because I am not a married woman. I believe that once married 2 become one. I also believe the husband truly broke the vows. Yet I would hate for the woman to feel like she is to blame for the affair and her husbands desire to have a child since she is unable to bear children.
Oh me oh my, this was a lot....
Your thoughts???????
After the hysterectomy, she writes that her husband became distant and their love making when it did happen was cold and impersonal. She asked her husband about adopting a child and he told her he didn't want someone elses throw away, he wanted his own child.
Now here is where the story gets interesting. The husband ended up having an affair with another woman, the other woman became pregnant and had the child, now the husband wants his wife to help him fight for full custody. The wife acknowledges the child has nothing to do with the situation however, when the child comes around the wife leaves the home. The wife's question is what should she do.
Now, I know the marriage vows say for better of for worst and to death do us part but my goodness. This man had an affair, unprotected sex, and another child on his wife. As a woman I can't imagine how it would feel to know I cannot bear children let alone have to help raise and care for a child my husband had with another woman because I couldn't have children (or at least that is the excuse he is using).
At any rate, before marriage I think the questions of where will we live, how many children we will have, what if we have problems having children, adoption and all of that should come up before the I do. Think about the absolute worst things that could possibly happen. The what if I become paralyzed, lose a member of my body, my sight, my hearing etc. Will you still love me? Do you love me based on what you see with the naked eye only or by whats in my heart?
I feel for this woman I truly do, I can't speak on what she should do because I am not a married woman. I believe that once married 2 become one. I also believe the husband truly broke the vows. Yet I would hate for the woman to feel like she is to blame for the affair and her husbands desire to have a child since she is unable to bear children.
Oh me oh my, this was a lot....
Your thoughts???????
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
It Starts At Home
I live in the great city of Chicago. I 100% absolutely love my city and pretty much everything about it. I visited most of the major cities, LA, Houston, New York, San Antonio, Nashville, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Atlanta. None of them gave me a feeling of home but the ATL. But, but, but....the violence in my city is completely out of hand.
Yesterday something happened on my block that has never happened in the 30 years my parents have been living here which lets me know that many of our youth are lost and need guidance. Don't get me wrong the violence didn't start in my city recently this has been going on since the 70s maybe even the 60s but it starts at home.
Not to say that all parents are to blame for the waywardness of the children however, the good book says train a child up in the way that they should go. There are people in prison right now that come from great 2 parent and single family homes that chose a life of crime. There are people in prison that came from dysfunctional 2 parent and single parent homes. There are also people who came from "dysfunctional" homes that chose better for themselves or had a mentor and are not locked up.
When I say it starts at home, I wonder what happened to RESPECT. Respect for elders, adults, self, and property. The youth of today will cuss you out if you are an adult, sometimes in front of their parents, they roll blunts on bus stops and smoke marijuana in the middle of the street like its nothing. No shame in their game whatsoever.
What has happened to our youth? Granted once being a child I understand when not around your parents you may cuss and do some mischief but you would never do it in front of another adult whether you knew them or not.
What has happened to our sense of community? It seems everyone is living in fear, they've surrounded themselves in their own bubble and think only about them and their household. Not their block, or their neighborhood.
I must say since it seems most youth are misguided the violence and foolery we now see on TV today is not helping. It is glorifying to some and confirmation that there behavior is right or acceptable.
We need to get back to a sense of each one teach one but so many parents don't want anyone else saying anything to their child, reprimanding them or discipling them so its hard to have a sense of unity and oneness when you have to worry about a child's parent wanting to fight you for telling their child to do right or trying to stop them from doing wrong.
My people I feel we have lost our way but we must start in our homes, teaching our children respect for themselves, others, their community, environment etc. Then we must keep the busy and active and stay in their business. And we most definitely should not support or defend them when they have done wrong.
Your thoughts?????
Yesterday something happened on my block that has never happened in the 30 years my parents have been living here which lets me know that many of our youth are lost and need guidance. Don't get me wrong the violence didn't start in my city recently this has been going on since the 70s maybe even the 60s but it starts at home.
Not to say that all parents are to blame for the waywardness of the children however, the good book says train a child up in the way that they should go. There are people in prison right now that come from great 2 parent and single family homes that chose a life of crime. There are people in prison that came from dysfunctional 2 parent and single parent homes. There are also people who came from "dysfunctional" homes that chose better for themselves or had a mentor and are not locked up.
When I say it starts at home, I wonder what happened to RESPECT. Respect for elders, adults, self, and property. The youth of today will cuss you out if you are an adult, sometimes in front of their parents, they roll blunts on bus stops and smoke marijuana in the middle of the street like its nothing. No shame in their game whatsoever.
What has happened to our youth? Granted once being a child I understand when not around your parents you may cuss and do some mischief but you would never do it in front of another adult whether you knew them or not.
What has happened to our sense of community? It seems everyone is living in fear, they've surrounded themselves in their own bubble and think only about them and their household. Not their block, or their neighborhood.
I must say since it seems most youth are misguided the violence and foolery we now see on TV today is not helping. It is glorifying to some and confirmation that there behavior is right or acceptable.
We need to get back to a sense of each one teach one but so many parents don't want anyone else saying anything to their child, reprimanding them or discipling them so its hard to have a sense of unity and oneness when you have to worry about a child's parent wanting to fight you for telling their child to do right or trying to stop them from doing wrong.
My people I feel we have lost our way but we must start in our homes, teaching our children respect for themselves, others, their community, environment etc. Then we must keep the busy and active and stay in their business. And we most definitely should not support or defend them when they have done wrong.
Your thoughts?????
Monday, August 20, 2012
#1 KILLER OF "AFRICAN" AMERICANS
I happened to watch a DVD, Black Genocide. In the DVD random people were asked what they thought the #1 killer of African Americans was, diabetes, HIV/Aids, and heart disease were the most popular answers. However, the DVD informed us all that the #1 killer of African Americans was abortion. In fact "the most dangerous place for a black person to be is in its mother's womb."
Now I already had someone start a debate with me on Twitter that you cannot kill something that is not living. I will not get into the pro-choice/pro-life debate or focus on Roe v. Wade. What I will say is I am a strong proponent of birth control and family planning however I am now 100% pro-life.
Why? Because abortion is the final piece in the covered of eugenics movement and the purpose of that movement to rid the nation of the negro. So in now understanding that the purpose and intent of legalizing abortion was population control in the black and brown communities I personally can no longer be a proponent of pro-choice. As I understand the implication and ramifications that come along with abortion.
Planned Parenthood for the blacks and browns is not the same as it is for other races and nationalities in America. We as a people must awaken, educate, and arm ourselves with knowledge and then learn to use. Once we do this is when we will be able to exercise our true power and move closer to true liberty and freedom.
I encourage anyone reading this to do their own research on eugenics, population control, planned parenthood, the american birth control league, and sterilization.
Now I already had someone start a debate with me on Twitter that you cannot kill something that is not living. I will not get into the pro-choice/pro-life debate or focus on Roe v. Wade. What I will say is I am a strong proponent of birth control and family planning however I am now 100% pro-life.
Why? Because abortion is the final piece in the covered of eugenics movement and the purpose of that movement to rid the nation of the negro. So in now understanding that the purpose and intent of legalizing abortion was population control in the black and brown communities I personally can no longer be a proponent of pro-choice. As I understand the implication and ramifications that come along with abortion.
Planned Parenthood for the blacks and browns is not the same as it is for other races and nationalities in America. We as a people must awaken, educate, and arm ourselves with knowledge and then learn to use. Once we do this is when we will be able to exercise our true power and move closer to true liberty and freedom.
I encourage anyone reading this to do their own research on eugenics, population control, planned parenthood, the american birth control league, and sterilization.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
HISTORY IS MADE - GABBY DOUGLAS
CONGRATULATIONS TO GABBY DOUGLAS the 1st Black woman to win the all around title in Olympic gymnastics. London 2012!!!!
History was made!
History was made!
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR GIRLS? Part 2
Monday I decided to humor myself and go on www.necolebitchie.com to read up on the latest celebrity gossip....don't judge me!!!!
And I came across an article about a new song from Shanelle "These Hoes Is Winning" my first thought was OMG are you serious!!!!!
Sample lyrics....
I hate to admit it/good girls are not in style today/ try to be committed/niggas ain’t worth it anyway/ love ain’t got sh*t to do with it/ these boys been leading us astray
She never gets cheated on/ Gets all the gifts that make her smile/ Flights across the Pacific/ While his girl’s home watching his child/ Don’t let him tell you that they don’t love these hoes, come on
Read more: New Music: Shanell ft. Too Short – “These Hoes is Winning” | Necole Bitchie.com and see the video if you so choose.
These hoes is winning, from what I've read about the song it appears it encourages girls to believe that to win with a man you have to be a hoe. Now this could be the furthest thing from the truth but to a young undeveloped mind this may be the conclusion they come to after hearing the song.
It appears that respectable women or Proverbs 31 type women get the short end of the stick but hoes win! Once again OMG I can say I am glad at this point I don't have a daughter. I would love to have one, one day but I feel at the rate music and TV is going I will have to become amish and shelther my daughter from the media.
Again I ask, What are we teaching our girls?
And I came across an article about a new song from Shanelle "These Hoes Is Winning" my first thought was OMG are you serious!!!!!
Sample lyrics....
I hate to admit it/good girls are not in style today/ try to be committed/niggas ain’t worth it anyway/ love ain’t got sh*t to do with it/ these boys been leading us astray
She never gets cheated on/ Gets all the gifts that make her smile/ Flights across the Pacific/ While his girl’s home watching his child/ Don’t let him tell you that they don’t love these hoes, come on
Read more: New Music: Shanell ft. Too Short – “These Hoes is Winning” | Necole Bitchie.com and see the video if you so choose.
These hoes is winning, from what I've read about the song it appears it encourages girls to believe that to win with a man you have to be a hoe. Now this could be the furthest thing from the truth but to a young undeveloped mind this may be the conclusion they come to after hearing the song.
It appears that respectable women or Proverbs 31 type women get the short end of the stick but hoes win! Once again OMG I can say I am glad at this point I don't have a daughter. I would love to have one, one day but I feel at the rate music and TV is going I will have to become amish and shelther my daughter from the media.
Again I ask, What are we teaching our girls?
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