WTF?!

I can't emphasize enough how difficult is its to find positive images of black people. So why is she putting this on youtube and why does it have over 700,000 views. I chose to put a question mark at the end of that sentence, because it doesn't require an answer.



I'm not doctor grammer extraordinaire, but its only a fact that, "its so cold in the d, how the fuck do we suppose to keep peace?" is not correct, EVER.

Feel free to leave a comment on this belligerent act of ignorance.

Google Me

"Google Me." Pop culture has a new saying, so I guess if you were popular enough, one could google someone and they would come up. But how does R. Kelly feel about this?

Random I know, but I came across this picture, thinking "wtf."

Hood Genius-ness

I was forced to revisit what I thought to be my liking of James Baldwin during this summer. In high school when I had to do the meeting of the minds I was taking the task on as another project, but now I think it means more.

James Baldwin was hands down my favorite author on merit alone. He was a gay, black man during the Civil Rights era in America, who then moved to France where he was widely accepted. Not only did he become accepted in France, but acclaimed in America, a country where he couldn't even be proud to be who he was. Amazing. But my point was that I remain amazed at the topics he discusses.

An Ethnic Studies professor introduced a concept James Baldwin mentioned in his book Giovanni's Room that I never caught when I read the book in high school. The concept was that love is such a powerful and uncontrollable emotion, that who would someone be to tell someone else not to feel how they feel just as a human being. That humans never possess the power and never will to stop someone from feeling the way they do. But of course, James Baldwin says this way more eloquently than I have and its too true.

I think as much as people desire the love of someone else and don't accept the love they are handed, why not? Why not take the love you're given, it's irrevocable and unintentional. Most of the time you can't help the way you feel anyways...

With that being said, James Baldwin as well as my Ethnic Studies Professor are examples of hood genius-ness

I Mean...Hey?

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness.
		- Emo Philips

Untitled

The title is ironic, right? Anyways today was filled with just about everything my life encompasses: old friends, family, functions, missing and going to events, my desperate attempt to study spending, necessities the list is ENDLESS... One thing I especially love about college is the variety of people. There is always someone somewhere who knows something about anything that will strike my interest. Today was Banksy. Striking to say the least as I come down from my 22 oz double shot high coupled with too many red apple chips and hours of chapter three from McMurry's Organic Chemistry book with Miguel's "Supernatural" on repeat.

Banksy, my newest favorite commodity since Obey, but I don't want to make him mainstream, I'd just like to let you know.

Like Sam Cooke Said...

Amazing. This moment leaves me speechless and I'll remember where I was, how I felt and what I was doing and who I was with when the news came. Now about half of America is on some supernatural high, too afraid to come off of cloud nine, better yet known as change. But the other is half is not so speechless, where a lack of words would be appreciated...

So what do you say to the first African American President of one of the strongest standing democratic establishments? Congratulations? Fuck you? What's next? I would say thank you among other things. Thank you for wanting change enough in a superficial nation where race is more than arbitrary than the composition of dirt and where capitalist rule a society of dollar signs and material wealth. And thank you for wanting change enough to risk your life, family and in some cases even values to save a country.

But then again, Obama is in on that. And by that, I mean that government stuff. Still I don't think we question the government enough. So many theories have been proposed, facts established and eyebrows raised at what it takes to become president. One of course is the secret society factor and Obama, like every other president has that box checked off. It is hard to establish where I stand with things like this because I think Obama means common ground, change, the things he stood for essentially.

But then I find out he's in the Masonic Order, 32nd degree, where 33rd degree is as high as you can go so he'd be like one step away from being the leader of the leaders. And for those who do know, no one has ever been able to be president without being a member of one of these secret societies (skulls, masonic order...etc.). So where does the shit end and the change begin? Is he going to screw us over or is he going to be everything we've expected and hope for and then some? Is he one player who played the game to well or just another pond?

Was the black suit reminiscent of Malcolm X a ploy on black people's emotions? Is the genuine smile meant to trick us? Was his articulation in every speech meant create false expectations or raise our standards? How is it that the man with the stereotypical black family grows up to be president? Who is Obama really working for? I've got to many questions, so I may need to ask him in person...

Rock the Vote

Today I voted. I voted in what will be known as the most historical election since the creation of the United States. I voted in the first election where a black man was elected as the presidential candidate for a major political party. Today, I voted because I like the hype.

Although America is full of flaws, will never truly be a perfect union, and may be a huge conspiracy, I can say today that I am proud to be an American. I participated in what I know to be true democracy.

"Good Morning. On this day we become legendary, everything we dreamed of..." -Kanye West, Good Morning Intro

Come On

The question would be now who hasn't endorsed Obama? Somethings are getting pretty ridiculous and I'm not all that sure Obama would like these renditions of his likeness...