CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC of the WK

ARE YOU BLACK...ARE YOU AFRICAN-AMERICAN?

Hello there fellow readers, hope all is going well for each and every one of you. After holding my poetry workshop today for some high school kids in a predominantly [80%] hispanic high school (which I graduated from) I walked home analyzing the fact that in almost 5 years many things are yet to change. Students were yelling out "I'm not Dominican I'm Puerto-Rican; who wants to be Dominican?" wow, and to say that I am always mistaken for una Dominicana. Hearing that took me back to when I was a 9th grader and I got into an argument with a Portuguese girl who fought me by saying, "I'm not white, I'm portugese"... I tried so tell her that indeed her ethnicity, her culture was that of Portugal however her race was WHITE! She was not trying to hear it & I was baffled as to why,? so I gave her the example; "it's like me saying I am not Latina, I am Puerto-Rican, or I am not African/black I am Nigerian." Just does not make much sense to me. Anyway, moving on. It brought me to this weeks topic; how do black/people of color/african-americans like to be identified here in the United states
As generations passed, blacks in this country went from 1/8th human --> savages that need to be saved --> niggers --> negros --> afro-americans --> black --> African-American/black. But see, the problem is (if you as the reader considers yourself one of these or even if of another race) which is more logical or which would you rather adopt?
I have met many who want nothing to do with the term 'African-American' because they say well I wasn't born in Africa,' some have said 'I am black, that is what people see, no matter where I was born,' some older folks still prefer to be called 'negro'. But then what happens to those who were born in Africa then migrated to the US, or born in America & migrate to Africa or Europe. Or does someone born in England whose parents and grandparents are from Trinidad say I am "British-Trinidadian"... I mean, to much confusion here! Someone once said to me, as long as you fit into the black race, then one should be called black no matter the country/ethnicity; however what if someone opposes it with "my skin is not *black* (literally) Now here is the final controversy, the same female who said we should ALL just be called black excluded Africans, she says they are different!
So in short:
Which would you like to identify with & why not the others! What is the confusion...LEAVE UR VOICE!

CONTROVERSIAL qUOTES of the WK - Sept 21st 09

"I HAVE NEVER BEEN BOTHERED ABOUT BEING BLACK"

-tina turner

"I AM A NEGRO: BLACK AS THE NIGHT IS BLACK, BLACK LIKE THE DEPTHS OF AFRICA

-langston hughes

CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC of the wk!

CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC OF THE WEEK

engaging in LUST?
...ok so say you meet somone and you clearly know it is pure lustful attraction, you know nothing of their brains, and even if you do, there is nothing to their brain, do you endulge in such game of lust (and pleasure yourself) knowing there isn't and never will be any form of proper LOVE????

...yes...no, & why?
LEAVE UR VOICE (lets talk)

CONTROVERSY & QUOTE of the wk!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK (sept.13/09)


"Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense."

-WILLIAM PEN

NOTHING MORE

POEM PIECE OF THE WEEK (sept.13/09)

she feels like nothing more than

a human gene

with an overdose of DNA

dripped in completion from the womb

lacking her own identification

she does not feel like she is here

in this world

breathing & collaborating

she feels at the bottom of existence

like a genetic piece of unopened chewing gum

the world around is hushed in silence

around her the world is hushed in silence

like a genetic piece of unopened chewing gum

feeling like she is in the bottom of existence

no collaboration, no breathing

she does not feel like she is here

lacking identification

dripped in completion fromt the womb

an overdose of nothing but DNA

a human gene

is what she feels like

nothing more!

BY: Natasha Busari (Poetically-Inclined)

SHE SLEEPS W/HER SON.....&......{BATTY-MAN??} KILLED

A woman by the name of Aimee Louise Sword (ABOVE) has been accused of rapping her own biological son. It's a story that began with a reunion -- a mom hitting the internet to find the son she put up for adoption. Then it's alleged reunion turned into abomination.
Police say the 35-year-old woman started having sex with her now-teenage son. And it's not clear if the young man even knew who she really was. Sword's attorney Kenneth Burch told the Press that his client "maintains her presumption of innocence" and said the accusations of incest have been very difficult for her.
But Sword herself has spoken since she first was arrested, writing on her MySpace page that she was inspired by rapper and former jailbird Lil' Kim because "she rises during the worst of obstacles."......................well I'll give you my voice on this, she is nuts. Now if they try to put this lady out on the insanity plea, I will be highly upset, she knew exactly what she was doing. First she gave him up for adoption, then she purposely sought him out, found him then slept with him...sick but true

Do you think she knew what she was doing, or would you say some disorder has taken over...WHAT IS YOUR VOICE?

PS:: Lauren London gives birth to Lil waynes 7lb 12oz baby boy & baby mother Nivea who is also popping a child for this man is soon to deliver as well. So many baby mothers so many tatoos lil wayne...i wish you the best!

.....wait dont leave, I have one more story for you!

Did you hear abou the John Terry (The British Honorary Consul) who was murdered in Jamaica for being a "batty -man!!!!!" Police believe that Mr Terry who was indeed married but seperated from his wife may have been attacked by someone he knew. No signs of false entry where seen, but listen I am sure you are wandering if he was married what makes him a "batty-man?" Well, his killer was obviously homophobic because the individual left a note on his Mr Terry's body describing him of course as a batty-man (for you all who dont know what that is...it is patoi slang for 'homosexual'), the not left behind also said... "THIS WILL HAPPEN TO ALL GAYS"

...................wow!

here is the alleged batty-man -------------------------------------->

HE IS THE PRESIDENT..what else can you do?

whether folks like it or not...OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...so called land of the free and for the equal...ha!, Equality? I dont know, actually I do...there is no such thing, and I think that goes for every nation, but America, they just love rubbing in the fact, that half the constitution was written and intended for one side, but over time became forcefully "available" to the minorities. At a rally yesterday (09/12/09) in D.C, many of the ongoers were yelling "we are here to take back our country!" They claim their noise had nothing to do with president Obama or the democrats...but they were holding signs that looked like this...

WHAT IS UR VOICE?

check that sign out....

BEAUTY to B.I.T.C.H

Ok...so I am in Harlem in the great state of New York hanging getting ready for the Caribbean day parade in brooklyn tomorrow, new york of course is lively as always, but seriously what is up with the males & their idiotic, disrespectful advances...when u walk by you are a "BLACK QUEEN" and when you show them no time of day by walking on & minding your own because you know what it is they most likely want you suddenly turn into a "BITCH" (excuse the language)...why is that? If a males ego is that hurt then why not keep his mouth closed, hold your heart and keep it moving...I feel they should be embarrased, applauding then disrespecting their women! Well this is nothing new...but I honestly would like to know... IF A WOMEN JUST DOESNT WANT TO BE STOPPED, APPROACHED, INTERRUPTED or LOOKED at what on earth makes her go from a beauty to a B.I.T.C.H?????, maybe she wasn't cute to begin with & you just wanted to see if u still had your mojo!?
....WHAT'S YOUR VOICE!