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Alright the love is NOT here - WTF?

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:34:55 -0400

It amazes me of the insensitive people in this world. Why would he do this?

Further, this is in my mother's hometown and honestly, I have had some scary experiences down there throughout my life but this is the scariest thing that I have ever read.

Thank you to my friend here in VOX for sharing this with me.

Tells you WHY I don't wear my hair braided. Listen to what the newscaster said.

Makes you wonder why some of us try to assimilate into society or coon or just act like baffoons. Why? Some of us assimilate not to make some people upset. Some people HATE other cultures just because they are different and us minorities dislike the ignorance. Why hate? So ignorant! Some of us don't hate you but just because I have SPF 50000 as Oprah said (melanin - dark skin) and my hair is kinky you are going to hate! How absurd!

This misguided idiot needs to get a clue why he is torn psychologically. To the dude who ran over the young lady, you are a disgrace to the world and you are a peon. I hope the Lord gets the demons out of your system. You are beyond lost but in need of spiritual intervention (prescription drugs may help you out too!)

Video - White Man Yells, "All Black People Should Die" Man Mows Down Bicyclist While Screaming Racial Slurs

Please check out CNN's Black In America Part 2 tonight

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Florida Legislature Apologizes for State's History of Slavery

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:46:35 -0400

nytimes: Florida Legislature Apologizes for State's History of Slavery

Was it really Obama's speech on race that pushed the legislature to apologize? New Jersey, North Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, and Maryland apologized in a similar fashion.

My mother is a native Floridian who was the second black woman to pass the Florida bar exam which allowed her to be licensed as an attorney in the state of Florida. She was told that despite having a law degree and her law license that the highest job position that she could have in the state was to be a social worker. This was in 1965! Same year as the voting rights act of 1965. So, my mother did not stay in Florida but remained in Washington, DC where she went to law school at Howard University School of Law. [My Mom applied to Harvard Law School and Stetson Law School. Both schools told her they were not accepting applications from black women at the time which was in 1962. I was never encouraged to apply to either school. I had completed an application to Harvard Law school but I never submitted it.]

Florida is the same state that denied black people access to the "white beaches" and there were black beaches created for their use. [Alliance Fights a Plan to Develop a Florida Getaway Born of Racism] For example in Daytona Beach, black residents had to access a small beach called Bethune beach if they wanted to swim or relax on the beach.

My mother shared numerous stories with me how she could not go to the white beach but her father could get away with it only because he was extremely fair and had a British accent. People did not realize my grandfather was a black Jamaican (he was mixed - his mother was a black Jamaican and his father was a white man from England) but because his physical appearance made white America believe he was white. My grandfather took advantage of the access given to him. However, he always taught my mother and her brother that equality is what he hoped America strives for one day. It was not until my mother graduated from law school did my grandfather become comfortable in becoming a citizen of the USA (which he did). He did not trust anyone but his daughter to help him go through the immigration process.

In addition to the apology, doors of opportunity should be made available to the descendants of slaves who continue to be on a cycle of not having access and training to succeed in the state.

This is a bitter sweet day for many in the state of Florida for I am experiencing a wide range of emotions with my personal family history tied into the state.

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Another story like Oprah's, "The Great Debators" - TRUE

nobody@vox.com(SerenityLife) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:30:30 -0500

Another story like Oprah's, "The Great Debators" - TRUE

http://www.news-journalonline.com/New...

The similarities between "The Great Debaters" story line and Bethune-Cookman's 1951 debate against Oxford University aren't the only local connection to the new movie. Denzel Washington, who stars in the film he also directed, has his own Daytona Beach connection. He attended Mainland High School in during the 1970-71 school year when his family lived in Daytona Beach. Washington was far from the silver screen star of today at the time, according to his account in a 1999 television interview in which he admitted to being painfully shy in high school. "There was a girl in my class (at Mainland), Deborah Hill," he said. "I used to follow this girl. I would make sure I was in the spot where I knew she had to go through to get to her class. But when she came by, I wouldn't say anything."

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