20 posts tagged “pbs.org”

Please check this child's profile on fuzz here

You see that tagline??

This on here:

Fuck A Nigguah..Money Make Me Cum!! Treal Bytch!

Instead of me complaining about the situation, I am the one who wrote that comment to her as 2Serenity. I am wondering how she will respond or if she will respond.

If she disses me then that is a lesson lost but if she wants to learn how not to be that way then she may have a new friend?

I have no idea.

My friend in Germany directed her to me for he was concerned about how she was portraying herself too.

As a black woman seeing a younger black woman act like that I could not stay quiet. I could not stay on the sidelines saying what ifs. That is why I had to jump in and share.

I am asking any of you who may see something like that and if it hurts you see it, to please address it but to be gentle with the individual. I could not go to bed tonight knowing that at least I did not say something about it.

God gave us all a brain. Let's try to use those gifts to make this world a better place.

Let's be that change we want to see in the world as Gandhi said!

UPDATE:

The young lady responded. And here is what she said:

LOL.....gotta let ppl kno

xoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoox

Sad. I am not even responding. At least I shared how I felt. PARENTS please know WHERE your children are online.
This is not acceptable in my book. I know you cannot monitor everything but at least know your child's presence online to monitor how they are portraying themselves.

This past Saturday, I went to Podcamp in Washington, DC and in one of the seminars we discussed was internet privacy. Situations like this one above are documented and kept online forever. At least her real name is not shared but still if someone recognizes her and sees this, people will wonder WHY she said this. I am keeping record that she realizes what she is doing but you see her response is that she thinks it is funny.

Some of these children online are making idiots of themselves. I honestly am at a lost of how to reprogram them to let them see how idiotic they are portraying themselves. But, then it is not even children who are acting this way but adults too.

There was a documentary on PBS' front line about the digital age and children.

I highly advise that you go through this link below and see what people are saying and how families are being affected with the online world: PBS - Frontline Growing up in the DIGITAL AGE

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Then the young lady did say to me publicly:

y3a i h3ar u....but how am i portraying mahself do u think?? i think im jus sayin wat i feel!

2nd UPDATE

This was the private message I sent to her through fuzz:

There is a guy in Germany who contacted me asking me what did your tag line meant. Although he thought it was funny he did not know what it meant. So he asked me. When I tried to explain it to him he said, that he knew it was wrong but that he was worried that you may be attracting the wrong people.

So that is why I reached out to you to let you know that:

1. people will assume that you are unapproachable
2. people will assume that you are mean
3. people think that you are not smart
4. people will think that you are have no value in yourself

I was shocked what I saw on your profile and had to share with another friend of mine and this is what she said to me about your profile (she is black too and this is her: http://tiffanybbrown/about)

She said this in a private conversation to me:

some folks are just trife like that and then wonder why they get treated like trash, but i digress.

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For me, I know you are not trash although I do not know you but I just do not want others taking advantage of you and hurting you. Know that God protects you when he can.

Be good, sis.

And this was her response:

------- Original message (Apr 22 at 3:35 pm) -------

yes i understand completely wat u are saying.but i dont think dat ppl should judge me wen dey dont kno me...so they cant say that im trife or anything else because dey dont kno me...and i dont really care wat other ppl think yakno...and i dont get taken advantage of...and i am not a mean person, but i am unapproachable if u cant come at me right...ppl luck at that and think what they want, i have learned not 2 ckare, and im ok wit that!! and i dont allows mahself 2 get treated like trash, that no tolerance

What am I going to do?

See the new update
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3rd Update [public for everyone to see]

This is what I said to her:

i aint disrespecting anybodi...and i use nigga as it was used in those days..callin us blacks niggas meanin that we are ignorant and wateva else, but u kno...da dudes out here 2day are ignorant, and dey didnt respeckt me, so dey dont get nun...if dey think i am talkin about them, then they have a guilty feeling towards demselves...i am a very intelligent young lady, and people who take da tyme out 2 get 2 kno me instead of judging me about wat VERY LITTLE dey kno ABOUT ME..then that problem would not occur!!!! callin mahself a b, ok i got chu dere, but i thought i had changed that a while ago...but thanks for trying 2 ckare!

This is what I said back to her:

In reading this article and my friend Tony informing me about Tavis Smiley leaving the Tom Joyner News Show, I am still a supporter of Tavis Smiley.

Tavis Smiley allows many people of all cultures to come on his show and have honest discussions. [Check my blog for I link to his show often to show who is on his show - tavis smiley tag ] It is not necessarily always black people who are on his show but people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds. Tavis Smiley takes the risk that as a journalist some people like you and others do not. No one is loved 100%. I know I am not loved 100%.

Tavis Smiley and I had the same mentor, Deborah Tang who fought to bring positive images of African Americans to mainstream media. Her spirit drove us to teach, share and engage in thoughtful conversations with anyone who comes in our direction.

Though Tavis Smiley and I may not know each other personally, I appreciate what he is doing in spirit with his show.
He adores his community and I cherish what he is doing by at least having State of the Black Union, his books, his radio show, his daily television show and God knows what else he is into.

I am not aware of Tavis Smiley's true political beliefs and who he supports for the President of the USA; however,  I appreciate what he is doing with his show on PBS for it is educational for all.

For me as a Barack Obama supporter who has RAISED money for the campaign and also a financial contributor to www.thirteen.org (a PBS station), I have my own beliefs too despite what Tavis Smiley may do in private.

So, I am just asking people to respect what Tavis Smiley has stood for and has continued to do for the African American community.

Further, did you know that Tavis Smiley is launching an African American Travel museum to teach African American History -- America I AM? Here is the proof here:

Walmart Partners with Tavis Smiley to Launch Exhibit Celebrating More than 400 Years of the African American Experience

Thank you, Tavis Smiley, for continuing to teach the African American experience for all.

You are a blessing for so many of us!

Also, thank you to Kenya for sharing this audio clip with me which is the actual radio discussion of Tom Joyner discussing the situation.

Tom Joyner - why did you call Tavis Smiley a BAMA? I am just saying? WHY? I thought higher of you.
 

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Subject: "Death of Two Sons" at Maysles Cinema tomorrow

Official Website: http://www.deathoftwosons.com

"Death of Two Sons" screening at Maysles Cinema 

Q and A with Director Micah Schaffer to Follow

Wednesday, April 9
7:00PM (doors open at 6:45)
343 Lenox Ave at 127th Street
Harlem
New York, NY

The Maysles Institute, founded by legendary documentary filmmaker Albert 
Maysles, is a non-profit that uses film to intervene in the lives of those 
normally excluded from the filmmaking process.

The institute's new theater presents documentary films that will entertain, 
educate, and start conversations.

For the "Death of Two Sons" screening tomorrow, there is a suggested donation of 
$5.00. All proceeds go to support youth filmmaking programs in Harlem.

Seating is limited so please arrive early!

Also:

"Iron Ladies of Liberia," co-produced by Micah Schaffer, 
will be screening at Lincoln Center this Thursday, April 10th:

New York African Film Festival
Thursday, April 10th
1:15PM
Walter Reade Theater
Lincoln Center
165 West 65th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
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Traces of the Trade...WOW!

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