9 posts tagged “race”
Remember and DON'T FORGET the case of Megan Williams.
LOOK AT HER! SEE WHAT HAPPENED!
A BLACK WOMAN was TORTURED in West Virginia by 6 white people for an ENTIRE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!
"The woman's captors forced her to eat rat droppings, choked her
with a cable cord and stabbed her in the leg while calling her a racial
slur, according to criminal complaints. They also poured hot water over
her, made her drink from a toilet, and beat and sexually assaulted her
during a span of about a week, the documents say." [Source:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/12/national/main3253257.shtml]
Unfortunately the case was not seen as a hate crime? [West Virginia argued that because she had a previous relationship with one of the individuals that it is not a hate crime. But that was just one person. So what about bringing up the case under other charges such as battery, assault, etc. and whatever else they could be charged with]
What kind of justice is that!
How can someone be tortured and brutalized and not be charged as a hate crime but this is West Virginia law.
See the article here:
No Hate Crime Charges In Torture Case, But Charges with Stiffer Penalties Sought After Black Woman Was Allegedly Beaten and Raped by 6 Whites
Just think of the people who voted in West Virginia yesterday. A state that has a SMALL black population.
Forbes.com reported that West Virginia win is UNLIKELY to help Clinton
There have been blacks in the military in all the wars despite what you may have been taught for it has been documented.
Though I do not have an extensive list of all the African Americans who have ever been in the US Military, here is a pretty extensive website I found on African Americans in the Military
Live Video on April 11, 2008 - Source MSNBC
I can testify to all of this as an African American female growing up in white prep schools. You gotta get these kids QUICK or your children will not understand or appreciate their history.
Please check out Kiri Davis, African American female filmmaker and her film, A Girl Like Me.
Traces of the Trade...WOW!
http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/index.html
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[Email shared with me was not written by me but a dear friend, Kim, and classmate from Spelman College.] I am actually crying because I personally had an incident at NCS (I was not a student but had an interview there) when I was 6 years old which I will refrain from sharing but everything that is shared in this email is 100 percent true. Fortunately, I was embraced at the schools I attended and that is why I try to share so much on this blog of why some of us are hurting and in pain. Many black students were brainwashed as kids through this institutional racism but fortunately some of us were rescued to not go down that path of truly hating ourselves and questing our identity.
Please read the book, Black Ice by Lorene Cary because she expresses her pain in what she went through in a boarding school as one of a few black people. Also, Angela Nissel expresses this pain as a mixed raced individual too in school in her book, Mixed. The pain NEVER goes away and that is why we try to warn people that you have to have a certain backbone to deal with a lot. We deal through the pain in variety of ways. Mine obviously is expressed in my appreciation of art in a variety of outlets. This is why I thank all the individuals who create art that touches me in a way that I cannot even explain.
I used to be an extremely shy individual but it was not until I went to college did I start becoming more vocal about myself because I was being re-programmed to have the tools to survive for the rest of my life. Further, my confidence was brought back to me. I am indebted to Spelman College and I will always support HBCUs because of the community they provided for me and still continues to provide.
Please support Historical Black Colleges and Universities for many are going through a lot of financial crisis. The schools are like a home away from home for many of us.
Digression but I had to share this:
To calm my nerves in times like this I am playing, Serenity of Life's album, Absolution.
[I found the album on a FLUKE! They are Serenity of Life and I am just SerenityLife. Ain't that a trip!]
I bought the album on www.emusic.com but I wrote up the review on www.amazon.com. I even wrote to them through the website but no response.
If you ever see this post, Serenity of Life, I tried to contact you to let you know how much I adore you music. I paid for it!
I always try to turn a negative into a positive. You just allow the Lord to come through you when you need HIM!
A Vote of Allegiance?
In the Obama-Clinton Battle, Race & Gender Pose Two Great Divides for Black Women
By DeNeen L. Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 24, 2008; C01
Woman has an ocean of wrongs too deep for any plummet, and the Negro, too, has an ocean of wrongs that cannot be fathomed. There are two great oceans; in the one is the black man, and in the other is the woman. . . . I will be thankful in my soul if any body can get out of the terrible pit."
-- Lucy Stone, 19th-century abolitionist and suffragist, after women were excluded from the 15th Amendment, which gave black men the right to vote.
Article here: A Vote of Allegiance?
NY Times.com: Race and Gender are Issues in Tense Day for Democrats
Personally, I was surprised at the low blows Mr. Johnson took towards Barack Obama. That was unnecessary.
Though I respect his vision for BET as a brand, I never endorsed what BET evolved into. He is a businessman. Just remember that.
Though many people had opportunities like myself to learn so much working there, it was a training ground for many but not a place where I could truly evolve. Thank you, Mr. Johnson for that. It was a eye opening experience. I learned a lot and I am glad you took a chance with me as an intern and as an employee.
That is my end of trying to explain this complex feeling I have towards BET, etc.
If you really want to know more about BET, please check out this book:
The Unauthorized BET
And, I am far removed from the BET now. I have been long gone. That was junior high, high school
and college for me.
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