Orble - Affirmative Action

So I was on facebook Saturday night a few weeks ago . . . Well actually I was filling out some paperwork and my girlfriend started a discussion about the 2010 census and its use of the “N” word. Yes the ghastly word "Negro". Imagine my surpise that there was a movement of sorts on facebook about how terrible it was. My girlfriend was somewhat surprised at my reaction. I have been known to be very pro panther, very pro black, well at least that is what I've been told. So imagine her surprise when I started laughing at the whole page dedicated to the monstrosity of a make believe issue. I was less troubled by the use of the word Negro perhaps, because Black people haven’t quite figured out what we have wanted to be called in all our years of freedom to decide. We go through phases, when we were proud and pro something we wanted to be called Black, when we were ready to bear arms and take responsibility for our neighborhoods we wanted to be called Black. Black was in your face, Black was revolutionary, it was Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver, it was Leroi Jones, aka Amiri Baraka. Black was taking care of our neighborhoods. When we were Negro it was during a time of non-violence, when boycotts worked, and people of color had pride, when churches were more involved with their communities and leaders were plentiful. Negro was during a time when we were trying to legislate law, not minds. So we decided we weren’t quite satisfied with that. So we decided we needed to pay homage to our African roots, we can’t forget where we came from, so what did we do? We decided to be African Americans. This was when we weren’t quite sure what we were doing. We had come out of the Black Panther moment into the assimilation process, crack was hitting our communities hard and we were losing the blackness and Negroid of our community. How many other races or ethnicities can boast that they have had severeal name changes? You can’t be serious when we dedicate time and effort to the fact that the census has Negro on it. Who fuckin’ cares? In this country more than 50% of black males read a book from cover to cover until they get to prison. Do we know what that means? That means our men are at least 18 and older before they read a whole book. Imagine the ignorance and mediocrity that must exist for a young man to go his whole life without reading anything straight through? Our black men have a drop rate that is through the roof, something like more than 50%. Where is the page that speaks to the mediocrity that is passing for a man in the Black community at this moment? Where is the page that is speaking to the homes of children who have PSP’s and XBOX’s but no computers? Honestly in the scheme of things call me monkey on the census, I’m more concerned that we have been called other things and have acted like the derogatory names that have identified us in the past. We have been minstrel shows, and today what do we have other than Lil wayne and T-Pain. Really my people get over it. People posted that this was taking us back to Jim Crow, half of you don’t even know what Jim Crow felt like. More so we don’t need anyone to make us feel anything when we release albums that speak only of how much pussy we can fuck, how much liquor we can drink, and how we have money to blow, but not invest, our children think they are only what they own, and what they wear, and think that the Man is why they cannot get ahead in life, and we are concerned because someone called us Negro. As we say in the computer ebonics world, I’m lmao.

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Aww Shut the Hell Up!!!!!

February 9th 2010 15:24

I consider myself a glass half empty kind of gal but even I have faith in some things.

So we all have been touched one way or another by the catastrophe that has devastated the country of Haiti and its people, a country that was already impoverished, and fragile. We've sent money, said prayers and even donated the very essential items for everyday life to organizations. It has shown that even in our darkest hour we can care about those we don't know, those that have in common maybe nothing more than the very basic sentiment of life, faith, and family. Yes heart warming I feel a tear . . .

Now to the glass half empty part . . .

Somedays I am amazed at how stupidity is an epidemic of the American mind. There is no shortage of it, it is wide spread and rampant and spreading like wildfire throughout this nation. Kind of like Herpes, whether it is HSV1 or HSV2, if you are aware of the statistics, 4 out of 5 people that you meet are infected, just a sidenote of statistics. And like Herpes it seems 4 out of 5 people don't read and know absolutely nothing about government, history, and economics in this country, they don't even bother to read before placing their status on Facebook, or Twitter. No real difference in stats just the bodily geography of the infection.

On Facebook days after the earthquake a young woman posted "if we are in a recession how do we have a 100 million dollars to give to Haiti."

I was appalled at first, amazed secondly, and then thoroughly put off thirdly. Then I got over it. It doesn't happen to often that I feel hopeful about the state of intelligence in this country anyway why was I so surprised?

And then I turned to CNN, to me the only place to get real news, not soap opera news. At that point did it matter where we would get a 100 million dollars, and secondly I realized that she didn't even understand the basics of the english language, and hadn't bothered to actually read or understand what we were giving. President Obama had pledged 100 million dollars in RELIEF AID. Another Facebook subscriber mentioned that they didn't understand what the Red Cross was doing. She wanted her money back, "why were people still hungry, and dying? Reporters were there, they had found a way in." I wondered exactly what news channel she was watching. I wondered then when did we become such a nation of complainers, when was it alright to just be humans helping other humans and trying to make the best of the time, and effort?

There are millions of people displaced and hungry, does it really matter where we get a 100 million dollars, on our worst day and their best we were still 100 times more abundant in things, and basics than Haiti. Instead of praying that the funds reach them she was complaining. Don't we get tired of expecting the worse, and assuming that everyone is corrupt?

Someone remarked on Facebook that "all the money was in the wrong hands."

But when is it America that we will stop blaming politicians and take responsibility? How many percentage of households have computers? Unfortuantely this statistic breaks down along racial lines. White homes tend to have more personal computers than homes of that of African americans, and hispanics. But it seems every kid needs a cell phone, a DS, a PSP, an XBOX, etc. but we say the money is in the wrong hands, the money has been where it has always been. Yes there are wealthy people but, we own a wealth that cannot be defined by dollar signs, or statistics. What happened to creating wealth? Creating wealth is not just getting lucky, creating wealth includes creating a reliance on information. Information is at all of our disposal. And that is a wealth no one can accumulate from inheritance, that is wealth that you accumulate on your own. The money in our hands, the wealth that we don't see we have chosen to give it to the powers that be. We have assumed that our wealth does not exist just like we have assumed that we have no power because its in the wrong hands. America lets suck it up. Wealth is in the mind and the power of knowledge.

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The Tower of Babel

February 9th 2010 02:01

There are few who recognize the meaning of the Tower of Babel. The story is located in the Old Testament of the Bible in Genesis. A few hotshots got together and decided "gee we're fly, we should build something that says we're the shit", well God wasn't too happy with that, I guess He thought they were a little too vain, and well as we know He wasn't exactly too thrilled with other gods, or other things that got in the way of His time in the spotlight.So God in His infinite wisdom decided this is not in line with what I have in mind. The Tower wasn't for the glory of God so He did what made the most sense . . . He made a nation that spoke one language speak many, so they would be bumbling fools who didn't understand a word any of them were saying to eachother.

But maybe that's not what He did at all. Everyday in this nation our politicians take the stage in Washington, D.C. and debate everything from immigration to Healthcare Reform, to Taxes, Social Programs, Military budgets, and Education. They step forward and proclaim to represent their constituents. I am the voice of the people they state. They are Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and the Undecided. They run campaigns and ads that say I hear you, I understand you. They get to Washington and we barely recognize the platform they ran on to get elected. Everyday we see eachother and speak, say things to eachother that it seems we should understand. We all claim to understand love but then decide what love is for others, decide that it can only be shared between a man and a woman, or whether it includes extending healthcare to someone who doesn't have healthcare, because they can't afford it. We claim we understand what it's like to be unheard, and ignored, say we are a nation of of originality but follow what is fed to us. Mothers bring children into this world and forsake them for others, or decide that it is not our responsibility but the responsibility of others to raise them. Fathers create children but deny their own flesh and blood the basics of fatherhood 101. Maybe God didn't give us different languages at all. We speak what seems the same universal lanuage, English and it seems we have a difficult enough time understanding one another. How often do we misunderstand eachother, speculate and assume? Who needs different languages to cause confusion, we have selfishness.

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Dirty Theology

February 8th 2010 23:54

So I decided the other night while reading an excellent article in the December 2009 Esquire by Shane Claiborne that I had a new concept. Like Claiborne I to love God, I know it seems a little sick that I love god, considering my personality but, I do. I pray, I fast, I worship, I read, I study, and yet and still I get dirty. Now by dirty I mean sin, I make mistakes, I minister to myself.
Jesus Christ was a follower, a proponent of Dirty Theology. If he was here in the flesh today he'd be a rap star with an entourage of twelve at a cipher. He'd be on on the corner of 138th street and Lenox Avenue, in the summer . He'd be what I am referring to when I say if anyone is wondering where all the black men are, they're on the corner of a New York City block, like the United States Post Office . . . nor hail, nor rain, nor sleet, nor snow . . . can keep them off the street.
So I'm sure by now you're saying well what the hell is Dirty Theology?
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Tiger Woods' Tiger Lily

December 9th 2009 02:27

So most Black people have this alarming connection to eachother when it comes to watching the news and hearing about crime. "Young man car-jacked elderly lady and hit her in the head with her own purse", the first thing people of color think collectively is, "I just hope he's not Black!"
So when this fiasco with Tiger Woods, and his wife exploded I thought about it, mulled it over, snickered a bit, agreed with most, " this is between him and his wife we should really let it play out between them." And well that worked until the women started to come out of the woodworks like the roaches you never knew you had until you invited company over, or until you turned out the lights.

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Cheddar Chives: The Issue of Gay Marriage

July 25th 2008 03:31

So do you have pride? Gay pride that is. We have been down this road, this road of sexual orientation and its effects on this county, and of course the overly stated effects of the state on heterosexual marriage. The only thing I have to say to that is as heterosexuals how did abomination, saddled homosexuals ruin a Godly union? What does that say about the state of heterosexual relationships with God, how is it that an abomination had so much power that homosexuals tore it asunder, in the bible it says let no man put asunder what God has brought together. I am to believe that homosexuals have more power than God? I don’t think so.
Should homosexuals be allowed to marry in this country? For all the screaming about the separation of church and state we don’t really have a separation at all. I mean if there really is a separation you should be allowed to marry a dog as long as he can hold a job, and pay taxes.
Why are people so mad about others wanting to commit alleged sin? You aren’t the one going to hell what do you care? When you get to the pearly gates I doubt St. Peter is going to ask you did you abstain, and encourage others to abstain from watching To Wong Foo from Julie Newmar. I doubt the sentence will be harsh for not being around in someone else’s bedroom to keep them from committing the heinous crime of homosexual liaisons. Ministers are angry, parishioners are boisterous with disapproval, gay activists are seething with anger. So where does the real problem lie? Would it be good enough just to have the rights as opposed to the marriage? Makes your head hurt

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Cheddar & Chives: The Issue of Gay Marriage

July 23rd 2008 02:30

So do you have pride? Gay pride that is. We have been down this road, this road of sexual orientation and its effects on this county and of course the overly stated effects of the state on heterosexual marriage. The only thing I have to say to that is as heterosexuals you allowed abomination saddled homosexuals to ruin your Godly union what does that say about the state of your relationship with God, how is it that an abomination had so much power that homosexuals tore it asunder, in the bible it says let no man put asunder what God has brought together. I am to believe that homosexuals have more power than God? I don’t think so.

Should homosexuals be allowed to marry in this country? For all the screaming about the separation of church and state we don’t really have a separation at all. I mean if there really is a separation you should be allowed to marry a dog as long as he can hold a job and pay taxes. I mean really what is the real issue

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The Chosen People

July 22nd 2008 00:37

Living in upstate New York has its advantages, and positives. It is quiet, you can escape the hustle, and bustle of the city. Everyone speaks, people seem really concerned about each other, the city is always full and overcrowded. People are always in a hurry, pushing past, missing the beauty of the day. Upstate it is about community, don’t get me wrong wherever you go there is always bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is practiced strong up here in our little towns as is everywhere else, but by the same token our little towns are also quaint, comfortable, clean, and intimate . . . and yes there is a but coming . . . in the summer approximately at the end of June, the Hasidim come to stay at their camps. Let me first begin by taking a breath . . .

They come in droves, in mini-vans, huge SUV’s, passenger vans, and beat-up, tore down Crown Victoria’s. Yes I know once you read thus you will decide that I am prejudice, well let me confirm what you already know beforehand I am an equal opportunity prejudice stalwart. I dislike everyone and have complaints about all races, religious denominations, sexes, and anything else I can think of to write about. First let me start by saying, I have never met a group of people who as a group cannot drive. It is innate, they do not signal, do not keep themselves aware of oncoming and ongoing traffic,, stop in the street to have whole conversations with a line of cars behind them, they step out in front of vehicles with their carriages against the light, with traffic barreling toward them. They are rude in the Wally world, (for those who do not know Wally World is Wal-Mart), jumping in front of you never speaking, not even a solitary hello, cut you off on line, bumping you , pushing you out the way. Yes it is common knowledge in the Hudson valley that when the summer comes they have arrived to everyone’s dismay. And no this is not about religious persecution. There isn’t another group that boasts all its members as religious students, and require services, and own half of Sullivan county with their not for profit non-taxable land

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Caucasia

July 22nd 2008 00:35

So I met this woman the other day, white woman. I know that you are wondering where I’m going with this, but be patient I’ll get there sooner than later. We started discussing the state of this country, economics, race, education, illegal immigration etc. Oh yeah and gas, let me not forget that, that is usually the conversation starter these days. There are so many things wrong in this country right now we were able to speak for hours. She started by telling me she was an educator, I congratulated her, and praised her dedication. We started talking about the children, and how the school system in this country is falling apart in a lot of places. I realized talking to her that she was suffering from the disease of whiteness, and I started to feel sorry for her. It is a disease that is native to most of white America, and there has yet to be a cure discovered. It seems that white people have become so scared of saying what they really think about things that they remain silent, and carefully re-invent the things they think for fear of being labeled racist. They treat our children with kid gloves, because on some level they do not really believe that our children are capable of really achieving. People of color have been making excuses for why we can’t move forward as a people, I know this sounds familiar, “black man can’t get a break because the white man is holding him back, he just wants to lock up our men, our children can’t learn that way . . . “.

The more we talked the more I realized this woman, white as she was, she meant well. In this country we have become so used to the discussion of racism as it pertains to blacks and its effects we have negated a conversation about the effects of racism on whites

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Illegal Immigration

July 22nd 2008 00:33

So lets be real, we can’t really afford to ship every illegal immigrant back home. It sounds nice in theory, but it really is very unrealistic. Yes illegal immigration makes my skin crawl, and my anger burn. Mexican activists have taken up the, “it’s racist” argument, which for me as an African American is a little insulting, but that is another blog for another day. Did this country somehow miraculously develop some way to expand every year another 400,000 to 500,000 illegal immigrants enter this country. Some protest we shouldn’t build a fence so that illegal immigrants can’t enter this country, and how it isn’t right, but the real issue I find is how can we afford not to. Yes there are debates about whether illegal immigrants are depressing the American economy, some studies show that they are, and some studies show that they actually don’t. But when did it become okay to express encouragement to break the law? We live in a nation that gives you the right to express yourself, but why should we give you the right to encourage others to disregard the rules, and laws of the very country you so desperately are trying to come to. The problems of illegal immigration go beyond economic, they are societal we have a group of people who come to this country enjoy the basics of being American without assimilating. That is the equivalent of throwing a bar-b-q everyone coming, eating up all your food, drinking your wine and liquor, stopping up your toilet, and never even bothering to acknowledge or speak to the host. This is the most giving country in the world, and no I’m not talking about our government that also is another blog, but as individuals we tend to give more in the time of need than other citizens in other countries. How dare we be accused of anything other than wanting this country to prosper. Illegal immigration tends to bring people who are less educated, will make less money, and become a contributor to the impoverished class in this country, which if I may say so myself is large enough without any help from Mexico. And I say Mexico because for some reason Hispanic activists have taken up this issue staunchly, why maybe because they make up more than half of illegal immigration. The real issue is that Mexico is another commonwealth without actually being a legitimate commonwealth. Mexico encourages illegal immigration, and keeps its economy afloat by having our illegal immigrants send money back to their country. There is something very wrong with that scenario. Now I favor a path to citizenship, not amnesty, a path, and reparation for the use of someone else’s social security number, non payment of taxes and use of services while they were working here illegally. No one else gets to commit crime in this country and get off Scot-free. Why should they? And if you are a criminal that’s simple ship them back where they came from, don’t bother prosecuting them just send them home, why should we waste tax-payer dollars keeping these illegal immigrants warm, fed, and housed. No one says just let the mouse live when they find one at home. Illegal immigrants, and visa overstayers need to be held accountable. Businesses need to be held accountable and fined heavily. Not only that, this idea that families can sponsor their loved ones is ludicrous, if businesses benefit so much from illegal immigrants work ethic let them sponsor the workers that they so feverishly hire instead of Americans. Illegal immigrants should pay a fine, and learn English in a certain length of time, and then be allowed a path to citizenship. No more sending for your mama, papa, brother, sister, nephew, niece etc. Let them file to get into this country like everyone else. I hear a lot of Mexicans say that Arizona, and California were theirs why should they file like other immigrants to get into a country that once belonged to their ancestors. Simple answer for you guys your ancestors don’t own it anymore, sorry to tell ya. Listen this is what countries do, they go in and conquer whole nations, ask Britain. No one knows this better than the UK, “ the sun never sets on the British empire “, was what they used to say. Yes it sucks, but so did slavery we’ve had to get over it, so now so do you. This is a country overrun with many social problems we don’t need to add anymore. We have a social system that is falling apart, a government that doesn’t work for the people, but implements the rights of the rich. The last thing we need to be doing is splitting hairs. Lets get to the real work of building America.

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