Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Friday, September 28, 2012
For the World to See
I still remember being proud to be a big brother to a little brother. I was excited to know that he was all mine to have fun with and teach because in my mind, he was. My parents were just the ones who provided him to me. For 15 years, I lived with him almost every day. I watched him grow. Then he came to college in the same town as me. And I continued to watch him grow. Then I moved away and I moved back again and I'm astonished at his growth. He has found a passion and developed it. He has learned to speak his mind. I still remember when he ran away. Haha. I don't know where he thought he was getting on that bike but he tried. He didn't know why I pledged but he was right there when I took off my probate mask. He always knows where I am on the court and his pass always gets to me even when he's not looking. We are our father's sons. And I know that, whether he receives an Oscar or a role in a toilet paper commercial, I will always be proud of him because he's all mine to have fun with. Love you man. Happy 21st!
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Shine
Right now we are the in thing
Decades ago we were the n-things
Racism is alive and it is never ending
We try not to say n'ger
So we say n'gga
As if she were a bank, we make deposits in her
But too often we don't stay around to see them grow
And, as if it were from a faucet, we just let our seeds flow
But not down a drain. Into her garden
Where a black flower grows. Sadly we have robbed them
Of the sun that Adam's sons provide
We are more than fathers. We are the guides
And we cannot hide behind the guise
Of being immature
We claim to be men, but I ask, are we sure?
See, a man stands on his own two, but still is humble
He tries first to resolve with words, but if he must, like Ali, will rumble in the jungle
I rumble with my tongue. You
Might be thinking sexually but I am thinking intellectually
And if you rumble with me verbally, I will not think you less than me
But I digress. Back to being a good man
Don't play with your cards. Change your hand
We are the strongest God ever made
We are the sons of the sons of the sons of the sons of the slave
Who are the sons of the sons of the sons of survivors
Of the middle passage, which was narrower than it was wider
See, many got on those boats, but a large number died
We are the products of those who survived
And I must say, we have all that it takes
Except the money, but that disposition can be escaped
Our kids need us to set their kids up for success
We have to teach them character, economics, and how to dress
Not how to be deadbeat dads or women who give up on men too soon
Be the sun that Adam's sons provide and all day every day. Shine like it's noon
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Decades ago we were the n-things
Racism is alive and it is never ending
We try not to say n'ger
So we say n'gga
As if she were a bank, we make deposits in her
But too often we don't stay around to see them grow
And, as if it were from a faucet, we just let our seeds flow
But not down a drain. Into her garden
Where a black flower grows. Sadly we have robbed them
Of the sun that Adam's sons provide
We are more than fathers. We are the guides
And we cannot hide behind the guise
Of being immature
We claim to be men, but I ask, are we sure?
See, a man stands on his own two, but still is humble
He tries first to resolve with words, but if he must, like Ali, will rumble in the jungle
I rumble with my tongue. You
Might be thinking sexually but I am thinking intellectually
And if you rumble with me verbally, I will not think you less than me
But I digress. Back to being a good man
Don't play with your cards. Change your hand
We are the strongest God ever made
We are the sons of the sons of the sons of the sons of the slave
Who are the sons of the sons of the sons of survivors
Of the middle passage, which was narrower than it was wider
See, many got on those boats, but a large number died
We are the products of those who survived
And I must say, we have all that it takes
Except the money, but that disposition can be escaped
Our kids need us to set their kids up for success
We have to teach them character, economics, and how to dress
Not how to be deadbeat dads or women who give up on men too soon
Be the sun that Adam's sons provide and all day every day. Shine like it's noon
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Perspective is Key - 09-11-2021
It is great to see that someone else sees things the way I do. Why can't we, as Americans, look at ourselves from our "enemy's" point of view.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Beware of Yourself
This is one of the best things I have read in a while. Be conscious in all that you do. I plan to commit it to memory this. It wouldn't hurt anyone else to do the same. 
Monday, May 21, 2012
Trayvon Martin's Thug Wear Got Him Shot
Geraldo Rivera decided to go on Bill O'Reily's show and say "“I think what’s far more significant is what Trayvon Martin looked like on that night, Bill. Aside from the fact that he’s dressed in that thug wear — look at the size of him, he’s not a little kid."
So, as now for my rebuttal to such an ignorant comment.
What if I go into a bank, which is likely run by people who look like the same (few) white people who, on a corporate level, blindly rob the working man everyday , and I decide to take these innocent white people hostage until I get every dollar of mine that someone else is misusing? Is that right? Or what if I walk up to a Latino who is out w/ his buddies at Walmart on a Sunday afternoon and ask him how much he would charge to mow my lawn? The jeans and tee shirt that he is wearing at that moment don't tell me that he is actually a Vice-President at Wells Fargo and could afford to pay me to mow his lawn. Or, what if I saw a Middle Eastern woman in Harris Teeter without her face covered and asked "Does your husband know you're out like this?" when she is actually a Christian who has not practiced the Islamic faith a day in her life?
Those were all racist statements but statements that many Americans would make if we were to think on a basic level. If I offended you, it was not intentional. But this Simple-Simon, sorry excuse for a journalist is doing what 5 year old children are instructed not to do; he is judging a book by its cover and using that to justify the alleged murder of Trayvon Martin (I say "alleged" because 1 - I was not there; 2 - this is America and Zimmerman is still innocent until proven guilty).
Mr. Rivera, if you are reading this, I beseech you, don't forget that you are a minority as well. If you were not of such high status, your son, who is also a young minority, could have been Trayvon Martin. Your son could have been leaving the gym in a hoody and could have been shot. Don't be that minority who is making excuses for the murder of others at the hands of yet another minority. Call it what it is - prejudice and discrimination.
By the way, I know plenty of white kids who wear hoodies too. But if they're "dressed in that thug wear," you can still see the white on their hands from any angle. Do you think we'd be having this discussion about thug wear if Trayvon Martin's hands were white? I highly doubt we'd be having any discussion about the matter at all until it happened to someone else.
For the story that lead me to write this post, www.newsone.com/2016416/geraldo-rivera-trayvon-martin/
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
So, as now for my rebuttal to such an ignorant comment.
What if I go into a bank, which is likely run by people who look like the same (few) white people who, on a corporate level, blindly rob the working man everyday , and I decide to take these innocent white people hostage until I get every dollar of mine that someone else is misusing? Is that right? Or what if I walk up to a Latino who is out w/ his buddies at Walmart on a Sunday afternoon and ask him how much he would charge to mow my lawn? The jeans and tee shirt that he is wearing at that moment don't tell me that he is actually a Vice-President at Wells Fargo and could afford to pay me to mow his lawn. Or, what if I saw a Middle Eastern woman in Harris Teeter without her face covered and asked "Does your husband know you're out like this?" when she is actually a Christian who has not practiced the Islamic faith a day in her life?
Those were all racist statements but statements that many Americans would make if we were to think on a basic level. If I offended you, it was not intentional. But this Simple-Simon, sorry excuse for a journalist is doing what 5 year old children are instructed not to do; he is judging a book by its cover and using that to justify the alleged murder of Trayvon Martin (I say "alleged" because 1 - I was not there; 2 - this is America and Zimmerman is still innocent until proven guilty).
Mr. Rivera, if you are reading this, I beseech you, don't forget that you are a minority as well. If you were not of such high status, your son, who is also a young minority, could have been Trayvon Martin. Your son could have been leaving the gym in a hoody and could have been shot. Don't be that minority who is making excuses for the murder of others at the hands of yet another minority. Call it what it is - prejudice and discrimination.
By the way, I know plenty of white kids who wear hoodies too. But if they're "dressed in that thug wear," you can still see the white on their hands from any angle. Do you think we'd be having this discussion about thug wear if Trayvon Martin's hands were white? I highly doubt we'd be having any discussion about the matter at all until it happened to someone else.
For the story that lead me to write this post, www.newsone.com/2016416/geraldo-rivera-trayvon-martin/
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Limits on Free Speech
Ok, maybe people think I shouldn't say this. Look at the rest of my posts and you'll see I am not the most politically correct blogger and I really don't care whether you agree or not. Anyway, it's just my opinion.
Tonight, I was at the Drake show and, to make a long story short, he gave all the white folks there a pass for the night in telling them they could use the word "nigga" while at the show. I have a huge problem with this because I don't even use the term in mixed company out of respect for whites since, in my mind, they should not use the word. So I need the same respect. The word shouldn't be used in mixed company. I can deal with Latinos using it b/c it is culturally acceptable in many places. I don't know anywhere that it is truly acceptable for white folks to toss the word around. Maybe Canada. But, Drake, you're not in Canada anymore.
Tonight, I was at the Drake show and, to make a long story short, he gave all the white folks there a pass for the night in telling them they could use the word "nigga" while at the show. I have a huge problem with this because I don't even use the term in mixed company out of respect for whites since, in my mind, they should not use the word. So I need the same respect. The word shouldn't be used in mixed company. I can deal with Latinos using it b/c it is culturally acceptable in many places. I don't know anywhere that it is truly acceptable for white folks to toss the word around. Maybe Canada. But, Drake, you're not in Canada anymore.
Monday, May 14, 2012
#OccupyStudentDebt
It's looking like Congress is going to raise the interest rates on our loans.
Flood your timeline and their mentions. Tell each of them, regardless of party, not to raise your loan debt. Tell them you cannot afford to pay any more than you already are. Their job is to get relected. They have to listen to us.
US House of Representatives (NC's Representatives)
@gkbutterfield
@RepReneeEllmers
@RepWalterJones
@RepDavidEPrice
@virginiafoxx
@howardcoble
@RepMikeMcIntyre
@RepLarryKissell
@SueMyrick
@PatrickMcHenry
Heath Shuler (of NC District 11) has no Twitter account at this time
@MelWattNC12
@RepBradMiller
US Senate (NC's Senators)
@RichardBurr
@SenatorHagan
Not from NC? Not connected to Twitter? Check out the complete list of social media sites for elected officials from across the nation at http://www.govsm.com/w/Main_Page
Hold your officials accountable or pay for it.
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
Flood your timeline and their mentions. Tell each of them, regardless of party, not to raise your loan debt. Tell them you cannot afford to pay any more than you already are. Their job is to get relected. They have to listen to us.
US House of Representatives (NC's Representatives)
@gkbutterfield
@RepReneeEllmers
@RepWalterJones
@RepDavidEPrice
@virginiafoxx
@howardcoble
@RepMikeMcIntyre
@RepLarryKissell
@SueMyrick
@PatrickMcHenry
Heath Shuler (of NC District 11) has no Twitter account at this time
@MelWattNC12
@RepBradMiller
US Senate (NC's Senators)
@RichardBurr
@SenatorHagan
Not from NC? Not connected to Twitter? Check out the complete list of social media sites for elected officials from across the nation at http://www.govsm.com/w/Main_Page
Hold your officials accountable or pay for it.
Litera scripta manet. - Unknown
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