Spooked

”The best way to take someone down a peg or 2 is to say, “well you only have your money because you worship the devil.” - Professor Ebony Utley

*smh* People THINK they know, but they have no idea! I don’t doubt that the ‘powers that be’ have a plan for the demise of Black/African people, but everything ain’t Illuminati related. I find it interesting that recently many black celebrity’s success has been attributed to a supposed alliance with The Illuminati.

I’m not saying that there aren’t any Black celebrities that push/condone ignorance and hate against others, especially against other Black people. And I’m not saying that there aren’t black celebrities that aren’t being used as pawns against the betterment of black people, whether they’re innocent bystanders or willing participants. But to me it seems as if these Illuminati theorists are working hard to attribute Black celebrity’s success to some evil doings.

It sends out the message that White celebrities are truly talented & Black celebrities are successful only when they are part of a devilish scheme. ‘They’ take our innate positives, turn it into negatives, and people just gobble it up. No questions or objections. *smh*

Don’t let the new age ‘boogieman’ spook you. Fear is our worst enemy.

Roll With Us or Get Rolled Over!

Oh, so I see Black Media Scoop is anti free speech! Why post stories for the PUBLIC to see if you don't want anyone to comment on it?! I posted an opinion in opposition last night in regards to the story "Cornel West leading the search for Obama's Challenger" and see it has been deleted. I didn't curse, I didn't say anything racist, I just told the TRUTH...

AGAIN: Just because Obama is Black doesn't mean 'WE' all have to agree with him or support him, EVERY SINGLE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES has done one thing or another to disadvantage the Black community, and besides the color of his skin, Obama is no different.

We just watched a Black man, Troy Davis, be LEGALLY LYNCHED last night, MAYBE Obama couldn't have done anything to stop it, but he didn't say ANYTHING at all. Obama spoke up about his hatred for Kanye West for what he did to Taylor Swift. Obama criticized the cops when Henry Louis Gates Jr. lost his keys to his home and got falsely arrested. YET Obama decided to remain silent when an innocent man was minutes from death, hasn't said anything yet, and has REFUSED to comment.

So yeah, I will gladly HELP Cornel West look for Obama's replacement. As I told someone before, if I were Harriet Tubman and another slave was gonna tell Master the route of the underground railroad, they would have to be dealt with. No matter the color of your skin, if you are a catalyst for the corrupt government in America you must go down with it, ROLL WITH US OR GET ROLLED OVER! period.

Hello, Beautiful Black Women

This article "New Study Shows Weaves & Braids Cause Early Hair Loss In Black Women" may be BS to some, but some of these comments are too. If you don't know the truth, search for it before you assume. Black women do have hair and scalp problems due to perms, but they ALSO lose their hair due to tight braids and 'ponytails', but I wouldn't expect the 'all knowing' males that made these ignorant comments to know that. And if you've ever worn braids, some people will notice, that even the synthetic hair against your scalp is an irritant.

Honestly, I don't see the big beef with the article, this is one of the better articles I've seen on Hello Beautiful. Just because you know about the information given in the article doesn't mean everyone else does, this is obvious, go to any 'black neighborhood' and you will find countless little girls that are already exhibiting hair loss. Look at Beyonce in the picture posted on this article, maybe not a FULL weave, but the bun is NOT her hair, and Kelly Rowland has a MAJOR receding hairline.

You can google "natural hair" and you'll find a plethora of information on how to style and care for your hair, But what needs to be addressed is WHY. We MUST unlearn the MISeducations that have 'trained' us to HATE self and LOVE all things European.

The Consequences of the American Caste System

Last night I was reading What A Black Nerd Know... (Brick One) by Jay "Owl" Farand; please take the time to read the COMPLETE post, it is filled with knowledge and wisdom. There were many things said that I could quote from the post, but one thing that stood out for me was this particular sentence:

“Similar to how Black people will point the finger at other Blacks for not doing what they are doing, and yet, we all are at the bottom of this caste system.”

This reminded me of conversations that I have with my father, whom I constantly build with, as we often see the effects of this system in our everyday lives. I pulled up this excerpt my father emailed me from The Consequences of the American Caste System by John Uzo Ogbu:

Caste-like Minority Status

The author defines three types of minority groups:

Autonomous minorities like Amish, Jews and Mormons are groups that aren't subordinate to a dominant group politically and economically.

Immigrant minorities that came to American more or less voluntarily. They may be poor and work in lower paying jobs, but that fact doesn't reflect their true status in the total hierarchy, because these groups don't see themselves as low caste. They see low paying jobs as temporary and better than what they left back in their home country. They also compare themselves not with the dominant group but those they left behind. They tend to do relatively well in school, even though they don't share the same culture as the white middle class. These include Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, etc.

Caste-like minorities were incorporated into the country more or less involuntarily and permanently. These include blacks, American indians, Mexicans, Native Hawaiians, Puerto Ricans. Membership is acquired at birth and retained permanently. Regarded by white majority as inferior and not desirable as neighbors or workmates. They lack political power and are economically subordinate. They face a job ceiling, and are not hired on the basis of training and skills like other minorities.

Caste-like groups also reject the ideology and beliefs of the dominant group that rationalize their position. They believe their problems are due to the "system" and racism than their own inadequacies. They may develop a "collective institutional discrimination perspective". This leads them into channel efforts into collective struggle.

Caste-like minorities are not the same as racial minorities.

Race becomes a significant variable in school performance only when the groups are stratified. Blacks have received status summation and a job ceiling not faced by lower class whites. Unsuccessful whites blame themselves, unsuccessful blacks blame the system. "What distinguishes blacks from lower-class whites is not that their objective material conditions are different, but rather that the way the minorities perceive, interpret, and respond to their conditions are different."

It goes on to discuss the differences in IQ scores among black students, and how caste factors into those differences. IQ scores are often used by schools to segregate children, the same schools that tell us that a caste system only existed in India long ago, and many believe that today in America we live in a society free of class or caste. Just like some feel amerikkkan chattel slavery is a thing of the past, and think we are living in a post-racial America.

The troubles of black people in Amerikkka are many, but together and with an understanding of the system we can begin to correct the problems that befall us.

I am thankful to have a father that continues to teach me the truth about the world we live in; knowledge is power, so I share it with you as I learn and grow.

AGAIN a MURDER at the hands of those we pay to PROTECT & SERVE. can you say "FUCK THE POLICE"?

Carmen and Michael Ojeda were at a playground with daughter Briana Ojeda on Friday when she started having trouble breathing during an asthma attack.

In their rush to get help for Brianna, the Ojedas turned the wrong way down a one-way street just around the corner from the hospital to avoid traffic and accidentally hit a parked car.

Then Carmen Ojeda flagged down a marked NYPD police car for help.

The uniformed man who got out of the car screamed, “What the f**k are you doing going down the wrong way,” then “smirked” and said “I don’t do CPR,” Michael Ojeda told reporters.

The uniformed officer then attempted to box them in when they asked to continue on to the hospital, while a passer-by named Scott Voloshin performed CPR.

Voloshin says he’s certain the man who refused to assist them was a cop.

Eventually the Ojedas—followed by the uniformed man—arrived at the hospital, where the apparent officer ripped up a ticket he was writing for them when he heard Briana was dead.

The NYPD claims the uniformed man in an NYPD cruiser may have been a security guard or volunteer auxiliary officer.

Whoever stopped Ojeda eventually followed her to the hospital. After a doctor broke the news that Briana had died, the “officer” ripped up a ticket he had been trying to give Carmen, Michael said.

A source said every cop in the local precinct was interviewed and none was at the scene.

Briana, who was set to enter the sixth grade at St. Francis Xavier School, wanted to be lawyer and would donate her allowance money to help animals, her mom said.

• DAYS LATER...

Officer Alfonso Mendez, the cop accused of being unhelpful to Briana Ojeda while dying of an asthma, attack shaved his head in an apparent attempt to throw off witnesses, the child's family charged Thursday.

"We think there was an attempt to alter his appearance," said Bonita Zelman, lawyer for the family of Briana.

At least three witnesses claim Officer Alfonso Mendez, 30, had a healthy head of hair, albeit a receding one, a week ago today when he stopped Briana's mother in Brooklyn as she was rushing the girl to the hospital.

It took detectives four days to identify Mendez as the cop accused of refusing to help the 11-year-old child because he didn't know CPR. Briana died in the emergency room, leaving her parents heartbroken and fuming over the cop's ineptness.

When he was tracked down by detectives Tuesday, Mendez was sporting a shaved head.

"Don't you think that's an admission of guilt?" Zelman said of Mendez's changing hair style.

Zelman said Briana's mom, Carmen Ojeda, only recalled that the cop who stopped her was wearing a hat. But three witnesses reported the officer as having plenty of hair on the sides.

"When I saw him, he had hair," said Sam Ali, a deli worker who called 911 when he saw the Cobble Hill incident [Eutisha Rennix] ordeal unfold.

Another witness, Wendy O'Connell, insisted Mendez had hair when he confronted Briana and her mother.

"He looks drastically different," said O'Connell, studying the fresh photo of Mendez.

"He went from hair to bare. He still has that smirk on his face," added witness Erica Domenech.

Mendez's attorney declined to comment.

The cop, assigned to the 84th Precinct in downtown Brooklyn, has been suspended without pay and will likely face a departmental charge for failing to take proper police action.

I’m on some SANKOFA-ism… and it’s about damn time!

I’m on some SANKOFA-ism… and it’s about damn time!

For me, right now I am in a state of metamorphosis. I first became aware of the word SANKOFA from the name of a brother I follow on twitter, Bilal ‘Coach’ Sankofa, a poor righteous teacher in my opinion. The word Sankofa perfectly describes what it’s going to take for me to shed the learned behavior, mentality, and religion that have been forced upon me since the day I was born. As a young adult I allowed myself to be distracted; prior to my period of ‘wandering’, I used to stay building on ‘deep’ topics, and even so, I probably don’t know half of the greatness that originates from within Africa, for there is plethora of it. That will soon change.

I posted the above title on FB as a status update and a sister commented “watch the movie… it’s deep.” I have to admit, I had never seen or even heard of the movie. I found Sankofa; the movie, and within the first 10 minutes it conjured up gut-wrenching reminders of what my ancestors were subjected to. The whole movie was intriguing; the scene where the slave master and priest force THEIR god and religion on Mona DEFINITELY stood out. The tear-jerker… at the end when Mona emerges from the pits of the dungeon, sort of resurrected, and an African woman clothes her naked body, hugs her, and says, “My child welcome back. Embrace Me.” That’s what I’m on.

Protect & Serve, Or Just Beat You To The Curb?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9w9AfptGGQ&feature=player_embedded

On one hand this woman may have been guilty of obstruction; though her reasons to feel a need to do so may have been justified, I'll give the police the benefit of the doubt that she was in the wrong. BUT being wrong does not give police the right to use unnecessary force.
The officer had other choices besides punching her in the face, I'm just thankful he didn't shoot/kill her, in the USUAL police fashion.
The behavior here is typical of what an abusive man would do to his wife, or what some ignorant or intoxicated male would do to a female.
This was a street fight, and not a trained professional diffusing a situation.
If it were a white woman this would have happened? NO. Ask Zsa Zsa Gabor.