Chittlin' Talk

Thursday, April 5, 2007

African American Idol -- VIDEO

Warning: LANGUAGE

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Go to http://www.africanamericanidol.com

Prince-1999 -- VIDEO

Shane shows how he learned to sing Prince's 1999 -- VIDEO

Decoding the debate over blackness

"At their best, these discussions were probing, serious and heartfelt. At their worst, they turned into lectures by the race police — '60s- era ideologues who characterized blackness not as a matter of individual interpretation or choice, but as a narrow set of attitudes that were said to make up the authentic black identity."

Go to http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/11/opinion/edstaples.php

Farewell, Minister Louis Farrakhan

"Although I disagree with Farrakhan on several issues, I applaud his commitment to black self-empowerment. A decade ago I spoke to Booker T. Washington’s great-granddaughter and asked her, 'what leader today is most similar to your great-grandfather?' Her response was Farrakhan. Although Farrakhan harshly criticizes whites, especially Republicans, he recognizes, as did Booker T. Washington, that blacks must come together to solve black problems. He unfortunately believes impeaching President Bush is a moral imperative, a sentiment I do not share, but he has nevertheless exercised leadership in the area of education, starting a private school open to all students. Like Washington, Farrakhan urges blacks to create solutions to problems rather than merely enumerating the problems and hoping whites will solve them."

Go to http://www.newcoalition.org/Article.cfm?artId=20882

WHY THE N-WORD IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WORD

"The psychological impact of this word is being totally down played and this is to the detriment of Blacks because until we face up to how this word affects the psyche of many African Americans on-going issues that exist in the Black community are going to go unresolved. People say there are more important things in the community to worry about than just a word. A person is either wise or a fool and there is no wisdom in overlooking the power of this word. All words and thoughts have an energy flow, some are more powerful than others. In the case of the n-word it has a very powerful negative energy flow that's affecting the hearts and minds of a race of people and should not be taken lightly."

Go to http://www.progressiveu.org/144020-why-the-n-word-is-not-just-another-word

Affirmative Action: Is There a Middle Way?

Go to http://www.slate.com/id/2340/entry/2110350

Booker T. Washington said:

"There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs....There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who do not want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public."