‘All Black People’ Asked To Leave Wal-Mart Store
Wal-Mart officials in South Jersey are reviewing a videotape to find out which employee used the public address system to announce, “Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now.”
Patricia Covington and Shelia Ellington were inside the store when it happened and told the Courier Post that customers and store employees looked stunned when they heard it.
“In 2010, I want to know why such statements are being made because it flies in the face of what we teach them [our kids] at home, and that’s tolerance for people,” said Ellington.
Ellington and other customers let store management and police know they were upset.
They asked the store to use the same announcement system to apologize to customers that night, which it did.
Wal-Mart management called the incident “unacceptable,” and said it’s working to make sure nothing like this happens at any other stores. Read More…
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LLLMMMAAAAOOOO AT MY DESK cracking up!!!
Craziness, you expect stuff like this at K-Mart, not Wally World. jk
Sad thing is, too many will continue to patron that store. I would need to see that employee fired (evening news or article) and black balled in all Wally Worlddom (not transferred, suspended, etc).
*After they review the tape, can they let us know how many black people left?
When I was a kid I use to press every button on the elevator so whomever got on would stop on every floor.
This sounds like the prank of a kid. At least they didn’t use the N word
Guess its going 2 be a slow news day.
ummmm WOW!
LMAO @ the boy in the yellow shirt with no teeth screaming “That’s racist!” Cute kid.
Why do they think it’s an employee? Most stores have a P A System(phones)in aisles and anybody could pick one up.
LMAO @ iscream
Why do people say sh!t liek “I don’t know why”, “I am shocked”, “I can’t believe”, etc…
We are living in a racist country, it never left and never will. Just because people refuse to believe it doesn’t make NOT valid. We will see many more Jena 6, racial profiling, etc. That’s life period.
I guess that maybe the problem that people just got to comfy and forget sometimes that it is still out here.
Nothing should shock anybody in this world today!
i’m sorry…that ish is too funny!
yesss, i know it was extremely inappropriate and offensive but can you just imagine the stunned silence that came over the entire store when it happened…cashiers stopped swiping merchandise, kids stopped crying/jumping around, grown folks dropped produce/meat/clothes/shoes. folks was all wide-eyed with their mouths hanging open!!
I knew you would post this story Sandra when I saw it earlier this morning
My Prof. can’t stand Wal Mart and I am sure she will add this to her long list of reasons why
I go to Wally World (what we call it in the South) every wk.
I believe it was an employee vs customer though
That’s sad.
ohpretty1 Says:
Sad thing is, too many will continue to patron that store. I would need to see that employee fired (evening news or article) and black balled in all Wally Worlddom (not transferred, suspended, etc).
*After they review the tape, can they let us know how many black people left?
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You know black folks are not going to leave. Remember in 2008 a Wallmart employee was trampled to death and the customers still wanted to get their after Thanksgiving /Christmas shopping done.
@Dblaq I agree I say all the time NOTHING SHOCKs or SURPRISES me anymore I was already on the fence pre 9-11 that pushed me off sadly.
Snap!
and that little boy with no teeth screaming “That’s racist!” is priceless…
speakinmymind Says:
i’m sorry…that ish is too funny!
yesss, i know it was extremely inappropriate and offensive but can you just imagine the stunned silence that came over the entire store when it happened…cashiers stopped swiping merchandise, kids stopped crying/jumping around, grown folks dropped produce/meat/clothes/shoes. folks was all wide-eyed with their mouths hanging open!!
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Yeah, it is kinda funny. I mean it’s not like anyone thought that it was something serious. If the N word was used then I could see ppl being mad. Nothing surprises me anymore so this does nothing for me either.
@ebony i thought i was the only one…as soon as i saw negro i put the pen down
AHAHAHHAHAHAHA DATS MY MOMMAZ ACTUAL WALMART STORE LOL…lawd if she had been in there at the timeof the announcment it would be in ashes right now….
You have other options on the census #justsaying
@Kimi How are you doing? Been praying for you.
I’m not surprised, cuz it’s some racist crap going on somewhere, every single day. But I also won’t be surprised if some a**hole customer or employee, with nothing better to do, made the announcement.
i want to say that too sometimes but i forget that i’m black also.
@ Daisy
What you mean? You want me to check another race?
That would be one annoucement and apology I would have missed. I hate Wal Mart and I try to stay out of there as much as possible.
peopleofwalmartdotcom
@Daisy – Yep I am the same way! We walk around like nothing can happen to us. I mean if you really think about it, there are countries out there really hate us as a people and what we stand for. Some these dedicated their whole life trying to figure out some ish to do to us AND they have the resources. So why would nothing ever happen.
The dude with the bomb in his draws, people were so upset that it happened but I was like so what! How many people come in and out of our country yearly?? Like what billions and only 1 person was able to get through, I think the numbers are in our favor.
Just think if the US would be NOT separated by 1000 mile ocean, I think we would have sh!t pop off every single day!
Kimip, I filled my census out last night, and above the word negro, I wrote “who uses that term, anymore?
I told my cousin to scratch her’s out and write ‘nigga’. I mean, it’s close enough, right?
@daisy thank you for the prayers! today has been rough…i have been crying all morning because his memorial is today and unfortunately i cant be there. how are you?
@RTB
i am going to do the same thing hahaha
@ Daisy -
Im in Wally World every week too
I swear I hate it though, I go in for ONE thing and come out with a buggy full..
Ebony, don’t be like that. Still fill it out. That’s just as bad as not voting. You can always share your opinion, but to not fill it out is to allow them to ignore you, like they already try so hard to do.
We cannot let these crackers try to eliminate our existence by their racist actions, insults and agendas.
I bet you it was a black person who made the announcement…
free Says:
i want to say that too sometimes but i forget that i’m black also.
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I’m not filling out anything with the word NEGROE on it them mofo’s who sent are not on my level which proves no matter what I say or had been saying to the census they are IDIOTS…NEGROE???? GTFOH I knew I wasn’t opening that envelope for a reason!
Choco, why do you think so?
@ RTB
I hear you. It hasn’t come to my house yet but we have come to far to put known as negro
ReadTheBlog Says:
Kimip, I filled my census out last night, and above the word negro, I wrote “who uses that term, anymore?
I told my cousin to scratch her’s out and write ‘nigga’. I mean, it’s close enough, right?
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DEAD!
But what if the next census says porch monkey. Are you going to fill that one out?
It could of been a customer….
I remember back when i was like 8…we would go to the grocery store and i would see the employees use the intercom through-out the store….I just had to get on it…
It took me a while to build up the courage to do it, but i just did it one day…..I forgot what i said but it wasnt anything bad…
So when i caught up with my mother, she asked me what i do that for…and i lied and said it wasnt me, and i got my ass tore up right there in the store…because i lied, not because what i did
You know black folks are not going to leave. Remember in 2008 a Wallmart employee was trampled to death and the customers still wanted to get their after Thanksgiving /Christmas shopping done.
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@ Anna – I do remember that and it was a shame. I was being sarcastic when I asked that question about who left just because I know how some of us do
I was gonna cross out Negro and put Nigga too… then for white I was gonna write Honkeey….etc…
I filled out my census and my grandmother’s last night. I didnt bat an eye at “Negro” because I am around ppl (Black) over 65 and they routinely refer to themselves as “Negro”.
The only thing I found weird was that when you got to person 7 or 8, they no longer care what race they are LOL I made it to 6.
Why can’t y’all just white that s*hit out and keep it moving? We all ****s to them anyways! You think they gonna call us anything else?
It’s funny how some of y’all are talking sh*it about being labeled a Negro. Seems like if we took so much pride in our names, we would take pride in other things, and likely not be so bad off as a race.
Pick your battles wisely #imjustsaying
ReadTheBlog Says: Ebony, don’t be like that. Still fill it out. That’s just as bad as not voting. You can always share your opinion, but to not fill it out is to allow them to ignore you, like they already try so hard to do.
We cannot let these crackers try to eliminate our existence by their racist actions, insults and agendas.
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i didn’t even notice it said negro. at one time, we wanted to be called negro (my grandmother could not STAND the word “colored” or black). now we want to be called black. we used to want to be called AA.
I don’t know the last time I’ve been in a Wal-Mart. There is a documentary about them and there shadiness. Also, they take out insurance policies on their employees and keep the money when they die. Check out the movie Captialism. The stuff may be cheap, but you truly get what you pay for.
ReadTheBlog Says:
Kimip, I filled my census out last night, and above the word negro, I wrote “who uses that term, anymore?
I told my cousin to scratch her’s out and write ‘nigga’. I mean, it’s close enough, right?
————————————————————–I said I was definitely going to scratch that mess out. They clearly didn’t have any black people on the committee that approved that.
My coworker just said the young folks are showing their age :surprise:
Ppl its just a form. Fill it out. Especially if you live in my neighborhood. Shi.t we trying to get a new park. Sheesh.
I think this was an aggravated customer. You know what’s funny, they got cameras all over the place and STILL check your receipt when you leaving but now there is no way to figure out who was on the P.A. system?
GTFOH
OutsidetheBox Says: I filled out my census and my grandmother’s last night. I didnt bat an eye at “Negro” because I am around ppl (Black) over 65 and they routinely refer to themselves as “Negro”.
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i agree and i think that was the purpose of including it. as i said before, my grandma didn’t like the term black. she also wasn’t down with african american because she said she wasn’t african. it’s just a matter of background.
RTB
Why do I think a black person made the announcement-becuz we sometimes have a sick sense of humor…
If you are asking why won’t I fill out the census-cuz I think it’s a bunch of bs
@kimip84
don’t know what happened, but sorry for loss!
i am still filling it out…i just needed to take 5 cause i couldnt believe it really said negro…but hey it is what it is…but i do need to call them cause it said something about military persons overseas dont need to be counted..my husbands deployed so i dont know what to do hell they should of broken that part down more
your*
@ b-boy817 and QuettaV
yall are some complete fools!!
I have the Census sheet in my hand. The line reads: Black, African Am., or Negro.
It does not read AND Negro. If you are any one of those 3 things check that line. You don’t have to ID yourself as Negro. Both of parents’ birth certificates list them as Negro and believe me, they preferred Negro to the other N-word they could have been called.
If you sit there and act like you don’t exist because of a single word, you do your community a disservice.
@ms.truth thank you!
Choco, On one end, you seem down for the cause, on the other, you seem like you are a self-hating negro. I wouldn’t count on you having my back like Verizon.
But if you don’t count on the Census, then what you say feel or think shouldn’t count to me either, huh?
Yes, the preference for and/or dislike for “negro”, “AA”, “black” is really a generational thing. There are bigger fish to fry in the grand scheme of things. Just saying…
@Kimi- My husband is in the military too. Don’t count him in your number. I guess they’ll be surveyed separately.
Kimi…the military will “fill” out their census and count your husband….like folks in prison, college, etc….the only ppl you would add are like homeless family members, family living overseas (not military) for a short time, etc…
@Free…I consider myself Black, not AA, but I didnt get offended and go bat **** crazy. I felt like I was sticking it to the YT by not checking the YT box! Ha!
MothaFuk that NEGROE ish- we live in the millenium and that’s okay as a multiple choice no wonder the world is going to hell in a handbasket…
Multiple Choice…
Do you care what race the government tabulates you as
1) Hell NO
2) Hell Fukn NO
3) WTF?
Makes no importance-what have they done with the data-is there one community or race out here doing any better as result of the census…NO!
@ free I understand what you saying. I don’t want to be called black or AA, but I don’t want to be called negro either because if that’s becomes acceptable and a white person calls me a negro I’m going to :cutabishthroat:
*palm to forehead*
well im in the military too so do i even need to fill it out? im confrused(like my cousins in missippi say)
@RTB
You asked the question hun and no I’m not down for you- you calling me a self hating negroe well in response to that I deem you an ignorant nigga…just because I state my opinion I hate myself-NOPE but I’m starting to hate you! And chile pls I don’t give a rats azz if you care about what I think…carry on and leave me the fuk alone today!
*mississippi
The census says Black, African American, or Negro in ONE box…for those of yall who hasn’t gotten it yet.
I SURELY scratched out negro and checked the box. Like someone said, next time one come it’s just going to be straight up ni**a.
Y’all for real too huh?
Well, there is no wonder folks are so mismatched with the reps and legislators they send to Washington…
Dont complain about your neighborhoods schools, roads, training centers or LACK of these things. Seriously.
Sandra, are you lurking today? I have a question.
My hubby is in the military. He said he is not filling the census out. Also he did not vote either.
OTB, some people there is just no getting through to. They will be the very ones to complain later on down the line.
The census is another way of tracking who lives where it’s not better us it’s to make sure we stay in our places…
*chokes on confrused*
You fill it out, Kimi + kids (at home) if any. You need to do it for your “residence”.
KUMBAYA MOTHERFUGGAS
YALL KEEP ACTING ALL BOURGEOUIS AND THINKING THESE BEIGE FOLKS ACCEPT YALL
YOUR ONLY AS GOOD TO THEM AS YOUR MONEY-AFTER THAT TRUST & BELIEVE THE SHIAT DON’T RUN THAT DEEP
KUMBAYA
Ebony, military are already accounted for.
Ok first of all I would be upset if I was in Walmart minding my own buisness, prolly looking in the Menudo section and someone up in the sky say’s “all hispanic people leave now” ****, knowing me I would raise h3ll, but honestly what for???? Some people just suck like that, and to go down to their level is a waste of time. God see’s and hears everything so good luck to whoever said that…..
I’m filling out my Sinceless form and I’m circling Negro and where they have White I’m writing in Honkeey… Fair is Fair dammit. that’s alll I’m saying. Make it right across the board. I’m not racist, but I am fair!
@RTB
Ignorant ppl like you won’t ever get thru to me and I’m doing fine without you and sweetie one thing I know about life and GOD is that complaining get’s you no where-DUMMY!
aw well dayum!
**in my “shaky” Rodney King voice**
Can’t we all just get along?
KUMBAYA……. ! DROPPED DEAD!
Choco, please don’t get it twisted. I didn’t mean to imply that we were friends – AT ALL.
@ebony i am just curious if im supposed to…i mean i am all for them making improvements because i am actually stationed in my hometown and we have schools and roads that need some tending to
Got back from the microwave just in time, jk
“YOU’RE”
#jussayin
@ LaTechGrad02
u’s stoooopid!!
i got the giggles like a mofo for some reason!
I get along with all those that don’t come at me or for me-becuz I said it’s probably a black person who made the announcement does not deem me as self-hating-this stupid fart is calling me self hating-if she only knew how much I adore ME
GTFOH!
@RTB
You are the one who is twisted – get over me already!
If you get offened by the term Negro and don’t fill out your Census you are only hurting yourself! Think of how much $ money your communtity might miss out on over a word, I think the Census added Negro to appease those ppl of color who were born before 1950, cause if you call them black/AA they will cuss you smooth out and say the are NEGRO! This no different then when they added other as a race to appease mixed race folks
Seriously? Are some of you REALLY tripping about it saying “negro” on the census form? Black/African-American/NEGRO/NEGROID/NIGGA schools lack funding and are at the bottom of the barrel for state & government expenditure; predominately Black/African-American/NEGRO/NEGROID/NIGGA neighborhoods are all but devoid of funding because most of their inhabitants attend those barren schools and can barely read and ya’ll are bickering about the fact that there is a damn “Negro” option on the census?!
Really? Because you TRULY have no other WORTHWHILE cause you could be causing a ruckus about? Your neighborhoods, schools, kids & such are being literally “skipped” over when its time for mandated funding & redevelopment and thats not a problem, but ohhh….put a damn “Negro” option on a census form & some of you are ready to march in protest snd burn the census form in effigy, now?
*rolls eyes*
Chile, please.
The Negro option is there because there are MANY older (usually people over 65) inhabitants in the United States who on the PREVIOUS census indicated that they preferred to be called “Negro” rather than Afr.- Amer. & Black. If you happen to know any senior “Negro” folks, then this would be common sense to you. But then again, it’s so rare for Black folks to see “negroes” after age 25, what with all of the senseless violence and killings of each other happening in those SAME uneducated, drug-infested, under-funded, dilapidated districts and all….
I swear, we sure know how to “pick our battles wisely,” don’t we? And just so you know, NO, you are not “sticking it to the man” by NOT filling out the census because of that option. You’re “sticking it” to your damn self becuase it’s YOU & YOUR district that will lose out on the funding!
I swear, it’s a shame that common sense is becoming less and less common every-damn-day. I’m done.
@otb ok i am going to do it
lol i had to use it…whenever they say confrused it cracks me up
Under the dryer rolling. I thought I needed meds…
@ Kimi I feel you. I want change. I just want to know if its going to happen? Are they going to help communities?
For other people I respect your reasons for wanting to fill out the census. I a just saying why I am not filling it out
Hit dogs holler
@ Soulwithsass we are >>>>>here<<<<<
@Ebony
I honestly have not seen what the census does to help our communities Im 39 years old and have been filling them out up until recently-I live in good neighborhoods with good schooling and neighbors and that’s becuz of my hard work not becuz some census said I could live there-they are tracking poverty level imo.
OutsidetheBox Says: *palm to forehead*
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yeah….
I wonder if some of us wash our asses with as much concern as we have about being called a ‘negro’ on the census form
It’s so wrong.. but I laughed hard as hell while reading this.
So Sad RTB that even still becuz Im debating what your truth is to you- you are too naive to be able to comprehend someone else’s belief- but that’s cool if hit dogs holla-what happens to blind bats that can’t see a difference in opinions-they end running into a tree…enjoy that ride
LATTA GATA I’m PMS pls know that’s the main reason I went back and forth – however my attention span is short and now I’m tired of you.
You would wonder about someone washing their azz is that becuz you are starting to smell your own filth?
@Choco…have you always lived in the good areas even when you were filling out the form? If you have, I would venture to say thats the form at work…no?
And I dont want anyone to get upset and leave, I think we can all come to an understanding. We all agree that Negro is dated and mildly offensive to some.
Well damn, it’s getting hectic in here.
LLLMMMMMM NEGRO AAAAAAOOOOO @intensemocha, THESE COMMENTS ARE TOO FUNNY!!! NEXT YEAR THERE WILL SURELY BE A BOX FOR NIGGA!! The sad this is black folks will check the box!!
I JUST CIRCLED ALL OF THEM AND ADDED IN … BITCHY, CRANCKY, HUNGRY, TIRED, BROKE, HEAD HURTS, UNDER PAID, GOUT, LEFT BREAT SMALLER THAN THE RIGHT… ETC…ETC…ETC…
speakinmymind Says:
“YOU’RE”
#jussayin
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whatever 20 years from now people will still be racist theres never going to be a change in this world in how people view each other and its all because of slavery
@OTB
Yes I have always lived in good neighborhoods and I have probably filled out the census three in my 20 year career-so imo that form does not work for me at least…
@Soul
Break it down so it will forever be broken!! You did that or in the words of Gary w/the tea you peeved for that *2 snaps*
I am going to fill it out, i don’t have time to worry about the other mess. Yt people are fine with being called yt, so I am not worrying about being called nego…..
nika405 Says: If you get offened by the term Negro and don’t fill out your Census you are only hurting yourself! Think of how much $ money your communtity might miss out on over a word….
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no it’s not over a word, it’s a mentality, like we don’t vote because we don’t believe it matters but always got ish to say about what the white man got and we aint got.
or we are not proactive about ish but a soon as it hits the fan, we want to organize, march, and do a midnight vigil.
i don’t know what’s ultimately going to happen with the data but a few questions in a postage paid envelope. i mean, what is REALLY goings on???
@QuettaV
LMAO! I was just talking to somebody having that “issue” the other day. (one of the twins being smaller than the other.)
I don’t even know why that’s so funny to me…
How often does the census get sent out?
I think Sandra should implement a new rule. This comes from reading a previous thread, not necessarily this one but it may be applied:
NO blogging while bleeding.
Hi everyone. It confuses me why some people don’t want to be called AA. We are Americans of African descent, Bottom line. BLACK or NEGRO is unacceptable in my eyes. For some reason EVERY other nationality is referred to by their nation NOT by colour.
I’m sure you’ve all had this discussion about the way the term black and white (in reference to race) came along. Ol’slavemaster called us ‘black’ because we are evil and ugly in their eyes and called themselves ‘white because they’re pure and angelic. We don’t colour code Chinese, Indian, Latino Middle Eastern folks so…
I guess my point is as long as we deny our ancestry we will forever be lost and unaccounted for in the world.
@Daisy!
Thank you! I usually don’t like to get all “speechy” in here but damn! Cry about something more important! LOL!
@Free
You must be in my head. I tell people all the time, “if you aren’t going to vote to change it, then shut the hell up about it!” We are such a reactive people now whereas our ancestors were PROACTIVE & thats why THEY made strides forward and got things changed for us, and in the lax time since the 1960s, “WE” aint got sh*t done at all! 50 years later, we’re still in the same place, matter of fact, a much WORSE place, than our people were in the 60s when our ancestors passed the torch. But-oh wait- we got a “Black” president now so all that could be done has been accomplished.
*eye-roll* whatever.
I work for a public school system. If you knew what they bought with the funding from the census you wouldn’t fill it out either
Oh Pretty
I have a better rule: immature lil girls that haven’t had the PERIOD yet should not comment!
Different census = different timelines…this is the Population and Housing one…its every 10yrs.
Choco I think it’s every 10 yrs
@Ebony
Which confirms my thought once again it’s not for the community they are tracking other things-if the census help schools and communities so much why does my son’s school have a fundraising event every other week it seems…
Sociologists believe that “PMS” is a cultural thing and that only American women use it as an excuse for being bitchy…don’t know how I feel about that.
@Brown
Thanks boo so Im correct I fill them out most times but not this year….
@ms. truth, that’s interesting.
@MsTruth
Them sociologist need to talk to me and my sisters and my friends trust we don’t seek excuse on being b i t c h y that can come natural depending on the situation-my PMS will have my azz crying off a commercial later so it is a huge hormonal thing for me and most the women I know with the exception of my mom
for being catty…
I am too through. Some of these people get so upset with the term Negro, but shake their behinds and sing along to to Lil Wayne singing “F*ck these ni99as.”
As for the Walmart thing, I would rather not shop there at all. That place gets on my last nerves. Why can’t they find out who said it? They have 20 cameras on every aisle.
@SoulWithSass
RedBottoms
The confusion comes because the average person has not clue to the differences of Race, Nationality, or Ethnicity.
From what I was taught, Black is the Race and African American the Ethinicity, with America being our nation of origin
For Chinese people, that is their Nationality. They are from China. Racially they are Asian. The old racist term for them was Yellow or Oriental.
Indian is a Nationality for people from India. Ethnically they can be Dravidian, Punjabi et al
There is a color code for Latinos. Latino/Hispanic is the Enthnicity. There are racially Black, White, and Mixed Latinos. Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican in the Nationnality.
Middle Eastern is the Ethnicity. Racially again, there are Black and White ones.
The non-black ones are classified as White in American but Asian in Europe
DivaPT Says:
whatever 20 years from now people will still be racist theres never going to be a change in this world in how people view each other and its all because of slavery
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Sad but true. Slavery is still a huge problem world wide today, and there is no race excluded.
I’m shocked…did this really happen
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People need to wake up and realize that us Black folks ain’t going no where!!!
When I first read this on Yahoo, my immediate reaction is that it was a prank by a stupid person.
@Ebony…as a school employee you dont feel its your duty to report something trifiling? Think of the kids! Imma straight up snitch. I’m telling it.
They prolly have been misguiding that money for years…and ppl have been ignoring it for years. Lets do something different.
The internet and immediate connectivity ruins lives but it also shines lights where none have ever been shown.
*Education major and mama to 5 PUBLIC SCHOOL kids* THIS is dear to me….as if y’all couldnt tell LOL
@ ohpretty1,
i couldn’t resist! lmao
@ Ebony,
do tell
ms.truth Says:
Sociologists believe that “PMS” is a cultural thing and that only American women use it as an excuse for being ****y…don’t know how I feel about that.
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While there’s a big change in hormones prior to menstruating I can see why they say/think that. There are women that use there periods as an excuse to be catty and say I’m PMSing yet PMS occurs prior to menstruating not during. I always find that funny.
@ mstruth and Choco
i had really bad PMS until i started taking an alternative supplement for my underactive thyroid, then the PMS symptoms went away…no mood swings, bloating, etc.
Although I think mine is natural too, it makes sense. We’ve always been told that PMS makes us act a certain way, and eventually it gets stuck in our head that it really makes us feel that way. Kind of like a person who lies all the time, eventually they begin to believe their lies..Supposedly women in other societies use the time to be more “creative” (whatever that means), while we chose to be “catty”.
I haven’t read through everyone’s comments yet, so if I’ve repeated something, forgive me. I don’t give WalMart one black dime of my money. They’re just messy when it comes to black people. That man was quoted saying that it’s 2010 and he’s shocked this is still happening. Huh? Since when did this nonsense STOP happening. Wake up!
Fuk OHPretty and RTB
Call it pmsn call it hormonal call it what you want-but **** both of you-!
Schools have fundraisers because they don’t have enough money to operate…they don’t have enough money to operate because they haven’t been allocated enough…they haven’t been allocated enough because the constituents in the area didn’t go out and say “save some for us”… they didn’t use their voice because their voice called them Negro…
It’s a vicious cycle. Easily eradicated though.
@speakinmymind
they weren’t referring to the physical aspects of it, just the emotional and psychological aspects.
@Speak
What did you take and was it homeopathic like an herbal remedy I do not have time to discuss how different every woman’s body is and have someone tell me about what some professional male or females attributes PMS to….
@choco
honey boo, i was just sharing some knowledge…
@ outside there is no stopping what has been going on for years, but I will say we try. They have 4 schools closing in Dekalb county, but their county just gave all the custodians new uniforms and a dry cleaning service that comes every week and cleans their uniforms.
Are we going to start getting so desensitized to this behavior that we just let it go? Could it be that our enemies continue to push the button (pun intended) because they know black folks are apathetic and will just sit back and say, “Eh. This happens all the time. No big deal.” Once the Civil Rights movement discipated, we got complacent. Sadly, this generation has no fighters. People criticize Al and Jesse, but at least they aren’t sitting down and tolorating this mess. Now, this might be minor to some, but where does it end? My people. My people.
@OTB
With all due respect but I live in one of the richest counties in MD-the vicious cycle is the corrupt government not using the funds for what they are for…I mean seriously we pay for parking all over the place and they give hefty parking tickets and double fines too I know we have a surplus of revenue-what about the roads trying to be built but never finished..they have cash flow they are not dispensing it correctly which makes it a government dilemma not a community one….
@Mstruth
I got you chick didn’t mean to come off like that but sometimes drs don’t know everything and don’t know everything about a woman’s anatomy my bad don’t take offense I only get loose with those that do that with me…
@OTB, what you said about the funding for schools is so true. Speaking as the daughter of a principal
@Ebony
Girl pls keep it up becuz you keep proving my point and I’m glad that you can see what I’m talking about OTB has very good advice on not giving up but sometimes your hands are tied…
Choc,
– your old ass stopped having those 3 CENSUS AGO 
Shut the f*ck up with your crazy ass. Don’t blame it on a period
Up your lithium and premarain… self-hating NEGRO
@ mstruth,
i meant to include the emotional part of it as well. i used to be all over the place emotionally and after journaling, i narrowed it down to the week prior to my cycle and usually ending on the 1st or second day of my cycle. i’m talmbout crying spells, going off the deep end about petty stuff – totally out of my norm. i also used to retain a lot of fluid (bloating) to the point that i had to go up a size in pants during that time.
@ Choco
i take a supplement called Metabolic Advantage and it is available at VitaminShoppe, Whole Foods and Sevananda (a local co-op and organic grocer here in Atlanta). You can also probably find it at GNC or somewhere similar in your area.
without writing a book, once i started taking this supplement, EVERYTHING started to balance out. the thyroid controls so many of our bodies functions that if it is even slightly underactive or overactive, it can cause a host of physical and emotional problems…which can be mis-diagnosed by doctors.
do your research and also read up on a product called Vitalzym.
That prank could have been done by anyone. I got on the PA system once at WalMart when I got tired of waiting for assistance. I said “It’s been 15 minutes and customer still needs assistance in housewares”. All you do is pick up one of the phones on the wall and dial a code to go through to the PA system. That was about 8 years ago and someone told me that it happened all the time. Supposedly WalMart was to remove the phones from the general public. Maybe not all of them did.
@ Choco
sorry, it is considered an herbal supplement. guess i shoulda said that first.
@speak
does that help with the actual period too? (cramps, heavy flow) I’m tired of docs telling me I just have an extreme period…does me no good!
@Speak
You and I are here as far as the PMS and I retain water as well-thank you for the tip I stay in Vitamin Shoppe and GNC I will pick up some of that cuz as I get older my PMS worsens…good looking…
@Speak, I know I’m dipping but I’m going to look for that supplement too. How long were you taking it before you noticed a difference?
@ebony…thas crazy. Why they need a service? Parents didnt raise hell about that?
A school is closing in my city also…the school is right across the street from a “large” project…but the mamas cant be bothered with it. They announced the closing and them heffas asked what they was suppossed to do with they kids 0-o
@Chco…but the ppl make up the communities and the ppl are the government! I agree the government needs to come to a new place but how does it ever get there with that attitude? I just dont understand how folks in a democracy wanna be all every man for themselves…
A surplus? In America, the War Lover? *hearty laughter* No way! Yeah you pay for parking tickets but do you know how much is actually going back to the actual roads? Not more than 50% I’d bet and the other is headed to this tax or that tax…those taxes are there because your representatives voted or didnt vote against them…your rep is there because you voted or didnt vote against them…and once again we are still in the vicious cycle.
@ RTB
cut.it.out.please!
if i lose my job lol’ing at yalls crazy @$$es, somebody’s gonna be claiming me as a dependent on their taxes! 
She doesn’t need herbal supplements, she needs an IV bag full of Thorazine. Then put her down like the hit dog she is.
Sheesh. Don’t mistake hormones for crazy. Give the b*tch full credit – it is what it is.
*nods* @La…yup. My mama was a school teacher. School teachers changed my life. Shout out to Ms. Smith at Washington High!
Speakin, I’m sorry, I’m in a laughing mood today, myself! I tried to stay quiet, but I’m just torturing myself!
@OTB
Well I don’t have all the answers all I can do is wish and pray for a better day…
@Choco
I live/work in Montgomery County (and it cannot get any more expensive than here in MD- I hate it), but I’m still filling out the census so that my neighborhood can STAY on the “up & up.”
@RTB
You know what you are not in a laughing mood you are in a lonely mood-
I did not call you a b i t c h even tho you try your hardest to behave like one-so I will take a big sister approach with you and tell you that your Momma’s a bitch and gave birth to a bastard-U!
@ Choco, ms.truth and LaTechGrad02
i’ve been taking it and the Vitalzym now for about 6 months. it took a coupla months before i started noticing a difference. i also had a myomectomy for fibroids after my gyno had told me for years that i had ‘heavy’ periods. after having the surgery, i started researching alternative treatments and that’s how i found out about the Vitalzym, as well as a supplement called Fibrovan. the key ingredient in both products are protein enzymes, which our bodies produce less and less of as we get older. The nattokinase used in Fibrovan breaks down the fibroids and i noticed a huge difference in the heaviness/clotting of my cycles within the first coupla months.
sorry if i’m grossing anyone out but folks need to know that there are alternative and natural treatments for these conditions. doctors will have you on all kinds of prescription meds with side effects cuz they only treat SYMPTOMS, not the root causes of disease.
@Soul
Hey local mama and yes I live in MOCO also I still have the census at home I may fill it out…I live in Germantown you?
@RTB
^^^Your momma’s a b i t c h!
@Choco.. I wish I was more eloquent but words fail me sometimes.
@Speak, thank you for the information. I have fibroids too and this is really helpful.
@OTB
Well even if you don’t have eloquence which I think you do in reading your comments you do display decorum which is just as important…
aight now…can er’body just to retreat to their respective ‘corners’ and let’s call a truce. we all come here for shi.ts and giggles – with the occasional dragging – but all in all we have a good time lol’ing at these celebs and each other’s silly comments.
Choco, did the voices tell you to check the NEGRO box on the Census yet, crazy?
@ outside the parents don’t know. All parents should ask their school what the purchased with their yearly funding, and how does it enhance the childrens education
@speak
thanks a lot lady!! I’m tired of these docs giving me info that isn’t helpful and trying to get me to take some meds which costs are ridiculous. I’ve got to research this supplemental some more.
Well Daamn I wasn’t going to fill it out because I’m tired of the stereo types being placed on black people (women). I don’t need to be counted as another single, black woman over the age of 30.
I’m glad I actually read the comments in here. I have a question for those saying fill it out…. if the Census is giving every 10 years shouldn’t we have saw some changes by now? It seems that the communities of underprivlage is growing more by the day. The school system is getting less fundings and teachers are being laid off.
If there is no money in the government (I still wonder where the ad money for this Census came from) how will filling out this years Census put money in to help? By the time this economy balance out it’ll probably be another 10 years…
So basically I just want to know what difference will this really make?
@ OSTB
I also refer to myself as black opposed to AA.
Choco Says:
Fuk OHPretty and RTB
Call it pmsn call it hormonal call it what you want-but **** both of you-!
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First off, I don’t
so no thank you! I don’t do girls. So if you want to engage in that activity, find yourself a Starship, get the biggest one you can plug into a wall and go HAM. OR get a man. Secondly, there is reading, then there comprehension. You should comprehend that I was speaking with ms.truth since that is the comment I copied and replied to.
@Speak
I know how you feel I thought I had a thyroid problem due to chronic fatigue went to dr after dr and had my blood taken for him to tell me everything was fine-chile I got online so quick and that’s when I discovered Vitamin Shoppe and GNC I have got to pick up the Metabolic advantage my PMS symptons start a week before during and after-so I used to get two weeks out of the month that I was cool now it seems it’s only one…thx again for sharing your knowledge GOD is good becuz I was like I can not stand the hormonal rollercoaster…funny how it came about : )
@ LaTechGrad02,
i had suffered unknowingly with fibroids for years cuz my doctor never said a word about me having them. my mom also had fibroids but she just suffered as well. i used to have to miss school sometimes due to the pain and heavy flow. i’m 38 now and finally have ‘normal’ cycles. also, if i had known about the Fibrovan before the surgery, i never would have had it. the doctor couldn’t remove all the fibroids cuz there were so many, so the remaining ones kept growing even after the surgery. about six months later, there i was again with all the discomfort from before. that’s when i tried the Fibrovan and after a coupla months, all the discomfort was gone.
i’m sure you’ve experienced all the unpleasant symptoms that go along with having fibroids (i won’t list them here), but ALL of my symptoms are gone now!!
RTB and Ohpretty
are some simple azz lil broad stfu yall are dumb as fuk-okay bish good you don’t lick girls I’m still saying FUK U-smdh eeeellll I hate petty lil dingbats!
speak what’s your email address
@MsTruth
Honestly imo I don’t listen to the drs there are so many new medz on the market that have not been fully tested by the FDA so I think it’s a conspiracy to use patients as guinea pigs…
@Choco
I’m in Silver Spring (home) & Rockville (work). Is Germantown decent, I’m thinking of relocating for more “cost-efficiency.” SS is ridiculous as far as the cost-of-living.
Luvmysailor:
From what I was taught, Black is the Race and African American the Ethinicity, with America being our nation of origin
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We originated in Africa. Not America.
@ ms.truth and Choco,
you’re very welcome! i’ve learned so much from blogs. that’s why i visit even if it gets a little crazy in here from time to time – me included!
i figured if i have to skip a pair of shoes, jeans or purse er’ now and then to make sure i got my supplements, then that’s fine by me. i’d rather be cute and fly from the inside-out! lol
eminem3624@hotmail.com
“All parents should ask their school what the purchased with their yearly funding, and how does it enhance the children’s education”
@Ebony…that’s so, so true. I can’t stress enough how necessary that is. Make a little noise for your kids. Don’t be afraid of being labeled loud and aggressive. I’m anything but, BUT I’LL BE THAT AN’DAY OF THE WEEK AND TWICE ON SUNDAYS FOR MINE.
I had to go in on one of my best girlfriends recently because she was letting the school “handle” her. No ma’am, they work for you! She was really surprised at the advice I was giving her (go up in there)…but I told her the next time you at that school take a look around and see that you and your kind (Black mamas) are the ONLY ONES NOT UP IN THERE!
You know, it has been my dream for some time to hold a traveling symposium of sorts for Black folks…men and women alike. I don’t mean uppity and you know who you are but regular old Black folks… like a “how to”. And I’m covering everything to making sure your school district is on the up and up to cooking collard greens (or whateva!) to caring for Black hair. My people just don’t know. And I’d like them to. And not just my ppl. I try not to regulate how other ppl spend their money but I do wish some of these long pocket Black folks would do something. Woe is me.
@Soul
Girl I used to live in SS years ago and then my parents moved us all to the Gaithersburg area when I was in highschool-I love Germantown-it’s costly but you get more for your money like what you pay in SS for an apt you could more than likely get a bigger condo or thome for the same amount-how ironic I work in Rockville also do you know anyone in the Germantown area if you don’t mind me asking how old are you just tryn to see if we know anyone in common….
@Speak
so true on feeling good on the inside my poor bfriend got in last night and I was curled up in the bed he said “damn babe period’s are not they are cracked up to be” girl I just rolled over cuz we both thought I was gonna be late…
*given, seen
Its a lot of
moments up in here isn’t it?
@OTB
That sounds like a great idea and I hope you see it born….
@ Choco
my hubby could write a book on dealing with a wife with PMS, thyroid issues, etc! LOL!! he’s really stuck in there with me through thick and thin, and i know it wasn’t easy to be in a relationship with me. not that he’s a saint, either, but we’ve weathered our storms TOGETHER!! i go to doctors for my regular checkups, physicals, etc. and to get a diagnosis if something is going on. however, i do not take any prescription medication.
@Speak
that’s the beauty of it you both have built a stronger foundation becuz of your tolerance for one another girl we (me and my beau) just reached our 6 year mark and our road was ruff but I will thank GOD that he is now in our relationship as opposed to the negativity I feel as if I’ve grown alot becuz of that….
@iscream….in this age of Black women being the worst and least of EVERYTHING please believe that I feel you. Honey, they have almost turned me into somebody else with this assault on the Black woman, not the man cause they love his Mandingo as.s (lie if I ever heard one but whatevs!)…I’m not taking it lightly. Matter of fact I betcha I’m on some kind of list somewhere for emailing the First Lady so much. But damnit I’m offended!
But with that said…if they got a coupla thousand dollars tucked away for the single BLACK/AA/NEGRO sistahs in 32641 guess which NEGRO and her BeBe kids gonna be getting some of it?!?!?
And you read the comments THE AREAS ARE ALL ATE OUT CAUSE FOLKS DON’T DO THE CENSUS! You know how Black ppl are! And don’t forget that different census measure different things…school systems getting less funding? Check NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND…and how many children it left behind…NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND made it because we had an asinine president and voters who were stupider than the decider!
The ppl not completing the census will be folks in the underprivileged communities and racist ppl who think they are getting back at the Pres. by not doing it. I work in the medical field, please believe these RICH ARSE folks hate Obama but they doing that damn census. It’s all about education.
The ad money comes from where the war money comes from: OUTTA THIN AS.S AIR!!!! 400 billion has been allocated for the data arising from the census. And remember this is the POPULATION and HOUSING CENSUS. The economic census would be different questions. It makes a difference folks. I wish you all could tour my city. It is a great example of division. I live in a part of town that is thought of as less desirable but if you come into my neighborhood and its surrounding areas, its lovely. Why? Because we all care. I live near a nature “area” and trust YTs love them some hiking trails…our schools are “A” schools, our crime rate is low… but 2 miles up the road, a different zip code, different “education” levels (cause ignorant ppl arent just Black or white)….a different atmosphere does make….
Being nosey but why do you prefer Black? We had our genealogy done a couple of years ago and basically we some white, Native American, Black folks. I was a little upset LOL
@OTB
Why would you be upset over the findings of the genealogy report?
Hello All. (I felt my computer screen and it’s hot from all the heat up in this camp.) My Momma, God rest her soul, used the word ‘colored’ all the time. She said that it embraces ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR except the white man. Most folks today are offended by this word, also by Negro. Me, I hate the word Negro. When we first integrated in 1970 in racist VA, we had an opening ceremony and the new, white principle welcomed the “Nigras” to the new school. I guess at 16, I was a militant then and still now, ’cause I started clearing my throat and all the blacks starting clearing their throats. Well, this white principle got so nervous and shaky, you best believe he pronounced Negro correctly from then on. One last thing. When does a black man become a ni@@er? When he leaves the room. And for what it’s worth, on the census fore, I’m too will scratch white out and put Honkie! What a hoot and thanks for the idea. Peaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
@Choco: Now you know I’m an underdog champion
I was upset to be technically more white than Black (even though I know that race is a social construct). White ppl don’t have the best track records for being good folks, ya know….
@ PAHairston
you’re my sista friend in my head **as Wendy Williams would say**
too funny! i’m gonna add honkie and cracker too when i get my census forms!
and when i’m ackin’ all silly with my family, i’ll yell out “i’s nigra!”
@OTB
See babe this is where you and I have passionate natures that differ somewhat and trust I love that as well becuz I am learning from you-but race really in the big picture doesn’t matter it is used agaisnt us to provide more division…White, indian, asian, hispanic, and blacks none of us have the best track record for being good folks-we as individuals are children of GOD we make our own choices good or bad but I can’t blame that on my race (black) or any race-I refuse to see color first I look at character first and have taught my children the same thing….
PAHairston Says: My Momma, God rest her soul, used the word ‘colored’ all the time. She said that it embraces ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR except the white man.
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lol. i love to hear these stories because there is REAL HISTORY behind them. i can’t imagine what our forefathers went through. if it was alright with them, it’s alright with me.
LOL @ Speak
Dead! @”I’s nigra” and
at my kids when I made “Roots” the family movie two weeks in a row (you know its 2 parts)!!!
They were horrified! LMAO
@ostb
Thanks. *sigh* well instead of saying I’m not mailing it. I’ll do a lil research first and then make my choice. I will admit until these comments I was NOT! (Lmao @ you mailing Michelle, Classic!)
I prefer black because I feel that my blood is mixed with more than African blood (this statement is not taking away from the fact that my ancestors came from Africa or I don’t embrace that fact). And I never understood why Asians aren’t called Asian American, why Itialians are Itialian American, Why Jamaicans are called Jamaican American, why Puerto Ricians are PR Americans ect, ect. Whenever I hear a yt person say African American I feel like they are saying Nicca in their heard but want to be politically correct.
@ OTB
i don’t know how old you are but i was around 6-8 when Roots first came out. it came on every night for a whole week…television viewing at its finest!! lmao
we were glued to the tv every night and my momma let us eat tv dinners on tray tables in front of the tv and er’thang!! those were the days!
@Iscream
I would have to agree with you they came up with African American what like 15 years old ago I always selected black and I do feel it’s their politically correct way saying nigga underneath their breath, or in their head-so I’m black and I’m proud! NEGROE-no I am no ones negroe…
@Speak
you are so taking me back with the tv stand in front of TV except we were eating TV dinners damn growing up in the 70′s wasn’t so bad even tho this conclusion I’ve already made but those are good memories
“but race really in the big picture doesn’t matter it is used against us to provide more division”
Oh but we agree! I agree that is why they ask the ?s they do…but I don’t think it has to be negative! I gladly reap all my Voting Rights and Civil Rights benefits…those are there because Black ppl needed them at one point (some say still do)…political questions for a political reason! Have you all forgotten that there was a time when race mattered?!?!
Some professor once said it way better than I can but simply put: bad things were done to colored folks in America…I hope no one disputes that…because of that bad stuff, the country had to make laws to make sure no American (no matter WHAT color) was hurt. Affirmative action, Civil Rights laws, etc, all that has to be tracked…the census asks questions about race to track. Maybe one day we won’t need to ask, but today is not that day!
I do teach my children that character counts but I don’t want them to be ignorant or disrespectful of another’s culture/experience because they have grown up privileged… privileged in the way of “White Privilege” not financially based. The kids today are privileged to a mindset that older folks aren’t privy to. When you’re privileged, you don’t have to think about your race.
@OTB
Okay I see your point and I agree I also agree that maybe when kids are raised without seeing race they are priviledged in that way also-I’m not rich in finances but in integrity and strength I am – my son’s friends come in different colors from different financial backrounds I look at those kids today and I see tolerance and compassion in them and from them more so then when I was growing up…but I won’t let my kids think the “white man” is in charge of your future they it’s up to them with GOD’s will….
RedBottoms
African-Americans orginated here in America.
As I was taught in my African history class, we are an ethinic group created from the African slave and European slave holder.
Makes us the only race in America created on American soil as Native Americans migrated over the land bridge from Asia and European and Africans came here from their homelands.
@iscream…I undersatnd, but if youre going to research I can hold out hope…and besides y’all dont want one of the workers showing up to your door do you?
I do agree that AA is a little too slick for me. Y’all aint fooling nobody.
but the only time Ive ever been mad at Oprah in our 20 year friendship (stfu!) is when she had Chris Rock on and exclaimed that “white women aint worried about your hair…” kinda pissed me off…and this has reminded me of that…so umm yeah, I digress LOL
LOL@ Speak…sounds like us on movie nights. We dont get much TV in our house cause I get tired of answering questions and I once foolishily told my kids that smart poeple always ask lots of questions…. >:( … lots of questions x 5=
and im tryna cut back LOL
@OTB
LOL at telling your kids smart ppl asks questions kids are too much nowadays my kids can get literal also…but I love that they show an interest and they engage as well…
SIMPLY BECAUSE THE WORD “NEGRO” IS CONTROVERSIAL/OFFENSIVE TO THE GROUP THE WORD IS SUPPOSE TO DESCRIBE OR REPRESENT
THE WORD SHOULD BE REMOVED-
BUT SOME UNCLE TOM’S ARE SO HAPPY THAT THE MASSA EVEN RECOGNIZED THEM TO BEGIN WITH-THAT THEY ARE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THE IMPLIED RACISM
I GUESS THEY SHOULD RESURRECT “JIM CROW LAWS” WITH SIGNS STATING “NEGROES” ALLOWED TOO HUH?!?!?!
YALL WOULD BE JUST SO HAPPY-WITH THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ALLOWED THAT YOU WOULD IGNORE THE OBVIOUS INSULT
I GUESS-THEY SHOULD HAVE MONKEYS & GORILLAS, ALSO LISTED AS OPTIONS AS WELL
NEGROE IS ONLY APPROPRIATE WHEN USED “IF AND ONLY IF” YOU ARE REFERRING TO A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD-SUCH AS HISTORY!
DEFINITELY NOT THE PRESENT-IT’S BEWILDERING TO ME THAT ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT MIND BEING REFERRED TO AS A NEGROE HOW OFFENSIVE IT IS ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE
JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WE REALLY HAVEN’T COME THAT FAR-AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT IF THEY ARE STILL REFERRING TO US AS “NEGROE” LOL
@Intense
NEGROE IS ONLY APPROPRIATE WHEN USED “IF AND ONLY IF” YOU ARE REFERRING TO A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD-SUCH AS HISTORY!
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I concur and I will add that I found it odd that ppl were saying what is the big deal-ask my father may he RIP what the big deal is…
The issue involving black people is that we don’t have a country, language, or culture to speak of. Latinos, Asians, Indians (from India), and Europeans each can point to a country, language, and culture to be proud of, yet we don’t have that priviledge. I grew up in the “I’m Black and I’m Proud” era. That era is long gone.
We talk about “privilege?” Blacks will never and have never had white priviledge. We choose to stay in the dark about such issues because it’s uncomfortable. We think like massah and act like him too. We’ve obviously been whitewashed – the Stolkholm Syndrome at work. Our “not seeing color” is the reason we are in the state we are today – complacent, naive, disrespected, etc. I’m not insinuating that we shouldn’t accept others, but let’s start with us first. We see color – we see our own color and judge each other accordingly. We are the only race of people that would allow such disrepect, as minor as it might seem to some people, and sit on our behinds saying, “Ah, this ain’t no big deal.” Oh really? So when does it become a big deal? We have so many issues from within yet no support. I really don’t have much hope for us.
Poot pacific veggie pizza hoe
@KRAZYKAT I talked about privilege because of the whole “colorblind” attitude. I do not want my kids to be colorblind. I think it does them a disservice.
For the record, I do agree that only white people can have white privilege but ppl of all colors can forget where they came from….basking in the privilege of “time goes on”….
All I have to say is Birds of a feather flock together.
Well GOD’s garden has many different colored flowers in it and they are all beautiful and GOD looks at us as his children and we are equal so that’s why I’m colorblind my Father in Heaven is…and I think being any different is still a form of mental slavery-black ppl do have a lot we just don’t see it that way-and mind you all that we have other races are now trying to adopt-I guess it depends on how look at it-glass half empty or half full….
@OTB
You make some really good points! I enjoy your comments. (Can you share the 1st Lady’s email addy with me? I got some issues I would like to discuss with her as well.)
@Choco
I just moved to SS about 1 year ago. I don’t know anybody in Germantown, but I do have an Aunt Sandy (go figure) in Gaithersburg. Also-I’m 24…..and I saw you said you grew up in the 70s so as you can guess, I’m a “mid-80s baby.” (A real one, not an imaginary one like Jay-Z claims to be though.)
@Soul
Okay cool well is you are looking to relocate logon to gazette.net and look under classifieds for homes to rent-I’ve been really lucky using that…where did you move here from?
So do you REALLY think that the Census will provide money because they know how many people live somewhere?????
What if I fill it out and half the people move to Miami in two months, how do they allocate?? By the time they get these forms analyzed majority of folks probably moved somewhere else. i am no conspiracy theorist but I just think that the Government never does what it says to be public.
Our country is ran by the people with the deep pockets and they run it for people just like them, they don’t give rats ass about what we need, if they need to allocate dollars. The will give it if they think it has some bigger purpose.
For example, we are sooo worried about economy or unemployemnt but yet there are so many things that can be done but won’t because its not in the scheme of the ones who got money already.
Somebody please explain to me, how is is that a brand new building that was build with condos has been completely empty for over a year, because nobody is buying. The company that owns it wants to turn it into an apartment complex but the city of Sandy Springs rejected it because it already has too many apts in the area. How dumb does that sound? So you rather have a completely empty buidling sitting on the mainstrip of Abernathy. If you could just make it into Apts. which in turn creates new jobs, brings new people in the area that will pay taxes, buy groceries and spend money, get power, phones, cable etc. But No these rich folks feel like it will hurt their image. So forget these extra jobs and money people could be making in that area. Please save the Census crap
@Soul. Thank you and I’m glad someobe enjoys my ramblings. im all over the place most times but I promise I have a point LOL
And first+.+lady@whitehouse.+gov … tell my sister I said, “Hey girl” LOL
someobe? or someone. Your choice LOL
OutsidetheBox Says:
@KRAZYKAT I talked about privilege because of the whole “colorblind” attitude. I do not want my kids to be colorblind. I think it does them a disservice.
OutsidetheBox Says:
For the record, I do agree that only white people can have white privilege but ppl of all colors can forget where they came from….basking in the privilege of “time goes on”….
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I hear ya. I think it does them a disserve too because the world is not colorblind. We can sing “We are the World” from now until time stands still and we will never be equal in some people’s eyes.
dblaq…dont do that. It’s too late in the day.
ITS NOT CENSUS CRAP. Check your elected officials! You elected (or did not elect) these muthafu.ckas!!! You did!!!! In your area!!!!! In my area we aint hurting cause we some voting, census-taking, town-hall meeting, emailing, NEGROID, CAUCASOID, CHINKY, BLACK BEAN eating, single, married, and gay as.s muthafu.ckas!!!!!!
Didn’t you read me (#47) say that you could do whatever the fudge you wanted with your census as long as you didn’t live in my neighborhood?!!!
I dont wanna be all Intense and sh.it but dam.n! Clearly you didn’t read the comments, because we discussed this! Everything you griping about is on the elected officials and the local constituents hands. Sheesh.
I don’t know I’m still on the fence becuz I know I’m in control of my destiny so if a yt does not see me as equal that is yt’s problem not mine-yt is a human being that will bleed just like me if hurt-so I don’t care what someone thinks what’s the real-the real is YT is not in control in my world!
Choco Says:
Well GOD’s garden has many different colored flowers in it and they are all beautiful and GOD looks at us as his children and we are equal so that’s why I’m colorblind my Father in Heaven is…and I think being any different is still a form of mental slavery-black ppl do have a lot we just don’t see it that way-and mind you all that we have other races are now trying to adopt-I guess it depends on how look at it-glass half empty or half full….
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Yes, thank God He made us all different. I believe He sees color that way He didn’t make us all different. He doesn’t discriminate. Unfortunately many here on this planet don’t see things the way He sees them; therefore they don’t act according to His ways.
What I believe we lack is the fact that we don’t have unity. We’ve accomplished so much, I agree, and other races are adopting our style and innovations everyday, yet they don’t acknowledge it as “ours.” Anyway, that’s a whole different story. I’ve been trying to see the glass “half full” for decades, but until we get over our mental slavery, we’ll still be having this conversation for decades more. JMO.
@Krazy
Yes I agree it’s far too long to still think as humans not as children of GOD – but the discussion needs to be had and I for one know that I have been a vehicle my GOD to get his message across just like he has used countless others to do the same thing…we do lack the fact that we don’t have any unity but to me that’s becuz ppl like to keep an enslaved pov-I know in my life and in my circle of family and friends we are uniting better than ever before-so maybe it starts at home who knows I just know I will continue to allow my spirit to be uplifted and evolved
Choco Says:
I don’t know I’m still on the fence becuz I know I’m in control of my destiny so if a yt does not see me as equal that is yt’s problem not mine-yt is a human being that will bleed just like me if hurt-so I don’t care what someone thinks what’s the real-the real is YT is not in control in my world!
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Choco, white supremacy is still very prevelent (sp?) today. If we were all in control of our destiny, we wouldn’t be discriminated against constantly. There are powers at be that are at work. I’m not stating that we shouldn’t move forward and continue to live our lives, but reality is reality. I don’t need yts acceptance, but he/she doesn’t have a right to discriminate against us because of the color of our skin, and to act like this doesn’t exist, is being naive. That’s the point I’m trying to make.
@dblaq
Well they took a Condo here and turned this top of the line, brand new building into a homeless shelter
@Krazy
I feel you mos def I do but does that make us any better to discriminate back not to me I don’t like repeating negative behavior-GOD is all knowing not YT…and girl we all discriminate agaisnt one another not just white and black we as a nation do it-so I told myself years ago when I got tired of being discriminated agaisnt don’t look at it like that look at it as people who live in fear-it has helped me to look at it from a different perspective…
I personally don’t like the term “black”. I look at my skin and don’t see black anywhere, I see brown…I prefer “African American” because it seems to capture most of our heritage…most people that associate themselves with the terms, “black”, “African American”, “negro” “nigga” have ancestors from Africa that came to America. The “American” part of “African American” symbolizes all ethnicities/races that make up this country, so African American seems appropriate to me.
“ancestors from Africa that came to America” and they would be AA…but a lot of Africans were BROUGHT to America and then phased out of their family line by mixing… my maternal tree is full of “passers”…
It just got to the point that I felt like I identify more with Black because thats how I look and feel.
Well for me African’s don’t like black american’s so that’s why I say I’m black and plus I always have YT changed the name not me…see I’m in control : )
if I were to do an analysis of my DNA, I would find African heritage…good enough for me…and Nigerians always swear that I just came from the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, so I’m quite comfortable with saying I’m African American…my African line was phased out too by white men having sex with black women and Cherokee women marrying slaves, but I claim all of it…”black” just doesn’t do it for me.
ms.truth Says:
I personally don’t like the term “black”. I look at my skin and don’t see black anywhere, I see brown…I prefer “African American” because it seems to capture most of our heritage
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Were you born in the 80′s. My daughter feels like you do. I prefer black because not even my daddy’s, daddy’s, daddy was from Africa. As far as skin color my skin is white (I am biracial)You can tell by looking at me I am white so I just say I am black. I was born in the sixties and you had to pick one, I picked black long ago. I don’t say biracial or mixed, just black old habits die hard.
80s baby…
It is a generational thing though…just like the “negro” issue.
ms.truth Says:
80s baby…
It is a generational thing though…just like the “negro” issue.
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Yep.
ok i love that picture of the little boy yelling “Thats Racist”
ROTF LMAO!
if you know how to work the intercom or the loud speaker, anybody can walk up, pick up the receiver and make an announcement like this.
i didn’t read the entire story, but even if its an employee, he’ll be fired. haven’t yall heard “the views expressed are not necessarily those of the station owner” while watching tv or hearing an editorial.
nothing to see here people. keep it moving.
OutsidetheBox Says: In my area we aint hurting cause we some voting, census-taking, town-hall meeting, emailing, NEGROID, CAUCASOID, CHINKY, BLACK BEAN eating, single, married, and gay as.s muthafu.ckas!!!!!!
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on the flip side, we “kept it real” in ClayCo and elected all blacks because only blacks have our best interests at heart and we were gonna show the white man how it’s done….
@Free….I know youre being funny…right?