George Zimmerman pulled over in traffic stop

Tee crazy. Ok.

FU.CK THIS RUNT! (Charlotte’s Web taught us stunted PIGS are RUNTS) :woot:

From Downstairs:

@Carrington says: I look at Jay Z no different than I look at Denzel Washington. He has a past. (we all do) As an artist, he creates by giving you a “visual” for that which he creates. If Denzel can play a drug addicted, rogue cop and step off set and become a husband, father, and millionaire philanthropist, why can’t Jay Z paint a picture with his music, step out of the booth, off the stage and become a successful businessman, husband, and father?

I get a lot of things from Jay Z in 2013, but “thug” is no longer one of them. Why can’t his accomplishments from a past not unlike many children who probably learned about him be a valuable lesson learned in that they too can be a success despite their surroundings, socialization and beginnings?

Now, at the end of the day – do I want my child going to school learning from the book of “99 B*tches?” absolutely not. But today, more children keep up with Jay Z albums and admire his successes as one of the wealthiest black men to not only transition from the thug life and do it LEGALLY, but he married one of the most successful women in the entertainment industry and became one of the most successful and wealthiest COUPLES to get it in?

I’m certainly understanding why parents don’t want their children learning about rappers, but as it stands today – but I’m also on the cusp of offense that we regard successful black folk as thugs when it’s clear that they’ve moved in a different direction.

THEY do enough of trying to make even the educated blacks into thugs based upon their style of dress and the number of bops in their walk.

Can we not?

From Downstairs:

@Therapist says: Well I was about to type a long paragraph as a seasoned Educator. However, Carrington summed it all up.

@@Therapist says: Unless you know where this teacher is going with his lesson, please reserve your criticism of this lesson.

We allow our kids to read about Christopher Columbus ( a thief), Adolf Hitler (murderer) and many other people with a crooked past.

We analyzed NWA in freshman lit. Nirvana too. It was a class everybody wanted to be in. That was in Florida.

When I went to GA I spent senior yr in five electives because Florida required way more than GA and i was basically finished, save English class. Mississippi has some of the worse edu in the nation. This might have been the only time they participated all week.

Heyyy @Dats :wave:

He helped Mister Cee
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K, you had your breakfast yet? Damn.

There really is no difference between right and wrong, only different degrees of the same thing
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Ohmahgawd.

I digress..but bear with me. OTB 7th grader was doing civics and one question asked about the “is”-“ought” problem…you know, Hume’s law.

Her answer was “doesnt make sense” <–Me. I said "why do you have that?" She said the teacher told everyone to write that.

So basically she didnt want to explain/get into it so she told them the question didnt make sense. Of course, I made her do it. And that took a while. It is so hard to explain different degrees of right and wrong and what is/are and what ought to be. Lawd I cried.

Yes people do change we all know that but what has he done for the movement of black people…I’ll wait!
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BOL! Gone nah @Gyp. Sandy already said the Carters dont donate like they should.