Loyal reader Akilah writes:
Dear Sandra,
After reading your post on Gabrielle Douglas, I was compelled to write to you (once again). I do believe that you hit the mark with your scathing criticism of those who are so focused on her hairstyle, that they overlook her awe inspiring accomplishments. However, I disagree with the title of your post, your viewpoint, and those of others who continually lump all black people into one category, one community, etc. which ignores our diversity of cultures, ideas, attitudes, values and beliefs. The various opinions expressed on such egocentric social media sites as Facebook and Twitter only represent a minority of opinions. Please take the time to highlight the small ignorant few instead of titling your post ‘Black Ignorance’ because ignorance is equitably distributed accross all populations and Black people (which includes Africans, African Americans, Afro Carribeans, Cape Verdeans, Jamaicans, West Indians and etcetera) do not have a lock on ignorance. Thank you so much!
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All the Best,Akilah
Akilah
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Gooooooooooooooooooooooo GABBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
So no post on her accomplishments yet but on the ignorance?!! In other news my fav Dominique Dawes sang her praises on this young lady
FIANCE
I be missing you boo
She makes a good point. Could have just posted it though.
Waiting on the rest…
You best SAY that @Akilah…ahh Dr. Keita…pardon MEH.
@Harlem I LOVE Dom Dawes. Was JUST tawking about her
Congrats again Gabby
Well then
Nice letter
MissHarlem says: In other news my fav Dominique Dawes sang her praises on this young lady
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i heard her on TJMS this morning. i’m happy that they’ve established that relationship. i’m sure this is overwhelming for gabby.
The African Diaspora
I agree w/ all that was said
but either way it’s not that deep I don’t let what most people say or do bother me so….
Still no positing post on her? Let her have two toned hair, mid 30s and we get five posts a day.
Well said!
Dawes was her inspiration so it was cool that she was rooting for her and she also hates her nickname and I do as well.
KDUB was that for me back in 96
I had her folder, pencil notebook etc all about her and was mad when I got a mag 7 folder I wanted just her
Ga- I responded to you about LA Hair. What you think about Kim hair? Irv j this show was a bad look. After the way they behaved, I would never go there
*she
Brown University ….
ZOE thats my point no post on what she did last night that none of us has EVER done. That deserves to be highlighted not the ignorance or the soap box editions be it right wrong or indifferent.
Anywho its NOM NOM NOM time
Still no positing post on her? Let her have two toned hair, mid 30s and we get five posts a day.
#OINK #OINK
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well stated Dr. Keita!
u ill schmaht! u ill kind! u ILL imPOrtant! & ITA with ur entire statement
I have nothing more.
Happy Birthday Ryan Lochte!
I think it’s a shame the way people are carrying on about this. I just hope her parent’s have lifted her spirits, so this type of nonsense will not break her. This is a child, she shouldn’t have to read bullchit and see pictures with silly azz capitions written about her hair. This is a triumph moment in her life and this is what she should be excited about!
I just want to pinch those chicks…she kinda favors Toni Childs in the above pic….yay Gabbster
Naija ur right! she DOES look like toni childs up top
You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important
And not only that, but I bet there were plenty of sistas with weave that didn’t say anything bad about Gabby’s hair and they been getting beat up for nuffin in this thing.
I’m so proud of this girl Gabby Douglass, to go for her dream, and so young. More of our black girls should think like her. Everytime I see those freeze frames of her leaping over that balance beam, it just speaks to the heights of where you can go, if you break the chains of your mind. GO GABBY!!!!
*meant pinch those cheeks
Lowkey.. If she would’ve ended that with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University….. You know what Never mind
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Dominique Dawes…god i memba watching her in the olympic #feelingold
FIANCE! stop missing me and DO something bout it..
And what about Michael Phelps teeth? I cain’t say nathan about that either? You trying to take all the fun out of the Olympics for a sista. Thank Gawd you wasn’t around when Carl Lewis was sporting that tragic process on the track. I got many many laughs out of that.
u ill schmaht! u ill kind! u ILL imPOrtant! & ITA with ur entire statement
The good Dr. makes some great points in her letter. Any clear thinking individual should know that Black folks are just as diverse as anyone else. That’s why we should never be be lumped together under any circumtances. Yet at the time many of us still like to distinguish ourselves from other people by continuing to label ourselves, i.e. the “Black” community.
BIRD – I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that she is a child as well
You know what IamK…
to the 
you go as well
steph L says:
I think it’s a shame the way people are carrying on about this. I just hope her parent’s have lifted her spirits, so this type of nonsense will not break her. This is a child, she shouldn’t have to read bullchit and see pictures with silly azz capitions written about her hair. This is a triumph moment in her life and this is what she should be excited about!
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Trust @Steph, that girl is not worrying about nothing nobody is saying about her. She can’t see them past that medal!!! It blinds all there stupidity!!!
Ignorant Words will not have triumph over her accomplished history making goal!!
who’s got some good ish happening this weekend cause this topic is
NaijaGal says:
BIRD – I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that she is a child as well
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Well shoot she’s older than Willow. Sandra goes in on her on the regular. To say nothing of the children she has labeled as special needs babies jokingly. But I ain’t judging her. I laugh with her.
IamK_Antoinette says:
Lowkey.. If she would’ve ended that with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University….. You know what Never mind
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@Naija, that and i think that it has to do with the fact that she is achieving GREATNESS and FOR ONCE lets not find a funny….Gabby SLAYED, fugg them roots and ends..
Gabby finna heat up them gold medals and smooth her edges on u hoes *snaps*
NaijaGal says:
who’s got some good ish happening this weekend cause this topic is
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My family reunion is this weekend. I’m REALLY excited about that. Loves me some kinfolk.
Congratulations Gabby Douglas People need to stop worrying about petty stuff and look at what she just achieve. With the proper guidance from her family this other stuff will not matter. She went for the gold and achieve her spot in history, everything else irrelevant. Not all black people care about her hair this is stupid
@BAD
I totally agree but ion know about handling those edges with that gold toned medal 
Sandra… can me Prynn and Dawn get an ENTIRE post dedicated to Stevie…Wonder not J….about his 7th marriage ending in divorce? PLEASE? Its Friday.
BIRD – you ever tells us how your b-day cookout party went? You going out of town for the reunion?
Gabby got Bella’s stamp of approval last night which is like pat riley or phil jackson approving a basketball rookie. Gabby dont need to respond tp the fools. Though I agree with the letter writers, lets be real its Sandra. I was happy though SR defended Gabby on twitter.
KDUB
damn 7th? da hell?
What Stevie need to do is divorce them damn dreads…cuz they leaving one by one….
KDub says:
Sandra… can me Prynn and Dawn get an ENTIRE post dedicated to Stevie…Wonder not J….about his 7th marriage ending in divorce? PLEASE? Its Friday
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I am about to email her… I heard you got his response in braille
Ms.Fashion
lol I’m done!
Gigi26 says:
What Stevie need to do is divorce them damn dreads…cuz they leaving one by one….
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*ques* I never dreamed you’d leave in summer… watches his dreads leave two by two via Noah’s arc style
Gigi26 says:
What Stevie need to do is divorce them damn dreads…cuz they leaving one by one….
…didn’t somebody say this was Steview’s lone braid >> 
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GO HOME GO HOME GO HOME
Naw he only been married twice @naija…but chit he got 7 kids and like 4 BM. So he obviously keeps some pusscee.
didn’t somebody say this was Steview’s lone braid
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PRYN SAID IT
NaijaGal says:
BIRD – you ever tells us how your b-day cookout party went? You going out of town for the reunion?
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The birthday party was fantastic. I got appropriately drunk and still prepared a slamming meal. The reunion is in the country in South Carolina. Thank goodness its not that long a ride.
IamK_Antoinette says:
You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important
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I hate chu
Kai the wife must suck AZZ if Stevie the one who filed.
Bish you caint een keep a blind man.
Auntie needs bodyguards
People are after her… 
Anyways, Gabby is the bomb! That girl pretty much nails her routines.
But just because people are commenting on her hair does not mean they are not focusing on how great she is
I think she is beyond great, but I do agree that they could’ve tightened up her pony tail just a teeny bit more for the television. 
Gigi26 says:
What Stevie need to do is divorce them damn dreads…cuz they leaving one by one….
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Without his braille stamped approval!!
Again like I said in the previous post this young woman is Amazing and God has his hand on Gabby. No weapon formed……, ya’ll. I was so proud last night cause Gabby did the dang thang on that floor, she werked it ALLL THE WAY OUTTTTTTTTT. what’s even better is she is sweet as pie, she is such a thoughtful and warm young women
I’m busting up in here and pulling comments from the other post to say that this right here KDub says: Like BABEEEE is that really YOU? + the actual picture had me fugging laughing like a hyena while out at lunch. Somebody owes me a taco salad.
I think I am developing a case of the susie rotten crotch… I smell a slight case of BV…. let me go home and pop sum flagyl… my min min is protesting….
KDub says:
Kai the wife must suck AZZ if Stevie the one who filed.
Bish you caint een keep a blind man.
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SHE WILL NEVER LIVE THAT DOWN!!!!!
Aint like he can see what’s going on.
He can’t see:
a. Dishes if they dirty
b. If you got holes in your underwear or shitstains
c. If you need to change the polish on your toes
d. If your weave Synthetic or Human hair
E. Dust on the table lamp
I mean I could on….
KDub says:
Bish you caint een keep a blind man. You my dear need to go to the
HUSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH @VDot
I am sorry hunny
His dayum pic DID look like that. Like HUH is thatchu 50???
blind pple SEE betta than we do
The Morning Glory need to be renamed Morning Despair
Ummma send in some moanin glory pics to see how bad ya’ll go in on me
Sandra gotta be playing with these morning posts…she gotta be.
lol, @Ms Fash I wasn’t go to say nuthin’ but let the shade begin. I did like the pic with the Black lipstick, I just think she may be one of those ppl’s whose face don’t match their features
Aint like he can see what’s going on.
He can’t see:
a. Dishes if they dirty
b. If you got holes in your underwear or ****stains
c. If you need to change the polish on your toes
d. If your weave Synthetic or Human hair
E. Dust on the table lamp
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Right! This fawking bish. You done fucked up with STEVIE WONDER. How? WHY?
SMDH
Ms Snadra
I SEE Yous Gots another one of THOSE “Morning BORING” posts with the Comments Off Though
THAT ONE is Sooo MF-ing AWFUL (I Actually have NO COMMENT…)
more like “morning breaf”
Milky says:
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WELCOME!!! Proceed with CAUTION!!!!
Ms. Fashion—–>___/.
Gigi26 says:
What Stevie need to do is divorce them damn dreads…cuz they leaving one by one….
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*ques* I never dreamed you’d leave in summer… watches his dreads leave two by two via Noah’s arc style
LMAO I cant take it !!!!!!
The morning glory post was for stevie wonder….that’s why she released it afternoon ain’t nobody got time for that… the birds in the background are nice…
More like afternoon thunder fukking storm…keep ya day job cuz baybeeehhhh
SuthernBelle4 says:
lol, @Ms Fash I wasn’t go to say nuthin’ but let the shade begin. I did like the pic with the Black lipstick, I just think she may be one of those ppl’s whose face don’t match their features
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Is this the new definition of ugly? —> face don’t match their features
*ques* I never dreamed you’d leave in summer… watches his dreads leave two by two via Noah’s arc style
Dear Tryionna,
you can start by shaving ooops I mean waxing that catepillar on top of your lip.
I am done here. “Morning Gory” has a fawkin ‘stashe and/or a hormone prollem. I gotta GO. Be good.
Bye.
*Slam pi-aner down and tells @Dawn to come get me if we get our post.*
Perhaps, we could get a post on the sacrifices Gabby Douglas and her family (including host) made to get her to be an Olympian? All this hair talk is giving the people who started the conversation more attention.
Sandra, Sandra, Sandra,
I must start off by saying THANK YOU for (TURNING THE COMMENTS OFF IN) the Morning Glory section
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how yall feel bout the blue lipstick thing ?
Im so proud of Gabby. There’s only two pics I like in the morning glory post, her name is awful by the way.
I really wish these females would stop embarrasing themselves with this morning glory foolishness…just b/c you watched America’s Next Top Model does not mean the life is for you… :stop: just :stop:
that bob…… those bags under her eyes
BoogieNites I actually liked that pic
@Ms. Fash
I had an ex who would always tell me, “you pretty cause your face match your features” so I am assuming “Yes”, lol
So I ain’t the only one who thought midnight disaster might have a little more testerone than the rest of us
Folks with a half a snatch of kanked-up hair are talking about this girl…I’m just proud of the fact that she’s there. Oh,
Sandra finally heard me knocking and let me in
the blue lipstick and the black lipstick pics are the only decent ones…the rest looks like her homegirl had a camera and told her she could werk
Straight fukkery
It’s Friday!
Ididntreallymeanit says:
BoogieNites I actually liked that pic
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jury’s out. very avatar-ish. i saw l&hhATL erica wearin it too. kinda liked it on her. kinda.
Gabby is a Great athlete with a great spirit :trophy:, unlike that stuffy mean muggin girl who got the bronze, she was rude to her coach who tried to console her.
Someone commented somewhere else that it is cool that DOUGLAS unscrammbled spells USA GOLD!
I thought that was neat too.
USA Baby!
BoogieNites says:
Sandra, Sandra, Sandra,
I must start off by saying THANK YOU for (TURNING THE COMMENTS OFF IN) the Morning Glory section
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how yall feel bout the blue lipstick thing ?
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I think it works if you put it together right.
Everybody is a “model” nowadays
So I ain’t the only one who thought midnight disaster might have a little more testerone than the rest of us
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I am still here lurking but please see my comment numma 84 for the answer.
And WHY is she twisted all around like a Scoliosis patient in one of the pics?
*flees agane*
@Waterlily
Wow thats amusing about Douglas’s name
Sandra turned OFF the comments on the Morning Glory section….& yall’s arses STILL found a way to comment.
Yall aint chit!
:wave: mswhang!!!!
Gabby is a winner with grace and style!!!
@Kdub
Sandra has a new post for you.
Re: Glory the blue lipstick one is the only cute one – the others not so much the one with no shirt has me sooooo confused
went to google and typed “gabby” .. the
came up first. betta had 
@KDub I am to through with you
@Ms Diva baybay that face is beat in that pic, you betta do it mama
Gabby is too cute for words and that mama raised them kids right because she is so mannerable and respectful.
BoogieNites says: more like “morning breaf”
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SuthernBelle4 says:
@KDub I am to through with you
@Ms Diva baybay that face is beat in that pic, you betta do it mama
Gabby is too cute for words and that mama raised them kids right because she is so mannerable and respectful.
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Thank you SuthernBelle!!!!!!!
mzwhang90210 says:
Sandra turned OFF the comments on the Morning Glory section….& yall’s arses STILL found a way to comment.
Yall aint chit!
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Why she be turning the comments off though, she ain’t use to do that?
MsDivaRo says: Why she be turning the comments off though, she ain’t use to do that?
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i guess too many dreams and aspirations were trampled upon like so much trash littered upon the streets….
ELove says:
Ms Snadra
I SEE Yous Gots another one of THOSE “Morning BORING” posts with the Comments Off Though
THAT ONE is Sooo MF-ing AWFUL (I Actually have NO COMMENT…)
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Gabby does favor Toni Childs the above pic
I just wanted to say that I HATE her nickname too and I am glad her mama spoke on it. DO NOT call my baby a squirrel I would be mad too
GO GABBY!!!