Because they have Black children? Does that somehow make them less caucasian?
Funny how nobody tears up their white privilege card for adopting dusky hued babies, while at the same time stomping all over Michael Jackson's grave because he made some white babies to raise.
Why does Michael Jackson having white children make him less Black or African American?
Another question....why is it that white people still think they can tell us what is Black or what defines African American?
They keep trying to convince us that we now live in a post racial world....that the “one drop” rule has been repealed....
So why are they still questioning Michael's Blackness?
In Michael's case, we Blacks, have obviously done it for ourselves... we defined him...just as we did it for OJ and every other successful Black sports figure-entertainer-business entrepreneur-government official, who steps outside the race to sleep, cheat on his/her wife with, or to make babies with.
The dominant culture can talk about him and everyone else...anyway they want...but we will define who is Black...or who is a leader...or who speaks for us....
I know, I know...Tom, Angelina and Madonna are seen as rescuing members of the underclass, bringing them up to their standard of living...civilizing the young ones...enabling them to take their place in polite...read that....dominate society.
They are viewed through the prism of white privilege as modern day missionaries bringing religion to the savages.
Michael Jackson having white kids is seen as a perversion of the norm...It is a step down, rather than a step up.
Face it, we live in a world where designer babies are being created for designed families...it is becoming the norm...
Don't get me wrong....I have a real problem with what he did to his face....In my mind I see and will remember the face of the very talented Black man I came to love a long time ago. That man who lives in my memory does not resemble the stringy long haired white woman that he turned himself into...
And like many Blacks, I grew up around people with vitiligo and I feel in my bones that his excuses for changing skin colors were bullshit...But they were his reasons and his excuses...and oh well....
It never did make sense....but in my mind it didn't make him any less of a Black man...to me..
It just meant he went to his grave without solving his issues...we all have issues....
I know that sounds crazy...but then we are all what we feel inside....and Michael...despite how he looked...never felt like anything other than a Black man...and furthermore...never said he was anything other than a Black man, either.
Showing posts with label Madonna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Madonna. Show all posts
6.12.2009
Friday Rap
You're fired! Now Shut up and Go Away, Please!
Carrie Prejean...the fired Barbie Beauty....The new Christian right wing cutie who can't keep her mouth shut.....
She's been turned into the 21st century version of Anita Bryant....At least Anita had a real career and real fame before she started trashing talking....
What Prejean needs to understand is that she's not the only one with first amendment rights...she does have a right to her opinion....
But so do the rest of us.....Honest....Don't believe me...go ask the people on the right who are giving you the bad advice...
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Black Baby Sale Goes on...
Madonna's been handed her latest Mommy publicity prop....I don't begrudge the kids....But I do question girlfriend's motives...it looks shallow...artificial....not real....sincere or genuine....Then again...who am I to judge....It is not my right to do so...
I wish little Mercy a good life and well being..
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Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....
Darlin......you were used....you served a purpose....you been kicked to the curb....you're supposed to go away....
Not pick fights with celebrities who make their living making fun of people...
The more you squawk...the less presidential and governor-like you look...It will not....I repeat...will not translate into votes come 2012...
Give it up already..
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Lawmakers bought and paid for by the Tobacco Industry....
Mitch McConnell....got nearly a half million dollars....nearly double the next name on the list...
Good old Mitch was just taking care of his corporate constituents, giving them the best law money can buy....
Have to admit, that I have a problem with legislation intended to change certain behaviors like smoking...
I think it's an ugly habit...but if you want to do it...then do it...
Kind of like telling me I shouldn't drink wine or beer....my poison....my choice...
Of course the difference is that drinking wine only kills me, maybe..while smoking cigarettes can kill others with second hand smoke...
Still....There is that thing called freedom of choice...isn't there....
Prohibition didn't work....the bogus war on drugs is a big failure and should be ended.....Prostitution bans only penalize the women....
This thing with tobacco....consenting adults should decide...if they're willing to pay the cost as well as the price..then..let em..
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Officials bought and paid for by Saudi Arabia...
Some guy, who no one's ever heard of but who was a deputy director of the Agency that sells advanced weapons systems to foreign governments..
Seems one of the many Saudi princes picked up the travel tab of this guy..named...Richard Millies and his wife to vacation in Riyadh to attend a festival..the eight day trip cost $24,000.
The Saudis spent $4.4 billion to buy weapons including smart bombs...
And they paid the tabs of many other Pentagon officials desiring to spend time in the Middle East....a total of 22,000 trips by Pentagon officials and their families, costing the Saudi princes $26 million dollars...
Spending that kind of money....No wonder Bush chose to dump on Iraq rather than go after the country that spawned the 9/11 hijackers..
You can read more about it here...
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In Fear of a Black Planet...
Not content to blame the victim...the pseudo christian conservative right is blaming Obama for the guys with the guns attempting to turn back time or die trying....
I don't know what all the fear is about now...Earth has always been a mostly Black planet....
Power changed when Europeans couldn't take control of the oil....like they did with land, gold, diamonds, religion and other wealth generating commodities....
With Obama...the pigeons are coming home to roost, so to speak....Karma comeback....
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ChastityBono
Good luck Chaz....as you transition...I can't imagine what it must be like to have lived for 40 years knowing you were born in the wrong body.....
God may not make mistakes...But Mother Nature certainly does...
And apparently did....
Take care of yourself first, the others will come around later.
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Pride Weekend
It's Pride weekend ….Let's go Party....
Yeah!
Carrie Prejean...the fired Barbie Beauty....The new Christian right wing cutie who can't keep her mouth shut.....
She's been turned into the 21st century version of Anita Bryant....At least Anita had a real career and real fame before she started trashing talking....
What Prejean needs to understand is that she's not the only one with first amendment rights...she does have a right to her opinion....
But so do the rest of us.....Honest....Don't believe me...go ask the people on the right who are giving you the bad advice...
-0-
Black Baby Sale Goes on...
Madonna's been handed her latest Mommy publicity prop....I don't begrudge the kids....But I do question girlfriend's motives...it looks shallow...artificial....not real....sincere or genuine....Then again...who am I to judge....It is not my right to do so...
I wish little Mercy a good life and well being..
-0-
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah....
Darlin......you were used....you served a purpose....you been kicked to the curb....you're supposed to go away....
Not pick fights with celebrities who make their living making fun of people...
The more you squawk...the less presidential and governor-like you look...It will not....I repeat...will not translate into votes come 2012...
Give it up already..
-0-
Lawmakers bought and paid for by the Tobacco Industry....
Mitch McConnell....got nearly a half million dollars....nearly double the next name on the list...
Good old Mitch was just taking care of his corporate constituents, giving them the best law money can buy....
Have to admit, that I have a problem with legislation intended to change certain behaviors like smoking...
I think it's an ugly habit...but if you want to do it...then do it...
Kind of like telling me I shouldn't drink wine or beer....my poison....my choice...
Of course the difference is that drinking wine only kills me, maybe..while smoking cigarettes can kill others with second hand smoke...
Still....There is that thing called freedom of choice...isn't there....
Prohibition didn't work....the bogus war on drugs is a big failure and should be ended.....Prostitution bans only penalize the women....
This thing with tobacco....consenting adults should decide...if they're willing to pay the cost as well as the price..then..let em..
-0-
Officials bought and paid for by Saudi Arabia...
Some guy, who no one's ever heard of but who was a deputy director of the Agency that sells advanced weapons systems to foreign governments..
Seems one of the many Saudi princes picked up the travel tab of this guy..named...Richard Millies and his wife to vacation in Riyadh to attend a festival..the eight day trip cost $24,000.
The Saudis spent $4.4 billion to buy weapons including smart bombs...
And they paid the tabs of many other Pentagon officials desiring to spend time in the Middle East....a total of 22,000 trips by Pentagon officials and their families, costing the Saudi princes $26 million dollars...
Spending that kind of money....No wonder Bush chose to dump on Iraq rather than go after the country that spawned the 9/11 hijackers..
You can read more about it here...
-0-
In Fear of a Black Planet...
Not content to blame the victim...the pseudo christian conservative right is blaming Obama for the guys with the guns attempting to turn back time or die trying....
I don't know what all the fear is about now...Earth has always been a mostly Black planet....
Power changed when Europeans couldn't take control of the oil....like they did with land, gold, diamonds, religion and other wealth generating commodities....
With Obama...the pigeons are coming home to roost, so to speak....Karma comeback....
-0-
ChastityBono
Good luck Chaz....as you transition...I can't imagine what it must be like to have lived for 40 years knowing you were born in the wrong body.....
God may not make mistakes...But Mother Nature certainly does...
And apparently did....
Take care of yourself first, the others will come around later.
-0-
Pride Weekend
It's Pride weekend ….Let's go Party....
Yeah!
10.18.2006
Wednesday Wanderings....
About Madonna’s adoption....Are African orphans the new pet rock for celebrities? My second thought on the issue is the kids are getting a break in a hard life, shouldn’t we let them be? For once Madonna isn’t the trend setter on this one....others have done it before.
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About Nikki Giovanni....The vitriol hurled back at her is worse than what she said. She spoke her mind. Cincinnati never wants to hear about its problems, past, present and apparently future. So when is a good time to address the issues that plague those of us not in the majority? Why do we have to continually keep our place rather than speak out on injustice and inequality?
3CDC...does the KKK have a permit for fountain square this Christmas? Just asking
The once great Queen City needs to understand that until you clean up a mess, you will continue to step in it.
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About Ken Blackwell....By his own words does he reveal himself. His power grab was totally exposed yesterday in his debate with Ted Strickland.
He is not honest, he has no integrity, he is not moral by any stretch of the imagination. Were he running against the late Bill Wilkinson, I would not vote for him.
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Wesley, Wesley, Wesley....you can run but you can’t hide.
C’mon Blade, you know the IRS is the original and only modern day vampire, and he’s looking for you.
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Another rapper shot, playing gangsters and guns, do we care?
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Another GOP Congressman outed for liking boys, again do we care? He also had a habit of voting against his own self interest.
Kind of like me going against my blackness. I call that having a Clarence Thomas moment.
**********
Food Thought for today......eating fish is good for you, it fights heart disease, but the pollutants in fish may give you cancer. What a choice. Protect your heart but die from cancer.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...there has got to be a middle ground.
***********
North Korea's Dear Leader says the UN sanctions are an act of war and he has the right to retaliate.
See, this is what happens when we rely on bullets instead of talks to settle disputes. America is reaping the consequences of the fool hardy action that took us into Iraq.
By the way...are we admitting that now its devolved into civil war, yet? Or are we still caught up in semantics?
*************
About Nikki Giovanni....The vitriol hurled back at her is worse than what she said. She spoke her mind. Cincinnati never wants to hear about its problems, past, present and apparently future. So when is a good time to address the issues that plague those of us not in the majority? Why do we have to continually keep our place rather than speak out on injustice and inequality?
3CDC...does the KKK have a permit for fountain square this Christmas? Just asking
The once great Queen City needs to understand that until you clean up a mess, you will continue to step in it.
*********
About Ken Blackwell....By his own words does he reveal himself. His power grab was totally exposed yesterday in his debate with Ted Strickland.
He is not honest, he has no integrity, he is not moral by any stretch of the imagination. Were he running against the late Bill Wilkinson, I would not vote for him.
************
Wesley, Wesley, Wesley....you can run but you can’t hide.
C’mon Blade, you know the IRS is the original and only modern day vampire, and he’s looking for you.
************
Another rapper shot, playing gangsters and guns, do we care?
**********
Another GOP Congressman outed for liking boys, again do we care? He also had a habit of voting against his own self interest.
Kind of like me going against my blackness. I call that having a Clarence Thomas moment.
**********
Food Thought for today......eating fish is good for you, it fights heart disease, but the pollutants in fish may give you cancer. What a choice. Protect your heart but die from cancer.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...there has got to be a middle ground.
***********
North Korea's Dear Leader says the UN sanctions are an act of war and he has the right to retaliate.
See, this is what happens when we rely on bullets instead of talks to settle disputes. America is reaping the consequences of the fool hardy action that took us into Iraq.
By the way...are we admitting that now its devolved into civil war, yet? Or are we still caught up in semantics?
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