Rantings of a Creole Princess

On Fat Black Women...

http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/revenge_of_the_curves/2012/05/why-black-women-are-fat.html

Black People Meet Scenario

By all accounts you're pretty normal as it compares to your family, framily and friends.

Someone tells you that you're NOT normal per se because you've never "for real struggled" in their eyes.

How do you respond to that?

Do YOU know more Black people who've had the media's version of the "traditional Black experience" (Precious, Boys In the Hood, etc.) or do you know Black people who have had what WE consider normal lives as Black people?

As diverse as Black people are...does it frustrate you when folks try and put you in a box?

 

Well...then there's that...

http://educatedcoon.com/2012/04/22/fuck-steve-harvey/

What say YOU?

   

This was introduced as art.

This picture is of the Minister of Culture of Sweden.

Is it art to you?

If you really think about it...you kinda come away with the thought that the cake woman is being genitally mutilated right?  Right.  

But again...can art be found in such?  Are cries of racism unfounded in this instance?

Minister in 'racist circumcision outrage'

 

Convo on my phone...

Someone was telling me about their new baby cousin, the child of her cousin and his wife.

Her:  They mixed up like yall but opposite.

Me:  Huh?

Her:  She's the White one.

Me:  *crickets*

What in the world was I supposed to say to that?

Black on Black Crime

This Black woman told me that Black people don't usually like her.

I wasn't in the mood for conversation so I kept it moving.

Now I'm sitting here waiting on someone and, for whatever reason, that popped into my head. (Does that ever happen to you?  Like...completely random ish just pops into your brain for no reason WHAT.SO.EVER!!!!!)

What do YOU think she meant by that?

The Racial Draft

 

I remember watching Dave Chappelle's show and CRINGING the whole time.

Was it funny?

Yes.

And, we now know...it was groundbreaking in the way he approached race relations by really pointing out some seriously ignent ish.

When he quit  his show I was one of those disappointed but I understood where he was coming from when he broke it down.

I GOT IT.

See...he was counting on the world at large being more like the one he lived in.  Where his friends, of all skin colors, were smart and funny and knew the skits came from a place of HUMOR trying to dispel ridiculous stereotypes.  He never banked on so many people not being smart and really believed a lot of that stuff so it was funny cuz to them it was TRUE.

I was at a party recently and someone was about to have another piece of cake and then thought better of it out loud.  She said she'd better not have that last piece because she had to get on a plane the next morning and didn't want to be farting like them White people do on planes.

Many within hearing distance of her laughed and then someone said, "Yeah...you know White people know they get their fart on."

SIP:  Cuz Black people don't fart right?  Witcha simple azz.

It was such a simple thing to say to illicit a laugh and she got one.  Humor at the expense of majority race...no harm, no foul.

Except it is.  And that's where the problem lies.  Too much small shit gets a pass that it becomes the norm to be divisive.  

I'd already developed a bad taste in my mouth for the person who said it so I didn't say anything.  Someone next to me surprised the crap outta me by whispering, "So Black people don't fart?"

And I laughed at SIP's shock and clinked glasses with her.

But see what WE did there?  We should have said that out loud and not simply dismissed old girl and let her continue on.  Even though it wasn't some BAD thing said about White people like.  It was a small thing.  A SIMPLE THING.  Even though it was stupid.  We should have SAID something out loud to let our displeasure be known.

It has to EVENTUALLY start with US.

Individually.

I can't tell you how many times someone has said to me, "Robby ain't White.  He's one of us.  I never even think of him as White."

SIP:  But he is.  

I've often wondered if people that say that actually THINK about saying it before they say it and about what it means to THEIR way of thinking?

Just because you've actually been to his home and sat and had a beer with him or dinner with him and talked to him and laughed with him or watched golf with him or he's helped you out with something does NOT negate that he's White.  

It simply means you've been close enough to HUMANIZE him.

He's no longer, "White people" cuz in the mind of most, "White people" needs to come with a caviat.  A warning.  A reason to be your most formal in order to interact with them.

Did anyone besides me and Tiffany In Houston read this article?  National Review Writer Pens Racist Screed: ‘Avoid Concentrations Of Blacks,’ ‘Stay Out Of’ Their Neighborhoods

Dude wrote it as a bit of "social commentary" in order to keep White children safe.

(10a) Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally.

(10b) Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods.

(10c) If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot).

(10d) Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of blacks.

(10e) If you are at some public event at which the number of blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible.

(10f) Do not settle in a district or municipality run by black politicians.

(10g) Before voting for a black politician, scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white.

(10h) Do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway.

(10i) If accosted by a strange black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.

(11) The mean intelligence of blacks is much lower than for whites. The least intelligent ten percent of whites have IQs below 81; forty percent of blacks have IQs that low. Only one black in six is more intelligent than the average white; five whites out of six are more intelligent than the average black. These differences show in every test of general cognitive ability that anyone, of any race or nationality, has yet been able to devise. They are reflected in countless everyday situations. “Life is an IQ test.”

I was discussing this article with someone and read it out loud to them over the phone.  They burst out laughing.

SIP:  Da hell is funny?

Person:  Shit...he ain't saying nothing I don't do myself or I wouldn't tell MY kids.  Not necessarily about Black people but about certain types of Black people.  I wouldn't live in an all Black neighborhood cuz I'd never be able to sell the house and when "yo' cousins" show up...yeah...that's a sign to get ghost and hell...didn't Marion Berry just win something else?  I wouldn't live somewhere up under him for nothing in the world and you the only person I know who be giving people a ride off side the road.

And I heard my father's voice pretty much knowing he'd say some of the same things.

Many of you can probably say the same of someone in your world or...maybe you'd even say some of those things yourselves.

But when this dude says it in an article, for all the world to see, with his White privilege...it's a HUGE problem.  The shit is racist.

Me:  Did you see Mary J. Blige's commercial?

Friend:  Yeah...Burger King know they were wrong for racist azz shit.

Me:  Whta are you cooking for dinner?

Friend:  Well...now I have a taste for fried chicken.

SIP:  I like tacos...

Folks have yet to explain to me that whole debacle.  I mean...I love the hell outta chicken.  See...when I saw the commercial I thought the BRAND was beneath Mary J.  I mean...she's MARY J. BLIGE.  If she chooses to lend her name to a product by getting paid to do so...I would have thought she'd be a bit more discerning as to the PRODUCT.    Next thing I know...Burger King is RACIST!  

DA HELL??????

Maybe it's just me though.

One of the greatest things I love about my husband is that he humanizes EVERYONE specifically.  He makes his determination on whether or not you're a good person or someone he should deal with a certain way once he's met you.  If my husband doesn't like you it's not because of anything that has to do with anything other than who you are as a person SPECIFICALLY AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL and...it's usually because the person is ignorant and/or racist.

I love that he is capable of that cuz I know I'm not.  Sure...I'm better than a WHOLE LOT of the people...but yeah...no...I haven't done away with a lot of the fugged up ish I learned growing up in the South.

I don't know where I'm going with this piece.  I just know that  George Zimmerman is still a free man without ANY charges and it really has messed my head up A LOT as it relates to race relations.  Like...I'm all sensitive and shit.  

And I'm on a plane and need to get up and go to the bathroom so I can pass some gas.

Cuz Black people fart on planes too. 

Any thoughts on any of this would be greatly appreciated.  I'm hoping SOMEBODY out there knows how to put all of these thoughts into perspective for me.

Good Question...

Problem or progress? White student leads black club at N. Virginia high school.

 

Ignorant Azz Piece of NOTHING!

I can't stand people like this.  Seriously.  

What say YOU?

White Hispanic

I was reading an article the other day about the Trayvon Martin case in which George Zimmerman was described as a White Hispanic.

It took me by surprise because I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever heard that term before.

White Hispanic.  Hmmmmmmm...

Have YOU ever heard the term used?

What are your thoughts on it being used in conjunction with this tragedy?  

Hmmmmm...

What do YOU think?

Yesterday I got slightly annoyed with a "friend" who said something along the lines of...nobody wore hoodies when my cousin got killed so pardon me if I'm not moved to do the same for Treyvon.  

I don't really get down with the person like that so I didn't say anything.

Then a real friend said something along the same lines and we discussed it and I've been thinking about it ever since.

What do YOU think about what they said?  Do you think it's a fair complaint or...does one not have a thing to do with the other?  Just because folks are being activists regarding one murder...does it REALLY say they didn't "support" justice when it comes to other murders?

I Am Trayvon Martin

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Exclusive: Seller of Controversial Anti-Obama Sticker Says It's Not Racist

Let's Talk About Trayvon

Are you familiar with his death?

What do YOU think?

Does it concern you?

Do/did you feel compelled to discuss what happened with your children?

What did/will you say to them?

Have you signed any petitions to have George Zimmerman arrested?

What say you?

TV’s black sitcom problem

 

*BLINK*

Chocolate Negro Women's Sandal

Kristin sent me a text once she ran across these shoes. 

What say you?  Do you consider it offensive?

White Mommies...Black Babies

Kristin Davis is all over the talk show circuit talking about her new Lifetime movie.  Now yeah...I'm kinda wondering about when did folks start doing press junkets for Lifetime movies but hey...that's another post. 

Kristin Davis is gushing that her 7-month old daughter, Jemma Rose, is now pulling herself up and Kristin is just as proud and pleased as punch...or as any new mommy would.

Yall know how much I LURVE me some Louis.  Heck...I even made a category JUST.FOR.HIM cuz his side eye game  brings me JOY!

Yall also know how I feel about people who don't want White people to adopt Black kids and yet...haven't adopted a Black kid.  I feel like they just really need to shut up and get out the way.  I'd have much more incentive to listen to them and their reasoning if they'd adopted a Black child and were in the adoption community and had some REAL things they've observed ya know?

Yeah you know.

I go so annoyed last week by someone who was an adoptive parent with their same-sex partner.  Why?  I felt like they would understand why it was so counter-productive to bash ANYONE who wanted to open their home up to a child who is in or who is headed to the foster care center.  I got SO annoyed I just couldn't with them anymore.

Right now...I don't want to adopt a child.  I think about the enormity of what goes along with that and I think I'm not in the space.  I mean...that's HUGE.  And...I think that anyone else who has is amazing.  So amazing.  Add the stigma some folks feel believes is attached to trans-racial adoption and it's even MORE amazing how selfless those people are.

In my opinion.

In my way of thinking.

In my mind.

That said...how do YOU feel about it?  No worries...I'm not commenting cuz I'm not changing my mind on this one.  How do YOU feel about Black children being adopted by White parents?  Are you for or against it? 

Grey's Anatomy: Black Baby, White Parents and HAIR

What say yall?  Grey’s Anatomy Tackles African-American Hair In Latest Episode

Jew Fro

Is saying someone has a Jew Fro offensive IN YOUR OPINION? 

Black History Month

My father always told me that Black History Month was for White people.

He said it was a way to attempt to raise awareness with White people about the contributions of Black people. 

 

Makes me wonder what he'd think about this:  Watch It Live: Who Needs Black History Month?

What say YOU?

Babysitting While White

Question...

Do YOU think Lincoln emancipated the slaves?

AwesomeSauce!

To My Old Master

Scenario...

Your 10 year old son asks you what to do if you like a girl AND a boy.

What do you say? 

Scenario...

You're having a conversation with a White friend about race.

You're discussing the origin of the word "cracker" and how it doesn't sting the way the n-word does because of the images it conjures up.

They are saying that the word "cracker" conjures up images too because everyone knows there are two types of White people basically...just like there are two types of Black people.

You ask what exactly does that mean and they say:

"Those who USE the n-word and those who don't."

What would you say?

 

Question...

When's the last time you had a discussion about race (skin color) in real life?  Did they share the same skin color as you?  Was it a good conversation or a bad one?

Taye Diggs: "Chocolate Me"

Check out this book by Taye Diggs:  Chocolate Me!

And then check out this article.  What say you?   Taye Diggs Says Tyson Beckford Helped Him Love the Skin He’s In

 

Hmmmmm...

Your child is extremely fair-skinned in complexion.

Your family is Black.

You live in an area where there is a pretty good mix of people but yeah...there are far more White people than not.

Your kid is having a play date with some of their friends over. 

There are 2 Black kids and 2 White kids.

One of the mothers is over too and the two of you are in the kitchen having a glass of wine, talking and having a good time.

She's White.

You overhear your child say something to the effect of..."Nuh unh...I'm White too."

You look out and see your child comparing arm skin colors with one of the White kids.

Do you deal with this immediately or do you choose to have the discussion later?

If you do decide to deal with immediately...how exactly do you handle?

 

Do YOU think this is funny?

B'What????????????????

I had a White woman who is married to a Black man tell me, "My husband doesn't like strong, mouthy Black women like you. I think you're awesome!" What would YOU have said to her?

Is this funny to YOU?

Rick Santorum on Black People

Rick Santorum Talks Welfare & Black People

SIP:  Silly, silly man.

What say you?

What say YOU?

If I Were A Poor Black Kid

Lowe's and the Florida Family Association

So there is a show on TLC which I was unfamiliar with called, "All-American Muslim." 

There is an organization which I was unfamiliar with called the Florida Family Association.

They started a campaign targeting the advertisers of the show "All-American Muslim" basically saying it was un-American to support the show.

UN-AMERICAN?????????  OH HELL NO!  WHY IS TLC AIRING AN UN-AMERICAN SHOW ANYWAY?  LEMME GO SEE 'BOUT THIS RAT.NOW!

Do you think Black people get a bad rap?

I had a fascinating discussion this morning regarding race and I'd like to hear what you think regarding.

It started off with someone sharing with me the obituary of a man who started from nothing and became a big time baller.

The obituary shared how he barely made it out of high school and got kicked out of college for fighting.

In his 20s he had odd jobs here and there and had an epiphany that real estate would be the way he could make money.

So he started buying real estate after he got a $500,000 loan from a local bank.

Me:  Hold up.  He went to the bank and they gave him a loan for $500,000?

Person:  Yes.  But that's not the good part. 

Me:  So this dude was obviously not Black.

Person:  Um...no...he's White, but what does that have to do with it?

Me:  He's a college drop out in his 20s who got a $500,000 loan from a bank.  That wouldn't have happened to a Black person.

Person:  Says who?  It could.

Me:  It wouldn't.

Person: Lots of Black people have received loans from banks to start businesses.

Me:  Yup...usually after they've proven they can make money with their CURRENT business and only need the money to expand.  Less risk.

Person:  No pun intended but that's a pretty black and white way to say that.

Me:  It's a pretty BLACK and WHITE way that it is.

Person:  But that has nothing to do with this man's story.  He started from nothing and became a multi-millionaire through hard work.

Me:  And a loan for $500,000 from a local bank.

Person:  *sigh*

Me:  Sigh all you want, 9 times out of 10, had he been a Black man that obituary would have been way different.

Person:  Well...I thought it was a good, motivating story.

Me:  I know you did...I just see it from a different perspective.

 

SIP:  You're gonna tell them the person was The Robinator?

Me:  They ain't dumb.  Who the hell else would I be talking to this early in the morning?

What say YOU?

 

What say YOU?

What say YOU?

University Of Southern Mississippi Students On Probation After Blackface Incident

Question...

Black men make up 6% of Americans.

Black men make up a third of those incarcerated.

When  you hear this...what do you think?

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Herman Cain Empathizes with Black People...FOR ONCE!

Ya know ya boy has been all up and down telling folks that Black people without boots should pull up their bootstraps.

He's also on record pandering and saying that Black people use discrimination as an excuse.

Except that...NOW...he's the Black person under fire and yup...

HIM PULLED OUT HIM BLACK CARD!

GTFOOHWTBS!

GIVER.OF.JOY that one is.  GIVER.OF.JOY!

Good Black Don't Crack

I was in the restroom at a football game recently and was talking to this chick as we were washing our hands.

She was really cute had on a super cute outfit.

I had on jeans and a t-shirt.

She said that she has to use what she's got to try and get her a man.

We were laughing.

I basically said...well...I find that, at age 42, jeans and t-shirts have become my uniform.  LOL!

She was shocked to hear I was 42 and said so.

The woman next to me on the other side said, "That's cuz Black don't crack."

The cute dressed chick said, "GOOD Black.  I heard good Black don't crack."

And I'm looking back and forth from both of them like...HUH?  Cuz they were both White.

Nothing was wrong with what they said, cuz it is something I've heard a lot in my lifetime...but from Black folks ya know?

I laughed and rolled out saying..."Well alrighty then."

Cuz really...what else was there to say?

ROFL!

 

West...Smiley...O'Reilly

What say you?

Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Have you ever heard someone say something like this before?

Isaiah Mustafa, The Old Spice Commercial Guy, Says He Wants A Woman And Kids With 'Good Hair' Because His Hair Is 'Nappy'

Nigger

BOUNCE TV

Black-Oriented Bounce TV Plays it Safe, Launching with Old Movies

Are YOU looking forward to it?  It starts today at noon today!  Bounce TV

"...Cinematic Malt Liquor..." - Too Harsh?

Black Unemployment

Unemployment for Blacks is close to double the unemployment rate for Whites.

Do you think this is a factor of the NEW (not to be confused with the OLD) sense of racial "discourse" we've noted since 2008?

I was reading this story and this young man's plight made me go hmmmmmmmmm:

Christopher Scott, 20 and a high school drop-out, got a GED last year, but he hasn't been able to find a job ever since.

"It makes me feel degraded in a way cause at 20, I should be more independent," Scott says.

What do you think about HIS situation?  Do you think the number is so high because of more people with situations like his or do you think this is affecting those who took the more traditional route as far as college and hard work is concerned to this high of a level too?

What do you think we can do about people like Christopher?

Hmmmmmm...Scenario...Part 2

Would the age of the son change your opinion?  What if he was 6?  What if he was 13?  Does your opinion change based on his age?

What about the area the father lives in compared to the area the mother lives in?  What if the son was in the best public schools in the nation currently but once he moved with his father he'd be in a not so good public school system and the father can't afford to send him to private school?

Which would prepare the son better?

Hmmmmm...Scenario...

A White woman was married to a Black man.

They had a son.

They get divorced.

She later marries a White man.

They have twins.

Her husband is very good to her son.

Her ex-husband contacts her and says he wants his son to come live with him because only a Black man can teach a Black boy how to be a Black man in America.

What say you?

Seeeeeeeeeeeething!

This dude paid this 4 year old boy to pose like this for him in South Africa.

He then posted the picture to his FB profile.

This happened 4 years ago.

A racist using a racist moniker re-posted the pic on FB recently.

Police are attempting to track down the person.

“Whether or not the picture is genuine, it represents a scene of extreme violence perpetrated against a child by a man. The intention is to evoke racial hatred and polarization,” said the South African prosecutor, who called for anti-hate legislation.

What say you?