Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Saturday, December 26, 2009

From The Obsidian Files

Why do plus-sized women get so much hate?  It's because the narrowmindedness of the game community.  Roissy, Half Sigma, etc., are really hard on such women and that's pitiful.  They would waste their life bashing women instead of being open to their personalities and  their humanity.

http://theobsidianfiles.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/why-do-plus-sized-women-get-so-much-hate-in-the-game-community/



Is the movie The Blind Side racist?

Is the Blind Side racist? Check out my article about the lack of positive black characters in the movie here:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Great story! Mother & daughter graduate college together

University of Louisiana at Monroe. Reva McMillan received her bachelor's degree in sociology and Maria McMillan received the bachelor's degree in health sciences she needed to become a registered nurse. Read more here:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Missing Black Woman Alert: Elizabeth Turner is missing

Elizabeth Turner of Omaha Nebraska has been missing since Novemver 11, 2009. To complicate matter she also suffers from schizophrenia. Learn more about her and see her picture here:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/missingblackwomen.html

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Let's support both Princess Tiana and Briana, there's room for both

This weekend The Princess and the Frog opens in movie theaters across the nation and should do very well. I urge everyone to go see the movie to show that animated movies with black leads can do well.At the same time there is some controversy over where Disney's idea for Princess Tiana came from. In 2003 the character of Princess Briana was created by authur Yara Baker. There is some debate over whether Disney "borrowed" from the Princess Briana character. ( Read more on that HERE )

While most of us will never know what really happened I think we need to look at the glass as half full. There are two black princesses for our little girls to read or watch. I'm sure there is room for two black princesses and many more to boot.I have brought a copy of the Princess Briana book myself and I urge you to do the same. There is a link to the book on Amazon at the end of this article.

Here is a brief synopsis of the Princess Briana Book.Princess Briana is a wonderful story for children which teaches that beauty comes in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Princess Briana is a beautiful, African princess who has the opportunity to attend the School of Elite's summer camp in Spain. She has never been to Spain and is very excited about the people she will meet and the things she will learn. Upon arriving, she saw many other princesses, but none who looked like her. Though questioning whether or not she belonged at the school, she continued to her classes, excited to meet her instructors. Shortly after, Briana wasn't too sure of herself, her beauty, or if she deserved to be a princess, so she tried to make herself fit in by changing her outside appearance. Young girls today are bombarded with media images, which imply they must fit society's idea of physical perfection. The messages from magazine covers, music videos, and movies train young girls to think that everyone must have flawless skin, be a certain weight, and size to be considered beautiful. Princess Briana gives an encouraging message to young ladies about loving themselves. Reading this book to young girls will enlighten and empower them to be confident in their unique physical attributes.

So let's go see The Princess and the Frog and buy the Princess Briana Book to help support author Yara Baker and her efforts to also make her book into a movie. Like I wrote earlier I have already brought the book and my daughter will drag me to the movie...LOL.

I believe that's a win win for everyone.
George Cook www.letstalkhonestly.com

You can buy the book herehttp://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Govt needs whites - DA

iafrica.com: "The use of racial criteria to appoint state employees has caused a massive level of vacancies in state departments, a Democratic Alliance research report has found.

Party MP Anchen Dreyer said on releasing the report at a press briefing in Cape Town on Tuesday that there were currently 36 588 vacant posts in 29 departments and that the government's affirmative action policies were largely to blame.

'Since the filling of vacancies is based on racial criteria prescribed in laws such as the Employment Equity Act, thousands of competent citizens from so-called racial of ethnic minorities either leave the civil service or are not even considered for appointments,' Dreyer said.

The vacancy levels, which increased by 3300 in 2009, were impacting on the government's ability to deliver crucial services to the public.

Home affairs was the worst off department, with a 29.8 percent vacancy rate, followed by communications with 28.7 percent.

'The ability of these departments to deliver on their mandates is significantly undermined by this acute skills deficit,' Dreyer said."

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Remembering the Montreal Massacre of 1989

The Montreal Massacre:  20 Years Later.   Remember The Ladies!

This post commemorates the ladies of the Ecole Polytechnic of Montreal, whose lives were taken by a misogynist killer Marc Lepine.  Let this be the day of rememberance for the ladies, for they didn't died in vain but let it be for changing the way society views women in general.  I hope this day of remembrance be a wake-up call for people everywhere.  That violence against women occur everyday, in wartime and in peace, rich and poor, white and people of Color, around the world. 

Let's also take time to remember the victims of the woman-killer George Sodini, the 500+ victims of serial killing in Juarez as well as the victims of serial killer Anthony Sowell.  May the women be part of our memory.

CUPE: December 6:  A Time to Mourn, Then Work for Change


TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 4, 2009) - On the anniversary of the December 6 massacre in Montreal, the president of CUPE Nova Scotia says the provincial government needs to take a stand and stop the abuse of women and their children.








Danny Cavanagh says, "Canadians from coast to coast should spend some time this weekend remembering CUPE member Maryse Laganiere and the thirteen other women who were killed in the 1989 massacre at the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.






"This tragic act has served to galvanize our resolve to put an end to violence against women in all its forms," says Cavanagh.






"A great place to start here in Nova Scotia would be to adequately fund our women's shelters. It is appalling, for instance, that there were 1,269 admissions of women and their children to shelters across Nova Scotia between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008.






"We need to work with government, with our members and within our communities to educate people and to teach people how to stop abuse. Sadly, 85% of women residing in shelters on April 16, 2008, were victims of abuse," says Cavanagh.






Cavanagh says we all have a responsibility to work towards solving this problem through increased awareness and changing our mindset about how we deal with it as a society.

Julian Real has written an excellent post on the tragedy and how it affect women in Canadian society and the world at large, then and now, at:

http://radicalprofeminist.blogspot.com/2009/12/gynocide-recognising-20th-anniversary.html

Please read it, then meditate and weep!

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Anthony Sowell: Predicting the Future

Rosella Hightower

Le chorégraphe François Verret a voulu faire un film sur Rosella Hightower. Sa passion de l'image, sa fascination pour l'artiste l'ont amené à côtoyer Rosella Hightower dans toutes ses activités, dans tous les lieux où son besoin de se ressourcer l'emmènent.

YouTube - Rosella Hightower

YouTube - Rosella Hightower: "Le chorégraphe François Verret a voulu faire un film sur Rosella Hightower. Sa passion de l'image, sa fascination pour l'artiste l'ont amené à côtoyer Rosella Hightower dans toutes ses activités, dans tous les lieux où son besoin de se ressourcer l'emmènent. En voir plus sur : http://www.vodeo.tv/18-106-1831-rosel..."

Lynching Postcard of Inhumanity Exhibit in January 2011

From Ann's Blog.  Thank you Ann.

I wish people get out of denial of what happened to people of Color, then and now.

Friday, December 04, 2009

White Women in the Woods

White Women in the Woods

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Once again, David Yeagley is using the Tiger Woods tragedy to exploit his racist/sexist views about Blacks, women, and interracial relationships.  He did that with the Jessie Davis case, his relentless bashing of Barack Obama and Rudy Youngblood, his neverending obsession with Black men and White women relationships.  Now, he's desperate to appeal to an already racially charged public with his blog article. 

Mr. Yeagley has a history of racist misogyny disguised as conservatism.  Fortunately, many people, conservatives included, are turned off by his irrational raving of Blacks, women, and other People of Color.

I'm so sick of him and his racist rantings. 

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Ohio Killing Again Black Women Not Worth The Media Coverage

Stacey Lewis, Natasha Johnson and Yolando Brown discuss why more women groups and minority organizations aren't demanding Black women get the same media coverage when they go missing. [url=http://www.everywaywoman.com/]http: //www.everywaywoman.com/[/url]

Tiger Woods: The domestic violence double standard

George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com ask the question what if the Tiger Woods situation were reversed. Would it be funny if Tiger had beaten his wife with a golf club and then she crashed her car getting away from him. He also why he believes this double standard is very dangerous not only to men but to women. Watch the 2 minute commentary by using the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/LTHWEEKLY.html

Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Princess and the Frog: A Mixed Race Royalty? NOT!!

The Fantasy


The Reality


This week's Newsweek article is the biggest, lying piece of propaganda I ever read. In my hometown of Dayton, Ohio, I see Black men and Black women couples 99% of the time. Despite mainstream media propaganda, prominent Black men are with Black women, not nonblack women. The media looves to hype the small minority in order to divide and conquer. It is the same mentality Willie Lynch had in mind during slavery to turn Black people against each other.




Yes, I also notice Black men/non-Black women couples in my SW Ohio hometown.  The bm/nonblack women couples, as miniscule as they are, greatly outnumbered bw/nonblack men couples 25 to 1. And yet the sellout Black women want us to believe that wm/bw intermarriage are on the increase. I don't see any increase and yet, I see bw with out of wedlock biracial kids like Shaniya, no wedding ring, no white man present whatsoever. At least with the biracial children of ww/bm, the father is there.



Also, I see plenty of intact Black families with children all the time, my family is the clearest example. Black men are involved with their kids. I wish mainstream media stop harping on Black fathers when we have plenty of irresponsible and deadbeat nonblack, specifically white fathers like that idiot who didn't take Shaniya in, leaving her with the struggling Black mother. As Abagond and Mr. Lauelton Queens said that Black women are chosen last by white men and that white men don't want Black children period.  So, I don't care what other people say, the movie is an illusion.

America's Booming White Enclaves

America's Booming White Enclaves

More and more whites are moving away from diversity their (white)elites created and into exurban areas(again created by their white elites).

Friday, November 27, 2009

Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side highlights my feelings on black inferiority

Why is it that black stories of success tend to reinforce our inferiority and increase white superiority over blacks?

May God bless black women on their new journey w/ white men

This is for Evia and other women who think that white men is going to solve all their problems.

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask

Dramatization and documentary trace Fanon's intellectual development. Cultural critics position his pioneering studies of the psychological impact of racism on the colonized and colonizer alike.
http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp...

How can u tell when white men like black women?

black men have profiles on the different type of non -black women that like black men. we are not chasing anyone. They are the ones that send the signs because they know that they dont have exclusive access to black men. What signs, if any, do white men make for black women? They dont, they pretty come "out of the blue"

why middle-class black women hate interraical dating

Teleseminar - Love and Sex: What's Race Got to Do With It?

On this lively, information-packed 60-minute call, youll learn: * What racial scripts are and how they influence your interactions with others. * Why an increase in the numbers of interracial couples is NOT evidence that racism is declining. * What assumptions people are making about you right now based on the race of your partner. * How these assumptions can interfere with everything from the friendships you form to your career prospects. * Hidden influences you may not even be aware of and what to do about them.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

BLACK MOTHER Sold Her 5-Year Old Daughter As A SEX SLAVE (Part 1)

SpeakDaRealTV
November 16, 2009

According to SpeakDaRealTV:

"Black women will be upset with me for posting this news story, but I don't care. I don't make this s** up. I simply bring it to you.
Black women will be upset with me for posting this news story, but I don't care. I don't make this s** up. I simply bring it to you."

Monday, November 23, 2009

 

CLEVELAND -- Loved ones of Nancy Cobbs gathered at the House of Wills Funeral Home on Harvard Avenue Saturday, to pay tribute to her life.

According to Fox 8 News crews at the funeral, the 9:00 a.m. service was packed with people as Pastor Rodney Maiden of Providence Baptist Church spoke to the crowd.

Family members of Cobbs were emotional as they sat in the front row. They watched intently while children took to the podium.

Nancy Cobbs was the 4th woman identified from accused killer Anthony Sowell's home.

Police say she had not been seen by her family since April, and was reported missing in June of 2009.

Weekend Funeral For Five Cleveland Murder Victims

 

Rest in peace, ladies.

Why Don Imus? There are racists all over the media

Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, and Michael Savage prove that racism, sexism and bigotry exist in our media on a daily basis. Why isn't there the outrage over their comments? Why aren't they fired? Why Imus?

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Houses of Horror by Sikivu Hutchinson

Relatives searching for missing victims
Mother holding flyer of her missing daughter

Houses of Horror
by Sikivu Hutchinson

Sexualized violence permeates the reality and culture of American life. But in poor locales of Black America, those who prey on women are too often allowed to “hide in plain sight” by a police mentality that obscures the lines between victims and predators. Even as the horror of the mass murders in Cleveland began to surface, “some of the Internet stories of the missing evoked the stereotype of drug-addicted black women, alluding to their being prostitutes and transients.”

Houses of Horror
by Sikivu Hutchinson

“Sexualized violence continues to be a national unaddressed epidemic.”

House of horrors. Nightmare on X Street. Shiftless apathetic residents with criminal pasts. Throwaway victims with dead-end lives. Over the past several weeks the news cycle has churned with high profile examples of systematized violence against women and embattled communities of color. The Richmond High gang-rape incident, the Department of Justice’s egregious findings on untested DNA rape kits and the Cleveland serial killer case have all demonstrated that sexualized violence continues to be a national unaddressed epidemic. When news of convicted rapist turned serial killer Anthony Sowell’s Cleveland killing spree broke recently the media dove in feet first with its boilerplate on black urban dysfunction. In incredulous narrative after incredulous narrative, black criminal pathology, neglect, neighborhoods saturated with and inured to violence were all on lurid display.

The Cleveland story received more coverage than is normally devoted to poor black communities. Yet the coverage was noteworthy for its relentless focus on the macabre circumstances of the discoveries in Sowell’s house. Lost in the mainstream outrage over the house of horrors was the specter of decades-long neglect by the local police. Cleveland residents have long complained about the lack of police follow-through on missing person cases in the community. In language that echoed the sentiments expressed by black communities from South L.A. to North Carolina, Cleveland community members weighed in on the lack of coverage, exposure and law enforcement presence around local efforts to track their missing. Some of the Internet stories of the missing evoked the stereotype of drug-addicted black women, alluding to their being prostitutes and transients. With their spotty pasts and run-ins with the law the two Sowell victims who were positively identified were portrayed as textbook examples of black female criminality. And what bigger contrast could there be to nationally mourned white female abduction victims who are invariably depicted as apple-cheeked pictures of unblemished innocence.
This is so true when it comes to serial killings of Black women. It seems like history repeats itself. It happened in the 70s Boston. It happened in S.Central LA in the early eighties. It happened in Charlotte, N.C., with serial killings of 11 Black women by Henry Louis Wallace in the 90s. It happened in Peoria, IL, when a white man killed seven Black women in the early 2000s. It's still going on in Rocky Mount, N.C., and in Los Angeles, CA., with the Grim Sleeper Murders. The mainstream media prefer to concentrate on pretty missing white women such as Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson, Stacy Peterson. Asian women such as Annie Le. The victims of serial killer Ted Bundy are still remembered. They received far more press than victims of Color. Not one serial murder case involving Black women victims get the People magazine coverage. Not one.

“Lost in the mainstream outrage over the house of horrors was the specter of decades-long neglect by the local police.”

In the mainstream narrative, unruly, criminal, illicit black women, the kind who “invite” rape anyway, are hardly worthy of mention must less sympathy. Thus, Sowell was able to hide in plain sight because of the presumption of guilt that the criminal justice system associates with black communities. As a parolee in a criminalized community it was easy for him to rack up multiple victims. It was easy for him to let these murdered women literally decompose in plain view on his living room floor because of the belief that black communities are cesspits and black lives are not worth protecting.
Exactly!

In a more “rarefied” sector of the East Coast another misogynist house of horrors is being buttressed in the name of “healthcare reform.” Nancy Pelosi and her lawless Blue dog Democrat posse in the House of Representatives have voted to include an amendment to the healthcare bill that would deny women the right to abortion coverage. Under the terms of a private healthcare exchange in the misnamed public option women could not purchase plans from private insurers who provide abortion coverage. This provision would essentially create a two or three tier system in which wealthier women would once again be able to fund abortions and poorer women would be left to back alley quacks and coat hangers. Black and Latino women, who are disproportionately un- and under-insured, and have the most to lose from unwanted pregnancies, would be the most deeply impacted. And with the draconian conservatives in the Senate trotting out their mangled bill in a month, the real white collar state sanctioned violence against women will be on full display.

Sikivu Hutchinson is the editor of blackfemlens.org and a commentator for KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles.

Reddy Case: 10 Years On, Violence Against Women of Color Continues

Reddy Case: 10 Years On, Violence Against Women of Color Continues

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Review, Precious

Activist, Pearl Jr, reviews blockbuster films from a Black perspective!

Justice Who Denied Marriage Won't Resign

The McKay's say they never imagined their drama would attract so much attention. "I had an interview with BBC last night. CNN called," Beth says. She and husband Terence are the newest celebrity couple to hit the airwaves.
Just one day after hearing about the couple's controversy, national media shined the spotlight on Terence and Beth McKay. "I thought it'd be local. We thought just be around this area. It went international," says Terence.
The newly married McKay's say they just wanted a simple wedding ceremony. So the bride called Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Robert, Louisiana. But instead of agreeing to their "I do's", Bardwell said, "I won't" because the couple is interracial.
"He said he does not do interracial couples. He's not going to marry us because your black and I'm white," Terence says recalling what Beth told him. "I was like its 2009."

Murder Charges for Shaniya's Mom?

Maggie Rodriguez spoke with former prosecutor Wendy Murphy about possible murder charges for Shaniya's Davis' mother.

Shaniya Davis Vigil Held here in Fayetteville, NC

I first ask everyone to please pray for her father and family as this crime comes to a shock. We never have anything like this happen here in fayetteville and in the past 3 weeks we have had horrible things happen here.

For those of you who do not know who Shaniya Davis or heard about it, the story can be followed here.
Her body was found yesterday, she was raped then strangled. Her mother sent her off into the world of child prostution.

What makes this story even harder to beleive, Shaniya father wanted to give his daughter the chance to get to know her mother so he brought her to her mother, and only after 3 weeks of being with her mother she was murdered.

Follow the story here: http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/2009/...

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