I read this at a blog:
"One thing is clear – no matter where one goes around the world, Black people ain’t worth the sh*** on anyone’s shoes."
Ouch!
I just came from reading about an AA BW Sophia Stewart who claims that she was plagiarized by Warner Brothers. Warner Brothers then came out with the Matrix and the Terminator -concepts that she says she introduced to them! Way cool if she came up with these ideas.
Then there was the Caster Semenya victory battle wounds.
Then there were these Australian guys in blackface, mocking the Jackson five. Once upon a time the Jackson five was a pretty great group to say the least. Michael Jackson became known as the "king of pop music"!
Can anyone sew? Let's lace all these things together and get a good picture of what's happening.
If I were to write a triumphant story. I could potentially end each chapter with the heroin's failures --her failures just prior to the next battle victory. Or, I could end each chapter with triumphant battles. Either way, its the same story -just different perspectives.
Basically, what I'm saying is that what they (the mockers) are doing doesn't change the truth. We can get upset at it -with good reason. But let us not allow it to "paint" our view of ourselves. Let's not forget the reality, the good, the victories.
6 comments:
Thanks Miriam,
No matter what achievements Blacks may make, especially women, this kind of pulling down will always exist, we just need to learn to live with it and keep going.
Agreed!
And if this is their "best" offense. A quick dismissal and /or lack of "due" attention will do the trick.
"One thing is clear – no matter where one goes around the world, Black people ain’t worth the sh*** on anyone’s shoes."
Miriam, I understand the frustration captured so eloquently in that remark, but I think it's a weight that no one should carry.
As long as we're concerned about how others see us, or respond to their perception of us, we have allowed them to define you.
Self definition is a product of choices, and decisions we make. I don't subcontract important life- defining moments to others.
Domino,
Can I quote your comment on the "Quotable quotes" part of the blog?
Miriam said...
"Domino,
"Can I quote your comment on the "Quotable quotes" part of the blog?"
I would be honored, Miriam. I'd like to revise one line, though:
It read this way:
As long as we're concerned about how others see us, or respond to their perception of us, we have allowed them to define you.
It should read this way:
As long as we're concerned about how others see us, or respond to their perception of us, we have allowed them to define us.
I replaced "you" with "us."
Domino,
Thanks so much!
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