tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post5201633750289260381..comments2024-03-18T22:34:29.437-04:00Comments on field negro: Does "our" culture discourage wealth building?field negrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411743587725023134noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-85971245136037092252009-09-23T07:48:30.542-04:002009-09-23T07:48:30.542-04:00Very thoughtfull post on overcoming fear .It shoul...Very thoughtfull post on overcoming fear .It should be very much helpfull<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Karim - <a href="http://www.creatingpower.com" rel="nofollow">Creating Power</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-43915938170736490522009-06-09T20:17:59.440-04:002009-06-09T20:17:59.440-04:00cc to all the church folks hunting gay duos in dc:...cc to all the church folks hunting gay duos in dc:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/DC-residents-rank-as-top-cocaine-alcohol-abusers-47265917.html<br /><br />shame!<br />ab<br /><br />us: dc is filled with elite blacks too...<br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-64226188330255127652009-06-09T20:12:52.666-04:002009-06-09T20:12:52.666-04:00Only if we give up "chittlins" will we b...Only if we give up "chittlins" will we be able to save the Negro.<br /><br />Another of our ascetic principles.Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-72634026856557995312009-06-09T17:10:04.236-04:002009-06-09T17:10:04.236-04:00I wrote that it was simple. I should have phrased ...I wrote that it was simple. I should have phrased that differenly. The concept is simple. The execution is obviously not.TrueBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247629724349664650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-4936891447220480372009-06-09T17:06:42.230-04:002009-06-09T17:06:42.230-04:00ps us:
actually
many of the lost kids i know are...ps us:<br /><br />actually<br /><br />many of the lost kids i know are boys<br /><br />they have no fathers like your sons<br /><br />and they need you much more than me<br /><br />as you are a man...<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-1069934524054690992009-06-09T17:03:16.627-04:002009-06-09T17:03:16.627-04:00us:
those elite kids will be just fine without yo...us:<br /><br />those elite kids will be just fine without you<br /><br />because of their parents<br /><br />the ghetto kids i serve need us both the most<br /><br />because of their "parents"<br /><br />i live with the karma of my choices...just as u...<br /><br />our race will be saved only by those who make my choice to help the majority/least among us...<br /><br />fyi,<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-90197824826462276762009-06-09T15:51:47.315-04:002009-06-09T15:51:47.315-04:00ditto grinder!
which is what us cannot see:
fami...ditto grinder!<br /><br />which is what us cannot see:<br /><br />family is the foundation<br /><br />most black families today are not elite<br /><br />especially for children 10 or less<br /><br />most are horridly toxic<br />more than ever before<br /><br />and that is why our race is doomed unless we fix it as you suggested<br /><br />it must begin at home<br />with superior parenting/families<br />long before teachers even!<br /><br />peace<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-64537002919461280152009-06-09T15:47:30.792-04:002009-06-09T15:47:30.792-04:00us:
you sound as callous as john mcwhorter
i wil...us:<br /><br />you sound as callous as john mcwhorter<br /><br />i will never dismiss and deny children simply because they are not elite<br /><br />my parents were rich<br />and they taught us that we have a greater responsibility to the ghetto precisely because we never lived there...because we can help<br />etc...<br /><br /><br />http://www.geocities.com/ambwww/johnm.htm<br /><br /><br />shame on you<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-27468662837519469892009-06-09T15:43:48.626-04:002009-06-09T15:43:48.626-04:00A constructive idea for black people to think abou...A constructive idea for black people to think about.<br /><br />The way that groups of people succeed in a capitalist system has been plainly illustrated by Jews and Asians, among others. It is simple. You put family, education, and investment -- in that order -- before everything else. If you are an adult, you put all of your effort into the next generation. You help your own.<br /><br />I recently saw an interesting article that showed that Asians are no better at math, and don't have higher I.Q. scores, than anyone else in their early years. The key to their success? They work harder in school. And so on.<br /><br />No white person is going to reform black culture. Only black people can say, in effect, "we've had it with this bullshit" and then reject the hip-hop, the bling, the underachievement, the whole nine yards. I'm white and I'm saying it, but it's really not up to me.<br /><br />On the money side, you've got a class of very highly paid black entertainers and athletes. Black people should be twisting their arms to contribute that money for the greater good, and to <i>set an example</i> for the youth. Mind you, a lot of these people do it already. But some of them don't.<br /><br />It is unfair? After all, there are sure as fuck a bunch of celebrity white wastrels out there. The answer is that it's not unfair for anyone to put their heads down, see the problems, and work on them. But that's really not up to me, is it?TrueBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247629724349664650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-16385803061562638282009-06-09T15:43:31.439-04:002009-06-09T15:43:31.439-04:00us:
if i spent my days with rich black kids exclu...us:<br /><br />if i spent my days with rich black kids exclusively, i would be exclusively proud too<br /><br />but the real world is filled with BOTH the progecny of legends and the progeny of the lost<br /><br />and as fragile as your elite enclaves may have made you, teh hard truth = for babies 10 and under, they are MOSTLY lost due to their toxic turbo breeder parents!!!<br /><br /><br />ask any public school teacher...anywhere<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-27276048544320392572009-06-09T15:40:04.150-04:002009-06-09T15:40:04.150-04:00us
thanks for your belated honesty!
i get u now
...us<br /><br /><br />thanks for your belated honesty!<br />i get u now<br /><br />you are an elitist!<br /><br />i care and sacrifice<br />while you flee and deny<br /><br />you need to travel more the ghettos you have fled and deny<br />as i do daily<br /><br />i never lived in a ghetto<br />but i was also taught never to forget they exist...<br /><br />and i am referring to the entire generation of all races<br /><br />ie<br /><br />white frat corp newbies<br />coddle black bourgeoisie<br />foster kids<br />millenials<br />trailer parks<br />projects<br />jack and jill clubs<br />boys clubs<br />ALL...<br /><br /><br />i have made that clear<br /><br />your selective hypersensitivity is a personal problem <br /><br />and your elitism, detachment and denial will not save a single black child<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-51746774274669943232009-06-09T15:19:45.954-04:002009-06-09T15:19:45.954-04:00ab
"why do you see any of that as mutually e...ab<br /><br />"why do you see any of that as mutually exclusive?"<br /><br />I don't see it as race specific and can't figure out why people like you, BLACK PEOPLE, continue to tie dysfunction to race when there are all these examples of black positivity around.<br /><br />I'm sorry but I totally disagree with you about young blacks as some kind of "new breed" of evil.<br /><br />The kids I see every day are solidly middle class and bourgeois in manner, values and behavior.<br /><br />They have no connection to the ghetto whatsoever.<br /><br />Maybe you ought to move.uptownstevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-24190151616781960842009-06-09T14:30:15.389-04:002009-06-09T14:30:15.389-04:00us:
i just went home for lunch...
turned on the t...us:<br /><br />i just went home for lunch...<br />turned on the tv to jerry springer<br /><br />found 2 bf moms with multiple children...30ish<br /><br />one was bragging about "selling her kids" at tax time...she explained in detail how she allows her pals to illegally claim each child on their irs tax forms...for cash back<br /><br />and she also bragged about sharing weed etc...all of this on national tv with no disguise etc...<br /><br />and this too is the norm<br /><br />they are indeed a new breed<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-29602879810966319182009-06-09T13:49:42.159-04:002009-06-09T13:49:42.159-04:00us:
i adore black people
millions of us are warr...us:<br /><br />i adore black people<br /><br />millions of us are warriors/sages/heros/sheros<br /><br />and millions of us are indeed pathological...so is our global history<br /><br />why do you see any of that as mutually exclusive?<br /><br />happy + unhappy = real life<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-6733211775378725202009-06-09T13:47:23.796-04:002009-06-09T13:47:23.796-04:00ditto bt:
i love eb too
as a singer
never as a mo...ditto bt:<br /><br />i love eb too<br />as a singer<br />never as a mom/role model<br /><br />another unhappy truth is that some of the most gifted musicians are horrid spouses etc<br /><br />ie<br />i adore bob marley<br />for his music and locks only<br />as he was a rabid dog sexually<br />who sired a global village<br />and treated rita like dirt<br /><br />peace<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-82922219927325019692009-06-09T13:45:25.365-04:002009-06-09T13:45:25.365-04:00us:
you are definitely wrong!
i am very happy
i...us:<br /><br />you are definitely wrong!<br /><br />i am very happy<br /><br />i just dare to tell many unhappy truths<br /><br />my own nice peaceful neighborhood is only my sanctuary<br /><br />not my blinder/cocoon etc<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-7455161919556151452009-06-09T10:47:25.731-04:002009-06-09T10:47:25.731-04:00@ Mack;
I should have added it's a given that...@ Mack;<br /><br />I should have added it's a given that this is behavior carried over from slavery times, you're right. But first people have to realize they are engaging in social pressures that were forced on us. I have had so many online debates with people (usually females) about the habit of too many Black American women who choose to not have life partners when they have a lot of children, and when I compare that to when we were freakin breeded and had no choice, folks get touchy. I'm not talking about the single mom with one or two kids who separated with their father. <br /><br />I love Erykah Badu, but i think anyone who chooses to have 3 babies by three different men (and not marry any of them) is a little out there. From my online observations, there seem to be more than a few Black women who think this is ok (and to be fair, just as many who are repulsed by it). But why is it socially acceptable at all...did any other group of people record a song like 'that's not my baby daddy"-and all the posts I read sound like intelligent, educated women who use the argument that the nuclear family is not the norm for everyone, etc. I agree, but why is it ok for so many of us to treat our own bodies like baby machines, and let the fathers off the hook when it comes to daily responsibilities-smh. <br /><br />Re: the chitlins and other pig parts: i've never touched a chitlin/pig foot/snout but have to admit, i joke about fried foods being one of our daily requirements, myself included. But i balance it with my Whole Foods and organic juices and feel better about myself-lolBluTopaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-57655906869067464032009-06-09T10:30:16.903-04:002009-06-09T10:30:16.903-04:00ab
I can show you violent Asian gangs in Northern...ab<br /><br />I can show you violent Asian gangs in Northern VA, not far from where I live.<br /><br />The murder rates in Moscow and Caracas surpass any American city.<br /><br />As well as the fact that violent crime is not an issue in my 90% black suburb or the surrounding areas.<br /><br />But I'm not going to convince you of anything.<br /><br />You have internalized white racism and are convinced that your own people are uniquely screwed up and pathological.<br /><br />I hope we can remain civil but frankly I think alot of the negativity I see from you, wcs and Fly is projection of your own personal unhappiness and lack of fulfillment.<br /><br />I may be wrong but I don't think so.uptownstevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-67750106146390787982009-06-09T10:02:48.940-04:002009-06-09T10:02:48.940-04:00us:
school kids in tokyo are not gunning each oth...us:<br /><br />school kids in tokyo are not gunning each other down daily as they are in my home of chicago either...<br /><br />http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/10022<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-1495466936485991112009-06-09T02:01:06.740-04:002009-06-09T02:01:06.740-04:00"it may have already been said but too many B..."it may have already been said but too many Black people live for survival, here and now."<br /><br />I'd purpose that's a institutional behavior carried over from slavery times, back when you could do NOTHING BUT LIVE TO SURVIVE, here and now.<br /><br />Sometimes it takes untold generations to break bad institutional habits. Asians (including Indians and other South Asians), Africans and other immigrant groups haven't had to deal with nearly 400 years of institutionalized habits, designed to cope with the rigors of slavery but now ill-suited for the world of today. If they all still wonder why Black folks can't seem to get their sh*t together, they can always have themselves stripped down, chained up and made to pick cotton with their bare hands from sun-up to sundown in some good ole South Alabama sun, so they can see what we originally had to put up with.<br /><br />Chitlins? I know some of ya loves sum chitlins, but eating the southbound portions of a hog should have ended a long time ago. It's 2009 and we're still eating things that "Massa" threw away or "allowed" us to have.Mack Lyonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-35169382341629566522009-06-09T00:53:00.028-04:002009-06-09T00:53:00.028-04:00ditto bt
this whole gen is a new breed
even the ...ditto bt<br /><br />this whole gen is a new breed<br /><br />even the rich are coddled and spoiled<br /><br />ie<br /><br />"the millenials" are causing havoc in corp america<br /><br />cell phones<br />no ethics<br />no scruples<br />expect to be ceo's in 2 wks etc<br /><br />even the cream of the crop is rotted to the core<br /><br />ie<br />reality tv shows prove rich parents can be as toxic as poor<br />ie<br />the hogans<br />kardashians<br />osbornes<br />etc<br /><br />http://www.generationsatwork.com/articles/millenials.htm<br /><br />long day<br /><br />peace<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-56859925182038093162009-06-09T00:25:50.160-04:002009-06-09T00:25:50.160-04:00I like how you countered someone with a Phd in soc...I like how you countered someone with a Phd in sociology with anecdotal evidence. Yes, that's real weighty. Also, when you talk about the habits that keep us from wealth building I see how you don't take in account class and its affects. Do we think that middle and upper middle class black people have the same habits and lower and working class blacks? Really? Or how about this, did you note the quality of food available for working and lower class people in urban communities compared to the middle class? What about school cirriculum? <br /><br />You say people need to take responsibility and that's great. People should drink water but that's bloody difficult to do in a desert, don't you think. I find the lack of a materialist analysis in your post to be stunning. Or does structural violence not factor into the culture shit of diet? Because, you know, stress has like no affect on health or anything. <br /><br />You are speaking in generalities using a minority of a minority. And the structure shapes the culture. Maybe saying building wealth is what's really important isn't a great idea. Anomie theory states that when lacking pro social tools some people will actually become deviant not because they reject the goals of society, actually they have internalized them and desire to attain them but will seek out the means available to do so. So maybe a single-minded focus on wealth isn't good and maybe telling a group of people that are actually socially conservative, in which you base your generalitys on the minority, isn't actually productive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-87675475602081193842009-06-08T22:31:35.514-04:002009-06-08T22:31:35.514-04:00Field, re: building wealth for future generations-...Field, re: building wealth for future generations-it may have already been said but too many Black people live for survival, here and now. Another friend of mind lost her father recently, and he was a retired, 25+ year IBM executive. After reviewing his finances their family realized they had just enough to bury the man, plus a few thousand bucks from life insurance. No investments, bonds, nada. Makes no sense, but to be honest I know I struggle with this myself sometimes. When I realized how much money I accumulated contributing 10% of my salary to my 401k instead of the minimum, i wanted to kick myself for not doing it years earlier. It's a mindset many of us have to train ourselves for.BluTopaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-22877422391769436312009-06-08T22:23:02.729-04:002009-06-08T22:23:02.729-04:00@ Alicia
Funny you bring up the middle class kids...@ Alicia<br /><br />Funny you bring up the middle class kids-a co-worker in a working/middle class family has a nephew who has received a FULL 4 YEAR SCHOLARSHIP to a military college. He'll get a great education, travel the world, and the average starting salaries for his soon to be profession are in the mid-50's. Not too shabby. But he flunked his first semester because he missed too many classes; apparently the 5 am wake up calls were too early for him. He did not like being told to keep his dorm room neat. Fortunately his family cares enough about him to get him on the right track before he ends up another statistic. For too many of us high achievement is considered a waste of time, or unattainable.BluTopaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23428832.post-81230062167473738552009-06-08T21:47:54.536-04:002009-06-08T21:47:54.536-04:00us:
have you ever said that?
did u email bill co...us:<br /><br />have you ever said that?<br /><br />did u email bill cosby and obama too?<br /><br />or just me???<br /><br />they said it first and they are both black men<br /><br />you are way too sensitive<br /><br />i was not directing that at you!<br /><br />neither was bt?<br /><br />did you email her too?<br /><br />fyi<br />abalicia bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921804031029586951noreply@blogger.com