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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 |
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| ... And WE Are Beautiful: A photo blog |
So... I have had it up to *raises hand as high as it will go* HERE with all this negativity about my generation of black people.... Like we aren't doing anything with our lives but making it rain, making babies, blowing our money on clothes, killing each other, dropping out of school, going to jail, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.... While I do agree, that is going on... that's not ALL that's going on... I mean... sure I can look up half of the people in my family in OTIS.. But that is only half of my reality... that's not all that I know I'm just starting to really realize that we as a people don't show each other enough love... We are quick to criticize and bring each other down but hesitant to bring each other up. I admit, I am a part of this problem... I bring you the Detroit Mess... and it's entertaining... but I just wanted to take this blog in a different direction today and let you know about the young black folks in my world
First and foremost, we love our churches and we love the Lord,
YES, our young women graduate from high school
And so do our young black men
And we are PROUD of each other
Because it is a beautiful thing!
And we do go on to graduate from college
and we make strong bonds along the way,
and even rivals respect each other.
And we still march for what we believe in,
and we are not apathetic about politics.
AND we STILL believe in the sanctity of marriage,
and we still love our children,
and our kids want to learn about other things than MTV and BET,
and we do go to prom CLASSY,
and our young men are superb athletes,
and so are our young women,
and our young ladies win beauty pageants,
and we are fierce dancers,
not just hip-hop dancers either,
We also ENJOY studying,
and we still celebrate our children,
because our children are still innocent,
and just so cute!
And our youth do go to summer camp,
And everybody's favorite music is not rap,
and we like to dance when there is no music,
and sometimes we just do silly things like:
dance with random people on the sidewalk,
do handstands in the middle of Time Square,
do chin-ups on the Subway
or slide down the poles,
try on the girdle panties at Meijer
EAT CANDY!!
And sometimes we just like to have fun!
and go to football games,
and play Twister,
and compete on obstacle courses
and we have fun doing unconventional things like skydiving,
and iceskating,
and snorkel in the ocean
and go on safari's in Africa.
And we can have white friends without us acting white or them acting black,
because we respect other cultures,
because we come from other cultures.
But we would never deny our black family.
We are united,
and we make statements,
and we come in all shades,
and we come in all shapes,
and we come in all sizes,
and WE ARE BEAUTIFUL! :o)
Now that's fly.
This post took me a long time and i didn't even put everything i wanted to in here... so... appreciate it!Labels: Fly |
posted by Coko Mulan @ 2:16 PM  |
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