It's done so often as of today, no one questions it any longer. What is wrong with dreads or twists or braids. I understand that for some it is just a personal choice but there are others that don't even ask themselves what they prefer, they simply fall in line.
A post from a reader:
Many races of women straighten their hair because they want to fit into cultural standards in America. No matter how you put it, the "normal" or average person in America is white with white hair and features. Anything outside that box is considered "ethnic" "urban" or "exotic." True, we have so many different kinds of people here but you all have to understand that white is the norm. Therefore white beauty standards become the norm. And so does long straight hair. Black women have the curliest hair of all the races and have the hardest time fitting into the "norm." This is what this whole disposition says to me, "I straighten my curly hair. I use a flat iron. I do it for managability and because I prefer my hair straight and long. Just because its my personal choice I don't deny that I am doing it to fit in to the cultural norms of society." Now I know white people get a little upset but it's true. But it's not due to racism or self-hatred. White people have the power right now, and they influence society. That is the truth. That shouldn't make anyone mad or hate on white people. If someone thinks that shouldn't be the case, then they can try to change it for the future. But that won't change that right now white people have the power. The people with power call the shots. But this ideal of beauty issue isn't just a black thing. If it was just a black thing then Asians wouldn't be having surgery to widen their eyes and middle easterners wouldn't be getting nose jobs. Many white people do the same to look "normal." Its just that people have an image of beauty that their society creates. However a person (no matter their race) decides to fit or not fit into that image is their personal right. Just because a black woman has dreads, don't think she isn't professional. There is much more to her than her hair. But, keep in mind that just because a black woman straightens her hair that doesn't mean she is not at peace with her race.
<------- I don't agree with all of this. For one I believe that because of the psychological effects of slavery, Black women have been scarred and left with the impression the long, straight hair and light skin is what is accepted in this society. During slavery, straight hair and light skin was what kept the mulattoes alive and the house negroes with better treatment. Heated forks were used to straighten hair so that their chance of survival was greater, so Black women straightened their hair for survival not for beauty. Somehow along the way the concepts were perverted. Another point I would like to make is about the image of God being white or having Caucasian features. How the white man looked like God and therefore was God because he enslaved the heathen, the devil (Black people) and we were less and should attain god status which is striving to be white. White Jesus, we were given the Bible to keep us mentally enslaved even when the slave master wasn't cracking the whip on our backs. Because the African is so spiritual, he bought into the belief that Jesus would actually save them one day. That the white man, the same one keeping them in captivity, would come from the clouds and save them. Now do you see how deep this gets? It goes far beyond the said topic and into a world not known to many.
And quite frankly...
I don't care what excuses black people make.
They straighten their hair because they are ashamed of it.
They have been brainwashed by the media which is controlled by whites that Caucasian type hair is the only hair that is beautiful.
Dreadlocks, which we will call "locs" for the simple fact that Dreads comes from European settlers who came to the Caribbean and saw the hair of the natives and called it "dreadful" hence the term dreadlockks, are not unprofessional. I know people who have them and they are very clean.
That is just plain degrading.
This is the same reason why black women wear weaves. They don't like themselves and have been brainwashed.
When they look at themselves in the mirror they are saying " Oh how beautiful i would be... if only i had hair like a white person"
Start liking yourselves black women.
We are the only race in the world with our type of hair. Because of this we should see it as something great and should therefore make other races envy us. When we straighten our hair we are basically telling other races that we don't like ourselves.
Many white people have asked me "Why do black people straighten their hair. It is so unique and beautiful"
When we saw Michelle Obama trot out her daughters at the Democrat convention, the first and obviously crafted image we saw was that the girls now had straight, shiny, long hair. And Michelle's hair had a new, less "helmet-like" look as well. Obama's political advisers obviously didn't want to present the image of little black girls in corn rows running around the White House, given the fact that one of the girls had her done in that style the week before in Hawaii. When I see women like Beyonce Knowles and others wearing hair styles that are seemingly impossible to create with African hair, I have to ask why? When black women are making great strides in society today, are proud of their achievement, why won't they leave their hair the way it is? I cannot recall the last time I saw a black American woman, regardless of socio-economic status, wearing her hair in an afro. White wigs or extensions look silly on black women. It isn't natural and it doesn't look right. Be proud of your looks as you are. I submit black women hate their hair, and black men hate the way black women look. There is no other explanation. And please, don't tell me it is the same as white women curling their hair, or pulling it up for an easier to manage hairdo. The Obama girls don't need "easier hairdos".
Reply from a reader:
The line "relaxed hair is easier to manage" is convoluted with fear and shame.
I'll go out on a whim and say that women who say this haven't had natural hair since they were a tot, and at that time it was their mother or some other adult who styled their hair. If you've never styled your own natural hair, how can you say it's hard to manage?
I, too, made this excuse when I had relaxed hair, but I said it out of ignorance. It wasn't until I wore my hair in its natural state that I realized that I had no idea what I was talking about before. Natural hair is easy to maintain.
After I wash/condition it, there's no need for heat - no blow-dryer, no flat iron, no curling iron; no heat whatsoever. I don't have to wrap it or curl it or do anything to it except let it be. How easy is that? And it looks good. In fact, once I went natural, the health of my hair returned with a vengeance. It hasn't looked, felt or been as strong since I was a child, and I'm thirty years old.
I'm sure some black women don't mind the whole styling process; in fact, there are some who even enjoy it. For them, it's like a journey towards temporary self-esteem. But for others I'm sure they just like the process.
But I wish black women would stop hiding behind the excuse that relaxed hair is easier to manage. I think the more appropriate comment for these women to make would be that relaxed hair more easily feeds their subconscious need, and that need is to fit into the norm.
Let's face it - to wear natural hair is to go against the norm, and it takes confidence to do it. Even more than that, it takes knowing, appreciating and then loving what you naturally have, and unfortunately many women don't. What a pity. Embracing what's naturally yours brings a type of freedom and confidence that you can't attain by doing anything else, no matter how hard you rock that weave.
I don't hate on women who wear their hair relaxed. To each her own. I just want many black women to to do some serious introspection and uncover the real reason(s) why they don't wear their hair natural.
Regarding that comment about Michelle Obama and the Obama girls, I felt you on that. When I watched the Democratic convention on tv, I actually wondered how America would respond to Michelle if she wore her hair natural, or even if she sported a fro. The thought of it makes me chuckle.
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My mom said the same thing in regards to Michelle Obama rocking the natural look. How would Black women feel about that? How would they begin to feel about themselves?
She is an image that Black women now look up to and the damage is being agitated because MO doesn't even wear her hair natural, but is that really her choice? Regardless it would be a huge impact upon the structure of black society. And another thing is that Black women, on a majority, are impatient. They need they're beauty fix right now. They haven't been taught by their mothers, grandmothers, how to care for Black hair so it's condemned and stigmatized and as soon as they child is old enough, it's straightened either with a relaxer or hot comb. It's a psychosis and Black women won't acknowledge it and when it's talked about they become disagreeable and upset because they cannot face their own psycho trauma. We have always been told and shown that Black hair needs to be cut or needs to be straightened because it "looks good". Nappy is considered "bad hair" and straight or curly is considered "good hair". Why is that? The only "good hair" is healthy hair. Black women have been so psychologically conditioned to believe that the hair that has grown from their very scalps since birth is bad hair that they go out and buy wigs, weaves, extensions, flat irons, relaxers and the like. It is the standard of beauty in American society that has generated this mass psycho trauma. Even women and young girls that come here from Africa have their hair straightened which is even more discouraging considering that a woman from the motherland is thought to at least have more sense and love for herself. If young Black girls were taught by their conscious Black mothers then we would have a generation of Black women that knew themselves and loved every aspect of their Blackness. Wake up Black people.
Why do Black Women Straighten Their Hair?
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We Lost a King
As I'm sure you all already know Michael Jackson has passed away, and now forever lives with the Almighty Father above. Michael Jackson had an indelible mark on Black American culture, American society, and the world. His death marks the end of a life symbolic of the contradictions that is America, but the birth of a legacy that will no doubt continue after. Michael Jackson will forever be the BIGGEST STAR in the world!
I am truly saddened and in disbelief of Michael Jackson's death, I was born and raised listening to his music. Although he has passed a way I feel blessed, his dance, his lyrics and his pure genius. My condolences to hi and grateful to have touched by his music family and friends around the world. His legacy is unparalleled.
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - M.J
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.- Michael Jackson
R.I.P Michael Jackson 1958-2009

Peace and Blessings.
I am truly saddened and in disbelief of Michael Jackson's death, I was born and raised listening to his music. Although he has passed a way I feel blessed, his dance, his lyrics and his pure genius. My condolences to hi and grateful to have touched by his music family and friends around the world. His legacy is unparalleled.
“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - M.J
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.- Michael Jackson
R.I.P Michael Jackson 1958-2009

Peace and Blessings.
Black Woman
Who is the Black woman? This question has puzzled Black men for the longest. Of course we probably have an idea or two, but who is she REALLY?
Well we would first have to define what a Black woman is.
Strong, Matter of fact, Always right, Smart, 1st mother, Queen, Beautiful, etc.
Okay so now with the Black woman defined let's move on shall we?
The Black woman of today, and the types vary amongst the generations, is direct and strong-willed. She has had to birth and care for her own children. In most cases, she has had to make it on her own, that is without the assistance of a man. The Black woman does not need a man to satisfy her or fulfill her needs. She does not need a man to raise her children because she can get by just fine on the system. Government assistance. This eliminates the need for a man.

?
The Black woman is thought of as the back bone of the Black community.
Wait a minute... the back bone of the community?
What does that mean?
It means that the Black man is weak. He has no back bone of his own. His women have to defend him.
In every other race, the man is the back bone.
Why is it that the Black woman is the back bone?
We will now delve into the Sacred Feminine
more on this later...
Well we would first have to define what a Black woman is.
Strong, Matter of fact, Always right, Smart, 1st mother, Queen, Beautiful, etc.
Okay so now with the Black woman defined let's move on shall we?
The Black woman of today, and the types vary amongst the generations, is direct and strong-willed. She has had to birth and care for her own children. In most cases, she has had to make it on her own, that is without the assistance of a man. The Black woman does not need a man to satisfy her or fulfill her needs. She does not need a man to raise her children because she can get by just fine on the system. Government assistance. This eliminates the need for a man.

?
The Black woman is thought of as the back bone of the Black community.
Wait a minute... the back bone of the community?
What does that mean?
It means that the Black man is weak. He has no back bone of his own. His women have to defend him.
In every other race, the man is the back bone.
Why is it that the Black woman is the back bone?
We will now delve into the Sacred Feminine
more on this later...
Black Relationships, White Problems
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Hey I'm back once again people and today I have a topic that I would like to discuss a little bit. Black relationships with White problems.
Sounds intriguing don't it? Hehe, I know.
I'm going to do some back story a little bit so prepare for a historical journey.
See the thing is that in Western society, black people have been conditioned into believing that the courting process goes a certain way, a way that is essentially modeled after white standards. Therefore. because our selection process is modified in order for us to feel as if we are operating on the same playing field when in fact we are not.

Black relationships usually suffer from problems that, for the most part, are confusing to us. We end up arguing and fighting for no apparent reason and the times when the reasons are valid they still are about issues that should not affect our livelihood.
White psychosis has diffused its way into our psyche and we in turn begin to suffer from white psychosis. We are told that there is only one (1) psychology and one way that the mind can be observed. This is not true. Psychology was created by Europeans to learn and observe the European mind and European behavior. The standards of which that are applied to using psychology as a tool to diagnose black problems is the reason why many psychologists, psychoanalysts, therapists and the like by their analytical, fragmented way of thinking believe that black people are psychologically ill. We are ill, but not with an illness of our own making. It is the modeling after the master (white man) to be equal with him and share his problems so that he would accept us.
This is a slave mindset.

Ever since the enslavement of Africans in America, there have been many instances where the tactic for gaining acceptance to stop the physical and emotional trauma needed to be implemented. African slave women would straighten their hair with a heated fork in order to gain the slave master's acceptance and African male slaves would do the same. The reason why "Beauty Salons" and "Barber Shops" were created were for just that cause. Since mulattoes had naturally "good hair" and lighter skin than the typical dark-skinned African, they were guaranteed better treatment and even survival. So the tactic needed to be added, they needed to alter themselves to survive.
The white man beat his women. He had sex with them for leisure instead of reproduction. He did not know of the spiritualistic properties of sexual intercourse. And many African slave women were sexually involved with white men and they treated them like they would their white women. The black woman became sexualized and believed that the treatment she received from the powerful slave master was the standard for her relaitionships. The African slave males saw this and tried to compete with the white man. Since his black woman seemed to discredit his importance and sexuality, he felt the urge the to dress like the white man and court like the white man and considering the conditioning of the black woman, it worked out perfectly.

See the black male had been demasculinized in front of his women and children so they were seemingly powerless. Black women wre raped in front of tied up black men and whipped whilst the raping took place, so what could the black man do to save his women? Not a thing.
What other model have black couples had that showed them what a black relationship is like without white problems?
Think of at least 5.
I didn't come up with any either.
This is what you need to understand, yes relationships have their problems but why are these problems based off of the standards of another race? Standards of which we were never meant to live up to?
More on this later...
Peace
Sounds intriguing don't it? Hehe, I know.
I'm going to do some back story a little bit so prepare for a historical journey.
See the thing is that in Western society, black people have been conditioned into believing that the courting process goes a certain way, a way that is essentially modeled after white standards. Therefore. because our selection process is modified in order for us to feel as if we are operating on the same playing field when in fact we are not.

Black relationships usually suffer from problems that, for the most part, are confusing to us. We end up arguing and fighting for no apparent reason and the times when the reasons are valid they still are about issues that should not affect our livelihood.
White psychosis has diffused its way into our psyche and we in turn begin to suffer from white psychosis. We are told that there is only one (1) psychology and one way that the mind can be observed. This is not true. Psychology was created by Europeans to learn and observe the European mind and European behavior. The standards of which that are applied to using psychology as a tool to diagnose black problems is the reason why many psychologists, psychoanalysts, therapists and the like by their analytical, fragmented way of thinking believe that black people are psychologically ill. We are ill, but not with an illness of our own making. It is the modeling after the master (white man) to be equal with him and share his problems so that he would accept us.
This is a slave mindset.

Ever since the enslavement of Africans in America, there have been many instances where the tactic for gaining acceptance to stop the physical and emotional trauma needed to be implemented. African slave women would straighten their hair with a heated fork in order to gain the slave master's acceptance and African male slaves would do the same. The reason why "Beauty Salons" and "Barber Shops" were created were for just that cause. Since mulattoes had naturally "good hair" and lighter skin than the typical dark-skinned African, they were guaranteed better treatment and even survival. So the tactic needed to be added, they needed to alter themselves to survive.
The white man beat his women. He had sex with them for leisure instead of reproduction. He did not know of the spiritualistic properties of sexual intercourse. And many African slave women were sexually involved with white men and they treated them like they would their white women. The black woman became sexualized and believed that the treatment she received from the powerful slave master was the standard for her relaitionships. The African slave males saw this and tried to compete with the white man. Since his black woman seemed to discredit his importance and sexuality, he felt the urge the to dress like the white man and court like the white man and considering the conditioning of the black woman, it worked out perfectly.

See the black male had been demasculinized in front of his women and children so they were seemingly powerless. Black women wre raped in front of tied up black men and whipped whilst the raping took place, so what could the black man do to save his women? Not a thing.
What other model have black couples had that showed them what a black relationship is like without white problems?
Think of at least 5.
I didn't come up with any either.
This is what you need to understand, yes relationships have their problems but why are these problems based off of the standards of another race? Standards of which we were never meant to live up to?
More on this later...
Peace
A Message to all the borthas and sistas
We should have been glad to be black long before Obama. We have always been a great people with beautiful minds that the White man could never understand so that's why he's created institutions to desensitize us and deter us away from our consciousness. We cannot be "proud" of being black as "pride" is something that is gained through the achievement of something that was accomplished by your personal efforts. Your parents can be proud of you because they have raised you, birthed you, etc. Why so much pride? You didn't choose to be black. You did not have a choice. Love being black and embrace the beauty that it comes with. We are Kings and Queens; the mothers and fathers of civilization. It is time that we come back to our power mentally and spiritually.
Would you date your co-worker?
Okay people I have a couple questions for you all today...
When you like someone, how do you know?
When you like someone do you tell them right then or do you wait to see if you can tell if they like you back?

Would you settle for just being friends with that person if circumstance had it that you two dating would be somewhat detrimental to your circumstance? Like for instance if you work with that person and you two happen to like one another but because of workplace standards and because of the oath taken to not fraternize with fellow employees, would you break that bond or would you just settle for friendship?
If you are working with someone in a production such as a musical, play, etc. would you settle for friendship or continue to pursue something with this person? Knowing that you have a job to do, would it make sense to date someone you're working with? To mix business with pleasure?
You know how things can get. Drama. And people will start gossiping and asking you questions, trying to pry into your personal life and not to mention that you might lose your job if anybody found out about your relationship.
It's a really sticky situation if you're not careful I would assume, but I would like to know your thoughts on this one.
Thanks (bitches) =D
When you like someone, how do you know?
When you like someone do you tell them right then or do you wait to see if you can tell if they like you back?

Would you settle for just being friends with that person if circumstance had it that you two dating would be somewhat detrimental to your circumstance? Like for instance if you work with that person and you two happen to like one another but because of workplace standards and because of the oath taken to not fraternize with fellow employees, would you break that bond or would you just settle for friendship?
If you are working with someone in a production such as a musical, play, etc. would you settle for friendship or continue to pursue something with this person? Knowing that you have a job to do, would it make sense to date someone you're working with? To mix business with pleasure?
You know how things can get. Drama. And people will start gossiping and asking you questions, trying to pry into your personal life and not to mention that you might lose your job if anybody found out about your relationship.
It's a really sticky situation if you're not careful I would assume, but I would like to know your thoughts on this one.
Thanks (bitches) =D
Are you F N serious?
You are honestly going to sit there and tell me that you don't have anything to say? Haha, you are something else. You tell me that you sent me a text message that said you were sorry. Well guess what? I didn't get it. Ooops. Are you genuinely sorry or just saying that? Hmm? I'm not so sure but I do know this: you have deeply upset me and I can't stand the site of you right now. I don't like you very much right now. Now what are you going to do to make this better? Think about it...
Are you done now? What have you come up with?
You can be so stupid sometimes, ugh, especially when you tell me that I should have specified. You dummy... lol. So oblivious aren't you? You just don't get it... you never do. And you're still not doing anything to fix this... we aren't accomplishing anything. Why? Simply because I am still upset and you don't understand.
Are you done now? What have you come up with?
You can be so stupid sometimes, ugh, especially when you tell me that I should have specified. You dummy... lol. So oblivious aren't you? You just don't get it... you never do. And you're still not doing anything to fix this... we aren't accomplishing anything. Why? Simply because I am still upset and you don't understand.
How could we...?
I can be serious with you. I can take the time out just to be completely honest and tell you everything that you need to know. The things on your mind that become the burdens on my heart which in turn become the basis of our problems will be the result of our blindness that our love for one another has caused. You seem to be so receptive to my words... to my ramblings. You talk yet you speak with your eyes. You listen yet you hear with your mouth. When we first looked into each others eyes, you and I both knew that we were going to be more than just friends, lovers... what have you. We knew that this wasn't going to be easy, yet we both agreed to go on and continue to do our part in contributing to the battle that is maintaining a relationship with boundaries. Boundaries that have attempted to foreclose our establishment of trust, honor, commitment, loyalty, love (needless to say), perseverance, etc, but we held stead-fast, strongly and willingly through the crises.
Bankruptcy threatened our account, our emotional investments made, our hearts being the chambers of which our monetary value lie. It stayed there open, and shut at the same time, those who passed by could see it but could never grasp it, for it was too strong to break open and steal. Our finances were increased by our advertisements and our promotion. We displayed our products and showed the world how we could make it better... make them better. We gave them a model of which they could look upon and emulate. They stared strangely, some in awe, and attempted to proceed with the Q&A and there was nothing we could not answer. "How long did it take for you to finally become wealthy?" one person asked, and we both said confidently, "It took only that first night when we made our deposit and realized that our little nest egg would grow into a fine gentlemanly profit in the long run." He looked disparagingly up at us as if we were both high on the cheapest crack on the planet, but we were serious. How could we be so serious? How could we be so in love? How could we...be? How?
We both cry when we are sad. We both yell when we are mad, but for some reason the feeling within me, you and I, never leaves. It's presence is ubiquitous. It's poignancy is consistent. Why must we continue to destroy what is already being rebuilt? Is it because it was meant to collapse on both of our heads, leaving us comatose until we could bear the burden of a loveless life? That would be impossible to say the least. Inequality isn't something that you choose. If someone(s) are compatible then it isn't by chance. It's usually meant to be and because of that, it will NEVER end. True love NEVER ends.
Stab me. Shoot me. Punch me. Kick me. Cheat on me. Lie to me. Do all of this and I will still love you. You will still love me. We will still be in love. To love or be loved are respectively two essential things that must be present in order this to work. I must show my affection and my dedication by using words and displaying gestures of kindness. You must accept and return the favor and be domicile and not difficult. Diffi - cult? Diff - I - Cult? Di -If - I - Cult. Di'e only 'if' 'I' don't 'cult'ivate this love. This might not make any sense but my intention is valid.
What am I saying?
We must give this more time to grow. This is still too young, too immature, too clumsy... we would die at the hands of jealousy and deceit. We need to build up our body of trust. Our love is ignorant and curious like a nervous child playing with matches. WE shall not burn, at least not a bad burn, but like a Phoenix, we will burn, turn to ashes, and within those ashes a new love will be born.
The only trick is getting the bird to lay the egg.
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Bankruptcy threatened our account, our emotional investments made, our hearts being the chambers of which our monetary value lie. It stayed there open, and shut at the same time, those who passed by could see it but could never grasp it, for it was too strong to break open and steal. Our finances were increased by our advertisements and our promotion. We displayed our products and showed the world how we could make it better... make them better. We gave them a model of which they could look upon and emulate. They stared strangely, some in awe, and attempted to proceed with the Q&A and there was nothing we could not answer. "How long did it take for you to finally become wealthy?" one person asked, and we both said confidently, "It took only that first night when we made our deposit and realized that our little nest egg would grow into a fine gentlemanly profit in the long run." He looked disparagingly up at us as if we were both high on the cheapest crack on the planet, but we were serious. How could we be so serious? How could we be so in love? How could we...be? How?
We both cry when we are sad. We both yell when we are mad, but for some reason the feeling within me, you and I, never leaves. It's presence is ubiquitous. It's poignancy is consistent. Why must we continue to destroy what is already being rebuilt? Is it because it was meant to collapse on both of our heads, leaving us comatose until we could bear the burden of a loveless life? That would be impossible to say the least. Inequality isn't something that you choose. If someone(s) are compatible then it isn't by chance. It's usually meant to be and because of that, it will NEVER end. True love NEVER ends.
Stab me. Shoot me. Punch me. Kick me. Cheat on me. Lie to me. Do all of this and I will still love you. You will still love me. We will still be in love. To love or be loved are respectively two essential things that must be present in order this to work. I must show my affection and my dedication by using words and displaying gestures of kindness. You must accept and return the favor and be domicile and not difficult. Diffi - cult? Diff - I - Cult? Di -If - I - Cult. Di'e only 'if' 'I' don't 'cult'ivate this love. This might not make any sense but my intention is valid.
What am I saying?
We must give this more time to grow. This is still too young, too immature, too clumsy... we would die at the hands of jealousy and deceit. We need to build up our body of trust. Our love is ignorant and curious like a nervous child playing with matches. WE shall not burn, at least not a bad burn, but like a Phoenix, we will burn, turn to ashes, and within those ashes a new love will be born.
The only trick is getting the bird to lay the egg.
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She's back!
My mom's finally home. You don't have to worry about where she's been, but after 5 months, she's back. And the way everything happened is really interesting and coincidental. I had no clue she'd be coming home today, but when I got the call from her, from a number other than I was used to and what the caller id displayed, I knew that something was up. She found out about the dog I've been holding hostage for two months, haha. When she went into the kitchen and saw the dog bowls, she asked, "you got a dog?" and I was a little afraid to say so, but I had to man up and be like, "YEA!" with a deep. black voice. Haha, and she asked' "where is it?" I make kiss sounds and the bitch came a runnin'! and before she saw it she asked if it was a Lab, but when she saw that maaafuka, HA! Boy do I tell you when I said, "she's a pit" the expression on her face and the what she said. "OH HEEELLLLLLL NAAAAAWWW GET IT THE FUUCK OUT OF HERE!! I DONT WANT NO DOGS IN MY HOUSE!!" I was like, "well damn.... she don't bite or bark. She was like, "I DON'T CARE I WANT IT OUT!" I'm terrified like a maafuka at this point. I'm thinkin that she was gonna bitch slap me. I didn't think she'd react like that (lie) but she did, hehe I mean she tried to pull that, "she's a pit, they're dangerous... blah blah blah" lol. See I thought the same damn thing when the bitch. I was like Dr. Google talking about, "Well pitbulls are not inherently evil, it is the owener who establishes the evil intent in the animal and being an animal of prey it has inherent natures and if you bring those accentuate those predatory instincts and positively reinforce them, then you'll have a bad dog." Then she didn't have much to say, lol. CLASSIC! I mean I also had some stuff that I had bought over the past 5 months which would seem suspicious about where I got the money to purchase all of it, hehe. a guitar, a ps3, a G1, two laptops, 20 books, 3 NDS, a psp, a digital camera, and the list goooes oooooon. I was likely to have gotten my ass whooped, lol. And it's so surreal. Other than all of that, my day has been all right, fairly. And oh yea, I had a friend who was supposed to drop by and twist my hair, but she never showed up, and is the latest to return texts. But other than that it's all gravy my navy.
All I can say at this point is peace my bitches =)
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The Man Rules
The Man Rules
At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down
Finally , the guys' side of the story.
( I must admit, it's pretty good.)
We always hear 'the rules'
From the female side.
Now here are the rules from the male side.
Please note.. These are all numbered '1'
ON PURPOSE!
1. Men are NOT mind readers.
1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it down.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon
Or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!
1. 'Yes' and 'No' are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it.
That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one .
1. You can either ask us to do something
Or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default
settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color.
Pumpkin i s also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say 'nothing,' we will act like nothing's wrong
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to,
Expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere,
absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really .
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball
Or golf.
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!
1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;
But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.
Pass this to as many men as you can -
To give them a laugh.
Pass this to as many women as you can -
To give them a bigger laugh.
"One of the rarest things that we do is think. I don't know why people don't do it more often. It doesn't cost anything. Think about that." - Dr. Michael DeBakey
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At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down
Finally , the guys' side of the story.
( I must admit, it's pretty good.)
We always hear 'the rules'
From the female side.
Now here are the rules from the male side.
Please note.. These are all numbered '1'
ON PURPOSE!
1. Men are NOT mind readers.
1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it down.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon
Or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!
1. 'Yes' and 'No' are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it.
That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one .
1. You can either ask us to do something
Or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default
settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color.
Pumpkin i s also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say 'nothing,' we will act like nothing's wrong
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to,
Expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere,
absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really .
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball
Or golf.
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!
1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;
But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.
Pass this to as many men as you can -
To give them a laugh.
Pass this to as many women as you can -
To give them a bigger laugh.
"One of the rarest things that we do is think. I don't know why people don't do it more often. It doesn't cost anything. Think about that." - Dr. Michael DeBakey
All Mineral makeup 25% Off! Use Coupon Code EGMINERALC With Any Order Of $25.
Why are Ghetto Black girls so attracted to Thugs???
What's the deal???
I see a lot of New Orleans chics around and it seems that when it comes to their relationship preference, the usually don't want the intelligent, casual dressing, clean cut kinda dood~~ messed up, cause those doods have a particular game that works on this particular type of woman....
ok I'm NOT making being "ghetto" with their circumstantial standing, I.e. where they live.... I'm saying their attitude, the loud, obnoxious, stereo-typical, BET, right out of a comic book girl....
A guy has to dress a certain way to get her attention, talk a certain way, carry himself a certain way.... its like a specific Mating Dance that goes on that no other male can perform. The Peacocking, flashy attire~~~ I just don't understand
Oh hell no man! ewwwwww =/
its just frustrating that a female wouldn't give the time of day because I'm not a "thug" I don't dress "thug-ish" or say, "Bussss it bayyybeehh" and have the ability to have countless girls flocking me because I got bling~~~~ I am used to being able to chat upANY lady regardless of race or demographic, and when I am around the "Ghetto Girl" Rodgerick's charm isn't so potent
Granted the convosation won't be too eventful and exciting, but it would be nice if she let me "Holla, holla, holla" ya know?
(a reply from fellow reader) Yes!! You see though, its my personality that gets them, the humor, the conversation... but when it comes to the Ghetto Girl, she's not really having that, she's wants a Hardcore *!@$%&**!@$%&**!@$%&**!@$%&**!@$%&* if you will.. and im not one of those, I came prepackaged one of a kind it seems with the younger generation (my generation) a black guy has to chat up a black ghetto girl much differently than conventional methods would assume... I grew around that demographic, but I was never the hard, thug type... so it still confounds me when I see borthas with the pants around their knees and the long t-shirts that look like night gowns chatting up a female that I apparently have no chance in hell with =/
"what would you call a "hoodrat" that makes money????? "
Uhm, a Hoodrat That Makes Money??? that's all I can think of =/
and yea I don't mess with them personally, its somewhat an ego thing, and I just HAVE to know why people are the way they are....and Wtf? they actually use Kool-Aid to dye their hair
I need to go and re-evaluate things in my life
"I tell you what, mate. It pisses me off royally when I see a hot-azz looking chick on the ghetto side.
Occasionally you run across an absolute Goddess, but they speak like
and they act like
"
I agree 100%
I see a fine, beautiful sista that's packing in the back and cute in the face but when she opens her mouth a small village in Africa dies...
What gets me is... how beautiful women and ghetto girls attitudes are somewhat synonymous ya know?
Beautiful girls are hit on all the time, and have heard all the crappy azz lines and have an automated b itch shield before guys even approach, sometimes, and the ghetto girl has heard all the "whack azz nigguz try to "holla holla holla" but it doesn't it make her flinch but when Mr. Busss eet Baybeh comes along in his just got out of the joint gear and his grill, she hets wetter than Niagra Falls... =/
the he ll is that about?
I see a lot of New Orleans chics around and it seems that when it comes to their relationship preference, the usually don't want the intelligent, casual dressing, clean cut kinda dood~~ messed up, cause those doods have a particular game that works on this particular type of woman....
ok I'm NOT making being "ghetto" with their circumstantial standing, I.e. where they live.... I'm saying their attitude, the loud, obnoxious, stereo-typical, BET, right out of a comic book girl....
A guy has to dress a certain way to get her attention, talk a certain way, carry himself a certain way.... its like a specific Mating Dance that goes on that no other male can perform. The Peacocking, flashy attire~~~ I just don't understand
Oh hell no man! ewwwwww =/
its just frustrating that a female wouldn't give the time of day because I'm not a "thug" I don't dress "thug-ish" or say, "Bussss it bayyybeehh" and have the ability to have countless girls flocking me because I got bling~~~~ I am used to being able to chat upANY lady regardless of race or demographic, and when I am around the "Ghetto Girl" Rodgerick's charm isn't so potent
Granted the convosation won't be too eventful and exciting, but it would be nice if she let me "Holla, holla, holla" ya know?
(a reply from fellow reader) Yes!! You see though, its my personality that gets them, the humor, the conversation... but when it comes to the Ghetto Girl, she's not really having that, she's wants a Hardcore *!@$%&**!@$%&**!@$%&**!@$%&**!@$%&* if you will.. and im not one of those, I came prepackaged one of a kind it seems with the younger generation (my generation) a black guy has to chat up a black ghetto girl much differently than conventional methods would assume... I grew around that demographic, but I was never the hard, thug type... so it still confounds me when I see borthas with the pants around their knees and the long t-shirts that look like night gowns chatting up a female that I apparently have no chance in hell with =/
"what would you call a "hoodrat" that makes money????? "
Uhm, a Hoodrat That Makes Money??? that's all I can think of =/
and yea I don't mess with them personally, its somewhat an ego thing, and I just HAVE to know why people are the way they are....and Wtf? they actually use Kool-Aid to dye their hair
I need to go and re-evaluate things in my life
"I tell you what, mate. It pisses me off royally when I see a hot-azz looking chick on the ghetto side.
Occasionally you run across an absolute Goddess, but they speak like
and they act like
"I agree 100%
I see a fine, beautiful sista that's packing in the back and cute in the face but when she opens her mouth a small village in Africa dies...
What gets me is... how beautiful women and ghetto girls attitudes are somewhat synonymous ya know?
Beautiful girls are hit on all the time, and have heard all the crappy azz lines and have an automated b itch shield before guys even approach, sometimes, and the ghetto girl has heard all the "whack azz nigguz try to "holla holla holla" but it doesn't it make her flinch but when Mr. Busss eet Baybeh comes along in his just got out of the joint gear and his grill, she hets wetter than Niagra Falls... =/
the he ll is that about?
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Arab Slave Trade
While Europeans targeted men in West Africa, the 'Arab' trade primarily harvested the women of East Africa to serve as domestic slaves, wet nannies and sex-slaves in the infamous harems. This trade trickled over millennia is estimated to have taken 10 million Africans via the Eastern route to India, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, and also via the Trans-Saharan route to North Africa and the Mediterranean, where in slave markets such as Ceuta, Morocco, Africans were purchased to work as servants in Spain, Portugal, and other European countries.
This trickle trade really only boomed in the 18 th and 19 th century, prior to this period the trade between Arabia and Africa was more focused on iron, ivory and animal products. There is very little evidence in the sources to support the claim that slaving was ever a major enterprise of any significance prior to the 18 the century boom.
LEGACY AND DIFFERENCE
Arab enslavement of Africans was radically different from its European counterpart. It was more complex and varied depending on time and place. Thus the slavery seen in Iraq with the zanj was not similar to slavery in Zanzibar. Also 'Arab' is not a racial group, some Arabs are African and some are White and Jewish.
One of the biggest differences between Arab slaving and European slaving was that slaves were drawn from all racial groups and they were rarely used as a means of crop production; slaves were not the economic engine behind Arab economies. Arab slavery generally lacked large droves of sugar plantations where slaves toiled to the crack of a whip in the hot sun . Unlike the European trade in enslaved Africans the physical remnants of this trade are very hard to measure. There are no Ghettos, mental institutions or prisons holding African people. Many women stolen from Africa were stolen to serve the infamous Arabian harems; their children were thus born free to Arab fathers and thus would have been heirs to wealth and status, fully and equally assimilated into the population. Many African people thus rose to great stations by virtue of their Arab fathers. The infamous eunuchs were infertile, and the other men who were enslaved would have gradually married non-African women, hence facilitating the absorption of African culture and lineage into an Arab one. The contrasting differences between racial definitions on the Arabian continent as oppose to Europe assist in blending the majority of Africans stolen from Africa into the general population of Arabia. However, in the West there was no transcending “racial stigmas.”
ISLAM AND SLAVERY
When Islam arrived, war and servitude were features of African and Arabian life. Judaism existed among certain Arab tribes as well as Christianity, and like them Islam did not blatantly out law slavery; Islam did however blatantly outlawed chattel enslavement. The Qu'ran with every reference to slavery ask the believer to free the slave as atonement for sin, the term "emancipating a slave and feeding an orphan" are repeated constantly throughout the Qu'ran as acts which gain God's favor. Also there were regulations which enhanced the pre-Islamic laws with respect to the treatment of enslaved people. They were entitled to good care, to the same clothing and food as their masters. These enslaved people were more akin to indentured servants in Europe than Chattel slaves in the Americas.
They are your brothers whom Allah placed under your hands. Feed them with what you eat, clothe them with what you wear and do not impose duties upon them which will overcome them. If you so impose duties, then assist them.
Whoever kills his slave, we will kill him.
Whoever slaps his slave or strikes him, his atonement is to free him" (narrated by Muslim by the way of ibn Umar).
It became a fundamental principle of Islamic jurisprudence that the natural condition, and therefore the presumed status, of mankind was freedom. Despite this, there were the greedy and the vindictive that sought to make slaves of their Muslim brothers and sisters as well as other Africans. There were also many Christian and Jewish Arab tribes and well as other indigenous Arabs that continued their tradition of slaving. Because Islamic Sharia had laws pertaining to slavery it was seen by the opportunist as a natural God sanctioned feature of life. Conveniently, the numerous laws of manumission were given a social back seat.
Overzealous Europeans have always over-documented the Arab trade in enslaved Africans to alleviate their guilt concerning their own trade. "Well the Arabs did it too " became the common tone of contemporary historians. Sadly, many African-American historians who have only these European sources to infer history from have taken these second-hand guilt-massaging accounts as gospel. However, it is a well-known fact that Europeans in their artistic depictions of slave raids have always intentionally portrayed slave raiders as Muslim Africans or Arabs .
This trickle trade really only boomed in the 18 th and 19 th century, prior to this period the trade between Arabia and Africa was more focused on iron, ivory and animal products. There is very little evidence in the sources to support the claim that slaving was ever a major enterprise of any significance prior to the 18 the century boom.
LEGACY AND DIFFERENCE
Arab enslavement of Africans was radically different from its European counterpart. It was more complex and varied depending on time and place. Thus the slavery seen in Iraq with the zanj was not similar to slavery in Zanzibar. Also 'Arab' is not a racial group, some Arabs are African and some are White and Jewish.
One of the biggest differences between Arab slaving and European slaving was that slaves were drawn from all racial groups and they were rarely used as a means of crop production; slaves were not the economic engine behind Arab economies. Arab slavery generally lacked large droves of sugar plantations where slaves toiled to the crack of a whip in the hot sun . Unlike the European trade in enslaved Africans the physical remnants of this trade are very hard to measure. There are no Ghettos, mental institutions or prisons holding African people. Many women stolen from Africa were stolen to serve the infamous Arabian harems; their children were thus born free to Arab fathers and thus would have been heirs to wealth and status, fully and equally assimilated into the population. Many African people thus rose to great stations by virtue of their Arab fathers. The infamous eunuchs were infertile, and the other men who were enslaved would have gradually married non-African women, hence facilitating the absorption of African culture and lineage into an Arab one. The contrasting differences between racial definitions on the Arabian continent as oppose to Europe assist in blending the majority of Africans stolen from Africa into the general population of Arabia. However, in the West there was no transcending “racial stigmas.”
ISLAM AND SLAVERY
When Islam arrived, war and servitude were features of African and Arabian life. Judaism existed among certain Arab tribes as well as Christianity, and like them Islam did not blatantly out law slavery; Islam did however blatantly outlawed chattel enslavement. The Qu'ran with every reference to slavery ask the believer to free the slave as atonement for sin, the term "emancipating a slave and feeding an orphan" are repeated constantly throughout the Qu'ran as acts which gain God's favor. Also there were regulations which enhanced the pre-Islamic laws with respect to the treatment of enslaved people. They were entitled to good care, to the same clothing and food as their masters. These enslaved people were more akin to indentured servants in Europe than Chattel slaves in the Americas.
They are your brothers whom Allah placed under your hands. Feed them with what you eat, clothe them with what you wear and do not impose duties upon them which will overcome them. If you so impose duties, then assist them.
Whoever kills his slave, we will kill him.
Whoever slaps his slave or strikes him, his atonement is to free him" (narrated by Muslim by the way of ibn Umar).
It became a fundamental principle of Islamic jurisprudence that the natural condition, and therefore the presumed status, of mankind was freedom. Despite this, there were the greedy and the vindictive that sought to make slaves of their Muslim brothers and sisters as well as other Africans. There were also many Christian and Jewish Arab tribes and well as other indigenous Arabs that continued their tradition of slaving. Because Islamic Sharia had laws pertaining to slavery it was seen by the opportunist as a natural God sanctioned feature of life. Conveniently, the numerous laws of manumission were given a social back seat.
Overzealous Europeans have always over-documented the Arab trade in enslaved Africans to alleviate their guilt concerning their own trade. "Well the Arabs did it too " became the common tone of contemporary historians. Sadly, many African-American historians who have only these European sources to infer history from have taken these second-hand guilt-massaging accounts as gospel. However, it is a well-known fact that Europeans in their artistic depictions of slave raids have always intentionally portrayed slave raiders as Muslim Africans or Arabs .

