Sesa Woruban: Question 1: In your opinion, what is spirituality?
Sagacious Femininity: Spirituality, in my opinion, is having the ability to connect to that which is the origin of your spirit. The practice of getting back at ONE.
Sesa Woruban: Question 2: What does it mean to be on a path?
Sagacious Femininity: Being on a path to me, means moving in a particular direction to get to a specific goal. Spiritually speaking, "The Path" is what we walk upon for spiritual evolution. It is where we experience our bumps and bruises and growing pains.
"The Path" is just like a road that has many different twists and turns. The condition of our spiritual path, just like paths in the physical realm, is sometimes, concrete, grassy, rough, smooth, littered with garbage, sometimes, clear and clean.
These conditions rely heavily on our ability to do what we have to do, to keep our path clear as possible. We do that by being consistant with those things/rituals that help us to grow spiritually.
How we walk the path is also important.
Something I wrote dealing with Esu comes to mind when discussing the path. This excerpt may bring light to this question:
(...It is my hope and prayer for everyone to realize that, while we move towards understanding our connection to the BIGGER PICTURE, via the path we have chosen, or for some of us, the path that has chosen us, (inclusive of all African Traditional Religions), that we don't get so caught by the "trappings" of the path, that we lose sight of what the path is ultimately leading us/you to.
Sometimes, the path grows weeds and we stop to pluck them believing within ourselves that we are making the road clear. All we have really done is slowed our progress, thereby missing "The Wow," for that second, for that minute, for that hour, for that day.
The path, in and of itself, is tricky. Sometimes, we're following it so diligently, that we keep our eyes squarely on the road. We don't look up at the stars as a guide or compass, we don't look behind us, or around us for so long, that when we do, we find that we haven't moved at all, but instead, simply gotten stuck at the crossroad...*giggle*... but..if we don't follow it...our eyes paying attention to every detail, making sure we don't trip, we will get lost on a path that we may have chosen.
All of this as Baba Esu laughs at you from his belly, while holding you on his lap like a protective father.)
To me, the phrase "being on a path" is literal and metaphoric as things that happen metaphorically on the path, can "literally" have anor around us for so long, that when we do, we find that we haven't moved at all, but instead, simply gotten stuck at the crossroad...*giggle*... but..if we don't follow it...our eyes paying attention to every detail, making sure we don't trip, we will get lost on a path that we may have chosen.
All of this as Baba Esu laughs at you from his belly, while holding you on his lap like a protective father.)
To me, the phrase "being on a path" is literal and metaphoric as things that happen metaphorically on the path, can "literally" have an affect on your life. When we elect to move closer to the self, we are embarking upon a journey. All journeys begin with one step.
Sesa Woruban: Question 3: What advice would you have for someone who is seeking a spiritual system to practice?
Sagacious Femininity: Be True To Your God-Self and first. Go within, before you go with-out. *smile* My advice would be for the individual to be true to her/himself and feel what resonates as truth with him/her on a deeper level.
Sesa Woruban: Question 4: Can you name some of the common threads that run through Afrikan spiritual practices?
Sagacious Femininity: Ancestral Veneration. Acknowledgement and respect of the masculine and feminine energy. A deeper understanding of how one fits into the universe.Belief in "mysterious" things.Respect for nature. Respect for the family, both living and deceased. Comprehension that "God" is not outside of ones self. Ebo (Sacrifice).
Sesa Woruban: Question 5: How do the common threads of Afrikan spirituality differ from those religions derrived from it?
Sagacious Femininity: Well, from my observation, the religions that have been derived from Afrikan spirituality lack some very basic foundations. Most of the religions force their practioners to look outside of themselves to find truth and deliverance. Most of these religions also do not instruct their practioners to trust themselves.
In regard to the world view, these religions are not tolerant (even though they claim to be) are not tolertant of other believe systems and world views. There was a Yoruba scholar who once shared that, it was un-heard of to ask a person to give up his religion and take on another, for a persons religion is tied into his culture. These religions do not take these things into consideration when they demand the blind loyalty of the practioner.
Sesa Woruban: Question 6: Please give us a brief overview of the Yoruba culture. ( what does it mean to be Yoruba? what distingishes someone who is Yoruba from someone who is Akan? please include what the word Yoruba means if that makes sense).
Sagacious Femininity: Yoruba is a culture. Yoruba is a language. The Yoruba are people from Nigeria.The religion of the Yoruba is actually Orisa Worship. We learn from Orunmila through Odu Ifa.
Everyone who is called to be a priest or priestess of Orisa, does not automatically go to Ifa.
What does it mean to be a practioner of Orisa Worship? To me, it means Everything.
I don't know what distinguishes me from a person who is a practioner of Akan, other than the names of the dieties and the geographic destination of the origin of Akan as an Afrikan Traditional System of Belief. The foundation is basically the same as "the dieties" of Akan, are also representations of nature.
Sesa Woruban: Question 7: Will you tell us your favorite Yoruba "parable" (we can change this to the proper name) and let the reader try to derrive the "moral."
Sagacious Femininity: The parables, if you will or moral stories are called, "pataki". Pataki are defined as "sacred" stories told orally about the Orisa and are passed down from generation to generation. The interesting thing about patakis are that they bring the Orisa to life by involving them in very human situations and having to learn very human lessons.
I have so many favorites, I don't know where to start. I do, have one that touches my heart everytime I read it.
Oshún's Flight: How She Came To Be Messenger of Olodumare (God)
In the early days of the world, and of Ile Ife the orishas became tired of serving Olodumare. They began to resist the Lord of Heaven's edicts and even plotted to overthro Olodumare's kingdom in heaven and earth. They felt they didn't need Olodumare and that as the Lord of Heaven was so distant anyway, they could merely divide the ache or powers among themselves and that things would go much better that way.
When Olodumare caught wind of their attitude and plots, the Lord of Heaven acted simply and decisively: Olodumare simply withheld the rain from the earth. Soon the world was encompassed by a staggering draught, the ground became parched and cracked, the plants withered and died without water. And it wasn't long before all on earth, orishas and their chidren alike began to starve.
After a short time, growling bellies and sallow faces began to speak louder than their pride and rebelliousness. They nanimously decided to go to Olodumare and beg for forgiveness in hopes that this would bring rain back to the world. But they had a problem: none of them could reach the distant home of Olodumare. They sent all the birds one by one to attempt the journey but each and every one of them failed, tiring long before reaching the palace of the Lord of Heaven. It began to appear that all hope was lost.
Then one day, the peacock, who was in reality Oshun herself, came to offer her services to save the world from this draught. Once again there was general upheaval and laughter as the orishas contemplated the idea of this vain and pampered bird undertaking such a journey. "You might break a nail", said one. But the little peacock persisted and as they had nothing to lose, they agreed to let her try.
So the little peacock flew off towards the sun and the palace of Olodumare. She soon tired of the journey, but she kept flying ever higher, determined to reach the Lord of Heaven and to save the world. Going yet higher, her feathers began to become scraggly and black from the withering heat of the sun, and all the feathers were burned from her head, but she kept flying. Finally, through sheer will and determination she arrived at the gates of Olodumare's palace.
When Olodumare came upon her she was a pathetic sight, she had lost much of her feathers and the ones that remained were black and scraggly. Her once beautiful form was hunchbacked and her head was bald and covered with burns from flying so close to the sun. The Lord of Heaven took pity on her and brought her to the Palace where she was fed and given water, and her wounds were treated.
He asked her why she had made such a perilous journey. She explained the state on earth and went on to tell Olodumare that she had come at risk of her own life so that her children (humanity) might live. When Olodumare looked to the world and to Oshun's plaintive look, it was obvious that everything she had said was true. The Lord of Heaven then turned to the peacock who was now what we call a vulture, saying that her children would be spared from this draught and ordered the rain to begin again.
Then Olodumare looked deeply into Oshun's eyes and into her heart, then announced that for all eternity she would be the Messenger of the House of Olodumare and that all would have to respect her as such. From that day forward in this path she became known as Ibú Ikolé , the messenger of the House of Olodumare. Ikolé also is the name for the vulture in Lukumi. And from that day the path of Oshun known as Ibú Ikolé was revered and became associated with her bird, the vulture.
The vulture then returned to earth, bringing with her the rain, where she met with great rejoicing. As befits a queen or Iyalode, she graciously refrained from reminding them of their jibes and abuses as she could see the shame on their faces. This is why, whenever a person is to become initiated as a priest in our religion, no matter which orisha they are having seated in their heads, they must first go to the river and give an account of what they are to do as Oshun is the Messenger of Olodumare.
Sesa Woruban: Question 8: Please explain why Yoruba is not simply a "spiritual practice" or religion.
Sagacious Femininity: Because it encompases your life. Every single part of it. Delegating Ifa to a particular part of your life is like trying to assign the ocean to a particular place in the world.
Sesa Woruban: Question 9: Please give a 5 or 10 words in Yoruba we can use in our conversations with one another and our children.
Sagacious Femininity:
Ase - And so it is.
Be ni - Yes
Oti - No
E kaabo ... Welcome!
Abi na wetin - what is it?
Se Alaafia ni -- I greet you with peace and prosperity
E kaaro - GreetingOdaaaa - Good bye (Actually Odaabo, but we just say, O daaaaa)
Bawo ni? How are you?
Oyinbo - White person
Da da ni - Good (in response to Bawo ni)
Sesa Woruban: Question 10: Can you recommend 3 books that a person might read to expand their knowledge of Yoruba?
Sagacious Femininity: I know you asked for three, but spirit moved me to give you five.
Fundamentals of Yoruba Religion (Orisa Worship)
by Chief FAMA (Chief Farounbi Aina Mosunmola Adewale-Somadhi)<-a woman. Black Gods: Orisa Studies in the New World by John Mason and Gary Edwards Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition. by Tobe Melora Correal. Yoruba Beliefs and Sacraficial Rites by J. Omosade Awolalu and while it is truly not about Yoruba religion, but will help a person in understanding the transition from westernized religions to those of our ancestors, I would highly recommend Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and the Initiation in the life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some'
Sesa Woruban: Thank you Sagacious Femininity!
Sagacious Femininity: Thank you very much Sesa Woruban for asking!!!!
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Monday, September 05, 2005
Counterspin - A Black View of the Tragedy in New Orleans
I am a 55-yr-old BLACK female! I have lived through the assasinations of John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Malcolm X! I have lived through the moon walk, and the inventions of computers and the internet. MY generation has witnessed the best AND worst times this nation has ever known!!! Living Black in this nation has ALWAYS been a struggle!! We have been treated as 4th Class citizens since slavery was abolished!! Hurricane Katrina is a tragedy of ENORMOUS proportions!!! The slow response of the govt to aid the 99% Black citizens of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi is CLEARLY a statement not only to the Black citizens of this country, but to all the citizens of the WORLD, that the USA most definitely does NOT value the lives of Black people!!! GOD IS WATCHING!!! The slow response was not an ACCIDENT!!! The USA will have to PAY for this atrocity!! The WORLD now knows that the government of this nation has NO COMPASSION, NO HEART, and no LOVE for it's Black citizens, and I use the word "citizen" with tongue in cheek!!!!
Wisdom47
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black love black power ! I am not confused/ I know that the black people of new orleans are ME and WE are One . I'm not confused . I know we are at war with white power / And if you do not know that, you are totally confused . Right now my heart is on fire / for US / WE who are being needlessly killed and left to die . Our lives are worth more than depicted in the american media. I know that we are being studied right now & that we are being purposefully genocided. I am beyond sadness/ I am over hearing anything that is not about destroying white power. Long before this present round of genocide & long after, I will continue to fight against white power & for black love & black power . We are at war and we will win - I know it in my heart. 1
blackarmy
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Many people hungrily await the media's coverage of New Orleans as they would a popular mini series. Now largely due to the constant, negative depiction of African descendants in media, and in the psyche of the privilaged class in this system, the illusion the world sees is a people who are 3/5 of a human being. African descendants living in the diaspora are being continually traumatized, victimized and marginalized by a system that denies its citizens justice soley based on the color of their skin - and those citizens are dying. Grandmothers, Mothers, daughters, sister and neices are being destroyed. Grandfathers, Fathers, sons, brothers, and nephews, are being sentenced to a heartbreaking degradation of the spirit, mind and body. There is a biased sentiment that the horrors African descendants endure daily are merely apparitions left over from the days and nights of chattel slavery. However, as the new atrocities unfold before the eyes of the world, even those who doubted our generational pain are stunned into recognition.
rootzhouse
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It's true. The President does not care about black people. One of the National Guard's purposes is to help in natural disasters. Why don't we have enough Guardsmen to help out? Because they are in Iraq taking care of Iraqis. The United States helps other countries, but seem to have trouble cleaning up it's own backyard. But, I would say to the President that charity starts at home.
People are really desperate to save themselves and their families, but what the media effectively shows us is, if a Black Person has food in his hand, it was a result of looting. However if a white person looks for food, then it is called survival. Why is the media focusing on "looting" when there are people dying of dehydration? Why does the media have to spin the news and hide things from American people? Why are they hiding what is really going on.
They need to come out with the truth and stop showing the same footage over and over again.
Why do the people have to be called refugees (the definition of this is One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution.)? These people are not war victims nor are they oppressed or being religiously persecuted. They are survivors of a hurricane and they should be respected for their perseverance. Why has the military has been sent to New Orleans with orders to Shoot To Kill when these people are supposed to be CITIZENS!!! Is property that more important than human life? For the first time in my 40 years of life, I am seeing how the United Snakes Of America is. Then when Kanye West stands up for Black People, they want to shut him up and call him racist. Well look at the evicence, New Orleans it is mostly made up of Blacks and most of those left behind where Black people who could not get out. Why did the city not have a evacuation plan? This is a DAMN shame. All off this senseless death could have been mitigated or avoided.
Platinum
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Kanye was visibly shaken by the media's protrayal of blacks as "looters" and refugees while hailing whites as merely trying to survive a horrific tragedy. I wasn't shocked by their behavior, but then I don't put any faith in america's media or their leaders. I applaud the mayor of new orleans, ray nagin, for venting his frustrations on the radio. I appreciate Kanye for making an impassioned plea for his people on TV.
I feel that these two men shook the government out of their stooper and caused them to moblized after five days of innaction. I thank both of them for their courage and open honesty.
With all her education and income, one would think Condi knows the definition of racist, or at least owns a dictionary. Perhaps she does, but I can only wonder why such a supposedly power female can be drawn into the feasting frenzy instead of being guided by her higher self. Kanye West neither has the power nor position to be a racists. But Condi does. If she wants to hear real hatred and racism, she should tune into the programs Bill O'Reily, Pat Roberston, and Sean Hannity. Well, she probably does watch and most likey considers it "freedom of speech"
and damned entertaining.
Sesa
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They are looting the streets. They are shooting. The refugees are lawless. Why does our media take what a few does and spin it into something that everyone is doing. Focus on what's good. Focus on providing for those who now have nothing. Focus on what we can learn from them. Focus on planning an evacuation before the disaster strikes. Focus on telling the truth. Tell the world the real reason you don't care whether the people in new Orleans lives or dies. They black, the colored people you all love to hate. You enjoy seeing them in a bad light. You want them to stay in poverty. If they were to rise up and ban together..... you know that you would be out numbered and you would find yourself without the riches and power you love so much. Did they say that they blew up the levy so that the french corridor would go unharmed? Did they say that they told the black people(refugees as they calling them) to go into two schools that were sure to be flooded by the levy breaking? Maybe if you knew this, you would understand that the people were scared when they saw helicopters. They thought they was there to kill them. I would do what I had to do to keep my family alive. If I had to break into a store I would. If I had to steal from that store, I would. It is not like the government is there handing out supplies. They had the fend for themselves. My hats are off to those who did what they had to do for the survival of them and theire families.How does the president and media sleep at night?
Jabbar Gibson should be rewarded for commandearing that bus and driving 13 hours to houston with 70 people on board. The government should have reacted in the same way.
Tweety
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Wisdom47
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black love black power ! I am not confused/ I know that the black people of new orleans are ME and WE are One . I'm not confused . I know we are at war with white power / And if you do not know that, you are totally confused . Right now my heart is on fire / for US / WE who are being needlessly killed and left to die . Our lives are worth more than depicted in the american media. I know that we are being studied right now & that we are being purposefully genocided. I am beyond sadness/ I am over hearing anything that is not about destroying white power. Long before this present round of genocide & long after, I will continue to fight against white power & for black love & black power . We are at war and we will win - I know it in my heart. 1
blackarmy
===========
Many people hungrily await the media's coverage of New Orleans as they would a popular mini series. Now largely due to the constant, negative depiction of African descendants in media, and in the psyche of the privilaged class in this system, the illusion the world sees is a people who are 3/5 of a human being. African descendants living in the diaspora are being continually traumatized, victimized and marginalized by a system that denies its citizens justice soley based on the color of their skin - and those citizens are dying. Grandmothers, Mothers, daughters, sister and neices are being destroyed. Grandfathers, Fathers, sons, brothers, and nephews, are being sentenced to a heartbreaking degradation of the spirit, mind and body. There is a biased sentiment that the horrors African descendants endure daily are merely apparitions left over from the days and nights of chattel slavery. However, as the new atrocities unfold before the eyes of the world, even those who doubted our generational pain are stunned into recognition.
rootzhouse
=========
It's true. The President does not care about black people. One of the National Guard's purposes is to help in natural disasters. Why don't we have enough Guardsmen to help out? Because they are in Iraq taking care of Iraqis. The United States helps other countries, but seem to have trouble cleaning up it's own backyard. But, I would say to the President that charity starts at home.
People are really desperate to save themselves and their families, but what the media effectively shows us is, if a Black Person has food in his hand, it was a result of looting. However if a white person looks for food, then it is called survival. Why is the media focusing on "looting" when there are people dying of dehydration? Why does the media have to spin the news and hide things from American people? Why are they hiding what is really going on.
They need to come out with the truth and stop showing the same footage over and over again.
Why do the people have to be called refugees (the definition of this is One who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution.)? These people are not war victims nor are they oppressed or being religiously persecuted. They are survivors of a hurricane and they should be respected for their perseverance. Why has the military has been sent to New Orleans with orders to Shoot To Kill when these people are supposed to be CITIZENS!!! Is property that more important than human life? For the first time in my 40 years of life, I am seeing how the United Snakes Of America is. Then when Kanye West stands up for Black People, they want to shut him up and call him racist. Well look at the evicence, New Orleans it is mostly made up of Blacks and most of those left behind where Black people who could not get out. Why did the city not have a evacuation plan? This is a DAMN shame. All off this senseless death could have been mitigated or avoided.
Platinum
=========
Kanye was visibly shaken by the media's protrayal of blacks as "looters" and refugees while hailing whites as merely trying to survive a horrific tragedy. I wasn't shocked by their behavior, but then I don't put any faith in america's media or their leaders. I applaud the mayor of new orleans, ray nagin, for venting his frustrations on the radio. I appreciate Kanye for making an impassioned plea for his people on TV.
I feel that these two men shook the government out of their stooper and caused them to moblized after five days of innaction. I thank both of them for their courage and open honesty.
With all her education and income, one would think Condi knows the definition of racist, or at least owns a dictionary. Perhaps she does, but I can only wonder why such a supposedly power female can be drawn into the feasting frenzy instead of being guided by her higher self. Kanye West neither has the power nor position to be a racists. But Condi does. If she wants to hear real hatred and racism, she should tune into the programs Bill O'Reily, Pat Roberston, and Sean Hannity. Well, she probably does watch and most likey considers it "freedom of speech"
and damned entertaining.
Sesa
======
They are looting the streets. They are shooting. The refugees are lawless. Why does our media take what a few does and spin it into something that everyone is doing. Focus on what's good. Focus on providing for those who now have nothing. Focus on what we can learn from them. Focus on planning an evacuation before the disaster strikes. Focus on telling the truth. Tell the world the real reason you don't care whether the people in new Orleans lives or dies. They black, the colored people you all love to hate. You enjoy seeing them in a bad light. You want them to stay in poverty. If they were to rise up and ban together..... you know that you would be out numbered and you would find yourself without the riches and power you love so much. Did they say that they blew up the levy so that the french corridor would go unharmed? Did they say that they told the black people(refugees as they calling them) to go into two schools that were sure to be flooded by the levy breaking? Maybe if you knew this, you would understand that the people were scared when they saw helicopters. They thought they was there to kill them. I would do what I had to do to keep my family alive. If I had to break into a store I would. If I had to steal from that store, I would. It is not like the government is there handing out supplies. They had the fend for themselves. My hats are off to those who did what they had to do for the survival of them and theire families.How does the president and media sleep at night?
Jabbar Gibson should be rewarded for commandearing that bus and driving 13 hours to houston with 70 people on board. The government should have reacted in the same way.
Tweety
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Open Letters to Kanye West
Kanye, I applaud you for speaking your mind and the truth. Don't let the spin that the media is giving your truth bring you down. Keep your head up brother. I feel the same way you feel, "BUSH DON"T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE". If there was no truth to what you said they would not have cut you off. Know that you are not alone in your thoughts and feelings.
Tweety
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Kanye,
I saw the pain on your face and heard it in your voice as you made your impassioned plea for the lives of our people. You were absolutely correct in pointing out the media's bias towards us. We only have to observe the unfair and unbalanced reporting in the media to come to that onclusion. STAND - for as you stand for us, we will stand with you. Thank you!
Sesa
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kanye my brother......i have the utmost respect for you as well as your heart felt cry for our people......the media has demonstrated that black people are thought of as sub-cultured, and are not loved or respected by the white masses in the us..... i am a witness to the devastation that has taken place in new orleans, and it's much worse than the media let's us see.............brother, i am writing you this message to say you have my support as well as many many more bros ans sisters..........thank you my brother stay strong in your beliefs..and spirit.............ps d--- nbc news
bimini
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To my young warrior brother, Kanye!! THANK you for your heartfelt comments about Katrina!!! THANK you for being brave enough to STAND and tell the TRUTH!!! I am a Black woman who has a son right around your age, and I would be proud to call YOU my son!!! Do NOT be discouraged. And don't EVER let anybody make you feel bad about telling the TRUTH, or standing up for what you BELIEVE in!! Stay BLACK!!! Stay STRONG!!! Be ENCOURAGED!!! Keep the FAITH!!!!
Wisdom47
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Your emotional and heart-felt proclamation of the disingenuine dipiction of afrikan descendants by media showed courage, and hopefully your words will stir the spirits of us all. You spoke for all those, the victims of government inadequency, who wil not be allowed to be heard and have for too long been ignored. Know this, You are not alone.. More Power!
rootzhouse
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George Bush does not care about black people ..
Peace / With positive projection nothing can defeat us ...Our thinking guides our actions. I saw you break through the invisable mental chains we wear - the chains that are suppose to keep us from speaking our minds /Chains of fear / I know you were probally surrounded by white people/ It took great courage for you to stand up for us as no one has since Malcom X and the Black Panthers/ Even the white person that was standing next to you cound not hide his true nature/ /That was the realest thing I seen from TV in a long time. maximum respect / more power !! You spoke the pure & uncut thinking of the people . 1
blackarmy
Tweety
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Kanye,
I saw the pain on your face and heard it in your voice as you made your impassioned plea for the lives of our people. You were absolutely correct in pointing out the media's bias towards us. We only have to observe the unfair and unbalanced reporting in the media to come to that onclusion. STAND - for as you stand for us, we will stand with you. Thank you!
Sesa
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kanye my brother......i have the utmost respect for you as well as your heart felt cry for our people......the media has demonstrated that black people are thought of as sub-cultured, and are not loved or respected by the white masses in the us..... i am a witness to the devastation that has taken place in new orleans, and it's much worse than the media let's us see.............brother, i am writing you this message to say you have my support as well as many many more bros ans sisters..........thank you my brother stay strong in your beliefs..and spirit.............ps d--- nbc news
bimini
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To my young warrior brother, Kanye!! THANK you for your heartfelt comments about Katrina!!! THANK you for being brave enough to STAND and tell the TRUTH!!! I am a Black woman who has a son right around your age, and I would be proud to call YOU my son!!! Do NOT be discouraged. And don't EVER let anybody make you feel bad about telling the TRUTH, or standing up for what you BELIEVE in!! Stay BLACK!!! Stay STRONG!!! Be ENCOURAGED!!! Keep the FAITH!!!!
Wisdom47
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Your emotional and heart-felt proclamation of the disingenuine dipiction of afrikan descendants by media showed courage, and hopefully your words will stir the spirits of us all. You spoke for all those, the victims of government inadequency, who wil not be allowed to be heard and have for too long been ignored. Know this, You are not alone.. More Power!
rootzhouse
=========
George Bush does not care about black people ..
Peace / With positive projection nothing can defeat us ...Our thinking guides our actions. I saw you break through the invisable mental chains we wear - the chains that are suppose to keep us from speaking our minds /Chains of fear / I know you were probally surrounded by white people/ It took great courage for you to stand up for us as no one has since Malcom X and the Black Panthers/ Even the white person that was standing next to you cound not hide his true nature/ /That was the realest thing I seen from TV in a long time. maximum respect / more power !! You spoke the pure & uncut thinking of the people . 1
blackarmy
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