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   I love Abbey Lincoln |
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"We don't know our names. And your name is where your ancestors are. And your ancestors are where your gods are. We were stripped of everything we needed to live here, And nothing has changed. Because we live without our ancestors.
Where are the African gods? Did they leave us on our journey over here? Where are the African gods? Will we know them when they suddenly appear? The ones dismissed with "voodoo"... "rock n' roll" ... and "all that jazz"? And "jumbo" ... "mumbo jumbo" ... "razzmatazz" ...? Where're the African gods who'll save us from this misery and shame? Where are the African gods? Will we find them while we pray in Jesus' name? Where are the African gods that live and set us free? We are the African gods ... you know? .... We are! ... You and me." -Abbey Lincoln |
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"Baby, if beauty was a disease you'd be fucked up."
- Dizzy Gillespie upon meeting Abbey Lincoln |
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One of my favorite memories of loving a black woman.
She was brilliant. A grad student in philosophy. We could start talking at 10 in the evening ... and not stop until 6 in the morning. And she was beautiful. Small and petite. Model looks. And beautiful natural African hairstyle. One minute she could listen to classical Arab music. The next minute she could break down Jay-Z. Together we could do Indian food, sushi, or soulfood. Very eclectic - just like me. But she was a sistah through and through. It felt so good to go out on the town with her on my arm. I felt like I was escorting an African princess. Her protector. We weren't together for very long. But I was head over heels.  |
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Would I be prying if I asked why you weren't together long? |
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I really don't care to discuss it  ... No negativity on thread remember? |
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C5 |
Oh yeah. Not following the rules. Sorry, HB.
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Check your PMs. |
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Last night I chatted weith a friend I haven't talked to in awhile. When black women are wise ... they are really wise ...
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damn HB why aren't there more men in the world like you?
seriously I can only speak for myself, but its not to often we hear such genuine high praises from brothers-its refreshing, it renews my faith in the black man a little bit more  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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Ms. Pretty, thank you kindly ... but it's not easy being me ... |
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The Secret Box |
sadly that seems so  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poor people desire money, rich people desire heaven, but the wise person desires tranquility. *Connecting home and school: http://www.modernparentsmagazine.com/ |
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AWESOME thread.
 Too bad the responses were so few from the men.  But such is life...  I thank God for the positive Black men who have touched my life.  |
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Now see?
THIS is a thread I can get with! Focusing on the POSITIVE because there are so MANY positives about US! Nice job you all...keep them coming. "Don't talk about it: BE ABOUT IT!" "To BE One, ASK ONE!" -OES |
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I see why you were head overheal with her _______________________ "Morality cannot be legislated but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless." Martin Luther King. |
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What is there not to love?
Every experience with Black women, good and bad, has helped me to grow into the man that I am and continue to grow into. From the love and care I received from my mother and two older sisters, to the happiness and heartache in few short and long term relationships, to the friendship and wisdom shared by my female friends. I love them in all ages, shapes, sizes, and skin tones. I love them sophisticated and ghetto. So it is hard to choose just one moment or instance in my past as the most memorable. But I think the most life changing moments would be the time I learn that beauty came in all skin tones. I was laying next to one of my short term lovers one night and noticed how dark her completion was compared to mines. My brain said, "She's really dark", and I said, "So". "But you have never really been "into" dark skin women. You have always obsessed on light skin women, ever since you were young", my brain continued. It was then that I realized that I had been brainwashed by the constant images we are exposed to in this society that seems to say that "light, bright, and damn near white" is the preference for a man to want in a woman. Fortunately, I now can see the beauty in all the various skin tones, hair textures, butt sizes etc.  _______________________ "Morality cannot be legislated but behaviour can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart but they can restrain the heartless." Martin Luther King. |
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That was like music to my ears.  "I find, in being black, a thing of "beauty"; like a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness." Beauty Ossie Davis |
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One of my favorite poems:
Poem #3 I gather up each sound you left behind and stretch them on our bed. each nite I breathe you and become high. Sonia Sanchez ------------------------------ R.I.F. (Reading IS Fundamental)... "There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble." -Sun Tzu |
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 ------------------------------ R.I.F. (Reading IS Fundamental)... "There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; (4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; (5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble." -Sun Tzu |
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