i love this. profound. so many pieces here to
unpack. i am missing my calling not being in a liberal academic
institution . magnanimous stuff like this would be on the syllabus
Monday morning"
Black Latina woman > born fighter. > identity > realities> dominant world culture and society
two: what culture is it that Sterling speaks? He is not the issue. we keep isolating these events as if they are not embedded. He speaks of his family, friends, cohorts, colleagues. This is not an individual ogre here. We are battling a Culture/
three: relationship dynamics.
four: why did she record this
this is rich
five: the fallout, the responses, black people who thought they were beloved. and these not common variety bums. this is the top pop culture tier. middle ground if you would...so lets extrapolate to the top and the bottom
this is rich. a gold mine
I also love this lady. She got mad skills. she never ranted, raved. she never lost her center
...
feel i can watch this over and over again and still keep getting kernels for discussion and reflection
funny thing too i had a similar discussion with a friend a few weeks ago...i see of white people...ways in which they show you contempt...people who say they love you..see it with males. and even indian folk...people who you think are your people...provide the right condition, settings and context and they will convey in some way: one, you ought not have this, that or another thing. or people gifting you something and they havent the decency to come out to meet you personally..reminded me of back in the day when the poor black came to get the big house old clothes, they would have the help deal with you. the one thing i see most common--folk get things free all the time. they either steal it or i dont know if you know rich people pay for very little, and it is because on that circle folk have so much and folk think they have so much to get in return, people are often very giving and generous...but you be a little somebody. not rich but wealthy in your spirit, have vision and feel the same entitlement and pronoia of the world, and folk like the dominants or in a hierarchy, will resent you, or block you, withhold making contacts cause they know the mas and opportunity you could and would make. a slew of little things i observe with people. and truth be told, I am not always sure it is ethnicity and race or just crab in barrel syndrome trinidad but when the people are of a different ethnic group and skin color, I cant help but wonder...
what i told my friend is that you may have friends across a spectrum, as I do, but at one point, some point, they will convey to you who they think you are and it is never lofty and always subjugated to them...and this is what is beneath this exchange between sterling and his blactina
that is the other point of this video: two more actually:
the amount of what he never says. he never explains what the injury is if you notice. it is so all encompassing. still speaking in code he is. and white people do that very well.... my prof, sandra batie ---i was being considered to represent my field on Capitol Hill, DC< and she wrote in my reference letter that i did my masters at Tuskegee (she was telling them, a white male and white conservative male dominated field-- that i was black-- as if they did not have my resume; and she wrote, "I would give careful consideration to appointing me" It took me years to decipher the last line. may seem obvious now to you reader, but back then, an academic, ...who wouldnt give careful consideration...but it was high science code.. on the face of it, nothing negative. but peel the layers and voila, and that is the magic obeah of white supremacy and their culture of exchange amongst each other.
the other thing is how this man feels he can somehow instruct and control who his mate, lover or friend conducts.. that happened to me once too...someone was interested in me,..but wanted me --not in town context
life is rich no ass, let me tell you
and plenty fodder for us who have eyes head and heart to contend. we have every reason to war and fight. we have no choice if we are to survive.
Black Latina woman > born fighter. > identity > realities> dominant world culture and society
two: what culture is it that Sterling speaks? He is not the issue. we keep isolating these events as if they are not embedded. He speaks of his family, friends, cohorts, colleagues. This is not an individual ogre here. We are battling a Culture/
three: relationship dynamics.
four: why did she record this
this is rich
five: the fallout, the responses, black people who thought they were beloved. and these not common variety bums. this is the top pop culture tier. middle ground if you would...so lets extrapolate to the top and the bottom
this is rich. a gold mine
I also love this lady. She got mad skills. she never ranted, raved. she never lost her center
...
feel i can watch this over and over again and still keep getting kernels for discussion and reflection
funny thing too i had a similar discussion with a friend a few weeks ago...i see of white people...ways in which they show you contempt...people who say they love you..see it with males. and even indian folk...people who you think are your people...provide the right condition, settings and context and they will convey in some way: one, you ought not have this, that or another thing. or people gifting you something and they havent the decency to come out to meet you personally..reminded me of back in the day when the poor black came to get the big house old clothes, they would have the help deal with you. the one thing i see most common--folk get things free all the time. they either steal it or i dont know if you know rich people pay for very little, and it is because on that circle folk have so much and folk think they have so much to get in return, people are often very giving and generous...but you be a little somebody. not rich but wealthy in your spirit, have vision and feel the same entitlement and pronoia of the world, and folk like the dominants or in a hierarchy, will resent you, or block you, withhold making contacts cause they know the mas and opportunity you could and would make. a slew of little things i observe with people. and truth be told, I am not always sure it is ethnicity and race or just crab in barrel syndrome trinidad but when the people are of a different ethnic group and skin color, I cant help but wonder...
what i told my friend is that you may have friends across a spectrum, as I do, but at one point, some point, they will convey to you who they think you are and it is never lofty and always subjugated to them...and this is what is beneath this exchange between sterling and his blactina
that is the other point of this video: two more actually:
the amount of what he never says. he never explains what the injury is if you notice. it is so all encompassing. still speaking in code he is. and white people do that very well.... my prof, sandra batie ---i was being considered to represent my field on Capitol Hill, DC< and she wrote in my reference letter that i did my masters at Tuskegee (she was telling them, a white male and white conservative male dominated field-- that i was black-- as if they did not have my resume; and she wrote, "I would give careful consideration to appointing me" It took me years to decipher the last line. may seem obvious now to you reader, but back then, an academic, ...who wouldnt give careful consideration...but it was high science code.. on the face of it, nothing negative. but peel the layers and voila, and that is the magic obeah of white supremacy and their culture of exchange amongst each other.
the other thing is how this man feels he can somehow instruct and control who his mate, lover or friend conducts.. that happened to me once too...someone was interested in me,..but wanted me --not in town context
life is rich no ass, let me tell you
and plenty fodder for us who have eyes head and heart to contend. we have every reason to war and fight. we have no choice if we are to survive.
...
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