Gullah History

Gullah language
Gullah (also called Sea Island Creole English and Geechee) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African American population living on the Sea Islands and the coastal region of the U.S. states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northeast Florida.
The Gullah language is based on English, with strong influences from West and Central African languages such as Mandinka, Wolof, Bambara, Fula, Mende, Vai, Akan, Ewe, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Kongo, Umbundu and Kimbundu.

The Gullah are a distinctive group of Black Americans from South Carolina and Georgia in the southeastern United States. They live in small farming and fishing communities along the Atlantic coastal plain and on the chain of Sea Islands which runs parallel to the coast. Because of their geographical isolation and strong community life, the Gullah have been able to preserve more of their African cultural heritage than any other group of Black Americans. They speak a creole language similar to Sierra Leone Krio, use African names, tell African folktales, make African-style handicrafts such as baskets and carved walking sticks, and enjoy a rich cuisine based primarily on rice.
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yes!!! I think they have the most impressive dialect... it's unforgettable...

The first English-speaking settlement in South Carolina was established on the coast in 1670. For the first thirty years the colonists had little success, but by about 1700 they discovered that rice, imported from Asia, grew well in the inland valley swamps of the Low Country. Throughout the 1700s the economy of South Carolina was based overwhelmingly on the cultivation of rice. This product brought consistently high prices in England, and the colony prospered and expanded. Rice agriculture has been called "the best opportunity for industrial profit which 18th century America afforded." South Carolina became one of the richest of the North American Colonies; and Charlestown (now Charleston), its capital and principal port, one of the wealthiest and most fashionable cities in early America. Later, because of the extraordinary success in South Carolina, the rice plantation system was extended farther south into coastal Georgia, where it also prospered.

The South Carolina planters were, at first, completely ignorant of rice cultivation, and their early experiments with this specialized type of tropical agriculture were mostly failures. They soon recognized the advantage of importing slaves from the traditional rice-growing region of West Africa, and they generally showed far greater interest in the geographical origins of African slaves than did planters in other North American colonies. The South Carolina rice planters were willing to pay higher prices for slaves from the "Rice Coast," the "Windward Coast," the "Gambia," and "Sierra-Leon"; and slave traders in Africa soon learned that South Carolina was an especially profitable market for slaves from those areas. When slave traders arrived in Charlestown with slaves from the rice-growing region, they were careful to advertise their origin on auction posters or in newspaper announcements, sometimes noting that the slaves were "accustomed to the planting of rice." Traders who arrived in Charlestown with slaves from other parts of Africa where rice was not traditionally grown, such as Nigeria, often found that their slaves fetched lower prices. In some cases, they could sell no slaves at all and had to sail away to another port.

because of the white slaveholders feared the swamp areas due to the mosquitoes and illness; most of the slaves were left alone in these rice growing areas... which allowed the enslaved men and women to work via task-system. Needless to say because of the absence of whites in the area.. The Gullah people were privilaged to maintain most of their cultural teachings....

Hello to all,

A word to the wise, Black Americans are not interest in the Gullah history. We can the Gullah history to our high school children in our sovereign country. But, right we are interested in the true history of Black Americans. Who are we and how we got here. The hell with the Gullah history, okay. We are Black Americans. We are not Gullah people am I right.

Harry you jest me... ((The hell with the Gullah history, okay. ))

LOL

STICK TO THE TOPIC OR DELETED ,,,,,NEW RULES !
http://blackinamerica.com/content/244159/b...

WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS BLOG HARRY !???

IRMA you mean as to show the sell outs in our black history to the next generations to come ,,, how thes pepole will do all they can to stop the flow of black history to shoe his-story, her-story !

David,

The subject is about the Gullah people.

these low life self seekers

When slave traders arrived in Charlestown with slaves from the rice-growing region, they were careful to advertise their origin on auction posters or in newspaper announcements, sometimes noting that the slaves were "accustomed to the planting of rice." Traders who arrived in Charlestown with slaves from other parts of Africa where rice was not traditionally grown, such as Nigeria, often found that their slaves fetched lower prices. In some cases, they could sell no slaves at all and had to sail away to another port.

that is something else ,,based on the slaves,,,,''trade'' they would sell them ! where rice was not traditionally grown, such as Nigeria, often found that their slaves fetched lower prices. In some cases, they could sell no slaves

David,

Mr. Black American man don’t you know anything about your self and your race? Why are you sucking-up on the Gullah people?

its apart of my history Harry ,,,,,stay on the topic HARRY !

I found something for you Irma.

http://www.amazon.com/Colonists-Bondage-Se...

I'll do that Irma. First I'm going to read the book and then I'll do a review.

The Gullah are known for preserving more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other African-American community in the United State

The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild[1] and became one of the most popular hits of the decade. Runnin' Wild ran from 29 October 1923 through 28 June 1924.[1] The peak year for the Charleston as a dance by the public was mid 1926 to 1927.

The Charleston is celebrated on this date. This is a dance style influenced by African culture and started durinhg Bblack slavery in America.

Some historians assert that the "Ash-Ante Peoples" of Africa were the originators of the dance, with it being carried on and modified by slaves against the enforced rules of their masters. There are also descriptions and pictures of a dance in the Harper's Weekly Magazine, 1866, that is very similar to the Charleston. More specifically, Blacks living on a small island near Charleston, South Carolina, originated the steps. The Charleston was performed as early as 1903, and evolved into Harlem stage productions by 1913. Even so, the Charleston dance established itself (worldwide) during the Ragtime-Jazz period.

In 1922, it was brought to show business and went public at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York when a "Ziegfeld Follies" production featured the Charleston. Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake introduced a young Black boy to Ned Wayburn. The boy demonstrated what was to be the signature step of the Charleston. Wayburn (supposedly) choreographed a few more steps and Sissle and Blake wrote the songs. It was an immediate hit. In the same year, a stage play by the name of "Liza" introduced the dance. Again on October 29, 1923, in the Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles Broadway show "Runnin' Wild," Edith Mae Barnes claimed it was she who introduced the dance in that musical.

During the 1920s, women that did the Charleston were called "Flappers" because of the way they would flap their arms and walk like birds while dancing. Many men wore raccoon coats and straw hats. Not everyone had good luck with the Charleston. Some jobs of the day required employees to be competent to dance or teach the Charleston in order to get work such as waiters and waitresses. Others saw the Charleston and flappers as the downfall to many moral issues of the day.

In 1925, Variety Magazine reported that in Boston, the vibrations of Charleston dancers were so strong that the dancers caused the "Pickwick Club" (a tenderloin dance hall) to collapse, killing 50.

Cultural survival
Gullah culture has proven to be particularly resilient. Gullah traditions are strong not only in the rural areas of the Lowcountry mainland and on the Sea Islands, but also in urban areas like Charleston and Savannah. But some of the old fashioned ways have persisted even among Gullah people who have left the Lowcountry and moved far away. Many Gullahs migrated to New York starting at the beginning of the 20th century, and these urban migrants have not lost their identity. Gullahs have their own neighborhood churches in Harlem, Brooklyn, and Queens. Typically they send their children back to rural communities in South Carolina and Georgia during the summer months to be reared by grandparents, uncles and aunts. Gullah people living in New York also frequently return to the Lowcountry to retire. Second- and third-generation Gullahs in New York often maintain many of their traditional customs and sometimes still speak the Gullah language.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah

David,

Okay, you say the Gullah people is part of your history. The Gullah were pure Africans brought to White America and placed on these remote island to grow rice and that Whites did not interbreed with them because of the fear of the malaria disease.

So, please explain how the Gullah people are a part of your history. In other words, the Gullah people are Africans and you are not an African, so please explain.

I visited them last year in Beaufort, S.C. It is just in recent years that they have intermingled with the mainland Black American people.

HARRY IM NOT ABOUT TO RUN DOWN MY FAMILY TREE ,,lets just say they are part of my blood line ,,,are you going to try to argue what is in my DNA ,,,please stay the course and add information on your experiences when you went to visit !

Did The Gullah people take the American religion and transfer it into their own image?

Irma,

I found something from the other history.

"Gullah/Geechee people have always considered ourselves as one. Amongst ourselves, we don’t use designations of ‘Gullah,’ or ‘Geechee.’ We know we are all kin. We know we’re all the same culture, heritage, and legacy.” (Interview with Marquetta L. Goodwine, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (7-6-02) on St. Helena Island, SC)"

http://www.southern.ohiou.edu/faculty/jarr...

Gullah youth, though not necessarily conversant in the language, show a curious interest in this unique form of communication. Gullah language was originally perceived by mainlanders as a form of ‘broken English.” Gullah/Geechee people were forbidden to use the language in public settings, the implication being Gullah language was, in fact, not a language. Lorenzo Turner (1949) challenged this very Anglo-centric viewpoint, changing the thinking not only about the speech of Gullah/Geechee people, but also about the general linguistic heritage of African-Americans. The experiences of Gullah/Geechee people, who have had to defend the mere use of their language, may be interpreted from specific statements cited below (Interviews 2001-2002):

“We lead a double life. We have the language of Gullah and the language of English.”

“ For years we were told that our language is broken. A generation of people were told, ‘you’ll never get through life talking like that.’ So, anybody living in town would say, ‘I’m not Gullah; I’m not from the island.’ “

“ During the days of slavery, we got whipped for speaking Gullah. When we went to school, we got disciplined for speaking Gullah. As adults, we were made fun of for speaking Gullah. Now you come and study us because we speak Gullah. What’s a Gullah to think?”

“A lot of young people are taking a new interest in the Gullah language. It is important for young people to have pride in their language and culture”

“Our culture must be passed along to younger generations...Gullah language is an oral history of Gullah culture and the younger generation must never lose touch with the language. Ignorance of the language and culture is our greatest threat.”

http://www.southern.ohiou.edu/faculty/jarr...

Religion Religious Practices of the Gullah/Geechee People The distinctive religious practices of the Gullah-Geechee communities contain influences from several cultures, much like the other aspects of their culture. The three main influences on the development of Gullah-Geechee religion were: Christianity, Islam, and traditional West African practices. This section will examine how these three influences coexisted in the Lowcountry and eventually fused to create the unique belief system of the Gullah-Geechee peoples. Christianity and the Gullah/Geechee People Many evangelical Christian preachers, black and white, openly opposed the institution of slavery. An ideal of millenarianism developed which proclaimed slaveholding was a sin and like all sins would eventually be punished by the Christian God. This idea of a vengeful god appealed to the enslaved people of the Lowcountry because it offered them hope of obtaining freedom and seeing their oppressors punished. Enslaved persons used this message of millenarianism for their own understanding of the Bible, especially the Old Testament. They often compared their oppression with the story of the Israelites who were in bondage under the King of Egypt for four hundred years. As the story goes, one day, after four hundred years, the God of the Israelites sent Moses to tell the King of Egypt to release the Israelites from bondage. After the King refused several times, the God of the Israelites sent many plagues which nearly destroyed Egypt. This story clearly explains why the slaves never lost hope in a "Savior" to rescue them. Christianity of the Lowcountry among the Gullah p Baptismal Group GHS Photograph Collection MS 1360-05-14-01 eople was slightly different from churches outside the community. They were primarily under the auspices of Baptist or Methodist. Since the 1700s, slaves in the Lowcountry were attracted to "Evangelical Protestantism." Evangelical Protestantism includes Calvinist Methodist, Arminian Methodist or Baptist (which includes Arminians and Calvinists). This branch of Christianity promoted equality between blacks and whites inspiring both to achieve the "born-again" experience. In addition, Baptists and Methodists promoted literacy and education for all believers, including slaves. They believed literacy was central in gaining a better understanding of God through the Bible. Methodists and Baptists also encourage emotional expression of faith. Today, the descendants of the Gullah, continue to have a spiritual life that influences every aspect of their lives. They believed in the dual nature of the soul and spirit. In death, one's soul returns to God but the spirit remains on earth living among the individual's descendants. It was common for funerals to be ornate and for mourners to decorate graves using items that belonged to the newly deceased. The Gullah believed the spirit of their ancestors participated in their daily affairs such as protecting them and guiding them through spiritual forces.
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Religious Beliefs

Gullah/Geechee people have a deep sense of spiritual connection to Almighty God. Gullah “spiritual life” operates as a central ethos and foundation for the culture.Gullah/Geechee people are guided by spiritual powers, beliefs, and personal values not easily discounted. Religious beliefs and teachings guide the Gullah sense of justice, equity, kinship, social awareness, and community relations. Religion provides the Gullah with a basic philosophy from which life becomes directed, a ‘divine order.’ Gullah tradition and cultural heritage rest on a foundation of ‘spiritual belief.’ Activities in the life of Gullah/Geechee people, from town meetings to sporting events, have spiritual overtones. The quotes cited below reflect the spiritual awareness of Gullah/Geechee people (Interviews 2001-2002):

“We have to say God comes first. We can’t breathe without our God, and we gotta start with Him.”

“Gullah people respect God first; then, we’re able to respect others. We stop respectin’ if people give us a reason. Otherwise, we just keep respectin.’

“Goin’ to church is like goin’ to the ole’ dug well and drawin’ up a cold cup of water. When you drink it down on a hot August day...well, then you get
yourself a good feeling. That’s goin’ to church.”

“You gotta’ love everybody – that’s what the Lord says. Some people don’t want you to love ‘em. I don’t know what we’re gonna’ do with them folk.”

“This is all God’s property. I don’t know why outsiders think they own it. They sure ain’t gonna take it with ‘em when they meet the Lord.”

“Faith in our Almighty God gets the Gullah by on a daily basis”

Church membership is largely Baptist, or Methodist. However, the expression within these churches is not the same as in mainstream and mainland churches of the same denomination. A major departure from mainstream Christian philosophy is a duality of presence involving ‘soul’ and ‘spirit.’ The ‘soul’ leaves the body and returns to God at death, but the ‘spirit’ stays on earth – still involved in the daily affairs of its living descendants. As an example, funerals are elaborate and mourners decorate graves with prized possessions of the newly deceased.

Gullah/Geechee people believe their ‘ancestors’ maintain presence in daily affairs of the family. Ancestors visit with family members on various occasions, walk the streets and roads, guard and guide individuals, and advise or council people through spiritual means. The ‘dressing’ of graves, legends and accounts of visitations, and substantive Gullah folklore add significant dimension to this one specific concept – family members who have passed “are still with us now.” (Interviews 2001-2002)

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IRMA ,,,YOUR WORDS ARE POWERFUL ...

.''WE MUST LEARN OUR HISTORY FROM THE POSITIVE...CONSTRUCTIVE POINT OF VIEW OVER THE NEGATIVE... DESTRUCTIVE POINT OF VIEWS''

priceless !

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus says the Lord God,
See, I am laying in Zion a foundation stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation:
“One who trusts will not panic.”

@HELEN, IF YOUR CHURCH 'SHOUTS' THEN YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER TO IF THE GULLAHS RELIGION PART. (SMILE)...HELL HELEN IF YOUR CHURCH HAS AN AMEN DECON CORNER YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER THERE AS WELL...WE MUST LEARNOUR HISTORY FROM THE POSITIVE...CONSTRUCTIVE POINT OF VIEW OVER THE NEGATIVE...DISTRUCTIVE POINT OF VIEWS. (NUP!!!)

...BUT STEVE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO JUST HAVE THE GULLAH ALL BY IT SELF IS TO SAY ALL AFRICANS BROUGHTON SHIPS TO AMERICA WERE NOT BROUGHT HERE TO BE SLAVES, BUT TO BE PAID WAGES FOR THEIR POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE PART THEY PLAYED, BECAUSE IF NOT THERE WOULD NOT BA AN AMERICA...WE MAY STILL BE UNDER THE RULE OF ENGLAND...

I AM EVEN MORE DETERMINED TO NOT ALLOW THIS PRIDE TO BE DISTORTED/ ERASED FROM NOT JUST OUR HISTORY BUT TO HAVE IT PLACED INTO OUR AMERICAN HISTORY BOOKS AS WELL. TIS WILL TAKE FAR LESS MANY GENERATIONS IF OUR TURE HISTORY IS REVEALED ...SAY VIA SOCIALNETWORKS NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY...AND HELL MAYBE CNN BIA SPECIALS WILL BE FORCED TO SHOW THIS PARTS OFOUR BIAHISTORYAS WELL...LOL!!!(S-M-I-L-E)

@STEVE, REMEMBER ME SAYING "W-E" T-O-O-K OWNERSHIP OF NIGGEA AND BLACK...WHICH GAVE US ONE LESS REASON TO KILL AND GET OURSELVES KILLED...

I NEVER SAID TH EMEANINGS OF ***** NOR BLAck HAS CHANGED, NOW HAVE I... I SAY I WILL ALWAYS REJECT ANDY AND ALL EFFORTS TO GET ME TO DISTORY/ DENY MY BIAHISTORY...NOW PLEASE GO BACK AND READ WHAT YOU PUT AS PROOF I AM WRONG ABOUT GULLAH/ GEECHEE...

WE LEARN AND WE TEACH FROM ALL SIDES OR WE ARE LEFT WITH OUR OWN IGNORANCE...LOV YA BROTHER RABBIT. (SMILE)

@STEVE, REMEMBER ME SAYING WE CAN FIND MOTHERNATURE IN ALL SOUTHERN STATES...WELL HERE IS ONE OF THE WORDS FROM AFRICA THAT STANDS OUT FO RME...IN THE SOUTH WE SAY CHUNK FOR THROW CHUNK IS AN AFRICAN WORD...AGAIN THINGS TAHT HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OUT OD US BUT STILL IN OUR ORAL HISTORY...

NOTICE OW THIS BLOG TELLS ABOUT THE GULLAH CHILDREN BEING SENT SOUTH AND WHY THIS IS...WELL STEVE REMEMBER ME TALKING ABOUT THE MARRIED BLACK FATHER NOT BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN THESAME HOUSE AS HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN...REMEMBER ME TALKING ABOUT HOW THE PREGNANT TEEN CAN NOT LIVE IN THESME HOME AS HER PARENTS...WELL STEVE AND TOALL...TISBEING SENT BACK TOBE WITH GRANDPARENTS AND SO REMAIN IN TOUCH WITH BACK HOME... AND ME TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR GOVERNMENT USE TO TAKE INDIAN CHILDREN TO TEACH THE INDIANEST OUT OF THEM...

WELL STEVE SOMETHING WE BROUGH FORM AFRICA WAS OUR ELDERS ARE THE ONES TO TEACH US OPUR SOCIALIZATION AND STEVE SENDN THE GULLAH CHILDREN BACK...RETIRING BACKHOME IS TO BE THERE TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATION TO SURVIVE...

I HATE TO PUT IT THIS WAY BUT WE HAVE NOT TURNED TO THE WHITEMAN'S PRACTICE OF THE AALE IS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE HOLD AND PUT YOUR ELDERS INTO NURSING HOME AS USELES TO THE NEXT GENERATION IT ISMAKING THE ALMIGHTY $$$$$$$$$$ AND WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO HATE TOSE DIFFERENT SO WHY NED TO KEEP THE FAMILY/ EXTENDED FAMILY UNITED...

AGAIN THEBLACKS CAN'T UNITE HAS A LOT TODOWITHUS BELIEVEING WHAT THEGULLAHS DOTHEWHOLE CULTURE OF OURS I N AMERICA DEMANDS THIS OF US...PROTECT THE NEXT GENERATION BY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO LEARN TH EPAST. (SMILE)

@A-L-L...

IT IS SO FUNNY HOW WE HAVE NO IDEA FO HOW THE GHULAH RELIGION IS THESAME THING THAT GOT US PUT INTO SLAVERY AS PROPERTY SO WE COULD GAIN S-O-U-L-S SO WE COULD BE ABLE TO ENTER THEKINGDOM OF HEAVEN...NOTICE HOW I ALWAYS SAY THAT TREE GIVES OXYGNE AND GIVE LIFE TO ME ...STEVE LIKETHE INDIAN, BUDDHIST, VOODOO IS ANTI-CHRIST BECAUSE IN OUR RELIGIOUS/ SPIRITUAL BELIEFS WE PA RESPECT TOMOTHER NATURE AS THE PROVIDER OF LIFE...GIVE BACK NOT DISTROY MOTHER EATTH V. POLUT AND PRAY IT AWAY OR LIE IT AWAY...

EXAMPLE CHRISTIANITY HAS US NOT IN DENIAL THAT DISRESPECTING MOTHER NATURE HAS MADE 2012 THE HOTEST YEAR IN RECORDED HISTORY...

CAN THE CHRISTIAN, FAMILY PEOPLE SAY ..."GOLOBAL WARMINGS"...?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????LOL (SMILE)


PLEASE KEEP IN THE FORNT OF YOUR MINDS THE S-O-U-L PART ...HELEN...

...AND, I SHALL SAY ONE MORE TIME...

TOBAPTISE IS TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE RIVER GODDESS....THE METH DIST CHURCH IS...AMZ...WHJICH STANDS FOR "AFRICAN METHODEST ZION CHURCH...REMEMBER THIS ALSO HELEN. (SMILE)

...OOPS...

AME ZION CHURCH. (SMILE)

... ISHALL SAY THIS THEN LEAVE FOR A WHILE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...

FEAR ME JEN AND JAKE, FEAR ME AND DO SO IN YOUR GOD'S NAME...BECAUSE I DON'T DO GET ON MY KNEES PRAYERS...MINE ARE MORE TOWARDS ACTIONS.(ROTFLM PROUD BLACKAO) (SMILE)

AND, ROBERT SEE WHY I DON'T WASH MY CHILDREN'S POTTY MOUTHS OUT........

LOL,STEVE, I AM SO GLAD EGYPT IS IN AFRICA AND HER HISTORY SO FAR CAN BE TRACED BACK TO 5000 YEARS, ALONG WITH PLANE EARTH THAT CAN BE TRACED BACK BILLIONS OF YEARS...GETS ME PAST THE NEED OF RIGHT/ WRONG REPLACING THE ROOM AND ENERGY USED TO BRING UNITY AND PEACE INTO MY DAILY LIFE. (S-M-I-L-E)

AND, WHY MY MIND IS ALWAYS OPEN TO TANGABLE TINGS, TINGS TAH CAN BE PROVEN...TESTED AND RETESTED AND STILLREMAIN THE SMAM. (SMILE)

NOW TO ALL OF OUR NEXT GENERATION BIAHISTORY TEACHERS ON BIA SITES...AT THIS RATE THEREW WILL BE NO FEAR OF ETHNIC STUDY BEING BANED OR LONG VOTING LINES AND KOWELEGE TAHT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF AMERICAN SLAVE PERIOD IS DEAD WRONG NONOT ABUT THER BEING SLAVERY BUT DEAD WRONG ABOUT THERE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AN AMERICA WITH 50 STATES IF NOT FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION. EXAMPLE,

DOC AND EVERYONE ELSE PLEASE LISTEN...THE BUSH ERA FOUGHT WARS LIKE HTE ONES ENGLAND FOUGHT...BHO IS FIGHTNG HIS WARS THE WAY THE NATIVE-AMERICANS FOUGHT... THEY WOULD PUTONE PERSON AT THETOP OF A HILL, MOUNTIAN ANS WERE ABLE TO STOP ANY ENEMY TRYING TO GET PASS...O-N-E PERSON...WE DO KNOW ABOUT THE 300 SPARTANS WELL THIS IS NATIVE-AMERICNA STYLE FIGHTING...NATIVE ANERICAN NEVER LOST!!!BHO WILLNEVER LOOS...THISIS WHY THE AJPANESE GOT THE MOST MEDALS IN WWII AND WHY THE OLY WAY WAS TODDROP NUCLEAR BOMBS...HAD THE SAME AFFECT AS TURNING WHISKEY ON TO THE ANTIVE-AMERICANS...

BLACK PEOPLE YOU BUILD AMERICA,,,LEARN YOUR HISTORY AND TAKE YOU PLACE AT THE VERY TOP AS IT IS WHERE YOU SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!!!!

SO ,SO GGLAD WE HAVE FINALLY CLUGHT ON TO WHY THEY AE TRYING TO GET US TO NOT BE ABLE TO V-O-T-E,,,BUT IT IS TIME TO REPLACE THEWHITE GOD IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOV YA A-L-L (SMILE)

STRAIGHT FROM MOTHER AFRICA...(and, when I learned these two, all I could do was just laugh about it...
WHAT WE CALL DEVA ATTITUDE IS WHEN BLACK WOMEN PUT THAT HAND OH HER HIP AND POINT THAT FINGER AND JUST GIVE YOU A PIECE OF HER MIND...THIS COMES FROM THE BELIEF TO DOTHIS IS TO ALLOW THE DEVIL IN (THEHAND ON THE HIP...TOLET THEDEVIL OUT BY WAY OF THAT FINGER...

YOUR PARENTS WILL CALL YOU BY YOUR NICKNAME, AND YOU CAN TELL YOU ARE IN A WHOLE HEAPOF TROUBLE IF THEY CALL YOU BY A-L-L OF YOU NAMES(EVEN IF YOU HAVE 5 PARTS TO YOU NAME) AND PUT SPECIAL EMPHIS ON YOUR LAST AS IN YOUR SIR NAME. I HAD TO LAUGH BECAUSE I GREW UP WITH TIS AND WAS LEARNING WHERE IT CAME FROM...THE WHITE PEOPLE YOUR FAMILY WORKED FOR DID NOT DO THESE THINGS, SO NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE DIVA TUDE OR DRAMA QUEEN COMES FROM...MOTHER AFRICA. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. (SMILE)

SO MY CHILDREN THE WHOLE DEEP SOUTH IS MORE LIKE AFRICA THAN THE NORTH OR THE WEST IS AND LETS NOT CHEAT US OF TIS OF OUR HISTORY. "K?" LOL (SMILE)

OR JUST SAY THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IS HE PROPER WAY TO DEFINE US IN AMERICA ND LETS NOT LEAVE OUT CANADA AND SOUTH AMERICA ESPECIALLY CUBA AND JAMACA...

AGAIN, BACKTO OAKLAND (WHICH IS BETWEEN UC BERKELEY AND SAN FRANSICO STATE ,WHERE THEY HAVE PROFESSORS AND DEANS LIKE ANGELA DAVIS AND BIA DEPT HEADSLIKE OURS AT UCD) SO THIS IS WHY OAKLAND IS A CENTER OF WHAT THEY CALL TROUBLE AS THE DRUG KING BUT NEVER ON HOW THEY IN FORCE BVBOE...ANY WAY...ANOTHER STRAIGHT FORM MOTHER AFRICA...WE ARE NOT A CULTURE HAT OUR CHILDREN GIVE US LIP FOR LIP...WELLNOT BEFORE THE60S ANY WAY.LOL,...

WHENOUR CHILDREN ARE BEING LECTURED BY PARENTS THEY HOLD THEIR HEADS DOWN AS A SIGN OF RESPECT...HTIS GOT CHANGED INTO WE AE HOLDING OUR HEADS DOWN AND THAT IS A SURE FIRE SIGN OF GUILT...SO INOAKLAND CAME THE PLACE TO MODEL YOU ELEMEMTRARY SCHOOLS IN AND MANDATORY IN PENN...YOULEARN ABOUT ETHNICS OR YOU WILLNOT BE ALLOWED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN, PERIOD BECAUSE I TIS REQUIRED TO GET A LISCENIN THIS STATE...OUR INNOCENT CHLDRENHAVE SUFFER ENOUGH. (SMILE)...

NOW KNOWLEDGE OF THIS IS VITAL SINCE THEPOWERS THAT BE HAVE ALREADY BROUGHTIN THECIVIL RIGHTS MOVENMENT TO HELP THEM WIN THIS GUNS NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM KILLING OUR CHILDREN ALREADY...HOW DR.KING WOULDNOT HAVEALLOWED ANYTHING LIKE THIS!!! ALL OVER MSNBC TODAY AT LEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NUP!!!)

MAYBE BECAUSE HE GOD CARD IS NOT WORKING TO GOOD THE DR.KING MUST COME TO SAVE THE DAY, HE WAS A PREACHER WAS HE NOT.......I T WOULD BE FUNNY IF NOT SO PITIFUL...

EBONICS: (MOTHER AFRICA) :PICK ANY SOUTHREN STATE YOU LIKE AND YOU WILL FIND US CHOPPING UP THEENGLISH LANGUAGE...WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE STUPID, LAZY, ECT WHEN IN TRUTH BECAUSE OUR BRAINS DONT DO STANDARD, WE DON'T DO STANDARD, BUT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN. (SMILE)

I WILL SHARE AGAIN SOMETHING ABOUT HOW ASHEAMED I WAS AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THIS IN CLASS BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER WHO I IDOLIZE, BUT WHEN I BEGAN TO TAKE 'ENGLISH CLASS IN SCHOOL' ONE DAY HEARING MY GRANDMOTHER SAY "US'S AND NOT "WE' I TOLD HER SHE SOULD LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH! (NUP/ SMILE)...

WE DON'T DO STANDARD...

...AND AS FAR AS LIMITING OUR THINGS WE DO TODAY AS NOT BEING OUT SIDE OF THE GULLAH IS ALSO FALSE. IWILL GIVE YOU THESE TWO EXAMPLES,

THE REASON YOU CAN NOT TEACH IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OAKLAND IS MANY FOLDED. YOU MUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF EBONICS AND RECOGNIZE IT AS A LANGUAGE.WE AS A PEOPLE DON'T DO STANDARD' IN OUR SPEECH(AGAIN I WILL SAY HOW WHEN WHITNEY HUSTON SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND WHEN JIMMY HENDIRS PLAYED IT ON HIS GITAR IT WAS SEEN AS A NEW STYLE AGAIN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS 'STANDARD' WE SON'T DO STANDARD" ANYONE SEE REV. WRIGHT'S SPEECH ON C-SPAN WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT LOOK ON HEDANCE FLOOR AND WE ARE DANCING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER THENA WHITE PEOPLE???OUR BRIANS ARE MADE THIS WAY OR WE SEE IN ROUND AND WHITE PEOPLE SEE IN SQUARE...AFRICANC MAKE THEIR SHELTERS IN ROUND NOT SQUARE. I SHALLLET THAT GET LOOKED AT AND WILL TELLANOTHER LATER.(SMILE)

...OOPS,BUT TO DO THIS MAY BE ILLEGAL ...AS IT IS SO DIFFERNT AS BLOGS GO, HUH STEVE?...BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE SITE AS LEARING AND TEACHINGS IS NOT A ONE SIZE FIT ALL, RIGHT. (SMILE)

@STEVE STOP TRYING TO ACT LIKE YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AND POST THIS AS A BLOG ON YOUR VERYOWN...YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DISOWN YOU NOW DO YOU. (OTFL) (SMILE)

OH, AND THIS I GOT FROM MYSTUDENT GRADUATE STUDENT OF ON EOF OUR BIAHISTORY CLASSES ON AIDES...SHE ASKED US TO PICTURE THIS...AIDES IS NOT AMONGE ANYONE IN AFRICA OUT SIDE OF MAJOR CITIES...BUT THIS WAS BACK IN TH ELATE 90S WJEM O JAD TJOS CLASS AND AIDES IT SELF HAD NOT SPREAD SO FAST TO SO MANY PEOPLES!...

AND, ANOTHER EVRYDAY COMMON SENSE ON AIDES...SINCE IT WAS SO NEW AND THEN BLAMED ON THE GAYS...THER WAS NOT ONE MENTION OF OUR BLACK WOMEN AND SIDES AS IT IS TODAY, RIGHT OR WRONG...IT WENT FROM GAYS TO BLACK FEMALES AS THESOURCE AND YES WE JUST EAT IT UP AND MAKE SURE IT IS PSSED AROUND ON SAY....BLACK SOCIALNETWORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...SORRY, WHAT I MEANT IS WE HAVE NOT BEEN OUT OF AFRICA LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER SO MUCH WHEN WE HAVE THIS CONDITION IN AMERICA...AND, HOPEFULLY WE CAN USE THESE TOCOUNTER THE BELIEF THAT AIDES CAME OUT OF AFRICAN AS A COVER-UP FOR IT COMINGOUT OF A MODERN DAY LAB...THERE IS NOT ONE DESESE OR VIRUS THAT IT'S HISTOR CAN'T BE TRACED UNLIKE AIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NUP/ SMILE)

@A-L-L...

CICLE CELL ANEMIA AND WHY WE HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME BEING ABLE TO DRINK ANY MILK OTHER THEN OUR MOTHER'S BREAST MILE IS ACTUALLY A BLESING AND A WAY TO SOW OUR UNIQUENESS FOR SURVIVAL...

1.CCA HAS TO DO WITH WITH THE MUTATE OR BECOME EXRTINCT...TIS CONDITION WAS CREATED AS A MUTATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO NOT BE WIPED OUR BY THE MALIRA MOSQUITO...

2. BREAST MIL IS NOT ONLY A WAY TO GIVE OUR BODIES A BETTER CHANCE TO GIVE A HELPING HAND TO OUR NATURAL BODY GUARDIANS AGAINST GERMS AND VIRUS BUT IT IS ALSO A NATURAL BIRTH CONTROL...WE HAVE A HARD TIME DRINKING COW'S MILK BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN OUT OF MOTHER AFRICA FOR US TO HAVE MUTATED AGAINST THESE TWO VERY THINGS, YET...

(SMILE)

@ DAVID, WORD UP ON THE SELL OUTS. (NUP/ S-M-I-L-E)

@DOC, YES AND I WILL REPEAT...

IF WE PUT AN AFRICAN AND A PERSON FROM GA. WHERE WE CAN ONLY HEAR HIS/ HER VOICE, WE WOULD BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO TELL WHICH IS WHICH AS THEY SPEAK. AND THIS IS WHERE GULLAH IS PLACED AS UNIQUE IN AMERICA, AND PRIDEFUL.(S-M-I-L-E)

@DAVID, PLEASE DON'T DELETE HARRY...BECAUSE HE CAN BE OUR REMINDER OF WHY WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO HATE ON THE BLACK PANTHERS ALONG WIT WHY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CLASSIFIED THEM AS PUBLIC ENEMY #1...TO DAY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS 'TERRORIST' AND WHY TO THOSE LIKEME CALLING THEM REBELS AND NOT BLACK FREEDOM FIGHTERS IS OFFINSIVE TO THOSE LIKEME...

AND, WHY WE NEED THE HARRYS AND THE JENS AS REPRESENTING THOSE WHO HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS TRY TO HOLD US DOEN FOR TEH POSERS THAT BE IN THE NAME OF A 'W-H-I-T-E GOD TAHT GOT US IN THIS MESS IN TH EFIRST PLACE...OR THEY ARE HE OTHER SIDE OF OUR BIAHISTORY STORY. (SMILE)

...AND, MY BLACK COMMUNITY...WHEN WE TAKE IN THE MISQUTOE ISSUE TIS GIVES US ANOTHER REASON TO STUDY OUR HAVING CYCLE CELL ANEMIA AS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE...NO THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN TALK ABOUT AMERICA AND NOT TAKE PRIDE IN WHO WE ARE NOT A LESS THAN. (SMILE)

@A-L-L...

NOW THAT THERE IS SOME INTEREST IN OUT AFRICAN-CENTERED VERSION OF OUR BIAHISTORY LETS LOOK A CHARSTON...

WE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM KNOWING ABOUT THE WORD BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DEEM THE ROTING 20S AND THE SYMBOL OF THE ERA IS THE ANCE, THE CHARSTON...BUT THIS IS THE ERUPEAN-CENTERED HISTORY OF BOTH AMERICAN AND BIAHISTORY BECAUSE THE NAME CHARLSTON(AND BECAUSE IT IS THE CAPITOL OF, YOU GUESSED IT)...IT IS LEFT OUT HOW THE WORD CHARLSTON IS DERIVED FROM A DANCE THE CHATEL SLAVES USE TO DO ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE THE SLAVE MASTERS LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT WHEN THE SLAVES DID IT THEY WERE GIVEN SPECIAL TREATS...THIS IS WHAT I CALL US DENYING/ REJECTING TO CONTINUE THE PURPOSE OF OUR CONTINUING TO PASS ON THE 'LESS THEN THAT THE 'POSITIVES' BY US TO BUILD AMERICA INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY...

(NUP/ SMILE)

BLESS YOU DAVID AND THANKS ENDLESS FOR CONTINUEING TO REASURE ME THAT WHEN I LEAVE THIS EARTH OUR BIAHISTORY , CULTURE, PRIDE WILL BE PASSED ON TO YET ANOTHER GENERATION. (S-M-I-L-E)