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In regards to Brother Greg L comments,
[I feel that black bloggers sometimes do contribute to stereotypes, but not necessarily by a focus on the negative, but by the nature of our conversations or how we limit them. We tend to limit ourselves to "traditionally" black topics alone without weighing in on topics outside of that sphere...]
I can talk about this all day. I can't understand why it is that we being born citizens to this country would live and work here and want to limit ourselves in the scope of what we can and will discuss. There are honestly people who blog here that are limited. Trying to get them to talk about something else other than our Black stuff is like pulling teeth. Although we are Black, America is our country like it or yes so it would be good if we could try to familiarize ourselves with other topics that may not be related to our culture and our cause alone so that when we're in the company of Non Black people, they won't continue to see us as small minded people who need their assistance to survive.
I hate to use this example but it’s of myself and will bring what I'm trying to convey home. The school that I'm trying to put my son in teaches the kids a foreign language. I attended the information session but afterwards attempted to ask a question, but couldn't so I called the lady who happened to be the director of the program. I was speaking to the woman asking about the curriculum the school uses as well as the phonics program. She became defensive. I couldn't understand why, but in hindsight I think I shouldn't given her a brief history lesson before starting. I told the woman that I picked up a book from the library which was first copyrighted in '79 and revised in '1990 and the author was talking about post industrialization, but here we are in a global market and is the reason I want my son to learn another language besides English. Globalization demands that our children speak another language in order to compete in this Global world. I guess that was too, much for her.
Thursday, January 20th 2011 at 10:25AM
Jen Fad
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@ Brother Mo,
I understand what you are saying, but I think we could all stand to expand on what we talk about. I try to read most of the blogs, but I tend to read and grow from people who have a well rounded view of the world. I've grown so much from your poetry because it gives me something that I've lacked and I can appreciate that. Others here for which they know who they are because I have told them know that I have grown from their comments which in my opinion is what part of the mission of bloggin' should be about. We can all speak our minds because this is America, but people shouldn't get upset if what they say reflects the fact that they don't have MUCH at of anything in their brains expect hog wash.
Thursday, January 20th 2011 at 11:50AM
Jen Fad
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