2011 IS a GOOD Year!

No matter what....Life is Good! In 2011 we must continue to tell ourselves that no matter how bleak it looks (gentrification, poor schools, rampant crime, foreclosures).....if you can breathe there is still a chance at shooting for the stars! If the ancestors could endure the untold hellish voyage over the sea...and we sit many generations later in a space and place where we can vote, and carry our OWN totes, and drive our OWN vehicles, read our OWN books, and in some instances work for our OWN selves...then LIFE IS GOOD!

One Barrier at a Time...Go Steelers!!

Ok, I never thought I would root for anyone other than the Bears. But if only for the night...I placed my bets on the Pittsburgh Steelers. THERE IS NOTHING THAT BLACK PEOPLE CANNOT DO WHEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY. Hats off to Coach Mike Tomlin, Mr. Rooney, and the Steelers players.

Coach Mike Tomlin--2nd Black man to win the SuperBowl


Coach Tony Dungy--1st Black man to win the SuperBowl



President Barack Obama--1st Black man to become President of the United States

My Country Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty...

These pictures speak volumes.

I still have to pinch myself.

Beautiful Song, Beautiful Time, America the Beautiful!!!!

Even though America is not without problems, America is truly a beautiful, and remarkable place!!!!



It is a place where a little Black girl like me could go to school, and receive a good education and get a good job and escape poverty. It is a place where not too long ago my grandmother had to serve as a cook and a domestic for the rich white folks because of the time she was born in.....but such a fate never was reserved for me. My grandparents dared not drink at a "white" water fountain....but I can eat & drink with my white counterparts on a daily basis if I so choose.

America is continually making strides for the better. We are far from perfect. But when you get right down to it...America is a Beautiful place that is filled with Beautiful people who are constantly evolving and moving closer to a more perfect union (sometimes with little hiccups and setbacks along that path).

Please enjoy the song above! God Bless America! God Bless our new President and his family!

"Yes Suh, Massa" Says Jesse White!!

In the words of Harriet Tubman, "I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”

Mr. White I think that you have tumbled a little too long. You have forgotten, and forsaken YOUR community. We will not forget come election time. You should probably go ahead and retire and save yourself the embarrassment. If you truly count yourself as a friend to Senator Roland Burris (as you stated on WVON AM1690, wvon.com), then I would hate to see his enemies.

How dare you make yourself a part of the equation in the seating of Senator Roland Burris. YOU ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW. He has been legally appointed a Senator by Governor Blagojevich...END OF STORY!

If we were living during chattel slavery times, I swear you would be the one to and "hip" Massa to the plans of the slave revolt.

YOU NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND REALIZE WHO YOU REALLY ARE....A CONFUSED NEGRO!

Democrats You are on Notice!!!!!!!

Democrats..........I want to see you try it. Just go ahead and try not to seat the honorable junior Senator from Illinois, Mr. Roland Burris. Especially in this time of feel good rhetoric promoting change and hope.

Mr. Burris is a good, honorable, well-qualified, former public servant with a stellar reputation.

Trust me, you have awakened a sleeping giant. No we (Black People) did not elect President-elect Obama all by ourselves. But we DAMN SURE played a role in his election and helped push him over the top. In Senator Obama's election to the US Senate, we (Black People) DAMN SURE played a big role in electing him locally.

We now know that we have the power to say, YES WE CAN make a difference in an election.

I advise the leadership of the Democratic party not to discount and overlook a HUGE part of their base....the African American community. If you feel that we are expendable, just try not seating Roland Burris. YOU WILL HAVE A RUDE AWAKENING!!

Ignorance is Bliss

"Just look at his bloodline" says one lady in the crowd while referring to Barack Obama.

I have never heard such a response about a presidential candidate in all of my days. But then again, there has never been a Black nominee of a major party with the real potential to become the President of the United States.




I have never heard a presidential nominee referred to as a Terrorist before.

I know that this is America, and that we indeed are all entitled to our opinions under the Constitution. But as I watched the folks on this video, I must say that I was taken back to a time and place that my ancestors must've dreaded. A time when Black people had to make sure that they said yessuh and no suh, and endured being called Aunt and Uncle by their captors, their tormentors. A time when their families could be broken up at master's whim. A time when master came into the slave quarters and made sure that the Beautiful ebony complexion Africans brought with us from the motherland quickly faded to "so light could almost pass for white", cafe au lait, pecan, reddish brown....and all of the other hues that now 400 years later make up the color palette of the African American.

I do believe that Barack Obama is going to be our first Black President. But God knows I fear for his safety, when we have idiots such as the ones who are clinging to McCain--Palin and spouting off utter foolishness.

All I can do is go back to what my ancestors did in times such as these.....PRAYER AND AGITATION. You see not only were the slaves praying, there were some who sought out the underground railroad....some who smiled and took master's mean acts, but quietly took extra food and sustenance for their families.

We need to lift Obama and his family up in prayer. But we also must go to the polls like never before and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!