Can we go back to my comment yesterday on Panama’s post about being rational and honest with kids beforehand about what’s getting ready to happen? Then outlining rewards for good behavior or consequences for bad...maybe this teacher forgot her education & classroom practicum on how to physically restrain a child who…
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As the author stated, I can’t be pleased or even satisfied with this verdict because 1) I keep thinking about the bone-deep fear that must have been in this young man’s heart when this posse started chasing him! I think the thrill - of instilling fear in a tall, fit Black Man- is what motivated all three of these…
The operative word being some. While I always applaud and appreciate independent-minded free-thinkers, as a group our splintered, shaky and unmaintained foundational values are a big part of why can’t build anything lasting. Simple, human respect is just a given. Confront, Challenge and Change the ills of society but…
That scene is Indelibly Etched in my memory and just...fit our convo today so perfectly! I love Slim Charles even though he killed Method Man Cheese cuz ‘Man got to have a code’ (even Omar knew that, RIP Kenneth!)
THIS ^ bullshit is the Greatest Legacy of the psychological torment of the deprivations of full humanity to enslaved Black people. Make Blacks think they are nothing and grateful for the most miniscule offerings. The Greatest Trick Satan Ever Pulled was to make Blacks think they are showing Christianity and nobility…
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I like H.E.R. she’s so very talented. The beginning of Damage’s sample of Making Love On the Rain brought me back to the original from Herb Alpert (without Janet Jackson’s mewling). It remains such a great, sexy makeout song!
Although I always loved kids and babysat every.body’s kids(!), my insight comes from considering others’ mistakes, education and books and not becoming a foster parent until I was in my mid-30's. My patience and putting myself in the child’s place grew exponentially because of my age and having the resources I needed…
Ohhh, so they pulled an Aunt Cindy and said they were going for chicken but didn’t come back for three days?!
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Aw, what the hell?! Do I need to snatch off my earrings, put on my gym shoes and come handle somebody up there?! Why eerrrrybody got to go?! Naw, you sit on down and point the cousins where you need us to show up!
Also, don’t lie to kids. It builds distrust about important things that lasts for a long time. IN ADVANCE: Tell them the truth matter-of-factly, Explain in detail the why’s and how’s and Play-Practice in with real-life pain they’ve already felt (remember when your finger got caught in the door or you fell, it’ll hurt…
Madrid Spain’s airport has 1€ toilets that are immaculately clean, fresh smelling, well-stocked and self-contained. I think there was an attendant for who stood outside and checked them after each visitor left. They were simply the cleanest thing I’ve ever seen!
Seven hours later and still no edit.
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We’ve got to constantly retrain our own to give Black women respect cuz they’re not used to it (no matter what they say) and get comfortable! I’ve commented too many times on how often I have to remind 20 & 30-somethings that I’m Miss Feminist if I’m your mama’s friend and Ms. OnFire if we are conducting business.…
For some, only the harshest of punishments serves as only a brief deterrent to acting like an consequence-free American abroad. Otto Warmbier just died four years ago.
May Krispy’s lard and sugar ALWAYS give you the strength, courage and resolve to Fight The Power!
Fast food joints blocking the rest rooms from customers is bull anyway. They’re using the pandemic and labor’s new rights of refusal as an excuse not to perform foundational duties. Certain places, especially if you serve food, should have to provide clean, stocked toilet facilities, period. I had to pitch a fit at my…
Eating is such a tactile experience, I eat appropriately to the food and situation. I washed my hands upon entering restaurants before Covid and pick up whatever with my fingers: ribs, fried chicken, burgers, bread and cookies. I found it pretentious when I once saw someone spend the meal dissecting a BBQ chicken…
Traditions are important and so are taste memories in holiday meals. But goodness, mushy green beans in goopy glue?! No wonder so many kids, including this former kiddo, hate veggies!
Please add Dr. to Betty Shabazz’s name. She earned that...just as Dr. King did.
About what did Kanter lie? Whom did he slander with blatantly and factually untrue tales of their words or deeds?