Occasionally up here at the homestead I have a few abandoned orders for whatever reason ...either the purchaser decides not to pay (usually I give them 2-3 weeks) or the purchaser decides to not tell me they no longer want the item. They just languish until I decide what I should do with them them.

Right now I have 2 abandoned orders; one of which is this delightful doll. He was the one that was featured in this entry of my blog.http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/blogs/mamazen/22-rbg-valley-dolls-sad-day-doll-left-behind.html

It was so heart wrenching that after a few hours of meditating and thinking I decided to do a special story...an interview of sorts to get him a new home. He was absolutely delighted! My 2 assistants and I were touched by his magnanimous...

When we teach our people about the struggle, let's not make them feel:
a. stupid
b. annoying
c. un-cool
d. whiteyfied

or that they have:
a. bad religion
b. bad hair
c. bad clothes
d. stupid ideas

or that we have:
a. the deepest deepness
b. the hippest contacts
c. the shee-it
d. the anti-stupid (did i mention that)

We must accept our people right where they are at. They are already getting dissed, beaten up and torn down, no matter how fabulous or hardcore their persona. We gotta wean our people offa this shit-stem just like a baby from a bottle, slowly and deliberately, while replacing it with what's good and righteous...

If you are Black do you really HAVE to vote? The answer is no. This may be a shock to many Black folks but we don’t have to do anything but stay Black and die – remember Joe Clarke in Lean on Me. I don’t try to convince people whether they should vote or not anymore but when I did, I’ve heard the craziness things. If you are like me you’ve heard this before many times, “What! Your ancestors died for the right to vote!” Or how about today with the Barack Obama celebrity fan base, “We’ve worked so hard to get a Black man who can become president you talking about not voting!” It’s always funny to me when I hear these things. Why? Well first who worked so hard? But let’s break down the #1 statement used to convince Black folks to vote for some...

SO CALLED AMERICA...
IS DA NAME THEY GAVE DIS LAND
SO CALLED AMERICA...
WHEN HE TRESPASSED
HIS FOOT IN DA SAND
SO CALLED AMERICA...
IS WHAT HE PREACHED
AS DE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
HIT DA BEACH
SO CALLED AMERICA......
IS ALL HE UNDERSTOOD
AS HE CHRISTENED
DA NEWLY DISCOVERED LAND
WITH MY INDIAN'S FATHER'S BLOOD
NOW,
AMERICA DA BEAUTIFUL
WAS
NOW ON DA MAP
THOUGHT NEWLY DISCOVERED
BECAUSE OF DE
ATLANTIC OCEAN GAP
CITY BY CITY
STATE BY STATE
SO CALLED AMERICA ...
WAS BUILD UP ON
VIOLENCE AND HATE
SO CALLED AMERICA...
IS DA LAND
TAKEN
FROM...

Black National Anthem vs. Black Nationalist Anthem



“Lift ev’ry voice and sing,
Till Earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty,
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.”

These are the quaint lyrics of a song that has been popularly declared the Black National Anthem. Composed in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, this song is typically sung today by African-Americans during special occasions to honor our struggle and history in this country. Yet, few have ever questioned the history of this ballad, its author or the effort to declare it our Black National Anthem. Let us examine the history of this...