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Black Consumerism 101

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People Buy What Makes Them Feel Comfortable.
Thats what your boy Birkhold said a coupla weeks ago
and that quote stays marinating on my mind.

I thought about this while I was on BART yesterday and
I heard a young lady talking about spending $2-300
on her hair.

Now don’t get it twisted. Pun intended.
Black women INVEST in they hair.

Having our hair done makes is feel attractive, presentable
and sexy.

But, three hunned dollas? I only wondered
how solvent she was and if she was as willing
to spend as much on books for school or
classes at a community college.

But back to Birkhold. So. If we BUY what makes us feel comfortable
then, when a white kid buys 50 cent, how is that making him/her
feel comfortable?

For me HIP Hop makes me feel:
Angry, PE, Mos Def
Pensive, De La Soul
Reflective, Nas
Restless, Jim Jones
Stoopid, Turf Talk
Nerdy, Doom
Ruthless, Jay

But back to buying what makes us feel comfortable.

That would explain our affinity for RIMS, nails and weaves.

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It was so warm in Oakland today I could smell errry
thang. Swear. I was walking down the street and I
sniffed, and I was like. “Where are the Black Berries?”

Low and behold there they were across the street growing
on the side of the freeway. Smelling like my childhood.

Bugged out right?

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Man arrested for Cauncey Baileys murder now says that he
coerced into the confession.

Devaughndre Broussard, the 19-year-old Your Black Muslim Bakery janitor, said he didn’t stalk or kill Bailey and knew nothing about the noted newsman.

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Homicide Commander Lt. Ersie Joyner III vehemently denied Broussard’s allegations.

“The interview was conducted in a professional and ethical manner,”Joyner said. “And the taped confession has him in a nonscripted manner openly discussing the case. He was never physically harmed or threatened in any manner.

“Joyner said this tactic was not unexpected and other suspects in other cases have tried to do similar things.

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Anybody got finding forever.

Gotty said it was like a newer version of Be.

Which I can’t evaluate because I only listen
to Resurrection. <<----outta pocket.

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It really is a commercial for pot holders but still. Its goood.
Can’t remember the last time I was that CAPTIVATED by a video.
Dwight Spitz is touring in Texas this month. If you are out
that way, you NEEDS to support.

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Summer is winding down. Is it everything you wanted it to be?

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Coming Home is Weird.

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I went to my old prep school yesterday, and it was such an
emotional experience. ‘

Largely because it demonstrated to me how strong I was when
I left the Bay to go to undergrad in New York.

In visiting there, it became clear how much of my optimism and confidence of stomped on by l-school.

My old principal, my english teacher and the gym coach was happy to see me.

Hugs were exchanged.

Im trying to f*ck with g**gle so I stopped by to network and get familiar.

Do you know that there was only one other BLACK woman there,
a secretary, and she had to nerve to ASK ME, IN FRONT OF
EVERYONE, “Well why only two years of school?”

It was like I was VIOLATING HER ONE NEGRO PER ROOM QUOTA.

Now ya’ll know me. Im a DAMNED fool.

EVEN MORE of a fool than I was two weeks ago.

I TOLD HER THE TRUTH about the grade conflict.

THAT shut her @ss up.

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people were happy to see me so she had to attempt to pull my card.

Im naive. I like to presume that Black people are *pttp.

But they don’t be. And when they NOT you gotta sett’em straight.

I need to express some gratitude. Some of y’all know me as well
as my “offline” friends, and THAT sh*t is bugged.
In fact, some of yall came through in the clutch for me during and
after the move w/ kind words and DEE DEE cake in a way that the
“offline folks”did not and I will NEVER forget it.

*pttp=power to the people.

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When was the last time somebody
BLACK hated and you were like,
dude you ain’t had to go out like that?

Or for my non negro readers,
when was the last time that someone
went out of their way to pick on you,
put you on the spot or otherwise minimized one
of your accomplishments.

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Nothing Like A Crisis to Test a Relationship.

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Its been a week since I have been gone and I tell you, you CAN
LEARN A LOT ABOUT a relationship when it is tested.

Can you believe that a few men actually had the audacity to say
that THEY DID NOT LIKE HOW I LEFT.

My rationale was, if I ain’t call you, then you either weren’t helpful
or had demonstrated that my success or demise was irrelevant to you.

^^^Bitter. No. I was naive.

The graduate actually had the nerve to e-mail me on Sunday.
Being nosy.

“I heard you left”. ” I talked to **** and he said you probably
moved back to Cali”.

^^^^Why in the f*ck do you care.

This sh*t taught me that n*ggas really get off on hearing my stories.

I’m a writer, so PART OF ME knew this.

And to top it off, your boy Sweet Jesus pointed out the sense of entitlement
that New York City dudes have, so when I told him about this ^^^^he
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But, it was the sense of entitlement that came through, not One or Two,
but THREE cats having the NERVE to say, “Why didn’t you say good bye?”

Im thinking to myself, because I had other fish to fry, like moving N*GGA.

Its bugged because, in addition to that sh*t, I reached out to two OTHER
people who offered to help.
I called one and said hey, “Can you just help me move sh*t to the basement
that I am throwing out. Call me if you can or can’t make it.”

No response till two days later talking ’bout zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Then another, I sent a text message saying “hey, I can use an extra pair
of hands for an hour or two”.
I found out the next day, that their phone was turned off that day.
They don’t know that I’m out of state.

This is a whole new level of trill news.

In other news I bought so many groceries at an uncrowded trader joes
I almost through my back out carrying them home:)

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When the last time somebody faked on you hella hard?

What did you do about it?

Yall still cool?

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What do Osama Bin Laden and Drug Dealers have in Common?

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Popular thought dictates that if you kill either one, 10 more replacements will sprout up.

This is immediately what came to mind while reading the “letter to the editor” that I have placed below.

Initially this article was written, and apparently after reading it , Mark Poland, felt compelled to add his $2 foodstamps.

Lock ’em up
Your recent article was clever and skillfully written. However, while you glibly criticized Oakland Police Sergeant Cronin, you failed to address the main point he offered; that more cops will result in negligible crime reduction. On this point Sergeant Cronin is actually correct. While crime has many complex sociological causes, there is really only truly one effective way to reduce it: Put criminals in prison so they cannot victimize innocent people. Having more cops on the street will not accomplish that. Having more cops will only reduce the time it takes for an officer to come to a victim’s house to take a report. That hardly qualifies as “crime prevention.”

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Mark Poland, Castro Valley

Wrong. Negatory.

Annnnt. Dead.

This dude has no clue re the hood mentality on prison.

N*ggas AIN’t shook re going to jail.

They look at it as “just another part of the game”.

If more jail time were a actual deterrent: 1. Why do so many men/women, go to prison, do their time, turn around and go right back?

Your boy Mark Poland fails to realize that, when a street dude is about do dirt, popo and jail is that last thing on his, or for that matter, her, mind.

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How many of yall got people in jail.

Why do white people think that mandatory sentencing will actually deter folks from committing crime?

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Corey Booker has Murder Problem on his Hands.

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Blood is flowing.

Oakland.

New Orleans.

Philly.

Newark.

NEWARK, Aug. 6 ? As a weekend of bloodshed gave way to a day of mourning, the sleep deprivation and public battering were beginning to take a toll on Mayor Cory A. Booker, his face a curtain of sadness and fatigue. A group of protesters on the steps of City Hall were calling for his resignation, while a large huddle of reporters down the street waited with unanswerable questions about Saturday night?s fatal shooting of three college students in a West Ward schoolyard.

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I have decided, that once school gets settled for me, I am applying for Fullbright
to create a easily measurable and copyable program that addresses Black parenting, child literacy, and student/baby advocacy in a hands on fashion, trill talk.

Because this sh*t has to be addressed head on.

AND NOT F*CKING TV SHOW is going to do it. WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.

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Who’s with me?

Is Corey doomed?

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