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Learning While White

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New York is trying a set of controversial measures to reduce
the number of F-A-M-A-L-I-E-S in poverty.

Bloomberg is going to reward families with cash for opening
savings accounts, saving a portion of their incomes,
making sure that their children are attending medical appointments
and for attending their children’s PTA meetings.

Don’t look at me LIKE THAT. I SAID it was controversial.

The money, at least in the beginning will be privately raised,
not tax dollars.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today in Brooklyn that the city was moving ahead with a bold anti-poverty experiment that will use private donations to pay 2,500 families $25 to $300 for meeting various targets ? better school attendance, higher test scores ? up to a total of $5,000 a year.

People WERE still B*tching about tax dollars being used.

This is, in effect, using citizens? tax dollars to bribe other citizens into being good citizens. It sounds ok on paper, but NYC is not a business, it?s a community. Where do you draw the line with such a concept? Do you pay troubled youths not to commit crime? Do you pay drug dealers to sell Snickers bars on the street corner instead of drugs? What?s in it for those of us who just work hard, pay our taxes and want a better life for our children? Oh wait, that?s what we are expected to do, so there?s no money in it for us.

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You should have seen the comments section.

KIDS NEED TO LEARN FOR LEARNING SAKE.

What are we going to do, give them a car next?
Blar, Blar, f*cking Blar.

So I have been sitting on this article for a couple of weeks now
until I saw ANOTHER ARTICLE ON White middle class parents
and how their CHILDREN EARN internet time by practicing
piano, completing homework,etc.

When the children want to use their allowance, though, they don?t go to the mall. They turn on the family?s computer or television because there?s a parallel economy in place at the Sherman home, with a currency most often known as ?screen time.?

Screen time can be spent playing computer games, watching TV or movies or, for older children, visiting social networking sites like MySpace or instant messaging with friends. This new currency, used in a growing number of households, works as an allowance because screen time is highly valued by children and teenagers, and usually restricted by parents.

All I could think was ain’t this a b*tch. Where are the outraged
reader comments NOW?

I guess lil Black/Brown children are not suppose to be motivated
by incentives. LOL.

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Why is there more acceptance for Learning While White?

Why did the commenter STILL think that TAX dollars were being used?

Would you do your homework and try to get better grades if it meant free minutes?

Sh*t I WOULD DO YOUR homework for free cell minutes. LOL. My cell
bill be higher than a giraffe’s ass.

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When Black Men Break Up

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You find hip hop in the oddest places. Perusing NY MAG I came across
interview with one of Jay’s old school homies, De-Haven Irby.

Jay has a his share of public falling outs recently.

First Jaz.

Then Dame.

Then Lance.

Yeye.

Now De-Haven.

Now, you and I know that we fall out with our friends.
Thats natural, it happens, you move on, you get older,
life changes.

But what makes this story interesting is the same thing that made
YeYe’s Big Brother interesting. Jay is personal in his albums to the extent that
he wants to be. But, for the most part, he keeps his personal life,
hood relations etc, out the media.

So, when people beef with him publicly it gives us and eye into
the intricacies of his relationship, and into Jay on gp.

And the fact that these are BLACK men that we are talking
about adds another layer as well.

I read the following paragraph and totally felt De-Haven. I remember
f*cking with TL and it being all good, just uber chemistry. We had an
exchange that at the time seemed benign BUT from then out out
everything flat lined. There was a part of me that wanted to know
WHAT HAPPENED at least for a good three weeks after. I mean,
ya’ll read the blog, I spoke on it in March. So here is De-Haven’s words,

When did the two of you have a falling-out?
We never really had a falling-out, that?s the problem. This is why I?m so confused. There was no argument, there was none of that. I don?t want an apology [from him], I want a reason. What happened? When my case [a federal drug-conspiracy charge] came in 1998, I never seen him again too much anymore. The case had nothing to do with him, his name never came up, so I?d like to ask him, ?What happened?? Where did his departure come from?

De-Haven has actually polly’d with Jaz on J, saying,

One of Jay?s former collaborators Jaz-O also has beef with Jay, and former drug dealer Calvin Klein also accuses Jay of appropriating his story.
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I was surprised when J actually MENTIONED him on American Gangster.

?Fuck De-Haven for cavin?, that’s why we don’t speak,? he raps. ?Made men ain’t supposed to make statements. End of the story, I followed the code, cracked the safe. Other niggas ain’t in the game so they practice hate. Leave that boy Hov alone, why don’t ya.?

Does Jay really owe this dude cake, EVEN IF JAY lifted his stories?

Does Jay exaggerate his drug-dealing in his songs?
I?m telling you he overexaggerates. He was there to see things, but doing some big-time Frank Lucas?type thing? No. He nickled and dimed, but nothing on a major scale. He definitely didn?t sell nothin? in Marcy. Spanish Jose, who he mentions a lot [in his songs], was a friend of mine. Jay didn?t have no affiliation to Spanish Jose.

You?re saying Jay appropriated your story?
He says it himself. He?s been talking about me since day one, on a lot of his albums. He mentioned me on The Black Album, and I hadn?t seen him in years.

I mean, it was ultimately his creation. Jay put in the work and made it happen.

And even if De-Haven gave J “source material” how do you go about
compensating someone for that?

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As an emcee, how many of the people, from you old block deserve to
eat with you?

What is the criteria for cutting someone off?

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There is Something about Philly

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When your folks, Barry Michael Cooper, (I see you hustlin’),
sent me this video of Philly Swain, I thought.
Ummm. Perfect for my Philly post.

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the Liberty Bell, there is something about Philly.

Philly has a had 400 murders in 2006.

This year they have had

OG, speaks on the young bucks,

So far this year, more than 315 people have been killed, a pace of well over a murder a day, police said. That?s a higher rate, according to FBI statistics, than much larger cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.

But Philadelphia?s situation is different today from years past in that more and more of the killers are teenagers, according to the Philadelphia Police Department and the Philadelphia District Attorney?s office.

?They just shoot at anything and everybody, without even looking,? said Shawn Banks, a former drug dealer and gang member. Now in his 30s, he said the new generation that rules the streets is made up of kids who shoot first and never consider the consequences.

And they are murking popo out there.

Cassidy, 54, was one of three Philadelphia law enforcement officers shot in four days. The other two officers survived, but the crimes’ brazenness shocked this city. A suspect in Cassidy’s death was arrested in Miami on Tuesday.

Even tho’ there has been much written about the murders little has
been written about the thousand’s of Black men who got together for the
purposes of organizing the community against the murders that
are taking place in the hood.

Most notable about those present to informally address the gathering crowd was a proactive do-it-yourself approach to the rehabilitation of black communities. Peace Ombudsman Edgar Lee age 78 of West Philadelphia was representative, handing out flyers for the New World Development Corp. which encourages “Grass roots neighborhood responsibility and problem solving” through block meetings with young people.

The element of self sufficiency to the event reminded me of the
Million Man March, for Philly.

It almost seems like Black people need to come together
publicly, THEN proceed to get organized.

And quite honestly if there is follow through, which we are in fact
challenged in that area.

Nothing raised the energy in the crowd more than Bruce Crawley’s economics lecture on opportunity, inequality, and the importance of supporting the black community by shopping at black owned businesses and developing a black economy. He also addressed how a shift in hiring practices could make it easier for ex-convicts to reenter the workforce. Clearly the crowd was interested in work. The potential could really be felt in the air. It’s also the movement’s response to both sets of money questions. How do they fund the project? According to Collins’ rebuttal in the Philly Daily News, “The finances are evolving from private donations at present,” and as long as people are wiling to donate their time, the needs of the project do not overwhelm the combined support of Charlie Mack and company, churches and black organizations, and some help from t-shirt sales. How will they address the root problem of young men who don’t see legitimate economic opportunity? This same black community’s growth into an increasingly self-sufficient economy; enterprise and employment.

In other Philly news, Freeway just released an album.

As did Jilly.

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Why do you think Philly is representative of so many
of the juxtapositions that make America what it is?

Why are there so many murders there?

Deep music history, found fathers connection,
egregious crime rate, fertile ground for emcees?

What is it?

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McCain Call’s Hillary a B*tch

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Well, not outright.

But his support of the statement is implicit in that HE is present and
he doesn’t correct her.

And it got caught on camera.

Here is what Andi Zeisler of B*tch Magazine had to say about
when we use the word b*tch to describe a woman,

The other thing about working for a magazine called Bitch is that you really can’t cop to being totally sick of having this conversation. But I am. Still, I’ll continue to say the same things I always say, partly because talking about the word is an occupational responsibility/hazard and partly because, despite the fatigue, I believe them.

So here goes: Bitch is a word we use culturally to describe any woman who is strong, angry, uncompromising and, often, uninterested in pleasing men. We use the term for a woman on the street who doesn’t respond to men’s catcalls or smile when they say, “Cheer up, baby, it can’t be that bad.” We use it for the woman who has a better job than a man and doesn’t apologize for it. Measuring flow-mediated dilation (FMD), an indicator of arterial stiffness, the authors reveal that a whey protein extract successfully reminds arteries to relax. viagra generic discount It works well when taken cheapest cialis look at this now an hour before lovemaking. It is viagra prescription amerikabulteni.com important to realize that you are not alone in fight against diabetes. Earlier, when ED used to be unusual health condition, sildenafil price in india http://amerikabulteni.com/2018/03/09/diplomasi-yanlilarinda-john-bolton-endisesi/ introduced as magical treatment. We use it for the woman who doesn’t back down from a confrontation.

Always had a tidbit more respect for McCain than for his cronies,
seeing as HE HAS ACTUALLY been a soldier in a war.

But this just reflects poor judgment and PR.

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When was the last time you called a woman a b*tch?

For me its like n*gga. Growing up, I was forbidden to say it.
As it just caused a lot of fights. However I now use it as an adult
playfully, around my “peoples”.
I used to think when I was younger that folks that used it were ignorant
and careless. But, then again I also knew people who got shot at for
calling someone a b*tch.

Who do you think it will help raise more money for McCain or
Hillary?

Sean Bell, May 18, 1983?November 25, 2006

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Rest in Peace.


It has been a year since he was murdered.

I wonder if the officers have desk jobs?

What would it take to classify the killing of a Black man,
by police officers as murder?

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