tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.comments2023-04-13T02:02:48.725-07:00Across the African DiasporaBarry Williams.......Phoenix, Arizonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10541930664849966235noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-55556559894170517462013-08-13T02:02:01.457-07:002013-08-13T02:02:01.457-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552442319095865641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-76483595849807960122011-03-18T16:40:27.515-07:002011-03-18T16:40:27.515-07:00Barry,
It has been quite a journey, and it is good...Barry,<br />It has been quite a journey, and it is good to see the fruits of your labor. I have a radio show and will be mentioning Hinsonville, as a free black community. Check me out, http://blogtalkradio.com/Anita-Wills. <br /><br />AnitaAnita Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14651829362120493871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-88113244951321915562009-11-22T00:40:08.504-08:002009-11-22T00:40:08.504-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-22704135667830544052009-03-31T12:44:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:44:00.000-07:00Great man and a great post. Thanks for this.Great man and a great post. Thanks for this.Stephen A. Besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608563855643263599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-36049150413872369532009-03-28T04:25:00.000-07:002009-03-28T04:25:00.000-07:00Honored that you chose to include me. I've been bl...Honored that you chose to include me. I've been blessed to meet or get to know many amazing people. <BR/><BR/>Dennis Dowdell went off to law school and eventually was lead attorney for the complainant in a huge show business case. Vanessa Williams VS Miss America Pageants, Inc. He remains a connected thinker who gives back to black America in many ways.DeHoll53https://www.blogger.com/profile/15988035307888957552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-9315179284022216752009-02-23T06:42:00.000-08:002009-02-23T06:42:00.000-08:00Wow! This sounds like change is about to take plac...Wow! This sounds like change is about to take place. I hope so. I didn't realize that Martinique had not gained independence from France. That's crazy to me. I can't believe it?. It's time for change. <BR/><BR/>By the way, this is a wonderful blog you have. It speaks to my soul. I'll have to link you. Thanks for this informative post. Peace~Stephen A. Besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608563855643263599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-69023803015043056132009-02-22T17:29:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:29:00.000-08:00I saw the same economic system while in Africa. In...I saw the same economic system while in Africa. In Mali, Senegal, and Ghana it was the same story. The economic system remained in the hands of the colonizers and while the faces at the front desk were black, the ownership in the upstairs offices were still British and French. In Ghana some of those faces were Lebanese. We still have a long way to go, even in those countries that are 'ours'.Barry Williams.......Phoenix, Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541930664849966235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-28487316370554998782009-02-22T14:10:00.000-08:002009-02-22T14:10:00.000-08:00The relationships of colonialism have changed appe...The relationships of colonialism have changed appearance. The old elite's great grandchildren hold the same relative position to the great grand children of the slaves. <BR/><BR/>If the former slaves don't pool their money and lock down a capitalist monopoly on some economic segment in the island, they will remain on the economic bottom. In the end, the local people will need to reclaim ownership of the land; commence farming and recapture the old ways of living.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276333266828008836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-87605713817927994902009-02-22T08:05:00.000-08:002009-02-22T08:05:00.000-08:00Wow guys. I do not claim to be unaffected by this...Wow guys. I do not claim to be unaffected by this new effort to have folks following the white rabbit. Typical at most. <BR/>It is racist. It is certainly foolishness. I don't buy the Post, never plan to. <BR/>I'm on Lil' John's page.... <BR/>The white folks that supported Obama and pushed the vote in his favor did so under the cover of night. Why on earth would they stand up and be counted in the group of folks slighted by this bull-ish. They have nothing else to gain, and from now on no one can say they didn't do their part to support our "cause", "movement", our "collective comeuppance". All eyes are on how we approach everything that is being shoved down our shiny new positional pipes. Are we going to be more conscious, more patriotic, more likely to push our children to excellence, less likely to use "Nigger" in small talk, or even become more politically active......hell no!!!!! For more than most of us, it's business as usual, just like the Post cartoon. <BR/><BR/>I don't feel stung....just the "gnat-in-the-ear" effect. We are hated world wide. Where ever and every where in this universe. So what... <BR/>Who among us has ever known this to be different or new? We have much bigger fish to fry. In the position i'm in for the Philadelphia school district, my charge is to get parents involved in their kids lives...for real. F the Post, the editor, and it's companies and holdin's. You have to stop Shit at it's source, not after it hits the ground. Getting them in in their pockets will be the ONLY way to stop them from doing what they do. <BR/><BR/>So as a FAMILY...how do we proceed. Let's be about it this time folks. I'm down....what you wanna do?Ms. Metaflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930505272225525847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-51953568136895460082009-02-21T19:45:00.000-08:002009-02-21T19:45:00.000-08:00Hey,The inertia of our culture carries us blindly ...Hey,<BR/><BR/>The inertia of our culture carries us blindly into the future. The cartoonist could not see their racism because of their notion of what is normal. We could not "not see" that same racism because of our cultural normal. At some point we are going to have to extend beyond the inability of the members of the dying racial hegemony and take a proactive, preemptive, stance to shape the minds of those who are blind to their own racism. What is it that we must do to them and ourselves?<BR/><BR/>EmEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276333266828008836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-29611332067147629242009-02-21T12:22:00.000-08:002009-02-21T12:22:00.000-08:00John Legend's letter was dead-on. The cartoon is t...John Legend's letter was dead-on. The cartoon is typical of any journalism and communication<BR/>property owned by Rupert Murdoch. The <BR/>New York Post probably will not reply to his letter. The Post will never intellectually take on anyone <BR/> whom they feel has brain. In all of this financial mess, don't believe that News Corp is not leveraged <BR/>into one of those big banks. It's probably Citi. When he overpaid for the Annenberg Triangle properties, he almost took Citi down then. They had to rework his loan and their own books to allow the purchase. <BR/>I bet he is still leveraged to the hilt with them. I don't recall seeing News Corp reports being mentioned.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758858166106999660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-76646978453621742962009-02-21T11:46:00.000-08:002009-02-21T11:46:00.000-08:00It is and was generated by a racist ‘character’, t...It is and was generated by a racist ‘character’, the NY Post Editor, who thinks it is OK, and more importantly, ignorant of the fact that he is a ‘transparent’ racist, placed in a ‘responsible’ position of the media.<BR/><BR/>If you read the various ‘tomes’ where the NY Post Editor, who approved the ‘cartoon’, states, and I quote “I did not and still do not believe that the cartoon is/was racist nor harbored any racial undertones”, I call that what it is, a public ‘lie’. Any U.S.-born, educated, responsible adult past the age of 21, and I think age is important here( Barry, referencing your ‘generational’ question), would not even remotely ‘miss’ the historical and well-documented implications of the pictorial and analogous, referential meaning of a ‘monkey’ and the police shooting that monkey, being directly related to the well-documented American history of an ‘oppressed’ and persecuted American Black person/man. Throw in the ‘words’ attributed to this cartoon, and not just ‘any’, but I suggest ‘EVERY’ ‘thinking’, home-schooled or public school, U.S.-born citizen, male and female over 21, let alone one who is responsible for the publication of a very powerful medium and widespread for of communication like the ‘vaunted’ NY Post, would not have missed, let alone, totally ignored the negative connotation, and absolute meaning of this horrendous depiction.<BR/><BR/>Finally, the ‘outrage’ in any society is totally relative to their experience, knowledge, upbringing, and common sense, and in that context, I believe every American-born Black person, regardless of age or generation, gets ‘outraged’ when confronted with blatant racism. Now, if you wonder how everyone expresses their ‘outrage’…that is open to discussion and discovery.<BR/><BR/>This is my opinion, for what it is worth. I would welcome all of my friends, family and associates to weigh-in on this very topical and polarizing discussion, as you see it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>JGG Sr.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245857616274545380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-13853618292708667502009-02-21T11:13:00.000-08:002009-02-21T11:13:00.000-08:00Truer words were never written. These angry white ...Truer words were never written. These angry white males, and some of their sycophant female admirers, feel threatened by anything done by a person of color. It does not matter what the field is....... sports, politics, education, business, or religion, these psychologically challenged people always seem to also do what President Obama said they do in the campaign. They run to their guns and religion for solace. Especially their guns because they do not appear to receive any benefit from their religion.Barry Williams.......Phoenix, Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541930664849966235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-22169618514218607622009-02-21T10:30:00.000-08:002009-02-21T10:30:00.000-08:00New York Post Cartoonist Sean Delonas drew police ...New York Post Cartoonist Sean Delonas drew police having shot dead a chimp, saying "they'll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill". These angry white males need universal health care so they can see a psychistrist. We also need to psychaitrically regulate the preachers and teachers who influenced such creatures. That is what homeland security is really about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-56032500705758485712008-06-22T10:51:00.000-07:002008-06-22T10:51:00.000-07:00A lively discussion is going on concerning this po...A lively discussion is going on concerning this post at:<BR/><BR/>http://flickr.com/photos/barrybar/2596392940/in/pool-africandiasporaBarry Williams.......Phoenix, Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541930664849966235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-21607482399255570652008-06-21T19:14:00.000-07:002008-06-21T19:14:00.000-07:00I think the author was just being cynical.I think the author was just being cynical.Barry Williams.......Phoenix, Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541930664849966235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-86871125874666879132008-06-21T18:47:00.000-07:002008-06-21T18:47:00.000-07:00Why would you want to protect the guilty? What th...Why would you want to protect the guilty? What they did was awful.SBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404300435694231106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-40130752410086757652008-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:002008-06-19T08:15:00.000-07:00Thanks for your efforts to keep our heritage and o...Thanks for your efforts to keep our heritage and our history alive and out front.clayblayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317633459352340032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-57170756249444816052008-06-19T06:40:00.000-07:002008-06-19T06:40:00.000-07:00Congratulations Barry!Most of us don't know that m...Congratulations Barry!<BR/>Most of us don't know that much about our family's history -- Black or white.<BR/>Interestingly enough, a client whose son is a freshman at Lincoln, asked me why I thought Lincoln was planted in such an H2B (hostile to Blacks) area. Thanks for providing an answer. <BR/>nitraUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05744371291051936340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2929706499296691401.post-66103296666035437252008-05-17T09:18:00.000-07:002008-05-17T09:18:00.000-07:00i stayed the night there when i lived in senegal. ...i stayed the night there when i lived in senegal. nice blog folk. Just a hello, do check me out one day when u can <A HREF="http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/l" REL="nofollow">rawdawgbuffalo </A> and if u like what u read, please comment and fell free to <BR/><A HREF="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/rss.php?r=dcf9226b6b395b40736199410e9f411e" REL="nofollow">Blog Roll Me</A>All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.com