They are not many times where I cry because of things like speeches or interviews but lupita speech at the essence black woman show really brought me to tears because I myself have been one of those skin lightening cream almost users well let's just say that when I was about 11 I religiously googled which ones was best to use to get that Beyoncé skin that is why that speech was important to me. Firstly she highlighted the importance of representation of dark skinned ladies in the media. Then went on to talk about how she had grown up being continuously bullied and ridiculed for her skin tone, Alek wek was her example of somebody who made her feel beautiful. Personally I think she talked about a very important issue that the black community and black women have to deal with the constant need to be whiter to be lighter to have straighter hair and it is very important that people like lupita come out in the open and talk about these issues. I watched that speech and I had tears in my eyes because of what you was saying was so true yet so beautiful in terms of how she found exceptance. And it's a long way to go because I still go on Twitter and see teenage boys talking about how they want light skin girls or how being darkskin makes you savage but speeches like lupita's give me hope that we are working towards fixing colorism and self-hatred in our communities so I commend Iupita for going out there and speaking about something that is so close the hearts of so many black woman.
Link to speech: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPCkfARH2eE
Thursday 24 April 2014
Saturday 19 April 2014
Response to pharrells "new black"
So if you haven't heard about this by now see the link: http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2014/04/pharrell-seemingly-forgets-racism-still-exists-hes-new-black/
Ok so in Essence according to pharrell if we deny our systematic oppression and differentiate ourselves from old black people by all all changing our mentality to that of a house slave, all traces of racism will be erased from the world and we will become "new black" cause old black just isn't good enough anymore. Old black is our skin colour and we've evolved from that. So basically all my black readers, change your mentally to "new black" to erase all race problems you'll ever have the inconvenience of dealing with in 3 2 1.
Ok so in Essence according to pharrell if we deny our systematic oppression and differentiate ourselves from old black people by all all changing our mentality to that of a house slave, all traces of racism will be erased from the world and we will become "new black" cause old black just isn't good enough anymore. Old black is our skin colour and we've evolved from that. So basically all my black readers, change your mentally to "new black" to erase all race problems you'll ever have the inconvenience of dealing with in 3 2 1.
Thursday 17 April 2014
Traveling while black
So I know this blog post has probably been done before but I thought instead of elaborating on it how about I share a few of my experience's and encourage you to do the same, vent maybe?
Ok so I was about 10 traveling through the Netherlands to get to England my mother and I were the only 2 black people in the plane and we stopped for a layover in the Netherlands we were stopped and made to wait till the next flight a similar thing happened in Dubai when I was 7. Its easy to say it wasn't cause we're black but really? In the end we had all the correct things to continue our endeavor, but the inconvenience was the problem. Share your stories beneath.
Monday 14 April 2014
A few tips when talking colonization with white people
this weekend I was at camp in magaliesburg to work on leadership skills with a very diverse group of my peers and while we were ab sailing a few white people overheard my conversation with my Nigerian friend. We were discussing how we aren't planning on giving our children English names or allowing them to speak more than one European language in fear that their minds might be colonized, now although this conversation may not have been targeted at them a few of my melanin deficient peers were quick to respond telling us that that was "stupid" now being the tenacious young woman that I am I quickly fueled a conversation on how colonization has ruined the African continent, now I'll let you make your own conclusions on whether my outrage at the responses given to me in this conversation was valid
Firstly when I responded to the haenous claim that Africa was less technologically advanced than Europe by pointing out that African kingdoms such as ancient Nubia, Egypt, Mali and Benin all thrived in pre colonial Africa the response of the obviously historically clueless one was "well, my dad told me that there were no double story houses in Africa before colonization"
And when I said that different black kingdoms in the world had advanced for centuries without oppressing anyone the other said "but it's human nature" after this I said but they raped, murdered and stole from my people "human nature" was the response. then I made the mistake of saying that it is more fair for their type of folk to suffer for the genocide of my ancestors than to prosper from the wrong doings of theirs the response from this same person was "what you do today will determine your tomorrow that's why it's fair that we prosper!" Then I said if that's true your people have a lot of crap coming their way now they were laughing at me. When I said that colonisation was just an all round bad thing they said "Nicky, you know all these websites you love today are due to that be glad I mean South Africa was colonized for the longest and now we have nuclear power"
So here are the tips earlier promised
1. Don't , you cannot discuss matters that are really important to you with people who won't even listen to your opinion because you are inferior
2.don't be angry, black people aren't allowed to be mad at these things they should be accepted with grace and forgiven otherwise you get no sympathy.
3. Don't talk about how Africa today is still being enslaved cause in their minds they've given the land back to the natives and cannot be faulted for the state of it, they think it's better now that it was before, I mean who cares that it's the largest recorded genocide that's effects are still haunting Africa today? I mean we now have double story houses and nuclear power!
4. Lastly, don't expect them to understand, they will never. Beliefs will always be stronger than education! So no matter what has been taught to them about why the black man is in the state he is in today most of them will always believe that they helped our backwards race reach it's potential
Firstly when I responded to the haenous claim that Africa was less technologically advanced than Europe by pointing out that African kingdoms such as ancient Nubia, Egypt, Mali and Benin all thrived in pre colonial Africa the response of the obviously historically clueless one was "well, my dad told me that there were no double story houses in Africa before colonization"
And when I said that different black kingdoms in the world had advanced for centuries without oppressing anyone the other said "but it's human nature" after this I said but they raped, murdered and stole from my people "human nature" was the response. then I made the mistake of saying that it is more fair for their type of folk to suffer for the genocide of my ancestors than to prosper from the wrong doings of theirs the response from this same person was "what you do today will determine your tomorrow that's why it's fair that we prosper!" Then I said if that's true your people have a lot of crap coming their way now they were laughing at me. When I said that colonisation was just an all round bad thing they said "Nicky, you know all these websites you love today are due to that be glad I mean South Africa was colonized for the longest and now we have nuclear power"
So here are the tips earlier promised
1. Don't , you cannot discuss matters that are really important to you with people who won't even listen to your opinion because you are inferior
2.don't be angry, black people aren't allowed to be mad at these things they should be accepted with grace and forgiven otherwise you get no sympathy.
3. Don't talk about how Africa today is still being enslaved cause in their minds they've given the land back to the natives and cannot be faulted for the state of it, they think it's better now that it was before, I mean who cares that it's the largest recorded genocide that's effects are still haunting Africa today? I mean we now have double story houses and nuclear power!
4. Lastly, don't expect them to understand, they will never. Beliefs will always be stronger than education! So no matter what has been taught to them about why the black man is in the state he is in today most of them will always believe that they helped our backwards race reach it's potential
Monday 7 April 2014
blog?
so after a conversation with a friend and the realisation that tumblr was unable to satisfy my blogging needs i decided to start a new blog which is less cluttered see old blog at http://fr33domkids.tumblr.com/ . however this blog is going to be different its going to be about the people i meet and the conversations we have. their stupidity or genius and how it is relevant to the world around us. and yes race is going to be a big topic issue as i will discuss the metaphysical dilemma of being black and african. Yep, so basically welcome to my blog.
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