tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post4201579749335452014..comments2023-11-05T03:02:20.813-08:00Comments on ...That Black Girl: black esteemTHAT BLACK GIRL?http://www.blogger.com/profile/05490122050968564824noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-33338245199576130922007-11-10T18:48:00.000-08:002007-11-10T18:48:00.000-08:00your response/thought process wasnt odd at all to ...your response/thought process wasnt odd at all to me....socialization seems to the word of the day for me...but its very appropriate...when you're inundated(sp?) with images and new stories showing highlighting so much of the bad being done you cant to internalize it and be a little on edge..i try my best on daily basis to not let other people's attitudes and ignorance still my human-ness from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-44666779234904999912007-10-06T21:02:00.000-07:002007-10-06T21:02:00.000-07:00TBG,I am new at your blog. We probably have crosse...TBG,<BR/><BR/>I am new at your blog. We probably have crossed paths else were. Brief intro. I am E. African and been here 4 years. <BR/>Firstly, I still can't believe that AAs have to live like this all their lives. I have encountered enough prejudice to write a trilogy. I is unbelievable. How do I or would I deal with such a situation? I have developed a killer freeze to death look. Those who Gratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531241540542666019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-39145212839564144382007-10-05T06:28:00.000-07:002007-10-05T06:28:00.000-07:00Oh for God's fucking sake, get over yourself, Blac...Oh for God's fucking sake, get over yourself, Black Girl! I've been perusing your blog and you clearly have a problem with race issues. Haven't you got anything better to do with your life and your time and your MIND?? What the hell are you teaching your child? To see the world in black and white? Why don't you pay attention to those race issues that really matter and stop manufacturing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-25926789673474661942007-09-26T08:33:00.000-07:002007-09-26T08:33:00.000-07:00I have always been curious about watertown stories...I have always been curious about watertown stories please!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-62667621815868377702007-09-25T18:57:00.000-07:002007-09-25T18:57:00.000-07:00Girl, I don't know how you manage living there day...Girl, I don't know how you manage living there day in and day out. I had the unfortutnate pleasure of living up-up-upstate New York in a little town called Watertown for about 4 years due to military service. I swear, a lot of your stories remind me of that place. I couldn't wait to get way from that place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-88275282926876025682007-09-24T00:26:00.000-07:002007-09-24T00:26:00.000-07:00"The whole point of charging 5 cents per bag is to..."The whole point of charging 5 cents per bag is to keep lower class people out of the store."<BR/><BR/>Uhm, No. The point of charging is to make people less likely to use plastic bags in the first place. It's called being environmentally responsible. In European IKEA you don't even get the choice to buy bags. You bring your own fabric shopping bag from home. <BR/><BR/>(Sorry to go a bit off Madame Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711262100071626133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-44855848974330494232007-09-21T15:09:00.000-07:002007-09-21T15:09:00.000-07:00This is clearly a case where it was not you! This ...This is clearly a case where it was not you! This idiot was acting on his inner thoughts about black people.BeautyinBaltimorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213041285476494126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-36631262788500990412007-09-21T08:48:00.000-07:002007-09-21T08:48:00.000-07:00The bag price is because it's plastic, not because...The bag price is because it's plastic, not because of some sort of built-in-racism toward poor people. <BR/><BR/>If you get brown bags, it's free where I live. If you get plastic, it costs you money.Keighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057659378005224180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-14511190707215435452007-09-20T08:59:00.000-07:002007-09-20T08:59:00.000-07:00The whole point of charging 5 cents per bag is to ...The whole point of charging 5 cents per bag is to keep lower class people out of the store; some people have the tendency to see black people and assume that they are in a lower class based on nothing but the color of their skin. They are trying to maintain a certain "environment". I run into this all the time when I am in a nicer part of town no matter how i am dressed. They figure, "lower classAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-88355310230552498712007-09-18T21:45:00.000-07:002007-09-18T21:45:00.000-07:00So a white man is obnoxious peering and obviously ...So a white man is obnoxious peering and obviously aware of your blackness and you have low esteem?<BR/><BR/>Forgive me but you should have asked him whether he thought you were stealing.<BR/><BR/>Watching black people and correctiong them is generally a white hang-up.<BR/><BR/>Another one I encounter on my blog from time to time is some random white person looking in to correct my grammar ;0)<BR/Ridwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-58223492206381359382007-09-17T19:29:00.000-07:002007-09-17T19:29:00.000-07:00Karma: He's judging you the way you judge black wo...Karma: He's judging you the way you judge black women you don't even know.<BR/><BR/>Take the lesson and learn from it. <BR/><BR/>Cheers! :)Keighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057659378005224180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-10261593904000887342007-09-16T06:11:00.000-07:002007-09-16T06:11:00.000-07:00Well said, 'another anon'. TBG, I would have loved...Well said, 'another anon'. <BR/>TBG, I would have loved to see the the look on that guy's face. I bet he doesn't do that again. What a butthead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-21418834666230895332007-09-15T17:23:00.000-07:002007-09-15T17:23:00.000-07:00Gurl I swear some of the stuff you write in here r...Gurl I swear some of the stuff you write in here really does crack me up. And I'm not even trying to be funny, but I guess neither are you. But I do chuckle. You soooooo remind me of my home girl.<BR/><BR/>Well I hope you all had a great vacation hon and I'm glad you didn't hurt ol' boy too bad with the eye roll. (cuz I know we can get wicked)Aly Cat 121https://www.blogger.com/profile/16546872299549844249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-47975657627338405952007-09-15T13:38:00.000-07:002007-09-15T13:38:00.000-07:00And one more thing..It takes a village to raise a ...And one more thing..<BR/>It takes a village to raise a child. I could spout so many wise sayings but you get my drift.<BR/>It is so easy to say in anger and resentment - "let others do the hard work, the teaching. I have been through enough". We may not know it but we are educating people everyday - our actions, our words, the way we relate to people around us. You taught that man in ikea a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-26626631634046618792007-09-15T13:02:00.000-07:002007-09-15T13:02:00.000-07:00as I made very clear earlier..you can CHOOSE to ed...as I made very clear earlier..<BR/><BR/>you can CHOOSE to educate or you can CHOOSE to ignore. Whatever you are personally comfortable with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-26688979168136281492007-09-15T11:42:00.000-07:002007-09-15T11:42:00.000-07:00I totally have low black esteem. I wish that I did...I totally have low black esteem. I wish that I didn't and I am ashamed of it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-51720311051919983442007-09-15T08:47:00.000-07:002007-09-15T08:47:00.000-07:00oh...and one more thing: it is not your responsibi...oh...and one more thing: it is not your responsibility to always teach whitefolks about their ignorance, so don't feel that kind of pressure. it's your responsibility to teach yourself and the people close to you about respect. it's THEIR responsibility to teach other whitefolks once they see the light (if ever). if it were our responsibility to call every white person out...then i don't even Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071819786883667771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-77946071948513711592007-09-15T08:38:00.000-07:002007-09-15T08:38:00.000-07:00i feel your pain. keep your head up, sister.i feel your pain. keep your head up, sister.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071819786883667771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34140697.post-70722272458766282842007-09-15T00:39:00.000-07:002007-09-15T00:39:00.000-07:00Yes you are black. But no you should not have low ...Yes you are black. But no you should not have low black esteem. Easier said - I know. What with all that history.<BR/>But to continue to feel bad about your colour is to continue to agree within yourself and support the meaningless theories that caucasians are somehow superior, better.<BR/>The fact is that there was great injustice done and the scars remain - the injustice was (is) not so much Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com