MsJacquiiC

Interesting terminology the "Heinz 57" LOL - But wait a sec... Who the hell's James? Did I miss something?!?!?

Anyway - I was reading a funny-as-hell article about the Dave Matthews Band LOL --- Apparently "It's the whitest band ever, which is saying something considering 3 of the members are black, and Dave Matthews is literally an African American - He was born in South Africa."

Don't know what this tidbit brings to the discussion - but I think it's quite ironic LOL - I've heard the Dave Matthews Band and I do have to agree - It is the whitest band ever
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Anyway - lol...... Yeah... Kinda interesting....

We chatted briefly about this and I have to say I'm quite astonished. I think we of the literary genre (and artistic world in general) pride ourselves on being above the petty grievances of racial discrimination, sexism, homophobia, ageism, etcetera... At least I do...

And I'd have to say I've read a lot of drivvle in my lifetime. Some of it I've had the pleasure of writing myself LOL... At anyrate - If one can write about the Black Experience with an authentic voice, making the plot, theme, characters real... Why the hell wouldn't he or she be able to publish? That's insane - Whoever told her that is most likely an IDIOT. And I'll tell ya - Idiocy is more colorblind than Helen Keller was.

It's like telling me that I as a female cannot write anything from a male perspective. Doesn't that sound both irrational and senile? I think yes.

Jacquii.


btw - The attached image is a pic of African American Dave Matthews.

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erikestabrook

I had friend sthat called themselves the n word all the time,
they were black and they explained further,

that's what we are we're the n word,
we steal, we lie, we're lazy we act like the n word

I still never called them that because they were friends to me,
and I knew that they'd take a different tone since I was white

when did my race think it was okay to demean a whole culture
to label all of one beautiful race as one negative thing
it comes down to infereority and ignorance

obviously someone that knows more educated people of any culture would show that person respect,
to me the term came about when African-americans were beginning to get their own cultural identity in America that word was a way of keeping a slave socially underneath you,

thus the n word is basically saying I'm better than you because the oclor of my skin and my heritage has been here longer

which is completely wrong and unjustifyable

the answer to what we call african-americans is simply we call them their name their job
whether their friend or enmey because then they get the same treatment as people of our status and race
Maruin Luther King Jr strived for this

crazymamma5

Ms.J James is my husband and Butchiesmom is my stepdaughters biological grandmother....she considers me her other daughter and James as her son(LOL)....and our brady bunch of a family as family to her....sometimes more then her actual family. So no you didn't miss anything,lol.....its all been explained now.

butchiesmom

Yup, yup! My other daughter and my son, lol. I have family even my family doesn't know about. Racheul's also my coauthor for Eilia. Isn't life wonderful?