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13822, Hmmmmm.....
Posted by ya Setshego, Wed Jun-13-01 09:15 AM

Well, the knowledge of self part was good, Lady. I pray for a King who will sit my daughters down and lecture them about the plight of the Black Man and Woman in America. Shoot, that will be less work for ME to do.....


>> There he learned
>about Islam, and adopted the
>lifestyle whole-heartedly. My Dad
>became a "knowledge junkie" and
>everything was about knowing your
>true history. So, I
>had tons upon tons of
>books. For my fifth
>grade graduation, the school presented
>the valedictorian (sp?) with a
>thesaurus. My Dad presented me
>with the same exact one
>the next day. I
>had Fredick Douglas & Harriet
>Tubman comic books. My Dad
>brought my a tape player/recorder,
>so I could read the
>newspaper into the recorder and
>then play back myself read
>aloud. The majority of
>my gifts were either books
>or things related to learning.
> By the time I
>hit High School I had
>a library most scholars would
>envy. But I hated
>it. I just wanted a
>Daddy. Not a college
>level lecture on the role
>of the Black man in
>America. I never was
>Daddy's little girl. My
>Father always spoke to me,
>and related to me in
>a very adult, matter-of-fact tone.
> Everything was very logical
>and somewhat devoid of emotion.
> My cousins teased me
>consistently. You would not
>believe the number of Malcolm
>X jokes I had to
>endure.



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