>>>>Woods Qn: is it our responsibility to support our men. she's talking about finding a man who's straight out of prison (who she feels society is ignoring). Every other woman on the panel though, it talking about, giving up and looking for partners outside their race. How do we feel about this?<<<

That shit was a slap in the face. Granted there are a lot of "good" black men in prison--I guess that "good" would be defined as those detained for victimless crimes, ie. marijuana dealing--political prisoners (who never get out)

But there are also a lot of "bad" people detained as well. ie. rapist, murderers, child predators...

Saying that black women should be "fishing" in that pond was just a slick way of further underminding us.





SIG OF THE MONTH:

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"For some time now, the inequalities that are embedded into the American system have bothered me. As they are becoming progressively worse and it is clear that the government's priorities are not on bettering the quality of life for all of its people, but rather on expanding its own power, I cannot, in good conscience, salute the flag,'' Toni
Smith, college basketball player

http://espn.go.com/ncw/news/2003/0222/1512839.html



If life isn't what you want it to be, under your control, then what are you waiting for?
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******Parable of the Sower- by Octavia Butler*******
Story about a hyper-empath who becomes the founder of a humanist cult created to transform the destiny of humankind

******The spirit of Terrorism- Jean Baudrillard*******
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