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this weekend many of us will be eating good and laughing with friends and fam. while you’re chillaxin’ remember that when the holiday is over we have lots of work to do. not your average day’s work but the hard time we as a country have to put in to keep it as cool as it is and even better.
everyone watched the last couple of weeks as lots of wonderful civil rights have been granted around the country. youth played a huge role in getting USA to move forward. but you can’t stop here. continue to share your voice, volunteer in your hood, VOTE and be the leaders that you know will keep American beautiful…
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i saw selma last week. it has taken me a minute to absorb everything in the film. first things first; it is a must see! go if you haven’t, run and check it out today!
the thing i am left with most is that the legends that we look up to like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., were people just like us. the difference was they had a vision and took action. that’s it.
so many women and girls were part of that history because they listened to their hearts and were moved.
let Dr. King holiday be a reminder to us all that we have dreams in our hearts that we must act on.
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jay z is starting a line at barneys; the place where a young black male is suing them for falsely accusing him of stealing by assuming he couldn’t afford to buy an item in the store. hov is a business man, why should he get involved?
oprah couldn’t by a bag at hermes. AND what? i’m pretty sure she has much bigger fish to fry…
is it cool to treat someone horribly at your store because of their race, gender or sexual orientation. NO
but let’s get real. all this fuss is much deeper than folks are trying to front. think about it. when was the last time we had boycotts because someone got kicked out of a 99 cent store…
the outrage is that barneys and hermes are supposed to be the IT stores. the place where the ‘fabulous’ get their toys. so by treating a black person badly at those stores, they are indirectly saying that they are not worthy of fabulousity too. so people are mad…
but i say so what.
forget barneys. why get your self-worth from a store selling a bunch of stuff. people get discriminated all the time. it’s not a good thing but it is a fact. the anger needs to be directed at why in 2013 we still have discrimination and negative stereotypes.
the outrage should be that there is still a belief that certain people are not good enough. but until we focus on that, to me this is but a silly scuffle over nothing. a rag over who has the right to wear the best designer clothes is not the fight i’m checking to be a part of…
one of my favorite quotes is by ethel watts mumford
“the greatest possession is self possession”
stay focused ladies! you look good in that dress regardless of where it came from
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Ladies, make sure to go out and vote today!!! Let’s not forget that less than 100 years ago we did not have the right to vote! Women became allowed to vote in the United States in 1920! So many fought hard for us to participate in our country’s treasured democracy!!
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