Quick thought about marriage

Marriage should be about content not composition but unfortunately things do not work out like we plan. I don't understand why some people have a need to force their beliefs on to others. Is this not America? Our forefathers fought for our rights to speak our minds and to be treated as equals and not as lesser beings. This ideology of the land of the free is only a statement and not put into action. What a disappointment to those who put their lives on the line during the hard time so we would not have to struggle.

Collective thoughts

"If you havent lived how can you teach someone about life? If you havent walked in someone's shoes and been in a similar circumstance how can you judge..." (My thoughts)



I.)

My fore-fathers fought your wars
with promises of better days.
You let the flood gates open and the raiders raid
on our parade, nothing is left but tar filled soars.
These are our victories
shared together in perfect harmony.
Yes, that statement is sugar coated most definitely;
but it would be nice if you took miseries, seriously.
History should be shared history,
intertwined information,
but your ignorance seperates
and aggrravates all confusion.
So I, came to this conclusion,
you build up massive walls
to keep out the unwanted.
But are not the unwanted the ones who built the foundation for your walls.
The unwanted walks away,
peacefully,
laughing at your bullshit
because your wall just crumbled
nothing is left but a shitty pile of bricks.

II.)

Its official people
read it, hot off the press
McCarthyism kills the Harlem Renaissance.
That is the greatest and most influential era
it can not end, where will all the beauty of life go?
Will it die behind your lifeless tall-tales?
Will it rot in cells of falsehoods?
I call it hell
but can't paint the picture.
No, not due to obscurity,
who the hell is left good enough to paint such a drama.
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen
do you know who they are?
Do you know what you have silenced?
Some of my own don't give a damn
because all was ignorant.
Having a voice in history
in all memory
being sacrificed to subject ourselves
to what exactly, the majority.
Self-hatred gets you nowhere
hatred of any sorts does not either.
McCarthyism pulls everything
through ropes and wires.
Turning neighbors into foes,
intelligence now foolishness,
who is this guy you designed?
Is he the reason why no more tears are left to be cried, only fears.
I have heard enough.
Times is rough,
What happened to the original Cotton Club,
where is Duke Ellington?
We need a new tune.

III.)

Hound dog the new hit by Elvis Presley
Yeah, if Big Mama Thorton did not write it first.
The king of Rock and Roll
Yeah, if B.B. King and Little Richard did not do it first.
music of all things
something that brings people together
divided by what
haven't discovered it yet because it still lives.

IV.)

Coretta Scott King
forelongs the dream
she spoke out about everything
never a shadow only the misinformed say such.
Equality for all brothers and sisters.
Giving a name to all faces
because we are all God's children
the matriarch, the one willing
to do what ever it takes to be an example.
Her resume speaks for itself
the first to speak out about Vietnam,
when Stonewall hit
best believe she did not sit
and watch it continue.
She walked beside them all differences aside.
Freedom rides for all.
A phenomenal woman
a role model, my hero,
no idolization or imitations necessary
her legacy not only lives but thrives.

V.)

Pat Parker, Audre Lorde, Cheryl Clarke
little unknown to many
but one day their legacy will lie with in me
the torch passed down to me
I will respect it with the pride it deserves.

VI.)

The beautiful Shay Youngblood
taught a blood, how her coffee should be kept.
Words are simply undescrible
yet alone undeniable
that day my heart melt
because i never felt so touched.

VII.)

My interpretation
no degradation
I will leave the immaturity to you cowards.
Wake- up and smell the flowers
a new day and new age
rhetorics of ignorance and prejudices
freezes over
never felt anything more colder.
The bold ones
evade thoughts
never to differentiate betweem fact and opinion
all is bullshit and fiction.
But you still need reason,
believe me and my words,
Prejudices are tools for people
who have more issues with in themselves
then they do towards the ones they judge
faulty bullshit should be left unheard.

Why is the LGBT community so divided?

Here is a response that I wrote to a blog about "Segregation in the local gay community". The blog is about how F.L. White(writer/spoken word artist) moved from New York to Charlotte, NC and he did not understand why there is a need to have both Pride Charlotte and NC Black Pride.


NC Black pride does cater to minorities because we seem to be a more urban demographic that is always excluded from mainstream gay or heterosexual. But I want to be involved in Pride Charlotte as an African American woman. But due to recent events I would rather be around people I feel more comfortable with than be around people who I feel look down upon me. I call NC Black Pride home because outside of this I have no home in the Gay Community. I am a minority within a minority. I wish I could put that behind me and just have fun but I can’t because it is constantly thrown in my face. This should not be about race but living in the south the race issue does not go away. Gay or heterosexual. If you are not stereotypically gay and you are white you fit into mainstream society and for some reason you have the upper hand in the LGBT community. You are the majority and should make us feel welcomed not just during pride to get us to be civilized for a brief period of time. I feel it as being hypocrytical that during the rest of the year we do not exist but during pride we are supposed to be one big fake happy family. That is not right and rather unfair. I feel accepted by my minority LGBT community and not used when it is to feed someone’s selfish benefits. I love and care about so much but if this only matters to the majority during pride than I want no part in any of this at all.


Matt


http://blog.q-notes.com/fl-white/entry/segregation-in-the-local-gay-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1614



Okay I am a very controversial character I know that and I know I can be very defensive as well when it comes to sensitive issues. But the issue at hand is Why is the LGBT community so divided? My last post was about "Since when was Barack Obama the savior of homosexuals?" (now closed sorry all again) I asked this question not because I am a supporter of Barack Obama or any other reasons. I am just a supporter of equality point blank plain and simple. If we attack one person we should attack all. If not that is just being deceptive and misleading. Hold everyone accountable for their actions not just him. That was my whole point and I thought it was a valid point until it turn haywire and people started personally attacking one another for their opinions. I thought that this is what made us human we are different if we all thought and had the same demeanour we would be robots w/o personalities to call our own and their would be nothing to complain about in the end. I don't want to be a robot I like being different everyone is different and special in their own way. Why can't we find the beauty in our differences and come together as family? Not one big fake dysfunctional family, but one that can tolerate and accept others for who they are as people no matter ones differences.
I know personally I feel terrible when I see us so divided and attacking one another because that sends other generations the wrong message. I know Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, Bayard Rustin, Pat Parker, and so many others are looking at us right now like we are complete fools and I honestly can not blame them.

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Untitled(Story of a girl)

Angel
such a beautiful girl
feared by everyone
and not because of her great looks.
She would walk by
everyone would move to the side.
She is all alone in the world
except for that black cloud
that should follow her
for the rest of her life.
She felt betrayed
constantly ignored
by the people who had once loved her.
She was tired of the hypocrites
and all the disrespect they were built with.
She wanted people to accept her
for who she really is inside.
She could no longer hide from herself
Angel
such a beautiful girl
alone and lost
in this cold
harsh
dark world.....

Art of Love

Open up your heart and release all feelings.
Paint a beautiful picture,
share what you feel.
This is all about you
don¡¯t listen to them.
You then begin, not caring so much about others.
But hoping they will get it in the end.
Every stroke of the brush you seemed scared.
Everytime you stopped you feel feared.
Then your heart starts pouring out dramatic colors.
You should see the astonishment on people¡¯s faces.
You begin to finish
and others come along to stare.
One person even burst into tears
screaming what a beautiful picture.
You can¡¯t believe people actually cared
about something that came from your heart.
Another person asks what do you call this masterpiece?
You say there is no name in particular
but it¡¯s all about the art of love.