"Keep your lips stiff. Keep your fist clenched"
i am one
with my
words
yet plagued with
insecurities
so i dug
in my spurs
and sparred with verbs
until
we
were all
on one accord
a single pilot
on this flight
destined for
a crash landing
with no airbags
just gas masks
and heavy luggage
Monday, November 19, 2007
Friday, November 09, 2007
We do for self like ants in a colony
"The police become necessary in human society only at that junction in human society where it is split between those who have and those who ain't got."
-Omali Yeshitela
I am at once puzzled as to why some people overreact and some people do dumb shT. why a police officer would feel it necessary to arrest a pre-teen for throwing a pencil off a school bus bewilders me. And yet I am getting tired of the bone-headed knuckleheads with no fuqing respect.
So the rent always be late; can you relate?
We living in a police state
-Dead Prez, "Police State"
It's an interesting topic to try to dissect when you touch upon the gamut of emotions and feelings towards the "law" that many Black man hold. They range from ambivalence to hate to suspicion to reverence to cynicism to uneasiness to admiration to indifference. A variety of factors and experiences serve as primary causes of this phenomena, yet it is undoubtedly true that most black men do not hold cops in high regard. I wonder if there have been any scientific studies conducted to support or refute this theory.
But I said men; not boys. A boy is mostly raised in the mold of the parental or guardian figures in their daily life, whether they be moms, pops, granny, auntie G, or the state. And the failure of father figures in urban communities to pass the torch has had its deleterious effect on all of us. Some cats cannot even be prompted to hold a conversation about their fathers without the threat of a physical altercation. It's part of the daily frustrations that hassle me, complicate my actions, pepper my words, and stymie my thoughts.
And last but not least, four students on a school bus is such a waste of money and time, but I'll just leave that alone for now. I cannot bear the mental workout that could ensue.
-Omali Yeshitela
I am at once puzzled as to why some people overreact and some people do dumb shT. why a police officer would feel it necessary to arrest a pre-teen for throwing a pencil off a school bus bewilders me. And yet I am getting tired of the bone-headed knuckleheads with no fuqing respect.
So the rent always be late; can you relate?
We living in a police state
-Dead Prez, "Police State"
It's an interesting topic to try to dissect when you touch upon the gamut of emotions and feelings towards the "law" that many Black man hold. They range from ambivalence to hate to suspicion to reverence to cynicism to uneasiness to admiration to indifference. A variety of factors and experiences serve as primary causes of this phenomena, yet it is undoubtedly true that most black men do not hold cops in high regard. I wonder if there have been any scientific studies conducted to support or refute this theory.
But I said men; not boys. A boy is mostly raised in the mold of the parental or guardian figures in their daily life, whether they be moms, pops, granny, auntie G, or the state. And the failure of father figures in urban communities to pass the torch has had its deleterious effect on all of us. Some cats cannot even be prompted to hold a conversation about their fathers without the threat of a physical altercation. It's part of the daily frustrations that hassle me, complicate my actions, pepper my words, and stymie my thoughts.
And last but not least, four students on a school bus is such a waste of money and time, but I'll just leave that alone for now. I cannot bear the mental workout that could ensue.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Male Engagement Conference
Boston Public Schools Male Engagement Conference
A workshop for fathers, uncles, grandfathers, brothers and other men in the lives of Boston Public Schools students to learn more about how to help students achieve personal and academic success.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
breakfast begins at 8:15 AM
Lilla Frederick Middle School
270 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA
A workshop for fathers, uncles, grandfathers, brothers and other men in the lives of Boston Public Schools students to learn more about how to help students achieve personal and academic success.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
breakfast begins at 8:15 AM
Lilla Frederick Middle School
270 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA
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