Michelle Alexander Appreciation Thread...

[86\*/98]

this is hl... there's plenty about her..

Thought I was in tlr

I think I'm gonna start kicking it around these parts.

 

[Blackking]

Tried to get my mother to read the book(I own it) but she is a lost cause...one of "those" women...I'm sure if Steve Harvey told her to read it on his wack show she would do it...

But my point is this....isn't it ironic all these Black women with sons....talk about racism and defending their sons but when it comes to learning about hard things their neighbor's Black sons are going through or even simply reading a book that would give them knowledge about a travesty taking place in society...they can act like animals in supermarkets but can't do something simple like read a book like this or watch interviews by Michelle

Sadly my mother is the same way.... she makes a funny face when she goes in my basement and reads all the book titles.

Thats damn near our entire community

 

[86\*/98]

Sadly my mother is the same way.... she makes a funny face when she goes in my basement and reads all the book titles.

Thats damn near our entire community

I agree.

How do you think we can change this?

 

[Blackking]

I agree.

How do you think we can change this?

Ignore every one older than 16 years old.

Reprogram and expose younger people.... people spit knowledge at older people and have discussions w older people... but really the only focus should be on young people. They actually are the most curious anyway..

I don't really know, but I would guess feeding them real black history, African history, and flat out letting them know about the war against them would b a start

 

[CASHAPP]

Sadly my mother is the same way.... she makes a funny face when she goes in my basement and reads all the book titles.

Thats damn near our entire community

My little sis is 10 turning 11 in October and our mother always makes some remarks about her hygiene and how she puts her self together in terms of dressing,etc...my mom is correct when it comes to that....but often she makes cringe worthy remarks like the other day when she said something like "fix yourself up____Black reign's sister your looking like an Ethiopian"

that "ignore every one older than 16" is a bit over the top since im 22 and I'm knowledgeable lol...but I see what your saying. As I have been getting older it surprises me just how out of touch the older folks are...

with all due respect to your mother...i bet if she and my own mom went to some gathering with primarily Black folks like a Claude Anderson audience...that "funny face" would go away....its only there when they around other white folks and feel "embarrassed"...it reminds me of the section in the Malcolm X Biography where he talks about how different Toms acted when they were in a strictly Black audience and when they were in a multicultural audience....

 

[DaPresident]

Loved her book...Will reread it again, after I finish the current book I'm on now.

She's a beautiful and intelligent woman (the 2 qualities I love most) who needs more voices to back her b/c what she's saying is so true. Like a poster said, we need personal responsibility but this is a subject that needs light as well, because the disproportion in the rates bw white and black is more than just about "personal responsibility"

 

[CASHAPP]

Loved her book...Will reread it again, after I finish the current book I'm on now.

She's a beautiful and intelligent woman (the 2 qualities I love most) who needs more voices to back her b/c what she's saying is so true. Like a poster said, we need personal responsibility but this is a subject that needs light as well, because the disproportion in the rates bw white and black is more than just about "personal responsibility"

I sent my one and only copy to a family friend down in Jamaica...an aunt to one of my cousins told her he is someone who is always talking about mass incarceration and the issues discussed in the book so I decided to just sacrifice and let someone else get the nourishment of knowledge from the book...i can always get another copy..

currently im reading "King Leopold's Ghost"....any more suggestions of what to read?

back to michelle though she is active alot on her facebook page discussing this also and getting the message out to people....i remember a post she made months ago of thinking about discussing the military industrial complex more and how her eyes were open because she was primarily just thinking of mass incarceration...that may or may not have been a hint that she was thinking of writing a book on the military aspect

 

[tmonster]

I sent my one and only copy to a family friend down in Jamaica...an aunt to one of my cousins told her he is someone who is always talking about mass incarceration and the issues discussed in the book so I decided to just sacrifice and let someone else get the nourishment of knowledge from the book...i can always get another copy..

currently im reading "King Leopold's Ghost"....any more suggestions of what to read?

back to michelle though she is active alot on her facebook page discussing this also and getting the message out to people....i remember a post she made months ago of thinking about discussing the military industrial complex more and how her eyes were open because she was primarily just thinking of mass incarceration...that may or may not have been a hint that she was thinking of writing a book on the military aspect

have you seen this documentary?

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I sent my one and only copy to a family friend down in Jamaica...an aunt to one of my cousins told her he is someone who is always talking about mass incarceration and the issues discussed in the book so I decided to just sacrifice and let someone else get the nourishment of knowledge from the book...i can always get another copy..

currently im reading "King Leopold's Ghost"....any more suggestions of what to read?

back to michelle though she is active alot on her facebook page discussing this also and getting the message out to people....i remember a post she made months ago of thinking about discussing the military industrial complex more and how her eyes were open because she was primarily just thinking of mass incarceration...that may or may not have been a hint that she was thinking of writing a book on the military aspect

Check out the Marcus Garvey Biography "Negro in a Hat"