Comments on: Of Mr. Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em and Others*

By: newilli

newilli — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:35:20 +0000

Excellent post! Although I am at times forced to question my own convictions, I am of the belief that NO children (chromosonal-deficit notwithstanding) are born bad; they simply have poor or non-existent teachers! Everyones first and most important teacher being those elders in their immediate family, if they are unqualified or unwilling to put their interests below those of their seed, the seed is set on a path of destruction and ignorance. It then requires a herculean effort to overcome the teachings or one's negative environment instead of growing into and loving a postive one.
Perhaps taking that risk and giving our unsolicited advice, even rebuke, could help turn our community back into something like the one I grew up in – where several elders in my neighborhood would chastise me, tell my parents, and if needed, discipline me.
To come full circle, I guess we've let down Soulja Boy, not the other way around.

By: newilli

newilli — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:35:00 +0000

Excellent post! Although I am at times forced to question my own convictions, I am of the belief that NO children (chromosonal-deficit notwithstanding) are born bad; they simply have poor or non-existent teachers! Everyones first and most important teacher being those elders in their immediate family, if they are unqualified or unwilling to put their interests below those of their seed, the seed is set on a path of destruction and ignorance. It then requires a herculean effort to overcome the teachings or one’s negative environment instead of growing into and loving a postive one.
Perhaps taking that risk and giving our unsolicited advice, even rebuke, could help turn our community back into something like the one I grew up in – where several elders in my neighborhood would chastise me, tell my parents, and if needed, discipline me.
To come full circle, I guess we’ve let down Soulja Boy, not the other way around.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:26:04 +0000

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By: newilli

newilli — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:35:20 +0000

By: dumilewis

dumilewis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:23:00 +0000

Thanks Pinche.
Ashwini… wow missed that Pat Buchannan quote, why am I not surprised? Oh and Dinesh D’Souza is a dangerous, dangerous, person. Don’t even get me started on him.

By: dumilewis

dumilewis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:23:35 +0000

Thanks Pinche.
Ashwini… wow missed that Pat Buchannan quote, why am I not surprised? Oh and Dinesh D'Souza is a dangerous, dangerous, person. Don't even get me started on him.

By: dumilewis

dumilewis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:23:35 +0000

Thanks Pinche.
Ashwini… wow missed that Pat Buchannan quote, why am I not surprised? Oh and Dinesh D'Souza is a dangerous, dangerous, person. Don't even get me started on him.

By: ashwini

ashwini — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:06:00 +0000

Also disturbingly–Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em’s words coulda come straight from the mouth of….Pat Buchanan???

“First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.

[Reverend Jeremiah] Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American.”

http://mediamatters.org/items/200803220001

(See also D’Souza, Dinesh: “Two cheers for colonialism”

By: Pinche

Pinche — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:57:00 +0000

You always hit the nail square on the head. My elder self takes her hat off to you.

By: ashwini

ashwini — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:06:48 +0000

Also disturbingly--Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's words coulda come straight from the mouth of....Pat Buchanan???

"First, America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.

[Reverend Jeremiah] Wright ought to go down on his knees and thank God he is an American."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200803220001

(See also D'Souza, Dinesh: "Two cheers for colonialism"

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By: Pinche

Pinche — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:57:18 +0000

You always hit the nail square on the head. My elder self takes her hat off to you.