Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Not Angry, Just tired.....


Suggestive emails with racial undertones are ridiculous!  So long Dean Grose!


In 2003 Kweisi Mfume, then president and CEO of the NAACP held a press conference rejecting streotypes of Black people in America.


"We are still living with the entirely untrue racist labels placed on African-Americans hundreds of years ago. We [African-Americans] do not enjoy sitting on our porches, nor do we frequently drink malt liquor from 40-ounce bottles. We do not wear our hats backward, nor our pants with one leg bunched up, and we certainly wear more than just Fila and FUBU. We love to swim. Also, few of us are afraid of dogs. Our hair is not nappy, our buttocks not big, our noses and lips not wide, and our legs are plenty hairy. Our elbows, knees, and heels are smooth and moist. We are not prone to stealing things and we think white women are ugly. We never buy cheap cars and put expensive stereo systems in them. As for the stereos we have, we always keep them playing at a courteous level. As for the cars, we always drive with our seats up and both hands on the wheel. We rarely use swear words, and our grammar is always perfect. The great majority of us think Snoop Dogg is lewd and inappropriate. We never call women derogatory names like “bitches” or “hos.” We do not smoke Kool and most of us have never heard of Newport.

We do not smoke Buddha, nor chronic, nor hocus-pocus, nor any other narcotics. We barely know the meanings of the words “fly,” “dope,” “trick,” “phat,” “dawg,” and “off the hook,” among others. Those of us who are musicians know what guitars and drums are and how to use them to make music. We rarely sing about guns or women. Our handshakes are not complicated at all. We do not like to make fun of white people. We never talk about the “white man” holding us down. We do not name our daughters after perfumes with “ita” added to the end. We do not necessarily like the taste of sweet potato pie, nor collard greens, nor fried chicken, nor watermelon. I don’t even know what chitlins are. Just about all the others I’ve forgotten are false, too. I hope this aids in the removal of racial boundaries and what not."

When asked if any African-American stereotypes are true, Mfume responded: “Well our dicks are huge. Oh, and we can dance like a motherfucker.”


TTYL

Robbin

12 comments:

  1. Word!

    ETA: Watermelon on the front lawn---that's beyond racism...that's just low-to-no self worth and value one the one who thought that up in their puny brain---truly a sad indiviual.

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  2. Robin... I don't know if this is what you expected, but I'm crying laughing right now. Not because of some joke.. just it all sounds soo ridiculous. On the other hand I've been guilty of alot of these things... although the pants on backward was not intentional.... perhaps I was unknowingly stylish.

    (please everyone... don't attack me for levity. I stand behind everything intended!)

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  3. I was going to post about this on my blog but I see you have done your job as usual. You have to love that Kweisi Mfume! Girl you are a hot mess and that's why I love ya. If you weren't so right I'd tell you you should be ashamed of yourself.

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  4. I'm so glad you posted about this so I didn't after to pock my little curly head out to look like the angry woman...I'm glad you are holding it down. My why is everyone so quiet? ROTFL

    On another note, in college I dated Kweisi's cousin for 3 years and went to college and was friends with his son. They all speak their mind...gotta love it.

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  5. Kweisi Mfume can be so profound and hilarious all at once! Plus, he has an adopted child so that makes him even more cool.

    And the picture of the "plantation/White House" is disgusting.

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  6. Robbin - thank's for posting this. That picture - what a joke! I think the mayor ended up quitting. GOOD RIDDANCE!

    I sure got a good chuckle out of what Mfume had to say.

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  7. hey robin,
    i can't find your email right now, but i just wanted you to know that i am thinking about you over here at the bluebirdhouse as your name is up there on the top of the list. you should know that after the rainy season there is going to be some serious rejoicing for you and that lucky little girl who gets to call you mommy. just you wait! i can already anticipate it now.
    stay strong. or not. just stay.
    xoxo,
    hanna

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  8. hey robin,
    i can't find your email right now, but i just wanted you to know that i am thinking about you over here at the bluebirdhouse as your name is up there on the top of the list. you should know that after the rainy season there is going to be some serious rejoicing for you and that lucky little girl who gets to call you mommy. just you wait! i can already anticipate it now.
    stay strong. or not. just stay.
    xoxo,
    hanna

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  9. That last comment by Mfume is hilarious :-)

    Watermelon email.... disgraceful.

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  10. What a complete idiot. I love Kweisi Mfume's speech. I was laughing so hard at the end!

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  11. Loved your comments and this comes from a white woman who was so proud of our country when we elected Obama into office. Our children will grow up with such a greater acceptance of people regardless of color, eye shape, body form, etc., etc. My daughter from Guatemala says it all in this YouTube video!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5XnQ7z3ztU
    Mary Beth
    www.preciousbabydolls.com

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