Monday, February 18, 2013

Did Steven Spielberg's 'The Color Purple' Send Black Men to Prison?


According to statistical data the number of black men convicted of a crime doubled between 1982 and 1985!  It is obvious when one reads the book vs. the movie the latter will leave you more aware of white supremacy/oppression and the former more confused about the oppression of Black Men!  This was Spielberg's desire!  The question that arrises is:  Just how much damage did Spielberg's 'The Color Purple do to Black Men?

New York Police Frisk Ghost Dog??? Really???


Should police officer lose their jobs if they are caught in ACTS OF RACISM?

Christians Under Persecution in 2013


Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Nigerian Militant Islamist Group Boko Haram (which means 'Western education is forbidden) has been bombing Christian Churches throughout Norther Nigeria.  His organization is attempting a governmental takeover of the region.  He wants to rid Nigeria of Christianity. 

Sunday, February 17, 2013

TO HELL WITH PSYCHATRIC FACILITIES!!!


28-year-old Fedarius Shine killed his grandmother, aunt, and daughter in Detroit just before checking himself into a psychiatric facility.  Is this a miscarriage of justice?  Is it time to do away with the idea of criminal insanity? 

Reality Show Goes Too Far!!!


29-year-old Model and Law Graduate Reeva Steenkamp was brutally gunned down in the home of Olympian Oscar Pistorius on Thursday morning in Pretoria, South Africa.  Steenkamp had just completed filming the Reality Show 'Tropika Island of Treasure,' which aired this past Saturday.  Many believe the shows producer Samantha Moon for SABC should have been more sensitive by cancelling the show.  What do you think?

Friday, February 15, 2013

Pushing 'The Culture' Forward: Award-Winning Books in the Diaspora

A PEOPLE'S CONGRATULATIONS to the following author's and illustrators who brought home the GOLD in the world of publishing! 

  • The Coretta Scott King award for the best African-American Writer for  2012 went to author Andrea Davis and illustrator Andrea Davis Pinkney for thier work 'Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America.
  • The King Prize for Pictures for 2012 went to illustrator Bryan Collier (with poetry by Langston Hughes) for his work 'I, Too Am America.'
We appreciate the work of pushing our Culture Forward in American and the world.

Thank You

TPPOV

Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Valentine's Day with My Phenomenal Woman

There are many reasons I am in love with this woman: The power in her spririt, grace in her essence, joy in her heart, stamina in her independence, and the responsibility in her ethic!  I am awe-stricken knowing that this woman chose to spend the rest of her life with me!  I am undeserving!!!  I dedicate this beautiful poem to you my love:

Phenomenal Woman


Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.



I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,

It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.



Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them

They say they still can't see.

I say,

It's in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman



Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.



Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.

I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.





Maya Angelou

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY CHRISTINE!!!