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Re: Illiterate, rambling defense witness Rachel Jeantel is a victim of brain-damaging mass fluoridation, vaccines and nutrient-depleted foods

brothermanifest — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:56:39 -0000

or maybe it is because english isnt her first language maybe?

Re: Dr. King Supported Margaret Sanger & Planned Parenthood, Why Won’t You?

brothermanifest — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:18:36 -0000

is this a joke? Did plan parenthood pay for this "editorial"?

Re: “Hip Hop” Movies: They Kinda Suck

brothermanifest — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:07:18 -0000

Meka - Revisit all of spike lee including clockers, do the right thing & fresh - classic black urban films often oddly enough left out of the discussion when we talk about black films.

Re: Happy Anniversary from my Window Seat…Thanks Ms. Badu.

brothermanifest — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:53:33 -0000

I love it sister!! Your spirit is definitely a welcome shift as you embrace wellness, entrepreneurship and spirit. Thank you for seeing Ms. Badu's video for more than just the "booty"

Re: Question of the Day: Does the “big chop” work on oval-shaped faces??

brothermanifest — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:26:28 -0000

I think oval faces post big chop are very stunning. What will happen is your eyes will become the center of attraction on your face with men and women noticing how pretty they are as if they never noticed before. Can't wait to see it. Stay blessed and love yourself

Re: Erykah Badu at BKLYN Wellness Center opening.

brothermanifest — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:33:16 -0000

"maybe ur reading too far into it bruh. from what u've shared, i think ur personal negative feelings toward the word cult might be influencing your understanding here."

it is - which is the reason for my engagement. To take it to a level beyond personal - when have you ever - except in this conversation heard someone use cult in a postive way? I never hear that - especially when it comes to black folks. Just curious. Language is a loaded weapon, words are symbols - I am just trying to decipher the meaning.

Re: Erykah Badu at BKLYN Wellness Center opening.

brothermanifest — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:54:50 -0000

I am still tryin to understand the "even though" in your sentance.

Re: Erykah Badu at BKLYN Wellness Center opening.

brothermanifest — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:34:01 -0000

okay- but you said "even though" there is a cult characteristic - with the implication of cult being a perjorative term. On a whole the media - society as a whole - the black community - anyone - uses the word cult in a negative connatation to describe someone or some group. You may define it as such - but someone who reads this post sees the word cult and thinks jim jones and the kool aid incident - malachi york and the molested babies and david koresh. It is a hard stretch for me to think of a cult in a positive way - not in the way that the word is used everyday - to put Queen Afua and cult in the same sentance is a disparagment to the work that she does - and if someone reads this post and doesn't know any better - it is definitely a questionable allusion - and 9 times out of 10 a turn off for someone who has never heard of her. All I am saying is that you could have used a better word that cult - given that it has a very demeaning and socially maladaptive connatation when used to describe any group 9 times out of 10 (and perhaps this is the 1 out 10 when it didn't) but you also have a responsibility as a blogger/ journalist to be careful about the words you use and what implications they have when you use them.

Re: Erykah Badu at BKLYN Wellness Center opening.

brothermanifest — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:09:17 -0000

Achali - please define what you mean when you said "I find it important to note that even though there is a cult characteristic there" cult as in compared to what?

Re: Erykah Badu at BKLYN Wellness Center opening.

brothermanifest — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:15:39 -0000

I am really NOT feeling the usage of the word cult here - achali please, please re-analyze the loaded nature of that word as it applies to black communities who affirm their kemetic origins i.e. nuwabians, hebrew israelites, 5% nation - all when spoken of as cults is done so in a negative connotation. I think I get what you are saying but the masses at large are defly afraid of anything kinda resembling a cult - so to connect Queen Afua to that - is kinda offensive. When you say cult I just think of the kids from the nuwabian nation on dr. phil talking about how they were molested...I think anybody else reading this who may have vaguely heard about that - dhouldnt think to put those two situations in the same box.

Re: Stic.Man "My SWAG Is Up" [video]

brothermanifest — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:52:17 -0000

Guess I am listening to the words alot harder than you achali. Really...I think your too caught up in the name of the song than the message of the song. But that is just my opinion, just like you think the song is wack - I think it is wack to get caught up in the word swag - when it is just a word. Just like fresh, dope, hot, ill, sick, fly - all those slang words hat we got caught up in and used - and never said they were wack - why is swag wack? Just because it is new? that is b.s to me...but again just my opinion...I am really listening to the words and the music for this song and I think they both get a 10.

Re: Stic.Man "My SWAG Is Up" [video]

brothermanifest — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:56:37 -0000

i think it is a bit unfair to paint artists into a box like that. to speak to dead prez as in reference to lets get free is to deny damn near 10 years of growth. Also the myriad of human experiences that onr has just being in this era being under 40 - and being in the music industry.

Now the conversation about 1 dimensional revolutionaries is one yet to be had - we often see pics of gun wileiding huey newton and bobby seale but we forget that these dudes were at parties rubbing elbows with celebs, had relationships, probably drank and all that entailed as popular and fun for a good many of us on a friday night. But that is exactly the point.

Have we become so tv bound that we identify witth revolutionary brothers and sister and someone who can't have a photo shoot? I mean dang - i guess we so revolutionary we have to sit at home read books and strategize the armed revolution 7 days a week 365.

i for one may go to t.g.i.f with my wife and have a drink every once in a while. And since I am a business man - if I were pushing a brand - (like stic does - books, -him and his wife have them - magazines - him and his wife have one - music - stics album manhood has argueable more content for us that M1 confidential and the Can't Sell Dope Forever LP)

I can uderstand it - If you 5 in the club people say swag - TI lives in ATL as does Stic _ TI being the dude that brought swag to the forefront as a slang word - I see nothing wrong with it.

My final point - we all say fresh, dope, hot, qll these are slang - I guess every artist who says it is wack because they didn't originate the words....

Re: Stic.Man "My SWAG Is Up" [video]

brothermanifest — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:45:44 -0000

okay so if he used a differenr word than swag you'd have better comments i guess.

Re: Alice Walker blasted in essay by her daughter.

brothermanifest — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:37:04 -0000

I feel you achali - especially on the race based piece of us all supoorting one another because we are black - but the only flaw in that is the examples set by the east indian community when they h it these american shores en masse. It seems for the most part (not all) that the have a pretty clear picture of who they are as a group politic (bobby jindal aside) and have a business and community structure that allows for the circulataion of economic power to ensue as a result. what are your thoughts on that.

also - find that intellectuals are generally very bougie as a niche group in our society in general - no real beef with t hat other than these discussions don't make it to our folks on the lower economic strata by and large. not just a mother daughter issue of airing out dirty laundry - but it is important that someone point out these contradictions - even if the choir isd the only ones listening...

Re: Jay Electronica: Transformations [sayings]

brothermanifest — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:59:16 -0000

yo I swear universal mind is real. how was I just on that site last night, come to my email and see this post.

Re: New technology: ads that watch you.

brothermanifest — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:05:52 -0000

Has anybody done any research regarding the DTV transition taking place in two weeks regarding the potential of coaxial cables to transmit and receive data and the converter boxes that has to be used to watch television giving someone on the other end of the transmission the capability to watch you in your home?