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Re: BougieLand: No. She. Didn't. A Bougie Bachelor Chronicle

kizzmm — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:12:34 -0000

I just tried to imagine "eau de bbq" and I believe I can't make it through my lunch. gags. LOL

Re: BougieLand: No. She. Didn't. A Bougie Bachelor Chronicle

kizzmm — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:21:37 -0000

Random off topic questions that have been running through my mind...
How does someone who works 18 hour days 5 days a week (or 13 hour days 7 days a week) find restaurants open late enough to take anyone out?? How could you ignore the fact that she smelled like ribs and brisket when she got in the car??? That aside, this dinner experience at the boss' house sounds surreal. I'm sure at least one of those restaurants you two dined at was White-owned. She didn't have a problem eating "white folkz food" then? what a character. The way she was attracted to your commentary on this blog is unconventional, but I don't think that could've really tipped you off that she was off skelter. My husband and I met on twitter, so I guess anything can happen. This story should encourage everyone to have the new person they're dating tested by their friends before bringing them to work functions.

Re: Courtship Connection SF: ‘Law School Has Ruined Her’

kizzmm — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:00:25 -0000

Why would anyone want to discuss law school on a date? especially with someone who has been to law school. that would annoy the hell out of me. I do not want reminders of law school life!

Re: thank you…

kizzmm — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:22:52 -0000

I'll be missing your posts lovely lady! Glad you'll be posting at least once a week.
- aisha

Re: Which Law School Is Allegedly Paying Students Not to Take the Bar Exam This Summer?

kizzmm — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:25:34 -0000

This post seems to mischaracterize what's going on. Practicing at a non-profit for the past 5yrs, it is the CUNY Law graduates who can actually afford to stick around. Every time I pay my student loan, I wish I had gone to CUNY! The fact that CUNY Law is devoting resources to students they have identified as struggling is great. Honestly, more law schools should follow suit.

Re: Troy’s Ending Should Be Our Beginning

kizzmm — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:00:51 -0000

Thank you for sharing resources & your friend's struggle. Beautiful

Re: Open Letter To Psychology Today

kizzmm — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:36:26 -0000

This letter is perfect! Thank you for writing this & also for sharing contact information for Kaja Perina

Re: http://hyuninc.com/post/4030902219

kizzmm — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:14:44 -0000

went to what I thought was a champagne tasting (out of desire to socialize) back in fall 2009 & I tasted this champagne. Thought it tasted bad to me b/c I don't generally like champagne... maybe my dislike isn't so Aisha-specific??

Re: http://sojournersverdad.tumblr.com/post/3986972901

kizzmm — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:46:14 -0000

um. super scary. promise I'll say please and thank you here on out!

Re: Ga. prisoner protest puts spotlight on institutionalized slavery

kizzmm — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:56:17 -0000

More under correctional control (prison, jail, probation and parole) today than were enslaved in 1850. see here --> http://www.huffingtonpost.c...

Re: Ga. prisoner protest puts spotlight on institutionalized slavery

kizzmm — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:52:29 -0000

It would be far easier to understand the sentiment that those who "do the crime should do the time" if the so-called criminal justice system was in fact just. As long as police officers are forced to maintain quotas, and prosecutors are forced to aggressively prosecute irrespective of innocence, how can anyone comfortably speak of prison as "just" place for any punishment? the criminal justice system is set up in such a fashion that accepting a plea is often the quickest way to get out of jail. So to those who insist that every person in jail is a "criminal", I urge you to please take a moment to read up on the injustice that saturates this system from TOP to BOTTOM. Great post Dr. Lewis.

Re: Are Morehouse men allowed to be women?

kizzmm — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:17:36 -0000

great post! I am glad you lauded Ms. King's article for shedding light on the discrimination and pain suffered by these 3 gender-bending students. I hope Morehouse makes efforts to promote acceptance and inclusion of transgender and gay students.

Re: Suburban School Inequality

kizzmm — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:23:58 -0000

I'm looking forward to reading your book!

Re: At the Movies: Waiting For “Superman”

kizzmm — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:54:46 -0000

I really need to go see this movie, but I worry it might raise my blood pressure from the way it seems to misrepresent facts. Two major points come to mind from your piece...

(1) UNION-BUSTING
Nearly all the nations that surpass us in education performance have unionized teachers. In Europe, job protection and union representation is viewed as a right that is unrelated to success-rates in education. I don't believe doing away with unions, or divesting them of their power to protect their members' due process rights is necessary to make strides in education. Union-busting does nothing but facilitate abuse of employees. Getting rid of lemons can be navigated without divesting the good teachers of their right to fair representation & support from their union. Unions exist to keep people in their positions. That is what they do. So for anyone to expect AFT to be doing anything but keeping these teachers employed - whether good or not - exhibits a misunderstanding of basic labor law. AFT needs to stop making that misrepresentation, and hire a representative for the media b/c Ms. Weingarten does her organization more damage than good whenever she speaks. If the goal here is to educate children, we won't reach that end simply by firing bad teachers. As much as I am pro-union, I am certainly not pro-waste tax dollars on inept employees. I don't know what if this is shown in this movie, but I know that generally, administrators who don't know how to fire Lemons often will resort to limiting their access to students through creative means. Damage control so to speak.

(2) INFLATED SUCCESS
A few NYC students are blessed with Kipp School, Harlem Success Academy, etc... However these schools are educating a trivial amount of our children and their success cannot be replicated. So it's difficult to say charter schools are the answer when so few of them are successful, and they educate so few children. I taught in a charter school for one year. I stand behind that particular school's success wholeheartedly. But until charter schools can accept ALL children, and their success can be duplicated, I am hesitant to proclaim it as our messiah. Part of this hesitation also comes from other factors - the fact that charter schools are more likely to hire non-unionized teachers, that there are huge racial disparities in the people being hired, and the fact that the city governments are often not responsible for ensuring that they are properly funded.

Anyway, your post got me really worked up (in a good way - got me thinking) and has reminded me I need to go see this documentary!

Re: 'Waiting for Superman' won't fly with some audiences

kizzmm — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:52:49 -0000

I am glad to see an informed critique. I would still like to see Waiting For Superman, but from this article, it looks like it's going to be a lengthy infomercial.

Re: Marry Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic

kizzmm — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:48:04 -0000

where's the rest of the article? or does it really end after "gay old time?"

Re: On Swimming Pools, Harvard Arrests, and Flash Point Racism

kizzmm — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:21:59 -0000

My nephew just asked me to read this to him out loud... I told him how monumental, meaningful and amazing this post was to me.

Re: Missing Malcolm

kizzmm — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:35:20 -0000

I am so glad you wrote this - and more notably, I am glad you mentioned the need for us to step out of the idea of using government to make changes in our community. We need to be our own advocates, our own caretakers, our own activists. thank you Dumi!

Re: It’s Bigger than Toure’s Tweets

kizzmm — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:08:25 -0000

I already wrote a comment and it got deleted!!!!
anyway, what I basically said was that I agree with you wholeheartedly. GREAT POST! no accountability will come from Toure being fired from MSNBC - none! just another guy silenced without any behavior modification. Toure perverted my people's history, demeaned black women, compromised the integrity of his career - he needs heavy duty work

Re: Not Your Typical Valentine’s Day-Type Love

kizzmm — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:01:49 -0000

This post is beautiful and so essential right now. I have always been opposed to celebrating Valentine's day because it failed to capture the love Paul speaks of in scripture. Thank you for reminding us and showing us how powerful a "God love smackdown" can be!

Re: Where did you place your faith?

kizzmm — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:41:23 -0000

This is a STRONG REMINDER of the power of faith, the power of hope, the power of self-affirmation. Tough love is the type of love that rebukes foolishness without decimating the power & potential of a dreamer's folly. What we dismiss as ridiculous notions must be examined - critiqued, but encouraged for what it might create. Idealists must be celebrated. Thank you for this post. My family and I love your writing Dr. Lewis

Re: Fighting for Unity?

kizzmm — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:14:24 -0000

while some are busy on the "front line" of vocal activism, others are on the "front line" decimating stereotypes, working in fields we couldn't survive in due to perpetual disgust, interacting with brazen racists that more vocal individuals would likely never meet. These are the brothers and sisters who become "spooks" sitting by the door, closest to the boardroom, best equipped to inform the rest of their people of how to deal with oppressors from within their system. don't be so quick to conclude that one is not unified in action simply because their "actions" don't mirror yours. But you've addressed that in this piece. Anyway, good post. As always, a good read
*blessings*

Re: Dear Old Morehouse

kizzmm — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:12 -0000

Morehouse is digging its own hole by alienating itself from our present day reality and distancing itself from its mission. Thankfully, devoted alum such as Professor Lewis are pointing out where Morehouse is falling short.

"The mission of Morehouse College is to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service. A private historically black liberal arts college for men, Morehouse realizes this mission by emphasizing the intellectual and character development of its students. In addition, the College assumes special responsibility for teaching the history and culture of black people..."

How do you "develop men" if you don't teach these 17 & 18yr old boys how to survive in TODAY'S brutal world? According to the US Marine Corps, instilling discipline in soldiers results in their "ability to do the right thing even when no one is watching" - however we know that in the Marines, this is accomplished through the use of PAIN. From my understanding, Morehouse college does not seek to instill pain on any one of its students. As such, the disciplined mind spoken of in the College's mission is not of the variety that comes from oppression, hazing and pain, like the military does.

No one can lead if they don't develop strong character and knowledge of self. Knowledge of self and character cannot be developed in an environment where self-expression, sexual identity, perception of self, social mental health, social responsibility (need I continue??) are all repressed, trivialized and relegated to 'off campus' activity. These are teenage boys blossoming into men. The current and future students of Morehouse College need their institution to step it up a notch. Lest Morehouse become the scholastic fodder we've come to expect from present day HBCU's. At the end of the day, there is a need for all HBCUs. That need simply demands that they abide by their mission statements, their mission to act as historian for Black people, and cultivator/curator for Black civics and culture.

you are promoting the demise of great HBCUs such as Morehouse, by suggesting that they further distance themselves from the needs of their people in the interest of a romanticized idealism of what it means to be Black. Please stop - our institutions deserve more, and our students are suffering.

Re: Dear Old Morehouse

kizzmm — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:44:59 -0000

Beautifully written. You're right - the needs of black boys as they blossom into men, is fluid. As times change, so do the needs of the young men going to Morehouse. Morehouse College should reaffirm its commitment to young black men by building a bridge between idealism and real needs

Re: Alienate Your Female Customers? Pepsi Has An App For That

kizzmm — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:01:17 -0000

Are you suggesting women are naive and ripe to be exploited? Or are you saying the app suggests women are naive and as such can be exploited by this app?