Disqus - Friends of JNez

Re: Jumping on the 50 Million Pound Bandwagon

ybpguide — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:12:22 -0000

Your best bet, regarding the snacking, is to:
1.) Set a rule to not eat anything after a certain time (9:30pm)
2.) Only have fruit available for snacking. Eliminate all candy, ice cream,
and sweets.

Re: More Blogging While Brown…About Science

ybpguide — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:48:32 -0000

Great advice Adria. I peeped all of your sites. You're doing some really neat and cool things. We'll have to connect one day for an interview!

Re: In NYC? Langston Hughes #blck Film Festival April 18-26

ybpguide — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:47:21 -0000

You're right Nina. Completely my bad. The festival is in Seattle, not New York. I've updated the post.

Re: Some Tools for Good Living

ybpguide — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:56:25 -0000

Thanks for your visit Jay!

Our site isn't for blacks only, but more of professional discussions from people who happen to be Black. We believe our unique perspective can add a new conversation to the everyday cycle of life.

We appreciate your kind words and hope you'll tell a friend.

Re: SxSW Recap: Great People, Good Food, and Halo

ybpguide — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:41:54 -0000

I'm sorry links get you 'so pissed'. Maybe take a break from the internet?

Re: SxSW Recap: Great People, Good Food, and Halo

ybpguide — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:33:26 -0000

Who is YPG?

Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!

ybpguide — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:08:14 -0000

Thank you! He's a bundle fll of energy and laughter. :-)

Re: Google Latitude: Where You At?

ybpguide — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:02:44 -0000

Don't lie. You don't want your game to get broken up. :-)

Seriously, though, we may want to turn this on for SXSW.

Re: Living in the “New World”

ybpguide — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:39:27 -0000

Of equal importance, and we had an essay earlier that touched on this...will people start to feel like assimilation is now 'ok'?

The beauty of culture is that it is different. We shouldn't let the tides of 'well, you have one now, lets stop talking about it' make us feel guilty.

Re: Gwen Ifill on New vs Old Black Leadership in WSJ

ybpguide — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:40:26 -0000

Agreed. Reminds me of an old quote:

Your kids don't owe you for providing for them. That is what you're supposed to do.

Re: Harlem Heights: The YBP Reality Show

ybpguide — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:37:22 -0000

I peeped Daddy's Girls with my wife last week. It was definitely not aimed at me. I'm sure there are people who are interested in young women who don't pay their bills trying to 'survive' L.A. and its social 'get naked' pressures. I, for one, am not one of them.

I do give props to its positivity though....it could be a helluva lot worse, but I know Run and his money wouldn't allow that.

Re: YBP Video: That ‘McNugget Lovin’ Commercial

ybpguide — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:52:02 -0000

Honestly, I don't have a HUGE problem with 'em. It's a commercial, not a full song. They do have other great commercials depicting Blacks in a good light. The one with the daddy taking his daughter and explaining to her his happiness is one.

Coupled with my personal account of the many Black executives they have, those who have empowered their communities and families from franchise ownership, their sponsorship in tons of Black events....I give them a pass on this corny commercial.

Re: Go Green Checklist

ybpguide — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:23:30 -0000

iStockphoto.com

Re: Afro: Clarence Thomas Questions Obama Citizenship

ybpguide — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:08:25 -0000

I hate that word...but I just started crying laughing. So. Damn. True.

Re: Vote for YBPGuide: Best Business Blog!

ybpguide — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:26:33 -0000

The voting ended earlier this year. Thanks for your support though! Look for us in 2009 awards!

Re: Remembering Black Wall Street

ybpguide — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:29:38 -0000

That is fine. Please include my name and a link back to the blog.

Thanks.

Re: Increasing Diversity in the Sciences

ybpguide — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:58:43 -0000

That is an interesting point, something I'd like to speak to.

I have an Electrical Engineering degree and interned at Procter and Gamble. I loved (absolutely loved) what I was doing my last summer and they required that I get a Masters degree to continue.

I balked at it, not lightly, for three reasons:
1.) I always had this desire to own my own business. This may be something ingrained in us from our culture and the implicit encouragement to 'be your own person' and 'excel more than others think is possible'. I felt that staying in school for another year would hamper this.
2.) I had an offer on the table from another company and simply was tired of school. Engineering was hard and I wanted a break.
3.) I wasn't sure if having a graduate degree would allow me to be flexible within the market for the future. I thought if I had this stack of degrees on my resumé and eventually decide to NOT be in engineering, I'd be pigeonholed.

Re: Sup with Tavis Smiley’s Contest for Black Bloggers?

ybpguide — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:38:06 -0000

I agree. There is probably a better way to handle this....

but that is what Blogging While Brown and SXSW is for! :-)

Re: Sup with Tavis Smiley’s Contest for Black Bloggers?

ybpguide — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:36:25 -0000

Noted, but anyone who has worked in an organization trying to marry the old guard with the new guard is difficult.

While it does seem to breathe the signs of pandering, we all know that part of our strength is sticking together.

Does it suck that the old guard, in all their wisdom, short-change us, our accomplishment, and what we have to say?

Of course, and I'm sure as we get older, the new kids on the block and their new fangled Google Mind-Mapping Android software will seem negate any wisdom we may perceive.

BUT...just as much as we can place the onus on them to 'recognize us', we could also come to the middle of the table and at least TRY to support some of their efforts and try enact change from the inside, on their panels.

If it doesn't work, ok, but at least we can say we tried. I'm just saying, let's not be them and turn our noses up because that is what they've done to us.

Re: The Homophobia Has to Stop

ybpguide — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:18:57 -0000

Right. See, I think that is a reasonable point of view.

You can disagree with someone and not mandate a law preventing others who disagree with you.

I guess my question is, if it were legal in the U.S., what is the big consequence everyone is afraid of?

Re: YBP Peer Spotlight: Dino Henderson

ybpguide — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:28:27 -0000

Hi Donta.

He mostly does illustrations. I am professional web developer. If you're interested, you can check me out over at Bright Plum.

Thanks!

Re: Correction: The Mortgage Crisis Was Not a Minority Problem

ybpguide — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:25 -0000

I guess it's a good thing you only have 1 vote, then, there in Pennsylvania (I traced your IP address).

While I won't get into a history lesson about 'what us blacks' have done, I will say that I will continue to pray for you and your narrow mindset. I also hope that it changes, but if it doesn't, I feel comforted in the fact that opinions like it are a dying breed.

Re: Correction: The Mortgage Crisis Was Not a Minority Problem

ybpguide — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:29:13 -0000

Two things.

1.) More in-depth math and clarification can be found on the Newsweek article, so I suggest you read that.

2.) To answer your question directly, per Newsweek, the historical percentage of poorer people (because white people can be poor too) that defaulted on their mortgages is lower because the risk is greater for them. Quote:

..as The New York Times recently reported, Nehemiah Homes, a long-running initiative to build homes and sell them to the working poor in subprime areas of New York's outer boroughs, has a repayment rate that lenders in Greenwich, Conn., would envy. In 27 years, there have been fewer than 10 defaults on the project's 3,900 homes. That's a rate of 0.25 percent.

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

ybpguide — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:24:34 -0000

Well, no. That is not what I wrote.

My point is the vexing decision we all have to make as Black professionals everyday.

You want to have broad appeal to get your message through and play the game....but you can't sell yourself short and believe the hype so much that you forget all that was possible to get to that point.

A simple point of:

'Yes, her family is off-limits, but at the crux of my message of family values and the importance of a supportive family, as Palin has done, race has no bounds.'

A simple way to make his point about taking the high road, put the media on blast for blowing out of proportion the 'Black issue' of unwed teenage mothers, AND show his base that he still has some connection to that common ground.

Re: Friday Open Thread- We made it to the weekend :)

ybpguide — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:14:55 -0000

I did read your post on the exclusion of the LBGT discussion w/in the Black community before I made my video last night.

I think your point is spot on and it would have been great to talk about that. It is something that our community, me included, conveniently forgets or sweeps under the rug.

Continue to speak up about it and don't get discouraged. Hopefully, this MSM focus spawned other avenues to have this discussion on a bigger stage...which is why I think we should ultimately be supportive of the people who made it happen.