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Re: How Two Black Psychologists are Changing the Way We Talk About Mental Health

rianaelyse — Mon, 01 May 2017 13:47:02 -0000

You absolutely will! Keep kickin toosh! :o)

Re: How Two Black Psychologists are Changing the Way We Talk About Mental Health

rianaelyse — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:59:28 -0000

Thank you Audra! We agree!

Re: SXSW PanelPicker

rianaelyse — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:41:41 -0000

Good effort my beautiful Wolverines (& co!) :o)

Re: Project ENGAGE Pt. III: Students Become Researchers

rianaelyse — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:19:36 -0000

Congratulations Tony for your mentorship!

Re: The Bell Curve & Charter Schools: The Not So Odd Couple

rianaelyse — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:59:36 -0000

We must discuss this one on my venture to NY! I had quite a semester challenging the Murray text, both as a TA in my Intro to Psych course and as a future psychologist/former teacher to the Harvard Law School shenanigans. As you stated so eloquently, that "bell curve" graph of intelligence is sickening at "above average" levels, but you were absolutely right to cite past performance, rather than ability and school impact, on such a model. Both Murray and the Harvard student refuse to address the "what ifs"...afterall, they note, it is impossible to imagine a society that does NOT have discriminatory practice, so why even construct it in the scenario? Well, quite simply, for the policy analyst and future lawyer, imagining the society in that realm is a major part of your motivation! If you're only operating on past conditions, your policy recommendations and practice of the law will reflect an inability of people of color to achieve academically. Granted, I am the child of public school championers, so charters were never my cup of tea, but it is allowing an option to make a change in the lives of these children. And all we are asking for (well, some of us) is the chance for our children to succeed. To answer your question then, in order to be savvy enough to know who is for us and who is against us, we need to build up the networks and information on these subjects in a NON-ACADEMIC way for community members to digest, rather than go back and forth in Dyson dialect (which even leaves me starry eyed)! Keep it simple (academic) sillies!

Re: Happy Born Day Tupac Amaru Shakur

rianaelyse — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:37:23 -0000

BB, I share the exact same sentiment regarding Pac. I just told a student the other day how much I've changed on my views on Pac - I could no longer be mad at him for his duality when, depending on the day, I too vacillate between my personas. I really thought about how much of a struggle it must've been to be a child of the struggle and grow up in the environment he did. I now respect him more than ever, and wish him a comfortable rest in peace.

Re: Black Male Privilege Panel Discussion 5/17 @ 7:30pm

rianaelyse — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:02:10 -0000

go BB go! :o)

Re: Black and Brown Unite to Fight SB 1070

rianaelyse — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:07:10 -0000

BB, I need to get up on this bill, but this provided a great perspective. Some of the commentary on the Atlanta Post show a very racialized vantage point on keeping Brown and Black in our respective corners, and I wonder if brown folks debate their allegiance to us when we are portrayed as the gangsters and drug dealers. In short, are we not looking in the mirror at how our color is perceived to others, namely the folks being attacked by this bill?

Re: Precious was Extra-ordinary

rianaelyse — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:12:02 -0000

here here BB! my fam and i just went to see it yesterday, and we're still talking about it today! wonderful :o)
-bb

Re: Dear Old Morehouse

rianaelyse — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:57:01 -0000

dear old morehouse or dear middle-class black society in general?

Re: Uncorking (race/gender) talk in Chicago

rianaelyse — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:57:41 -0000

WOW.

Re: “I’m for gay rights but…”

rianaelyse — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:54:27 -0000

B.B., I don't have too much time to go through the feedback that you received, but did something prompt you to write this - a specific incident maybe? Or just a topic which time had come?

Re: Friday Funny: Digital Black Falling Down

rianaelyse — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:56:23 -0000

is it okay that i laughed at this!?

Re: Friday Funny: Because you still watch BET

rianaelyse — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:52:31 -0000

that was HILARIOUS!!! way too much to even comment on! :o)

Re: Honor Malcolm: Support Troy Davis and Fight Police Brutality

rianaelyse — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:21:39 -0000

indeed happy birthday brother malcolm!

that video footage was a trip - was i the only one surprised that the officers were black?

if you want to petition gov. sonny purdue of georgia to repeal the death sentence penalty, sign here: http://org2.democracyinacti...

-riana

Re: Friday Funny: Popeye’s Pay Day … say it ain’t so!

rianaelyse — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:59:31 -0000

bb, i MUST comment on this one. same questions posed by nsanzya, and add the following commentary:
"but at the end of the day, some folks just could not leave without their chicken." i mean, this REALLY looked like the perfect set up for the validity of that Obama $10 bucks mock-up. all we need are a few more specials to hit stores, specializing in watermelon, kool-aid, and ribs, and fox will have single-handedly proven those two newsletter creators point. this was really quite pathetic.

Re: It wouldn’t be right without a 2008 Rap-Up

rianaelyse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:39:35 -0000

i heard this on the radio yesterday bb - he is SOOOO good! and he really did nail those points on the head!

Re: Reflections on being a Revolutionary

rianaelyse — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:43:22 -0000

bb, this is the cool part. when you introduced the 'possibility' that capitalism does NOT have to be the norm to your students, it was likely the first time they envisioned a world where other options existed. you have opened a gateway for them that will never be closed, and that my mentor, is the gateway to questioning. at the root of it all, revolution starts with a simple thought. "what if could win president of the united states as a mixed man?" "what if i can gain acceptance into a marginally selective ph.d. program?" 'what if i don't move from the michigan union tower?"

these are the thoughts of many who have questioned, but then progressed in action, beyond "reality". they created their own reality by believing in themselves and developing their inquisitiveness into intolerance for the status quo. in that sense, revolution for the everyday man may be on a smaller scale - standing up to a racist cashier, collecting garbage in a neighborhood, starting a mentorship program. but it's the collective efforts of all these actions and "what ifs" that truly make revolution possible.