Thanks JT for turning me on to The Root.com
They have video clips from this show John and I watched a while back that was really good. It was about tracing the DNA of Black Americans back to Africa. It aired on PBS a couple of months ago. if you missed it, here are a few clips from interviews with famous people regarding their DNA testing. It's really interesting.
http://www.theroot.com/id/44162
My cousin traced our family's roots back to Africa. Going backwards, my roots travel for the most part, from Tampa to Bradenton, Florida to Jamestown, North Carolina and then to Guinea-Bissau. I believe we are from the Mandinga tribe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau I'm really happy that my cousin took the initiative to do this.
AKA - http://www.theroot.com/id/47340
Although I was never one to aspire to be part of a group or sorority, I've always been intrigued by them. When I was younger, I fantasized about what it would be like to pledge and be part of a sorority. During the era of segregation, many believe it waas primarily the church that provided sanctuary and strength to Black Americans. What many don't realize is that the Black college fraternities and sororities played a huge role as well. For more info. about the Black fraternities/sororities known as "The Divine Nine", read this article http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10832978/detail.html
I can appreciate and be happy about AKA's 100th anniversary celebration. Here is an interesting article from theroot.com paying tribute. It's pretty interesting because it is widely known that in the beginning, in order to be an AKA, you had to pass the "brown paper bag" test. You will not however, find an AKA willing to admit it. There are some dark skinned members as well. Yes, there are racial politics within the black community as well.
http://www.theroot.com/id/47216
By the way, I just learned that Michelle Obama accepted and was just made an honorary member of AKA during their 100 year anniversary celebration this week. To many, it seems silly. To the Black community however, this is huge. It was nice to see Nancy Pelosi there paying tribute as well.
here are some nice photos from the past
http://www.theroot.com/id/47340
It's been a while I know
I've been doing fine. I'm back in school as of Monday night. The professor seems to be tolerable.
I had a crappy day today at work because my co-worker approached me and started bragging about how she was voting for McCain even though she wanted to vote for Hilary. She just thinks McCain is a better leader. Do you know how angry that made me? I was very short with her and said, " if you're not smart enough to know what the issues are then so be it....McCain's agenda is completely opposite from Hilary's so how could you be for one and then later the other?" It's completely irrational to me. Then, she had the nerve to say that she didn't think Bush was so bad. Need I say more? okay, I'll say more. She even had the nerve to mention McCain being on Saturday Night Live and being funny. HOW IS THAT RELEVANT TO ANYTHING? Yes, I wanted to slap her but instead, I choked back the tears of frustration that were fighting to come out.
Yes, Obama has not been around as long as McCain and many are concerned about his experience. Well, McCain's agenda is just as new as Obama's if you've followed him over the years. He has totally changed his stand on most issues since running for prez.
These days, it's really less about the president and more about their advisors. More importantly, it's about the democratic party versus the republican party's agenda that folks should be concerned about. Let's not forget about the future of the Supreme Court. In the primaries you vote for the person and in the national election, you vote for the party.
As experienced as John McCain is, he still has to rely on his advisors like Joe Lieberman who had to correct him (by politely whispering in his ear) on foreign policy blunders in front of the world. McCain is a war hawk but apparently, that does not bother many folks. McCain has admitted to the world that he doesn't understand how the economy works. so why support him? is he going to protect us by bombing the hell out of anyone he's told to bomb? Of course, he has to listen to the neocons. Yes, he's sold his soul to the devil. He's given up all of his integrity for the chance to be president. I'm disgusted.
Obama has been pissing me off to lately with his so called faith based initiative plan.....I'm not ready to go there tonight.
so I came home and decided to watch Food Network. Paula Dean was on and I immediately started to feel better. I love watching her cook. I have not tried her recipes and was not planning to cook tonight. Still, it's so soothing and comforting to me to watch Food Network for some odd reason. Rachel Rey however, is annoying. I can watch that channel, and have, all day long.
