Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Bamboozled Vs Self Destruction

Bamboozled vs The song Self Destruction by KRS-1 and other various artist. Bamboozled showed how the media influences the overall perception of blacks in america by using sterotypical images. They painted their faces black and it compares to scarfs flags tattoos and sagging pants that producers and writers consistantly attach to the black male characters in the media. The song self destruciton is about the negative sterotypes that hip-hop had started recieving. The media were labeling hip hop as a whole as a negative influence on the american soceity and youth. They were blaming the increased violence, crime, and promiscuity. These artist were saying that if we keep following these negative sterotypes than we will end up destroying the foundation that our four fathers faught to build. Foundation as in black people are equal and add not take away from the melting pot. I haven't really figured out how they can be contrasted yet but i am working on it. I really dont know how this topic came about but im pretty sure i can do well on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyYP_bS_6s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboozled

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Well....my new apartment doesn't allow satellite in which i had to get because my old one didnt allow cable. So right now tv at the crib is out of commission. My computer has also crashed so i guess you can say im having a bad week. This assignment was for Thursday i think but i guess its better late than never if acceptable. Anyways...Im at a family members house watching Road Rampage 2. This show is sooo crazy. Nothin i would normally watch while home though. This guy just stole a Greyhound. How dumb is that?? This other guy just escaped from jail, serving a 5 year sentence for burglary, and is taking the police on a tri-county road chase...on a 4-WHEELER.lol. Seriously though...3 counties...atv vs police car...They are not on their job. lol. The police hit him throwing him over a guard rail. After being treated for some minor scratches, hes back in jail serving an extra 15 years for felony escaping. Omg!!! 2 fire truck, weighing about 25 tons a piece, racing to the same scene just hit each other.....throwing one of the fire truck down the street flipping continuously No one was hurt though. I wonder where things like this happen because i never see things like this in Wilmington, NC. As shocking as this show is....i wish they would turn the channel...lifetime...lmn...something!!!Ugh!!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Ike Ellis Genicide Gena 6

Im not really sure if this is my favorite song exactly...but its my favorite song thats actually talking about something worth writing about. This Song is about Gena 6. For yall who dont know what that is...Jena 6 is a group of six black students ageing from 15-17 yrs old that were charged with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy and faced up to 100 years in prison without parole for beating a white student into concussion. Jena High school is a school in a small town in lousianna with about 85% whites. On December 3rd, 2006, the 6 boys sat down at a table in which white kids normally sit and started racial tension. The Next Day, there was 3 nooses hanging from that same tree, and the fight broke out. One of the kids Michael was tried y an al white jury and faces up to 22 yrs in prison. On Septemeber 20th, 2007, the largest civil rights demonstration in years took place, and over 20,000 protesters marched on Jena 6 that day. Not to mention the similiar protests taking place in other cities across America. My Friend Ike Ellis, wrote and recorded a song called Genacide Gena 6 filled with his opinion and outlook on Jena 6. Hope You enjoy.http://http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=258170230

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Man...its a pretty crazy sad and stressful week. I missed class once this week....ugh...i hate missing anything!!! My grandmother grew sik and slipped into a comma. i went to see her and ended up staying....she looked so sick. i got up to come to class but by the time i made it there was only 15 minutes left so i didnt go. it put me behind cause in the morning my paper is due and i didnt get my ouline back yet. tonights gone b a long one...not to ention i got ou======================

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Feminine Super Bowl

So my aunt had a super bowl party in which i did not wish to attend. My other 2 aunts made me go. When i heard there was gne be real food...i was down anyway. I didnt want to go because i thought it was going to be us women in the mist of some screaming men yelling at the tv as some men in tight pants making goals or points or what ever it is they do. Boy was i wrong. The women up stairs were catering to their husbands and watching their own super bowl, a chick flick called FIRE PROOF. Im really not a fan of movies like this one but it was soooooo good. The movie is about fire fighter and his wife on the edge of divorce and the fire fighter goes through 40 day trying to show his wife he really loves her. It soooo sweet. Very bad acting...kinda looks like a play. Every time the firefighter did something really sweet the women yelled touch down...i know the men heard us and was like what is going on up there. Heard it made it to the movies...dont see how.lol. After the movie went off and everybody wiped their tears; we discussed it and had a friendly little debate. i must admit my super bowl night was quite different but it was awesome. Ive been told the steelers won. Steelers??What a name.

OMG!! STFU!!

I hate repetition extremely...but for some reason i continuosly say the same things and send the same txt like over and over again. See thats the first time i said like but defiantly not the last. What made me start calling everyone a loser?? Everybody i know i classify as a loser or lame...no meaning behind it of course, just because i guess. Are you serious?? Oh yea...this one i use to say for real or if i see something i dnt like. i dont care. I do care about a lot but my response portrays me as being non chalant. ily... like who takes the time to say i love you anymore?? WRU?? where are you is a txt sent from my phone at least 30 times a day. ily london..i try to tell her every chance i get cause o never heard it growing up. ...thinking....what else do i over use...ummm....like come on brain....oh yea. I also over use freakin, mommy!!, classy, give me my neck.lol, ooook, really??, wooow and did i say like??? Lol i think i did...and lol is also one of those over used words.