By: Osage Dior

Truth. It hurts like fire being spit in your eye. It bleeds like a wound that doesn’t want to heal. I have seen this situation before, I am the sacrifice. The Joan of Arc, the one who is suppose to be tied and burnt for taking a stand for what I believe in at all times. I believe in truth.

Excuse  Me Sir…

Your distorted image of me does not faze me, I am a lover of my black culture and though you want to put me in a box with the rest of the “black women” you know, fine! However, I cannot run, nor will I hide from you…Jesus was killed due to his own disciples…Malcom X followed Islam, but as soon he became conscious of something deviant-he could not spread that radical message…Trigger one. Trigger two. Trigger three.

By: Osage Dior

A former boss told me, “Ms. Caesar if you don’t stand for something, you stand for nothing…” I can steal my mom’s favorite quote all the time, “I’m neither black or white…I’m in the gray area…” Yeah, she was definitely an artist prior to Prince and his symbol.

Basically, it comes a point in your life where you have to make a decision. Now, it’s not going to be easy, but you have to just do it. The outcome will be the outcome, and worry about perfection later.

By: DesiBjorn

http://theangriestblackmaninamerica.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/culture-of-dependency-the-trap/

The Story

In the last post in this series I discussed how the inefficiencies of social programs create a trap of poverty not because everyone who utilizes them is trying to live off the system, but because the programs do not actually offer a platform for which people can actually elevate or restore their lives to a normal (I use that word very loosely) standing.

Minimalism…Really?

Minimalist. What is that, really? A minimalist is a person who has the ability to live on the bare necessity and still be happy. It does not mean you do not spend money, because as Master Minimalist Peter Lawrence stated…he eats organic foods and that can be very expensive. However, you do find ways to preserve your resources. This is a practice that I like, and I am currently reading more about. I want to walk in my room and breathe air, and feel a sense of freedom. However, I have felt congestion because I have so much frivolous stuff…

Waking Gil Scott-Heron
The revolution will not be televised...
The revolution will not be televised...
The revolution will not be televised...
The revolution will not be televised...
The revolution will not be televised...
The revolution will not be televised... ©NEEMA

I AM INSUBORDINATE TO PASSIVITY…
By: Osage Dior

Extreme change works for me! In order for me to really transform a habit, a small jump will only have me going back to the diving board. African Americans are the most at risk to obesity. Data collected in 2007 from The Center for the Elimination of Disproportionationality and Disparity, stated that 75.3% of African American adults were overweight or obese. Another study done in 2008 researched the cause of life lost before the age of 65.  African Americans had the highest death rate when it came to diabetes, heart disease, cerobrovascular disease (stroke), and malignant neoplasms (Cancer). All these maladies can be prevented or eased if we as a people can watch what we eat, right? Or is it deeper than that- is America killing us?