tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post3413368618865089949..comments2023-08-06T05:52:29.692-04:00Comments on Keep It Trill: We're Riding On The Backs Of Misery & StruggleKit (Keep It Trill)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-31100143460132394732010-07-20T18:47:19.102-04:002010-07-20T18:47:19.102-04:00Look, Bringing Obama in the presidency has not cha...Look, Bringing Obama in the presidency has not changed anything. Bigots will be bigots. It's awful, but when you say that you will Finally reach an end to racism, it dwarfs all the efforts of thousands of suppressed minorities who got us to where we are. There are plenty of racists who aren't just "white" by the way...racism period is a threat to our society<br />-SpencerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-46369338081660532522008-11-06T22:44:00.000-05:002008-11-06T22:44:00.000-05:00BWBT, I take your excitement to mean you're no lon...<B>BWBT</B>, I take your excitement to mean you're no longer a Republican. Congratulations. ;)<BR/><BR/><B>Shy</B>, Thank you, and yes, it was like that back then in so many places even in the early 70s. Your mama wasn't lying. Enjoy your scrapbook!Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-65704311543342969952008-11-06T22:20:00.000-05:002008-11-06T22:20:00.000-05:00KIT, this post was extremely inspiring. The things...KIT, this post was extremely inspiring. The things you've experienced in your life, the things my parents and grandparents have experienced...it's crazy...but like you said...y'all are passing that "memory book" right along to us. And I want to say thanks for that! My mama tells me all the time how the very high school she went to that is now ALL BLACK was segregated when she attended with whites on the top floor and blacks on the bottom level (this is back in the LATE 70s for goodness sake...). She said a riot broke out one day...that was crazy to me...I don't know. I just love the fact that I can add Barack's election win/Presidency to my scrapbook of memories!!Shyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560075748608421109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-28552104793177480902008-11-04T22:37:00.000-05:002008-11-04T22:37:00.000-05:00Hey there!Ladies and gents....Obama has 207 electo...Hey there!<BR/><BR/>Ladies and gents....<BR/>Obama has 207 electoral votes...and he has to secure 270 to officially take it....<BR/><BR/>We have elected a black president....<BR/><BR/>BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA<BR/>44th President of the United States<BR/><BR/>And we're movin' on up!!LISA VAZQUEZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583559303233985031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-14168408937879157002008-11-04T14:14:00.000-05:002008-11-04T14:14:00.000-05:00Dom & Lorraine, I'm glad it this post moved yo...<B>Dom & Lorraine</B>, I'm glad it this post moved you. It moved me too while writing it.<BR/><BR/><B>Latoya</B>, True. They kept shit under wraps and did everything possible to discredit Gary Web. Funny too, how it never came up when Kerry was running for President, and he knew about it.<BR/><BR/><B>Lovebabz</B>, Faith, hope, grit, and as Frederick Douglass said (I think), agitate, agitate, agitate to get and keep our rights.<BR/><BR/><B>Sagacious</B>, my son and homeboyz just went off to vote. He's psyched about it too. I'm on my way now.Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-1783759054761111392008-11-03T23:57:00.000-05:002008-11-03T23:57:00.000-05:00Nice post Kit. I know how you feel as I am a litt...Nice post Kit. <BR/>I know how you feel as I am a little older than you.<BR/>My son, who has been working this campaign since the primaries in Ohio doesn't quite understand how our generation feels about this.<BR/>Right now it feels like Christmas Eve to me. . . like the Christmas Eve of a lifetime!<BR/>In the morning I vote and then head to Cincy to meet up with son and wife (she'll be an Obama poll monitor) where we will celebrate big time.<BR/>I also feel a bit apprehensive.SagaciousHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511441325695460501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-48734439443441825792008-11-03T19:38:00.000-05:002008-11-03T19:38:00.000-05:00Hi Kit!I've been reading your blog for about 4 mon...Hi Kit!<BR/><BR/>I've been reading your blog for about 4 months now. I loved your post, it was the most inspiring thing I've read all day. <BR/><BR/>I linked to your post on my blog: <BR/>http://honkytalkantiracism.blogspot.com/2008/11/do-not-go-gentle.htmlLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188255846229498429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-36384346510697193512008-11-03T19:30:00.000-05:002008-11-03T19:30:00.000-05:00We come this fair on faith. Trusting in his holy n...We come this fair on faith. Trusting in his holy name he's never failed us yet.<BR/><BR/>Come this far by faith leaning on the lord. oh oh I can't turn around we come too far by faith.<BR/>...Negro spiritual...<BR/><BR/>I find this song comforting in the difficult hours be it politics or personal drama.<BR/><BR/>Your children are beautiful. God bless you for hearing God's whipers to take care.Babz Rawls Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059921674059371076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-16700075633165791202008-11-03T17:09:00.000-05:002008-11-03T17:09:00.000-05:00I cosign with Dom. This was a very moving post. I ...I cosign with Dom. This was a very moving post. <BR/><BR/>I had forgotten Reagan-Bush's CIA was the culprit that brought crack to our communities. Too bad there was no real Internet then or the pressure would have been on for the truth to be acknowledged. <BR/><BR/>We have been through so much, but as that old Negro spiritual song goes, we shall overcome. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-18639444315164418272008-11-03T16:24:00.000-05:002008-11-03T16:24:00.000-05:00My how your words have touched me. This election s...My how your words have touched me. This election season has been so emotional that I am often at a loss for words, but full of happiness, pride, and gratuity.<BR/><BR/>As stoic as I usually am, especially in the office where I am one of a handful of blacks among hundreds, I'm sitting in my cube with tears in my eyes. YES! I feel as though my vote for Obama is not really my own, but belongs to the generations who came before me and suffered just so that I can be here to see this day! If Obama was chosen for this time then each of us were chosen as well. It’s up to each of us to make use of this!<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for putting words to how I feel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-56369851407339258802008-11-03T14:53:00.000-05:002008-11-03T14:53:00.000-05:00*passes chicken soup to Laurel*You're welcome, and...*passes chicken soup to Laurel*<BR/>You're welcome, and get well soon!Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-58668489787935906332008-11-03T13:48:00.000-05:002008-11-03T13:48:00.000-05:00Kit, I've got to admit that I've got election fati...Kit, I've got to admit that I've got election fatigue. I just want it to be DONE already. Part of it is fear of how they will steal the election. Part of it is that, if Obama wins, the white supremacists will jump on the excuse to start their race war. That's why they are endorsing him. (*And another part of it is that I've been sicker than a dog since Friday and pretty much hating everyone and everything. Sometimes it happens.) <BR/><BR/>But after reading this post, I've got to admit feeling a bit of triumph and history from this election.Thank you for drawing back my focus to the right place.MountainLaurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512030002803787636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-38634283860022797082008-11-03T13:14:00.000-05:002008-11-03T13:14:00.000-05:00Real Husta, I ready wit it too. Heh-heh.Salsa &...<B>Real Husta</B>, I ready wit it too. Heh-heh.<BR/><BR/><B>Salsa & Black Girl In Maine</B>, Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/><B>Miriam</B>, I too hope the fruits of the struggle aren't squandered, otherwise what's the point of gaining freedom and equality but still behaving like you're in chains?<BR/><BR/><B>MacDaddy</B>, I too will be looking for personal growth from DL; seen it in his first two CNN episodes. If that past bad joke scandal, his CNN opportunity, watching Obama get this far to the White House and Al Sharpton giving him a hint hasn't raised his consciousness, I wonder what will? I see buds of potential in him, but does he see it himself? Time will tell.<BR/><BR/><B>Torrance</B>, On point about knowing our history, and you asked, <I>"is change really possible in an <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy" REL="nofollow">oligarchy</A>?</I> This question, my brotha, is what gives me pause about an Obama presidency or any other. While I dearly would like to see him win tomorrow, the wealthiest 1% is having their own lil' family feud with our economy and who will control it in the near future - at everyone else's expense.Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-60216951417517864262008-11-03T12:53:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:53:00.000-05:00I am ready. Me and mines can be held accountable ...I am ready. Me and mines can be held accountable (whatever that means). Come on wit it.RealHustlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070016006573810157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-7999523745291902442008-11-03T12:35:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:35:00.000-05:00Wow! Eloquence with honesty, beautiful!Wow! Eloquence with honesty, beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-63370392504589242412008-11-03T12:00:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:00:00.000-05:00Gorgeous post! Your words are so powerful, I am st...Gorgeous post! Your words are so powerful, I am still a youngin at only 35 but what you wrote are the words that the younger generation needs to hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-86484006553665537022008-11-03T11:10:00.000-05:002008-11-03T11:10:00.000-05:00well said thats why I will never forget my days gr...well said thats why I will never forget my days growing up in memphis and king being murdered and we should all be taken back more by history<BR/><BR/>great summation folk<BR/><BR/>the query reamains is change really possible in an oligarchyAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-58367003601947691532008-11-03T09:49:00.000-05:002008-11-03T09:49:00.000-05:00I haven't always said kind things about Sharpton. ...I haven't always said kind things about Sharpton. But he spoke truth on Hughley's show. Maybe Hughley can take a cue from Sharpton, do some reading and learn some respect for our long struggle, a struggle that helped him to get his show on CNN.<BR/><BR/>He could begin to show some maturity by stopping all niggas, bitches and hos crap, which shows he has no respect for our struggle, and little, if any, respect for black women. But I doubt if he will anytime soon. <BR/><BR/>He could learn a lot from Sharpton and the struggle he continues to wage. But will he?Mac Daddy Tribute Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483912561779369669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-69701154530130759142008-11-03T06:28:00.000-05:002008-11-03T06:28:00.000-05:00Hi Trill,I don't think it would be all for nothing...Hi Trill,<BR/><BR/>I don't think it would be all for nothing (worse comes to worse) but it will be another few generations before we get back up on our "feet". Especially when folks consider how we "almost got there" and how they can make sure it doesn't happen again.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06067406973014144499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-57093823322342721752008-11-02T21:18:00.000-05:002008-11-02T21:18:00.000-05:00Focused Purpose, thank you for you kind words. Agr...<B>Focused Purpose</B>, thank you for you kind words. Agreed, we must do better as a race, and our ancestors would weep if they saw how some of are doing. I suspect that Obama will be a role model for us, especially this upcoming generation of youth.<BR/><BR/>About DL. His wife is named LaDonna Hughley and they've been married since 1986. She has a classic African American appearance and hair. If he were married to a white woman or fairskinned woman with naturally straight hair, I might think he had a problem. Since he isn't, I think it was just a bad joke.<BR/><BR/>About Al Sharpton. His point wasn't that the perpetrators were victims in that horrific Dunbar incident involving a Haitian woman and her son. His beef was that whites in the same state get far less harsher prison terms. Given the extreme cruelty of that crime, I think that instead of pushing for blacks to get the same treatment as whites, he should have been pushing for white predators to get the same legal treatment as blacks. I would have buried those bastards under the jail no matter what color they had been.<BR/><BR/>In general, for all to note, I take in account the <I>entire career and lifestyle</I> of a person, not just a few episodes of stupidity or bad judgment before writing them off.<BR/><BR/><B>Fairlane</B>, you said, <I>"In a way, Racist Whites are the Caucasian equivalent of House Negroes. They lap at Massa's feet thinking their skin color, and propensity to act against their own self-interests will spare them the whip.</I> <BR/><BR/>That's a deep thought, as was the rest of your comment. Thank you ever so much for sharing that point of view.<BR/>~Kit (Keep It Trill)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03027769872237001801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-79241868845669781902008-11-02T20:50:00.000-05:002008-11-02T20:50:00.000-05:00Before I ever so slightly disagree, let me say, Ex...Before I ever so slightly disagree, let me say, Excellent Post.<BR/><BR/>"They don't want change because the status quo of racism benefits them."<BR/><BR/>In a way, Racist Whites are the Caucasian equivalent of House Negroes. They lap at Massa's feet thinking their skin color, and propensity to act against their own self-interests will spare them the whip.<BR/><BR/>But, as some are figuring out, a system based on arbitrary hate, has no Loyalty.<BR/><BR/>Maybe a few whites benefit from Racism, but the majority are simply poisoned by it. They've never gained anything of worth from their hatred.s. douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095308024108321913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6325219138869173743.post-76108555279160719112008-11-02T20:46:00.000-05:002008-11-02T20:46:00.000-05:00hi there-i followed your comment from another blog...hi there-<BR/><BR/>i followed your comment from another blog and found you here. <BR/><BR/>i love the way that you write. i can feel your sincerity and find it beautiful. thank you for such a beautifully written piece.<BR/><BR/>al sharpton and dl hughley both have found themselves on the wrong side of issues that affect me---a black woman---way too many times. so, i am not inspired by them in the least. with all the focus on racism, they choose not to see what ignored sexism and misogny is doing to black folks. especially black women and girls. <BR/><BR/>dunbar village predators=victims al sharpton & nappy=ugly hughley will not ever have my support. i really wish they would both go and sit down.<BR/><BR/>i am concerned with the collective refusal of black folks to question what is presented to us. when one follows the money trail, how do we allow ourselves to overlook the greedy corporations that bring us both of our generally accepted choices? (those not on the program, are not on t.v. even if they are running for potus.)<BR/><BR/>i agree, we are riding on the backs of misery and struggle. we owe it to our ancestors to read, so that the truth cannot be hidden from us in books. if we are to honor our ancestors, we must do better by each other. i think, our ancestors weep when they look at our collective present day state despite their great suffering and sacrifice. <BR/><BR/>p.s. kennedy signed an executive order that was to do away with the federal reserve, which would be in the best interest of the american people. #11110, no one has touched that since. king, once he realized black folks were being integrated into a burning house, turned his attention to uniting the country's poor. all those that really try to do good, meet with bullets, suicide, cancer, etc. i have yet to hear of any proposal on obama's part that would lead me to believe he would be in any great danger. instead, his presence serves more to keep folks divided among color lines. that's just my two cents, what will be remains to be seen. i am cautiously optimistic!<BR/><BR/>blessings,<BR/>focusedpurposefocusedpurposehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537118983874391619noreply@blogger.com