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Peace through strength

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About Me

Ilisten, u a wonder . u a city of a woman . u gota geography of ur own . listen, somebody need a map 2 understand you . somebody need directions to move around u . listen, woman, u not a noplace anonymous girl . mista with his hands on u, . got them on some damn body!LC

My Interests

Spoken Word. Uplifting Black Children. Eating. Sleeping. Reading. Writing. Shopping. Conspiring. Laughing. Music. Hate. Love. Other Worlds. Religion. etc.

I'd like to meet:

Malcolm. Martin. Ghandi. Harriet (she was tuff). Grandma. Grandpa. the idiot who invented the cell phone...who is still alive (I swear I would love to be able to live without it again). My great, great grandmother's Massa' (I swear I would whip his...). This is just to state a few.

Music:

Sam Cooke, Stevie, Marvin, Bill Withers, 2pac, Badu, Mrs. Hill, Outkast, Common, Dead Prez, Donnie, Eric Roberson, Faro Z, Fertile Ground, Floetry, India, the Marleys, Martin Luther, Miles, Mos Def, Nas, Nina Simone, Prince, Talib, Tracy Chapman and more. OOOHHH MY GOD. Okay, I am willing to admit that no less than a year ago I had no real interest in white music...but now... So to name a few: Alanis Morissette, Aqualung, John Mayer, Jamie Cullum, Thicke, Jack Johnson, Lennon, Coldplay, Esthero, Joss, Matt Costa, Norah Jones,

Movies:

Braveheart, 5 Heartbeats, CRASH, Malcolm X.

Television:

CSI (all of them). Girlfriends/Sex and the City. Animal Planet.

Books:

Psychic Trauma. Mis-Education of the Negro. There Eye Were Watching God. Without Sanctuary. Anything by Jason Reynolds and W.E.B. DuBois. and so many more.

Heroes:

Ah. This is funny. My students were asked the same question on their test today. Some of them picked me (suck ups) but for real...my heros are all the teachers that gave a damn. Now that I am one, I see how hard and real it is, as a profession and a life style. My heros are also all the ancestors that faught for their rights, land and people... ashe

My Blog

This is Why We're Hot

How do you wrap a middle schooler's mind around black history? When their own self-identity is still a mystery How can you explain over 500 years of misery? And who's to say that it is in me To be...
Posted by Peace through strength on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:36:00 PST

A Poem for Her

    I wrote a poem for her To let her know that words were still alive They breathed the breath of her inspiration     I wrote a poem for her Cause she once felt my pulse in be...
Posted by Peace through strength on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:30:00 PST

Nightmares

I had a nightmareLast nightThat you had another loveI can't wait until ICanJust call it a dreamshessh....emotions that can transfer from sub-conscience to conscience........are way to much for me thes...
Posted by Peace through strength on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:12:00 PST

Silence

Mother kisses forehead tries to remember pain like this from childhood tears stand guard behind eyes as to not let emotion free takes longest walk ever out of baby girl's room each step and creek in f...
Posted by Peace through strength on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:14:00 PST

Train Ride

Little darling with hot pink mini shorts sucks sugar daddies refusing to sit next to mommy takes a whirl         & nbsp;      ...
Posted by Peace through strength on Wed, 10 May 2006 03:10:00 PST