Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Harriet Tubman rough

As a response to the angry black women post whose speaker is woman who has grown up in the post civil-rights era. Therefore she was buried in "Afrocentricity" before the "Eurocentricity" took over. I believe she was addressing any women willing to listen. The main point or argument of the post is that Harriet Tubman is the original "angry black woman."
The writer conveys her message in a causal tone, for example she starts out with personal story I believe to make the reader feel like a friend and to explain the relevance of Harriet Tubman and her. Her diction is very causal, like how one would talk to a friend, coupled with examples and references to her on life.
I agree that Harriet Tubman was an original "angry black woman," because she helped a countless number of slaves runaway from slavery and find freedom. As the writer says "Harriet Tubman, because she did what I in my bravado like to think I would've done: she fought back, and she won." Furthermore she channeled her anger and used it in a positive way, she also never let any one discourage her. For this reason I again agree that Harriet Tubman was the original "angry black woman."

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

This I believe rough draft

This I believe;You should always love and respect yourself. I believe this because if I did not love and respect myself I believe that I would be taken advantage of. For example if I did not love myself enough to not have to "fit in" I would be swearing, and drinking, skipping, etc. Moreover I think if you do not love and respect yourself you will accept less than what you deserve. There is a person I know for their privacy their name is X, I do not believe X loves and respects them self enough because X is willing to risk it all to please Zero (another code name) even though Zero does not respect X enough to commit to X. Which is wrong, but as they saying goes it is hard to respect someone who does not respect them self. I have had instances where I felt like I needed to someone else to hold me up. However I realize that I have a great relationship with my family, I have true-blue friends, but what really was the defining moment, the reason that made me believe this was when I looked in the mirror and liked what I saw. Usually I try to avoid mirror because I did not love my self, I did not love the way I looked, etc, but when I woke up one morning and looked in the mirror I loved what I saw, and I become conscious of the fact I did not need to "fit in" or I did not need I a guy, all I need was the knowledge that I am Cool Beans, Panrific (from Hong Kong Phooey), Awesome, beautiful in my own way, and most importantly the knowledge that no one can take that away from me. Even though I am "straight-edge" or whatever, and I can be out of the loop sometimes I still love and respect myself and would not change a thing about myself.