Donald Sterling Ban ???

I wanted to take some time before i could address the Donald Sterling incident (Los Angeles Clippers owner who was recorded telling a girlfriend that he didn’t want her to bring black people to his games just in case you've been living under a rock) and gather my thoughts to tackle the Gorilla in the room.
Donald Sterling, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, was barred from the N.B.A. for life and may be forced to sell the team for making racist remarks, the league commissioner, Adam Silver, announced today.Sterling’s time as owner of the Clippers has been marked by player unrest, accusations of racism and sexism, and until the team began winning consistently three years ago, incompetent basketball management.You could also look into his past exploits such as refusing to rent to minority families, having a racist attitude during negotiations,or moving his franchise to Los Angeles without league approval.Banning a billionaire for life and fining him 2.5 million is like putting a Band Aid on a gunshot wound, and to be honest i didn't really care about what he said, i'm more worried about a group of people like him that continues to deny people of a certain shade opportunities (jobs,housing,bank loans) or the police, prosecutor, and the judge that will change your life, i don't care if you're racist just get out of our way, banning Sterling just was a message to the corporations to keep denying Blacks access and opportunity as long as they keep it under wraps.This is not a time to rejoice as if 40 Acres and A Mule are being given.I love how people celebrate "Victories" that deliver no change, how quick do people forget when the same situations has been reappearing repetitively.

Atlanta Housewife, Porsha, Needs a Round of Applause!!

So, I know all of you Real Housewives of Atlanta fans saw the Reunion on Sunday. If you didn't, you've missed out because fan favorite, Porsha, had done the unthinkable. Just to recap, Kenya was doing the absolute most with her whole septor and what not. That was what first made Porsha so upset. The final moments of sanity went out the window when Kenya pulls out a bullhorn, and then says some choice words to Porsha.....and Porsha reacted the way that she did. My opinion? Porsha did EXACTLY what she was supposed to do. We all know that Kenya's had her hands in a lot of drama throughout the past few seasons, but this particular season was out of hand. I mean, all of the fans out there watched the season, so no need to recap. She did the absolute most, creating massive amounts of drama amongst the circle. So, I see no reason why anything Porsha did was so bad. I do not feel like she embarrassed herself at all, and I do think that Kenya got what she deserved. You can't expect to create drama amongst females and not expect the outcome to be horrible. Not to mention, anybody on that stage would've jumped on Kenya had they been provoked......but it was Porsha, and karma is a bitch. I'm on #TeamPorsha 100%!!

Smell The Coffee!!!!

It seems as if people not deliberately making a fool of themselves,they will not get the platform needed to advance their cause.But that should not be an excuse to lose your common sense and just do Dumb Shit (look at reality TV,Twitter,News etc... for further reference).People like to pretend as if they have sense and purpose,as if they have a secret that the rest of the world couldn't do without, and at the end it's just hot air and no substance.Everybody is putting on to some extent in order to mask their insecurities, and when criticized for their actions, their only retort is that they're getting money.... As if that will prevent them from looking like clowns.When does it stop ? When are we going to use our logic instead of our emotions? We have been taught to scream and yell when faced with a problem and look at the lovely results it has produced.It's like being lost in the highway while closing your eyes and stepping on the Gas.I feel that we need to focus on the task at hand while disregarding trivial things that are proving to be detrimental to our well being.

Love Begins At Home

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We cannot walk around talking about how much we love each other because it's a grand lie that only spreads the poison that is affecting us a whole.We should admit that we can't stand ourselves nor each other,and the first people that we should admit it to is the person that we face in the mirror. It's like telling the judge that you've murdered your significant other because you loved him/her, where's the rationale ? We are just grinning from ear to ear to talking about love in a system where injustice reigns supreme,and i'm here to tell you that it's time for another approach which is to minimize conflict by keeping our distance from each other until we have something to say or do that is of  constructive value to improve our situation.It's time to become comfortable with who we are by ourselves in order to give something of value to the collective,or we will straggle in the same confusion that has kept us captive for so long due to our self hatred.

Mimi Faust: Let's Talk About It!

Mimi Faust is known for her relationship with Stevie J, on VH1's Love and Hip-Hop: Atlanta. However these days, she is know for her steamy sex-tape with long time boyfriend, Niko. This is the same Mimi Faust that constantly downgraded Joseline Hernandez, new girlfriend to Stevie J. She called her every name in the book from stripper hoe, to slut, to BITCH! My Opinion? Mimi needs to shut that shit down. You have officially labelled yourself what society calls A HOE. Now by all means, if putting out a sex tape makes you happy, then do so. However, please discontinue calling other women out of their names. She has officially put herself in that same category Joseline is in. The only difference is Joseline just doesn't care about what people call her. Mimi apparently does since she recently posted a photo on Instagram saying, "If you don't pay my bills, shh." My thing is nobody is talking about the fact that she actually posted a sex-tape online for the world to see, but the fact that she had so much to say about Joseline being a stripper. I wonder what she plans to say about Joseline now. It is likely that it won't be much because now, Joseline has some ammo to use against Mimi. But Mimi set herself up for that. Moral of the Story: Make sure your hands are squeaky clean before you go passing judgement on someone else. Mimi Faust can't (and I doubt she ever would) say anything about Joseline, so it's time for her and insults to have a few seats because she is officially no better.

Double Standards

"To my niggas having bitches is what you just do. To the bitches having niggas is what a slut do." - Ab-Soul.....How much of a double standard is this? When a man has multiple women, its cool. He gets much respect from his boys, and even a few more females come crawling in his bed at night. Let a female do the same thing. They have words for us, somewhere along the lines of HOE or SLUT. But why? Simple! Throughout history, it was not a woman's place to be out and about. Our role was to stay home, tend to the millions of children, and do many chores to make sure that the house is up to par when the husband comes home. What I don't understand is the fact that it is now the year 2014, and women are bringing home twice as much money as a man can bring home....yet still be bonded to the age old theory that a woman is nasty for doing the same thing a man has been doing for years and years.....HAVING SEX! Why is it such a big issue? If a man can go out to the streets and pick up women at any given time, shouldn't a woman be allowed to do the same thing? She shouldn't be forced into ridicule and exile because of an age-old society rule. My opinion? LIFE IS TOO DAMN SHORT!!! If you feel as though you want to casually have sex, then by all means you are well within your right to do so.....man or woman. It's all about being happy with who you are and what you are doing. 

On the flip side, it's the same thing when men, who have had a homosexual experience, are automatically assumed gay. Based off of what? That one sexual experience? That's not fair considering the fact that you may not know the circumstances behind the experience. Maybe, he did it but didn't like it. However, let a female have her homosexual experience. Guys act like it's porn or something......the hottest shit they've seen. I could walk down the street screaming I kissed a girl, and the testosterone would be all over it.....and they'd come with questions about threesomes and dildos. Basically, it's nasty when one does it but not the other. Just like females having multiple men. It's nasty when women do it, but not for men. 

It's a double standard for a double standard. MORAL OF THE STORY: AGAIN, LIFE IS TOO DAMN SHORT??? Who cares if you decide to be straight after thinking you could be gay. Who cares if a woman wants to have two, three, four, five men at one time. That's not your life, it's theirs. This means that at the end of the day, they'll have to live with those choice, NOT YOU! Get over yourself, get over what society considers "normal', and go live your own life. 

The power of MUSIC has Pharrell in tears

When you think of music you just think of your favorite song,  maybe even the strange clothes 2 Chainz had on in his last video, or the fact that sometimes Weezy doesnt make sense. What we dont think about is how timeless it is. How its an artists permanent contribution to humanity. A record that will remain in our worlds history until the end. Its deeper than most people understand. Pharrell gets it and I applaud his contribution to our lives and memories of great music that will last forever.

Gay vs Straight Relationships: It Won't Make Life Better

I hear so many people talking about why they chose to be gay, or bisexual (or lesbian lol). I get all the usual stories. You know, "I was born this way", or "I just like such and such." But then there are those few ones that are just like, "I had a bad experience with him/her, so I thought that this would be better." My opinion? WTF were you thinking??? It does not matter if you decide to spend your time with a guy or a girl, a relationship is still a relationship. When people say stupid shit like that, I wonder if they think that aspects like trust, or, commitment, or quality time have a specific gender. Like life is so much better being gay or something! NO! It just doesn't work that way. Trust issues don't change just because you decide to explore the whiles of a female, instead of the usual male. Commitment doesn't just up and get better just because you made the decision to be with a man, instead of the usual female. Shit like that requires the same amount of effort, whether its a gay, straight, lesbian, or bisexual relationship. That's just like saying that getting through school would be easier if you were a different race. NO!! Getting through school would be easier if you put down the blunt and the bottle, and do some damn homework. All I'm saying is this: Nothing changes by being in a gay relationship (or vice versa). The issues are still there. The trust, the commitment, the time, the love, it's still there whether you want to try it with a man......or a woman. None of the aspects of a relationship will suddenly disappear. And another thing: Instead of trying to change who you are just to find love, maybe you should focus your brain on other things and let God be the guide to your soul mate.

Dumbing Down the SAT: It Won't Help

I read an article today about The United States dumbing down the SAT for those that aren't academically inclined. My opinion? TOTAL BULLSHIT! What is this saying about the generations today? Maybe that the generation is incapable of getting the top score of 2400, or that we can't learn words that are obviously far out of our reading level. That's not going to help. Dumbing down the SAT just so the generation can slide into college easy is a no go for me. If the United States is so concerned about the welfare and education of the children growing up in this generation, why not implement some strategies that can ACTUALLY HELP! Tutoring those students that need the extra help or the extra push in school. Pushing students beyond their limits to prepare them to go to high school and then to college. Preparing students for the SAT and the ACT, so that when the time comes to face these tests, they'll be able to do it and do it successfully. This way they can get into top notch schools with impressive scores. Dumbing down the SAT is but a mere crutch, making it that much easier to fail when they get to the universities of their choice. They will have a much harder time adjusting to the material, especially at universities such as Duke, Cornell, Harvard, and Princeton because the government failed to properly educate our students. Educators at these colleges are not going to take pity on students that just can't do the work. Unfortunately, the United States can't see past sending unprepared students to college, make them pay a bunch of money on student loans for a degree that will only allow for them to make significantly less than those that haven't gone to college, therefore working some pointless ass job making just above minimum wage. This is not fair. This is what is going to send our students into a world of hard times because instead of pushing students to prep for important situations (such as taking the SAT), they dumb down the SAT just so society doesn't have to deal with students dropping out of college or not even going for that matter. I think it's a ridiculous idea. I think it's setting our kids up to fail tremendously. I think it's a waste of our children's education because if the government is willing to dumb down the SAT, what does that mean for daily learning at school? Are they going to make it easier for students to pass their classes by teaching them 2 + 2, instead of finding the linear equation using the quadratic formula. Colleges and universities are not going to recap on the concept of 2+2 or what does "apple" mean and use it in a sentence. It's just not fair to the students within this generation who are actually smart and are trying to get those top notch scores. This won't test their capabilities either. I feel sorry for those that agree with this. I feel even worry for the sorry ass government who came up with the idea that dumbing down the SAT would actually help students, instead of hurting them.......even though it's clearly the other way around.

*CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE*: http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/sat-to-be-dumbed-down-to-meet-todays-students-intellects/

R.I.P Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles 'The Godfather Of House Music ' passed away of complications related to Type II Diabetes. He was 59 years old.Knuckles was born in The Bronx in 1955 and began DJing in New York in the ’70s with Larry Levan. After moving to Chicago in 1977 he played at the famed Warehouse and then his own club, The Power Plant. He remained an integral part of house music throughout the decades, producing seminal records ‘Your Love’, ‘Baby Wants To Ride’ and ‘The Whistle song' and a Remixer for Michael Jackson,Luther Vandross ,and Toni Braxton.

 

Knuckles won the 1997 Grammy Award for Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. In 2004, the city of Chicago - which "became notorious in the dance community around the world for passing the so-called 'anti-rave ordinance' in 2000 that made property owners, promoters and deejays subject to $10,000 fines for being involved in an unlicensed dance party" - named a stretch of street in Chicago^[ after Knuckles, where the old Warehouse once stood, on Jefferson Street between Jackson Boulevard and Madison Street. That stretch of street, called Frankie Knuckles Way, "was renamed when the city declared 25 August 2004 as Frankie Knuckles Day. The Illiniois state senator who helped make it happen was Barack Obama.

R.I.P