An Open Letter to Harry Reid You Owe More then Obama an Apology. Harry Reid Just Another Racist Democrat

Harry Reid said of then Senator Barack Obama was light skinned and didn't speak with a "Negro Dialect" unless he wished to. Obama is light skinned most people who are Biracial like Obama are lightskinned. This doesn't make him better or worse just light skinned. That part of his statement is not the offensive part just another thing overblown by the media.
The next part of the statement is not a gaffe its racist pure and simple. First of all we haven't been Negros since James Brown told us we were black and proud. I was a little girl when that song came out but I remember the pure joy my parents and Aunties and Uncles felt dancing to that song. It made us finally proud of the color of our skin. Older black people did not and still do not like the term African American because of that song. Negros is our past Senator Reid not our Present. When you refer to us as a group please use black or African American nothing else will do. We are not colored nor are we Negros.
Now for the racist part of his statement that Barack doesn't speak with a negro Dialect unless he wants too.
Guess what Senator Reid Most black people don't speak with a Negro Dialect unless they want too. Believe it or not Senator Reid most black/African American children are taught how to speak English. Yes some children speak in what is traditionally known as Ebonics but there are children who are white that also speak this way. Its not a black thing Senator Reid its a hood thing. I don't like the term Ebonics because it does assume all black children speak this language. I will admit that Ebonics was born on Ole Massa's Plantation but it is not just ignorgant talk. There are rules and some of the sounds are different. Ebonics is a combination language of English, and several West African languages. There is also the Gullah language in some parts of South Carolina. I am a believer in not getting rid of this language and often speak it myself.
That being said I do not need some self rightous idiot insulting an entire group of people by assuming that we all speak the same language. I guess he thinks we all live in the projects or that we all know every black person in the world.
Harry Reid appologized to Barack Obama but he owes an apology to all Black people and Senator Reid remember this the next time Negro enters your mind "Say It Loud We're Black and Proud." Negros died with Segregation.

Raising Teenage Daughters in the Age of Provative Dress and Sexism

I am raising a 14 year old daughter who is one of the sweetest, kindest kids on the planet. She will ask me sometimes if its ok if she wears a skirt that is to short for her or jeans that are to tight. I tell her no that she is a young teenager and those clothes are unacceptable. Some people say I am restricting her freedom because I refuse to allow her to dress like an adult woman. She is not an adult she is 14. I have lots of help because my daughter has two older sisters and three older brothers plus a load of cousins who also tell her "NO"
Does this upset my daughter? Not really I think she likes when I tell her "NO" because it sets limits and also gives her an excuse if she doesn't want to dress a certain way but peer pressure is very strong. She can then make me out to be the bad guy. I think that is the way it is with most teenagers. They may fight and agrue but they know in the end that you have their best interests at heart. They also will never remember the times you told them "NO" but they will thank you for setting boundries.
Television is another issue. I am amazed at how many shows on TV are either racist or sexist or both. I have one rule and that is Nothing racist or sexist on tv. I am not talking about movies like "To Kill a Mockingbird" or movies that address either sexism or racism but movies and cartoons that use sexism or racism for entertainment. I don't mind my daughter watching Avatior because it has strong female characters.
Avaitor has several strong female main characters that are not filled with sexual stereotypes. I love Kataria the main female character who is a water bender. She is respected by all the characters on the show and she is a positive character for little girls to emulate.
My daughter is more likely to gripe about TV then she is about clothes and frankly I believe the images that TV portrays are worse for her in the long run then the clothes that seek to grow our daughters up before their time.
Its time for Television to remember that half the audience is females and we are the largest buyers. We are the shoppers and we need to make sure that advertisors know we will no longer accept their sexism on TV.

DEAN CALLS THE REPUBLICANS THE PARTY FOR WHITES

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/16/mccain-backer-takes-on-howard-dean-over-white-remark/
A female backer of Senator John McCain has bashed Howard Dean for saying that the Democratic Party is better for people of color and for women because it is hard to advance in the Republican Party if you are a person of color or a woman.
Howard Dean said that after he robbed Hillary Clinton, a woman, of her rights. He did not stand up for her like the rest of the sorry DNC. He screamed racism from the very beginning when I, an African American woman did not see racism. I certainly saw sexism. I did not see Racism directed to African American. I did see racism directed at whites. White women were called white b**ches and other offensive names yet no one spoke up for Hillary or her supporters.
I cannot believe how the Parties spin things.