Dawn,

I pray that you receive what you suggest for us as a people. Is that retribution? If so, then why don't you want for you and your family what you want for us? If you don't want for yourself and your family what you want for us then change what you want for us. You need to understand that no person of African descent would want what you have written that you want for us. We can forgive, But it is not in our interest to forget. We must continue to let you and your people know the pain that was and to some degree still is being inflicted on us just because of our God given color.

Interesting I was just at a workshop for domestic violence held at Methodist Hospital. The lady conducting the made the statement physical wounds experienced from domestic violence will heal. However the emotional scars will never heal. I reminded her that if we took that position as a race then we would be angry at every white person who has harmed or benefitted from the racism of our people. Dawn, you must hear me. We as a people want to forgive your people for what they have done, are doing. However, we can not forgive if the benefactor of this white supremacy says that was the past. You need to move on. In essence, let's act like white people did not historically harm Black people. That position tends to erase a people's will to forgive. You should really know what your words are doing. If this is your intent then you are accomplishing your mission. If not, then quit it! If you are the Christian that you want us to believe that you are, then you will humble yourself so that we all can get along. Your response will reveal plenty. God bless.

Hater/ By Maya Angelou

A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all their time trying to make you look small so they can look tall.
They are very negative people to say the least. Nothing is ever good enough!

When you make your mark, you will always attract some haters...

That's why you have to be careful with whom you share your blessings and your dreams, because some folk can't handle seeing you blessed...

It's dangerous to be like somebody else... If God wanted you to be like somebody else, He would have given you what He gave them! Right?

You never know what people have gone through to get what they have...

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...

If the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, you can rest assured that the water bill is higher there too!

We've all got some haters among us!

Some people envy you because you can:
a) Have a relationship with God
b) Light up a room when you walk in
c) Start your own business
d) Tell a man / woman to hit the curb
(if he / she isn't about the right thing)

e) Raise your children without both parents being
in the home

Haters can't stand to see you happy.
Haters will never want to see you succeed.
Most of our haters are people who are supposed to be
on our side.

How do you handle your undercover haters?
You can handle these haters by:

1. Knowing who you are & who your true friends are
*(VERY IMPORTANT!!)

2. Having a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job. You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

A purpose is having a clear sense of what God has called you to be.
Your purpose is not defined by what others think about you.

3. By remembering what you have is by divine
prerogative and not human manipulation.

Fulfill your dreams! You only have one life to live...when its your time to leave this earth, you 'want' to be able to say, 'I've lived my life and fulfilled 'my' dreams,... Now I'm ready to go HOME!

When God gives you favor, you can tell your haters, 'Don't look at me...Look at Who is in charge of me...'

Pass this to all of your family & friends who you know are not hating on you including the person who sent it to you.

If you don't get it back, maybe you called somebody out! Don't worry about it, it's not your problem, it's theirs..
Just pray for them, that their life can be as fulfilled as
yours! Watch out for Haters...BUT most of all don't become a HATER!

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man
should have to seek Him first to find her.'

Maya Angelou

Dawn,

I hope you really understand Maya's words. God bless.

Dawn

That is precisely what we are trying to get you to see,that people with bad behavior need someone who can boldly attack and shine a light on that behavior. Do you read the newspapers and see the news on television? We have over 2 million men in jails in America and the majority are people of color. And the majority of prisoners who were found to be innocent are majority Black.Have you ever heard of the many unarmed Black men who have been killed by police in many cities. I wish you can see the cases of judges sending Blacks to prison for a crime that Whites go free or get a slap on the wrist.

Just because we point out bad behavior by those in authority in America does not mean we hate anybody. We want to be bold and shine the bright light on the violators so that good Christians like yourself will help us stop the carnage and the injustices.

We on this blog are behaving like your mother the "bold teacher," who protest loudly the racist injustices that take place all over America even in Indiana.

I am using your own words to restate what I know I have been saying on this blog. I have been literally screaming with protests of the injustices and inequities that I see as a former 14 year NAACP president in a Southern town.

I think you unknowingly agreed with Reverend's and my case about the ugly racism that did not stop when Slavery ended in America. As victims who are currently subject to the ugliness of unfair practices by those in power, we [Reverend and I]are saying the same thing you said in your last statement on this blog.

What took you so long. Peace be unto you!!!

john

Hummm. Dawn you have fell silent. My software lets me know that you haved visited the website but you feel it unnecessary to respond. Hummm. Isn't that interesting.

On your last post you talked about the young black children being refused to swim in the pool at the private club. You reveal that you have been a member of several private clubs and thought it odd that outsiders would be invited in. In essence, we hear you saying that Black children should not have been allowed to be with the children of the elite. We weren't allowed in the private clubs of which you were a member. Hummm. This is the mess that we as Black people cannot forget.

That woman at the domestic violence workshop had a point about those emotional scars. Even when we want to let the past be the past, your people won't let us. And when we look at it, it was again a white man who did not want the Black children in the pool. Another white man felt that Black children being in the pool would change the complexion of the pool. As if our skin color would come off and taint the pool. How much more silly can white men be?

Oh, let me remind you that the children had a contract and paid more than a thousand dollars a piece to have access to that pool. We, as Black parents would be remiss, and not be preparing our children for the real world if we taught them that racism and white supremacy still does not effect decisions to this day. To tell our children that the effects of racism did not exist would be to lie to them. That little Black boy crying because he thought the type of behavior that he just experienced was a relic of the past just broke my heart. If you are not careful that little boy's pain will turn to anger, especially as he continues to experience racism thay you tell us that's not there. Forget about it. That is in the past. Move on.

Dawn, I am telling you as a Christian, you must be careful of your words. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Black people are not beyond erupting. Everyone has limits. The country does not need to be provoked to having people in the streets like we see now in Iran and China. This economy has everyone, Black and white, on edge. The country does not need racial strife fueled by economic depression spilling over into the streets of America. We have a Black President. We are elated and were psychologically uplifted. However, we know his election did not erase racism in America. What happened in Phylly is one of many incidents that made national news.

This is why it is so ignorant and stupid for Rush Limbaugh and his small crew of congressional people (white males) to get upset when Judge Sotomayor says that as a Latina she could make better decisions than white men. You did see where Ruth Bader Ginsberg agreed with Judge Sotomayor didn't you? The situation in Philly continues to confirm the fact. Oh, by the way, your silence speaks volumes also. I pray that your silence is by your choice and that God has not seen reason to silence you. I pray that God will order your steps. Although Paul teaches that we won't be held accountable for our actions, our faith is enough, you better believe that one day we all will have to account. God bless.

In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois suggested that the question white people so often want to ask black people is, "How does it feel to be a problem?" This program turns the tables and recognizes some simple facts: Race problems have their roots in a system of white supremacy. White people invented white supremacy. Therefore, the color of the race problem is white. White people are the problem. White people have to ask ourselves: How does it feel to be a problem?

Following the ideas in his book The Heart of Whiteness, Jensen argues that -- even decades after the significant achievements of the civil-rights movement and with an African-American president -- it is still appropriate to describe the United States as a white-supremacist society, in terms of how we think and how we live.