Check it out, it is sad to see this so close to home. Reported by WXYZ Detroit.
Dearborn, Mich. (WXYZ) - The man who pulled the trigger in Friday's murder-suicide at Henry Ford Community College posted rambling thoughts on YouTube. What Action News uncovered is chilling.
Anthony Powell has remained a mystery since he opened fire Friday, killing Asia McGowan and then turning the gun on himself.
Now, we're getting a glimpse of what many believe Powell wanted us to see, his many faces.
Identified in videos by friends and neighbors, bloggers say Powell recently talked online about killing himself.
There's a reference to a shotgun, posts about trouble with women, saying: "The story with the sexy girl continues but that situation with short girl is over."
What many saw in his face was anger.
There is evidence bloggers tried to help Powell.
One even said he sent an e-mail to Detroit Police.
In the end, no one helped him and no one saved Asia McGowan.
Powell's parents spoke to Action News Sunday night.
They spoke about how sorry they are for the actions of their son, and sent condolences to Asia's family.
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Colorism: Is this behavior learned, or regrettably inherited from the previous generation?
I found this paper online called the face of colorism (written by a student at Oakland University) and here is an excerpt:
Colorism; is this behavior learned, or regrettably inherited from the previous generation? I recommend you read Marguerite Wright’s “I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World,” according to studies preschoolers cannot comprehend the basis for putting people into different groups by race. “To determine which people being in what racial groups, adults use a complex set of cues, including physical characteristics (skin color, hair color and texture, nose and lip shapes, and the like) and social cues. Preschoolers usually put all light-complexion children (whites, Chinese, and light-complexion blacks) into the “white” group,” (Wright, pg. 15), which poses another question. At what age are children being exposed to this type of behavior? It seems that when the previous information is taken into account, children are being taught to separate the different hues of black peoples into different categories. Growing up terms such as “light, bright, damn near white,” “tar baby,” “you’re cute for being so dark,” and such, are expressions that are synonymous with other terms as of endearment such as “redbone” and “dark chocolate,” but in reality, these expressions are tearing down one dichotomy to uplift another.
It seems that the media images of what warrants black identity is somewhat, if not, completely jaded, and in my opinion is contributing to this problem. Picking up any catalogue, whether it may be the current Sears, JC Penny’s, etc., and you will notice the ‘type’ of black identity, which is being represented. Light-skinned babies with curly hair and green eyes, light-skinned females with long straight hair, or the effervescent light-skinned female with a dark-skinned male with beautiful bi-racial kids seems to take center-stage when it comes to representing the ideal African-American family. The propaganda of black culture does not stop there, in a recent issue of Essence, the light-skinned vs. dark-skinned ratio is practically 4:1. A multitude of skin-cream bleachers, hair strengtheners, and weave products flood the back of the magazine.
Not only do we, as black people, do a good job at exploiting our weaknesses. For example, not only looking at the magazines, which are targeted towards a black audience but also our mainstream media, Black Entertainment Television. Turn on your TV set to this channel and I can almost guarantee you the images of light-skinned people, ads and products geared towards hair-straightening, etc, will overwhelm the average person. What can we do try to alleviate this problem, in my opinion, I think this problem is too deep-rooted, although the EEOC is handling the legal aspect of the problem, the social aspect, which is up to the black community, needs to accept the fact that blacks can come in all shapes, hues, and colors.
I don't know if I agree with his opinion that the problem is too deeply rooted to overcome. I think if we teach our youth to combat these issues TOGETHER instead of enabling these feelings things will change. This is a time to unite and move up in our own communities. If we don't accept ourselves how can we ever see a change in how other people perceive us?
Blogs hate on Michelle and Obama's relationship
Obama photographed with mystery lady at inauguration stirs rumors.
There are a few blogs out there that are already talking about how hard it will be for Barack to be faithful to Michelle b/c of all the groupies that will approach him. They even went as far as saying that the woman photographed with Barack above is one of his potential "Jump-Offs". Obviously Barack is not cut like every other man. Michelle is a great catch and you can see how much their family means to each other, furthermore Barack would never hurt his girls like that so these blogs need to stop! The woman above is Desiree Rogers and she was the planner for the inaugural ball event.
Why do popular African-American blogs tear down black women?
Whitney vs Mariah, Tyra vs Naomi, Beyonce vs JHud, Brandy vs Monica, and now Mary j. Blige vs Beyonce. I find it very hurtful to black women in entertainment when blogs try to play these women against each other. Media Take Out reports that Mary J. Blige is jealous of Beyonce, b/c of her performance at the inauguration and the inaugural ball. I highly doubt these rumors. Many of the black women featured on blogs such as mediatakeout, youngblackandfab and bossip.com get most of their publicity on these blogs yet these blogs and the people that comment on them tear down women of color, why is that?
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