zen...

...is what i had for dinner. which was also my breakfast and lunch, but who's counting? on a completely different note, its A-M-A-Z-I-N-G how much the media triggers me the more i educate myself on social justice. so i normally listen to a morning show if i have to work early, and i listened to whatever was on KLBJ, 93.7FM. i was triggered so much b/c the conversation was about the mayor of new orleans and something he said about taking care of his people--sarika, stephen, nikki, and christine, i almost called all of you. among other BRILLIANT comments, the suggestion was given that they should bring in a geneticist to somehow figure out if they had any black blood so that they could also "whine and complain about things that've never been ok to say out loud" [their words not mine]. POINT ONE: RACE ISN'T GENETIC NOR IS IT DETERMINABLE BY BIOLOGY OR BLOOD. second, they--or two male dj's--made the comment that [in response to anne coulter] "we can't stand powerful women who don't have brains." but not-so-savvy men in politics are a-o-k? POINT TWO: HAVE YOU SEEN OUR PRESIDENT DELIVER A SPEECH? YOU'RE SCARED OF NOT BEING IN CONTROL, WHITE MAN. and that's not me attacking any character attributes or values of bush, merely his overt un-braininess. third, if i ever ever ever ever hear the term "reverse racism" again i might scream. POINT THREE: NO SUCH THING. come talk to me some time if you want dialogue on that matter, but make sure you've thought, really hard, about your privilege to blame. make sure that you're not having a dialogue about race with me to inundate me with erroneous ideas that you're so convinced of that you're scared to change. i would say "don't mind me; i'm just overreacting" but how interesting it is that this would only put the oppressor in control. do i self-identify as an oppressor? absolutely; i benefit from it, from my color and position in life. if you want to deny that--and i don't know who You are--then i bet you deny that anyone's oppressed in the first place. and i'd bet that you're white.

wow i got that out. speaking of media, get ready to watch MTV make me look like satan tomorow [wed.] night at 9pm on MADE. but really and truly, i'm hopin my hair looks ok...cheers and wish you all a peaceful, snuggly, hearty, warm, sexy, silly week of purposefulness.