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1. The Primary Contradiction » A Good Article for a Change on 14 Nov 2006 at 5:42 am

   [...] After my gassing of the esteemed New York Times last week for some sly divide-and-conquer tactics, I’m pleased to have come across this informative article about a gathering in Montana of two-spirit folks from this past Sunday’s edition (thanks again to the sistas at the wonderful blog Racialicious). For those who don’t know, two-spirits are First Nations folk who are said to possess both male and female spirits in one body, and who—in the days before European imperialism—were honored by the people as symbols of wisdom, divinity, and healing. [...]

Comments

1. dcase wrote:

   Trina has the distinction, in my mind, of having the most vulgar rap verse I’ve ever heard in my life (see Nann N*gga with Trick Daddy). I would not want her advising my sisters.
   The post on Trina’s foundation raises an important point about the juxtaposition of vulgar and criminal lyrics and images with philanthropy. Other rappers have similar foundations that purport to want help people in the ‘hood away from a criminal life .
   However, their foundations work while they give detailed manifestos concerning the proper drug dealing methodology, conflict resolution via violence, pimping , hoing and general mysogyny, sexual promiscuity, etc. How can anyone, especially a child, find their good works credible? Especially when they purport their ‘hood experience as being the primary vehicle to success. Seems conflicted, to me at least.

   Posted 10 Oct 2006 at 9:48 am ¶

2. gatamala wrote:

   Foundations are tax shelters. That includes camps for “urban youth” and charity golf classics too. They enable people to funnel their money thru non-prof ventures, thereby avoiding taxes. All kinds of goodies (land, cars, planes, salaries….)can be written off as business expenses. The amount non-profits have to spend on “positive activities” is not as high as one would think (no stats, just did npf work). The oversight is weak/nonexistent.

   Posted 10 Oct 2006 at 2:31 pm ¶

3. Mystic_rebl wrote:

   It was sad to hear Buck O’Neil pass even though he lived a long life. He also did a lot for the industry so America keeped informed about the importance of the Negro Baseball Leagues wayback when.

   My 80-year-old-something father played in a kind of farm team in Florida during these Negro Leagues but he mostly had stories to hear. Don’t forget about talking and recording the old people in your families so you can get their stories before they passed. Awesome!

   Posted 11 Oct 2006 at 6:56 am ¶