Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Black Men Who Deserve Credit

I love the fact that I can be proud out loud. This blog will be my expressions of all facets of blackness. The pain, elation, joy, sorrow, disappointment, & every emotion that this race may face. Yes, we all are humans who feel or at least we should. If we do not then we are simply animals with the instinct of survival. Sometimes it feels like the world is uncaring & devoid of all emotion. This is the realness of life that I am relaying to you. I may start another blog that deals with trite stuff. IssueBlack is my first step into activism. Let's see where it goes from here.

Today, I will keep things kind of brief by just talking about a few good black men. My husband, Tim Taylor, is a wonderful man who I do not give enough appreciation to. He really has helped share in the role of caretaker when our two kids are ill. When times are tough for me, he looks for ways to make it better. Although we are young, neither one of us runs the streets. We try to spend time together but the computer beckons us both. At least we know what one another is up to. He is someone that I believe I will grow old with. He loves me for who I am. I would be a single mother without him taking full responsibility. I love the fact that I am not. It's hard enough raising two kids together. I do not want to imagine doing it alone.

My father, Wendell Harper, is an extraordinary reporter that works at KPFA. He has always instilled black pride & recognition of my culture in me. I love my history because I know all facets of it. There is a reason that I picked Egypt to feature on this website. It is just one of the many historical pieces of evidence that hints at Africa's buried past. The history of great royalty was provided to me through the various books on Africa that my dad had. He is a man of great knowledge & wisdom. I am proud to be a beautiful black woman because of him.

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