CLASSLESS AND UNEDUCATED? O OK, ANYWAY!








Naomi Osaka on the Taylor Townsend & Jelena Ostapenko situation at the U.S. Open:
“It’s one of the worst things you can say to a Black tennis player in a majority-White sport. And, granted, I know Taylor and I know how hard she has worked and how smart she is, so she is as far from uneducated as you can get. But if you’re genuinely asking me about the history of Ostapenko, I don’t think that’s the craziest thing she’s said. I’m gonna be honest. I think it was ill-timed and the worst person you could have ever said it to. And I don’t know if Ostapenko knows the history of it in America. But I know she will never say it again in her life. Yeah, I mean, it’s just terrible… it’s really bad.”


I FIND OSTAPENKO REMARKS TO BE HE LARRY US! HAD SHE NOT HEARD ABOUT THE COLOR BLACK? IT IS SAID TO BE SOPHISTICATION, DOMINANCE, TIMELESS, GLAMOUROUS, STATEMENT MAKERS, ILLUMINATING, CLERGY AND BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN PREFER IT, FOR THE ELITE, DELICATE, BEAUTIFUL, CHIC, BODY FIGURE SHIFTER, COMPLIMENTARY, ACCENTUATES, WORTHY, KEY, ENHANCING, HIGH STANDARD AND EXPECTATION, EMPOWERING, ANSWER, SOLUTION, CONFIDENT, A VIBE, STRENGTH, CREATIVE, STYLISH, UNDERSTOOD, RADIANT, REFINED, VERSATILE, COMMANDING, IDENTIFYING, FOCUS, SHADY, DEPTH, REIGNS, ENSEMBLE, CONSISTENT, COHESIVE, EXQUISITE, INTERPRETATIVE, TRENDY, STUNNING, EFFORTLESS, INFLUENTIAL, FIT, SUPREME, CLASSY, FRESH, BALANCING, ELEVATING, REVOLUTIONARY, DIFFERENCE MAKER, GRACIOUSNESS, COMPLETE, SLEEK, UNFORGETTABLE, STYLE, A FAVORITE, SOLIDIFYING, NO BOUNDARIES, A CHOSEN, CENTERING, NOTEABLE FIGURES LOVE TO WEAR IT, LOVE, HAS A RICH HISTORY, STRIKING, ART DECOR, ELEGANCE, TIMELESS, A STAPLE IN WARDROBIN








“At that time, it was never acceptable that a Black player was the best.” The Legendary Bill Russell
I WANT ALL BLACK WOMEN TO CONTINUE TO RISE UP IN YOUR INNATE GIFTS, SKILLS, BRILLIANCE, CREATIVITY, ATHLETICISM, INFLUENCE, CONFIDENCE, DOMINANCE AND SUPERIORITY AND DO IT AND BE IT UNAPOLOGETICALLY AS YOU BECOME VICTORIOUS.
“At that time, it was NEVER acceptable that a BLACK player was the BEST. That just didn’t happen.” The Legendary Bill Russell
Just like Trump, BLACKS INTELLECT AND IQ is always their dig and well, look at the crumbling of the country given majority of our educators are white women. WE BLACK PEOPLE BUILT and made the BIGGEST contributions in America. My two daughters played travel AAU volleyball and I told them that travel AAU volleyball is not a white sport. Whites created Double D’s (Distance and Dollars) to replace those WHITES ONLY SIGNS.
Jim Crow Etiquette was……
BLACKS must:
Never assert or imply that a White person is lying
Never claim or demonstrate superior knowledge or intelligence over a White person
Never curse at a White person
Never laugh at a White person
Never go before a white person on the street or road (road rage)
Taylor Townsend Handled herself very well! She did her Thang and Ms. thang couldn’t handle it so she tried coming after her in another way because she was defeated! WOW
Taylor your comeback was a Class act and very well Delivered with your Educated Mind! You won the physical match and the Mental match Great way to Handle a sore Loser!! I’m So Proud to be an Educated Black Woman
What a glorious era unfolding in tennis! This season, a talented group of black women, including Coco Gauff, Taylor Townsend, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, Alycia Parks, and Robin Montgomery, are rising to unprecedented heights.
Despite facing verbal abuse, such as the incidents involving Taylor Townsend this week and Coco Gauff during the US Open 2023, these athletes continue to soar.
The torch has been passed from the Williams sisters, who have led the way for 20 years, to a new generation of American black tennis players who are exceling and inspiring a brighter future for the sport. Get ready to see more people be big mad!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2923478294501439?s=single_unit
TAKEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
It is false that the history of IQ testing was exclusively for white people. However, the tests were widely used by American eugenicists in the early 20th century who were determined to prove the intellectual superiority of whites. These biased applications shaped U.S. immigration and education policies, and the legacy of these practices continues to influence debates on testing and racial bias today.
TAKEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
The history of IQ testing includes instances where test results were used in pseudoscientific attempts to prove the inferiority of Black people. These efforts, particularly during the eugenics movement in the early 20th century, were rooted in racist assumptions and flawed interpretations of data. However, the modern scientific consensus rejects these claims, finding that observed group differences in IQ scores are environmental and cultural, not genetic.
TAKEN FROM SOCIAL MEDIA:
On the surface, it might have seemed like poor sportsmanship, but we know the deeper sting of those words. For generations, Black women have been unfairly stereotyped as uneducated, lacking refinement, or undeserving of their place. When Ostapenko told Taylor Townsend she had “no class” and “no education,” it wasn’t just an insult it tapped into centuries of racist stereotypes. Don’t get it twisted.
Taylor Towsend is true champion in every sense.





DR. DORIS MASSENBURG
NOPE, I WAS NEVER ON YOUR ROSTER
BUT YOU WERE MY EDUCATOR
NOPE, I WAS NEVER ON YOUR ROSTER
BUT YOUR DOORS WERE OPEN
WOMEN SUCH AS YOURSELF INSIDE OF THE HALLS OF THE GREAT LINCOLN SR. HIGH SCHOOL WERE WOMEN OF DIGNITY, MORALITY, PROFESSIONALISM, BRILLIANCE, HIGH STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS AND MAINTAINED YOUR NO EXCUSES POLICY.
I WANTED TO EMULATE YOU WOMEN AS I BECAME AN EDUCATOR AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN I CROSSED THE DESK THAT I BEGAN TO REALIZE THE BURDEN THAT DR. LUCY CRAFT LANEY SPOKE.
WHEN I WAS WALKING THE HALLS OF HAWTHORNE AND YOU WERE THE LEADER OF THE BUILDING, I SAW THINGS I WASN’T HAPPY. WHY MUST OUR CHIDLREN BE OPPRESSED, SUPPRESSED AND HURT EVEN MORE GIVEN THAT AMERICA LEGISLATE IT ANYWAY?
BECAUSE OF YOU, I ADVOCATED BODLY AND LOUDLY FOR OUR CHILDREN, IF WE DON’T WHO SHOULD AND WOULD? I LEARNED THAT WE STARTED DOING THINGS FOR MONEY, HIGHER SALARIES AND NOT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, YOU, DR. EDNA FARMER, DR. REDINA MEDLEY, DR. A. ESSIEN, DR. RAYFORD, AND SO MANY OTHERS ALL KNEW NOT ONLY YOUR WORTH, MATERIAL BUT WHAT YOU BROUGTH TO THE PROFESSION. YOU PUT THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR FUTURE ABOVE ANYTHING AND THIS WHY YOU WOMEN HAD NAMES WE KNEW IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHY YOU SAT IN THOSE SEATS FOR GENERATIONS, YOU KNEW THE FAMILIES.
I WANTED TO EMULATE YOU WOMEN AND WITH THESE FLOWERS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU, HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT YOU MADE ON AND IN MY LIFE AND I WASN’T ON YOUR ROSTER BUT JUST TO SAY, “SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR IN MY HIGH SCHOOL” YET, GIVES ME A SENSE OF PRIDE BECAUSE WE WERE THE GENERATION WHERE WE BETTER NOT PART OUR MOUTH AND SAY, “YOU AINT MY TEACHER OR YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND OTHER FOOLISHNESS OF THIS GENERATION.”
TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THESE FLOWERS AND SAY THANK YOU IS MY HONOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR NAME
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEGACY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEVOTION
THANK YOU FOR YOUR STANDARDS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPECTATIONS
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US AND OUR COMMUNITY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONALISM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIGNITY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLASS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ELEGANCE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPEN DOOR POLICY
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND ACT CRAZY AT YOUR DOOR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING EAR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR NO NONESENSE
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY EXAMPLE
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY ROLE MODEL
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING, HEARING AND FEELING FOR STUDENTS
THANKS FOR BEING ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS
THANKS FOR OWNING YOUR GOOD, BAD, UGLY
THANKS FOR BEING THE REASON STUDENTS HAD HEART ATTACKS WHEN THEY SAW YOUR NAME
THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS
THANKS FOR BEING PREPARED
THANKS FOR SHOWING UP FOR YOUR STUDENTS
THANKS FOR BEING EARLY AND STAYING LATE
THANKS FOR BEING UNAFRAID (YEAH, FOOLERY TODAY)
THANKS FOR THINKING THAT YOUR STUDENTS COULD AND WILL
THANK YOU FOR YOUR NAME THAT REVERBERATES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THAT OUR LIVES NOT ONLY MATTERED BUT YOU SHOWED THAT POVERTY IS JUST A LEGISLATION AND NOT REALITY OR SYNONYMOUS WITH SUCCESS AND ABILITY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIFE DR. MASSENBURG
EDUCATIONALLY YOURS,
MARSHATA CARADINE
Geraldlynn Stewart
Lean in baby girl……..
“As Black women, we’ve been conditioned to strive for advanced degrees to ensure we’ll be well-paid. Now we’re the most educated group and among the most burdened by debt and wage inequality. It was all a setup. Tom don’t have no Master’s degree and makes double your salary.” Cinneah of Flynanced
Do you know how powerful you are?
Do you know how much of a threat you are?
So you know how resilient you are?
Do you know how determined you are?
Do you know how gifted you are?
Do you know how skilled you are?
Do you know how ethical you are?
Do you know how talents you are?
Do you know how studious you are?
Do you know how astute you are?
When I saw you say that “YOU GAVE UP ON YOURSELF”
I KNEW I HAD TO WRITE ABOUT YOU
I KNEW I HAD TO FIND YOU
I KNEW I HAD TO REMIND YOU ABOUT YOUR INNATE GREATNESS
I KNEW I HAD TO SHIFT YOUR THINKING ABOUT YOU, ABOUT US.
What were WE doing before WE were ALLOWED to attend college?
What were WE doing before WE were ALLOWED to attend trade schools!
What were WE doing before WE were ALLOWED to read?
What were WE doing before WE were ALLOWED to write?
INVENTING
INNOVATING
ADVANCING
ACCOMPLISHING
PROGRESSING
ELEVATING
ILLUMINATING
Mastering
Perfecting
America!
Recall during the COVID pandemic, ALL OF THE LOW WAGE EARNERS were called ESSENTIAL WORKERS?
Yeah, we held the country open, up and down so the privilege and affluent can go on with life in the comfort and safety of their homes as we faced down the most deadliest disease of our life time.
Look up the Black Angels, the nurses who cured TB……ijs We aren’t new to it but true to it.
YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE GREATER, DOMINANT, AND THE BEST, JUST DO IT AND BE IT!


BAD CREDIT





Willie Lynch: CONTROLLED LANGUAGE
Crossbreeding completed, for further severance from their original beginning, WE MUST COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE THE MOTHER TONGUE of both the new nigger and the new mule, and institute a new language that involves the new life’s work of both. You know language is a peculiar institution. It leads to the heart of a people. The more a foreigner knows about the language of another country the more he is able to move through all levels of that society. Therefore, if the foreigner is an enemy of the country, to the extent that he knows the body of the language, to that extent is the country vulnerable to attack or invasion of a foreign culture. For example, if you take a slave, if you teach him all about your language, he will know all your secrets, and he is then no more a slave, for you can’t fool him any longer, and BEING A FOOL IS ONE OF THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF ANY INCIDENTS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SLAVERY SYSTEM. For example, if you told a slave that he must perform in getting out “our crops” and he knows the language well, he would know that “our crops” didn’t mean “our crops” and the slavery system would break down, for he would relate on the basis of what “our crops” really meant. So you have to be careful in setting up the new language; for the slaves would soon be in your house, talking to you as “man to man” and that is death to our economic system. In addition, the definitions of words or terms are only a minute part of the process. Values are created and transported by communication through the body of the language. A total society has many interconnected value systems. All the values in the society have bridges of language to connect them for orderly working in the society. But for these language bridges, these many value systems would sharply clash and cause internal strife or civil war, the degree of the conflict being determined by the magnitude of the issues or relative opposing strength in whatever form. For example, if you put a slave in a hog pen and train him to live there and incorporate in him to value it as a way of life completely, the biggest problem you would have out of him is that he would worry you about provisions to keep the hog pen clean, or the same hog pen and make a slip and incorporate something in his language whereby he comes to value a house more than he does his hog pen, you got a problem. He will soon be in your house.





CREDIT has nothing to do with being responsible
CREDIT has nothing to do with being accountable
CREDIT has nothing to do with being mature
CREDIT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHO HAS THE LANGUAGE, THE KEYS, THE ANSWERS, THE SOLUTIONS THAT’S OMITTED, DENIED, EXCLUDED AND FORBIDDEN TO THOSE WITHIN OUR INNER CITIES.L
CREDIT IS OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS, PRIVILEGES AND ENTITLEMENTS TO BE PROGRESSIVE, ELEVATED, FORWARD IN MOTION AND ABLE TO LIVE A QUALITY LIFE.
CREDIT IS HOW THE WHITE MEN ARE ABLE TO CONTROL THOSE THEY LEGISLATE: EDUCATION MALPRACTICE, IGNORANCE, OPPRESSION, LACK, POVERTY, CURRICULUM DISCRIMINATION, HOMELESSNESS AND HUNGER.
CREDIT IS TO PERTPETUALLY AND GENERATIONALLY LEGALIZE SLAVERY AND GUISE IT AS JUST.
CREDIT IS WHAT WHITE MEN HAVE ALWAYS WEILDED AND THAT IS OUR INABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS, OPPORTUNITIES, ADVANCEMENTS, INCLUSION, ABLE TO COMPETE BECAUSE OF LEGISLATED LOW WAGES, IGNORANCE, ILLITERACY, AND STITCHED CREDIT SCORES OF WHICH DICTATES WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO; WHERE WE CAN AND CANNOT GO; AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT HAVE BUT NONE OF IT IS LEGAL, MORAL, JUST, ETHICAL AND OF GOOD FAITH.
AMERICA DEBT SYSTEM prey upon black, ignorant, illiterate, faith filled and trusting people.
They legislate curriculum discrimination so we can’t intellectually understand how this DEBT work, we have no SOUND knowledge of finances because the key to LIBERATION is FINANCIAL LITERACY.
Financial illiteracy and being illiterate perpetuates PROFIT OVER PEOPLE and PROFIT OVER POVERTY.
STUDENT LOAN DEBT is in place to give us false hope.
We were never told just because you obtained a degree does not automatically make you employable or make you qualified for livable wages.
I get that I am overqualified all of the time of which push me and keeps me in poverty.
We leave in debt because WE CHOSE to escape poverty and reach for the American dream but yet, families are STILL impoverished so therefore in our ignorance, innocence and love of family we are OFFERED large amounts of money at one time and we CHOOSE TO ACCEPT it to help home.
BLACK schools, communities and teachers produced TOP scholars, inventors, brilliance, intellectuals, and astute civil young men and women.
America passed Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954
America passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964
America passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1965
America passed the Ronald Reagan Student Loan Shananigans in 1970’s
America passed the Joe Biden Bankruptcy law where we could file for bankruptcy on student loans
America passed FICO bill in 1980’s
CREDIT SCORING IS ATTACHED TO EVERYTHING and this is how we are here.
These things were perpetual in upholding segregation and kept things WHITES ONLY.
If we are denied reputable employment, unable to pay our bills, they can hire and fire us and offer us wages they feel will keep us in this oppressive position then we are denied loans, grants, and other funding to better our position and financial state.
What is quality education? NO SUCH THING.
We had quality education when we were segregated because our BLACK teachers equipped us for our WORLD.
If these WHITE teachers had such a higher quality, progressive and exceptional education; why are they unable to create the scholars BLACK teachers from and with lesser did?
We see now what we have always known, and understood. WHITE have always been GIVEN unearned access, opportunities, positions, careers, titles and high salaries.
You WHITES have gained your UNEARNED prosperity, wealth and benefit off of the backs, necks, shoulders and lives of BLACKS of which gave you all generational head start.
You wield
You create
You invent
You start
You pen
You envision these systems of oppression that benefit you and yours and then frame us like we are lazy, don’t want something bad enough, aren’t willing to go above and beyond for that which you have naturally just because you are white, nope!

Let’s talk honestly about CREDIT, how did AfriCAN AmeriCANS save CADILLAC during the great depression?
O whites wouldn’t allow AfriCAN AmeriCANS to put their money in their banks and we had it at home.
All the “privileged” “entitled” “white” people put their money into banks and it was gone and they were unable to purchase goods or services.
CADILLAC crawled to AfriCAN AmeriCANS and they used CADILLAC as their footstool and in one year sales went up to 75%.
Momma’s Opt!




White Women are to Education what White Men are to Policing………
Doctors are to Black Women what Police are to Black Men, Black Women and Black Children……..

Social Workers are to Black Children what White Men are to Policing…….
Momma knew what she should take
Momma wouldn’t accept disregard
Momma spoke up for herself
Momma advocated
Momma critiqued
Momma reject
Momma KNEW.
Momma refused to be dismissed
Momma refused to be muted
Momma refused to be waivered
MOMMA KNEW
Momma was going to be seen
Momma was going to be acknowleged
Momma was going to be spoken to
Momma was going to be communal
Momma was going to not be ignored
Momma was not going to feel like she was endangered while admitted into their care
THIS IS MEDICAL RACISM
THIS IS MEDICAL APARTHEID
THIS IS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
THIS COST MOMMA HER VISION?
I am clear as their motives when she was strong, confident, and in her write mind, my heart is broken because I believe it was that along with me, standing on the side of the patient, Momma Bond and not the medical staff that she experienced this medical malpractice. It was their negligence, disrespect, and entitlement that assured Momma not only the best of care but the lack of proper care.
Our elders are not safe in the care of these racist medical systems.
JASMINE CROCKETT IS A FAKE!









BLACK OPPRESSION IS PROFIT
BLACK ILLITERACY IS PROFIT
BLACK IGNORANCEI S PROFIT
BLACK HOMELESSNESS IS PROFIT
BLACK HUNGER IS PROFIT
BLACK CRIME IS PROFIT
BLACK ENGINEERED CRISIS IS PROFIT
BLACK SUPPRESSION IS PROFIT
BLACK EDUCATION MALPRACTICE IS PROFIT
BLACK CURRICULUM DISCRIMINATION IS PROFIT
BLACK TRUST, FAITH AND BELIEF IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS NEVER MEANT US ANY GOOD, JUSTICE, AND PROGRESS IS PROFIT
NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM THOSE WHO FALSELY REPRESENT US, THEY EXPLOIT, USE, ABUSE AND GAIN WEALTH OFF OF US IN THE NAME OF SUPPORTING US, STANDING FOR US, ADVOCATING FOR US AND WELL, THEIR TIME HAS COME TO AN END!
WE HAVE BEEN DEVOTED, FAITHFUL AND LOYAL TO A PARTY THAT HAS GENERATIONALLY, WILLFULLY, KNOWINGLY AND LEGISLATIVELY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR PLIGHT.
THESE REPRESETATIVES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR HARDSHIPS, OUR OPPRESSION, OUR SUPPRESSION, OUR FEAR, OUR PTSD, OUR TRAUMA, LACK OF RESOURCES, OUR LACK OF DEVELOPMENT, OUR DILAPIDATED FILLED LIVING ENVIRONMENT, OUR TOXIC LIVING ENVIRONMENT, OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS LIVING CONDITIONS, OUR IGNORANCE, OUR ILLITERACY, OUR MALTREATMENT, OUR RACISM.
THESE DEMONCRATIC MISLEADERSHIPS ALL BENEFIT AND PROFIT OFF OF OUR BLACK FAILURE, OPPRESSION, IGNORANCE, ILLITERACY, AND IT IS CORRUPT, RACIST, IMMORAL, UNETHICAL AND UNJUST AND WEILDED WITH A PEN.
The Summon







The FAMILY has been SUMMONED BACK together!
That church on State Street has been the Potters House for so many people.
“The reality is that we were agricultural geniuses No one understood land like we did. If you had this sort of product that requires a certain soil and the environment for that soil makes it hard to operate in that environment, it’s hard to re nurture that soil to get it to work again. You need people who understand harsh environments and who have successfully taken soil and brought it back to life. That’s Africa, that’s Africans.” Dr. John Hope Bryant
The POTTER wants to put you BACK together again.
This church shaped, modeled, created, invested in, healed, and formed me into the woman I have become.
From timid, unsure and afraid of every dumb thing to a bold, confident, vocal force to be reckoned. I owe it to the WOMEN OF THE MISSION.
From Mother Odessa Foreman, the elder who was The Old Woman Who Lived in The Shoe in the flesh.
To Mother Annie Gray, the elder who was the pastry chef master.
To Momma Eva Wren, the elder who exuded the 5 fold ministry unapologetically.
To Sister Jackie Brown, the elder who understood that being an armour barrier was a powerful gift.
To Sister Doris Crumble, the elder who understood who she was ancestrally and culturally and wore it well.
To Mother Russie Davis, the elder educator extraordinare.
To Sister Meeks, the elder who embodied her last name and stitched coolness, confidence and love til the end.
To Mother Nick, the elder who was a beautician by trade and beautiful in character.
To Sister Sykes, the elder who invested in our children within the educational system after retirement.
To Mother Freeman, the elder who lead by example of what no excuses means through perseverance.
To Sister Eldrina Jones, the elder with the brains of the Community Daycare Center.
To Elder Mack, the elder who didn’t have on sneakers, jump suits or a beret weeeeeell yes she did and yet, she was a soldier, defiant, and determined to be her, do her and own her in spite of oppression and suppression, AND DID with every hat she strategically wore as a sign of resistance.
To THEEE Jujuana Nicole Moore, the youth who was a melodious songbird of any genre.
To THEE Glenda Jones who was snatched prematurely but in her short time as a mom, I admired how she was doting, protective, loving and supportive of her son and it was evident.
To THEEE Loys Jean Moore, the elder who took the phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” And etched conversations around the world.
I find it EVERYTHING progressive is ANTI OUR BLACK values, morals, principles and ways and well, now we are burying our youth younger and younger and that is not normal.
“Black midwives didn’t wait for permission to save lives. They just did it ” Anonymous



TO MY BONUS DAUGHTER, GABBY!



The hospital which stood at 1509 Illinois Avenue (later Dr. Martin Luther King Drive) served East St. Louis for years.
It had many names. It started as Henrietta Hospital in 1898, which was the name when this postcard was printed in 1910.
In 1915, it became a Deaconess Hospital. In 1927, it changed to Christian Welfare Hospital, the name it would carry until 1980.
It then became Community Hospital and finally Gateway Community Hospital before closing permanently in 1989.
The buildings were demolished in 2010.
I Am East St. Louis, The Magazine


INFORMATION ABOVE SHARED FROM FACEBOOK…….
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TURN EDUCATING OFF.
I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO TURN IT OFF WHEN I KNOW FIRST HAND YOU HAVEN’T BEEN EDUCATED THE WAY YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME YOUR ASPIRATIONS TO BECOME AN EMT WORKER.
I AM BEYOND PROUD OF WHOEVER AND WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE IN LIFE BUT THAT REALLY DID MY HEART GOOD.
LET’S GO DOWN MEMORY LANE A BIT.
BACK IN 2021, THE DAY I LOST MY HUSBAND, I WAS ASKED WHAT HOSPITAL I WANTED THEM TO TAKE HIM, “I SAID MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.” I KNEW THEY WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING AND ANYEHING HE NEEDED TO BE SAVED. I WAS TOLD BY THE EMT WORKER THAT HE WOULDN’T MAKE IT…….HE.WOULDN’T.MAKE.IT. THEN I SAID, “WELL, TOUCHETTE IS THE CLOSEST.” NOPE, HE DIDN’T MAKE IT THERE EITHER.
ONCE THE GOT MY HUSBAND IN THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE, WE SAT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT 2O TO 25 MINUTES.
I BEING WEAK AND SICK; I DID HAVE A MIND AND I WAS THINKING, IF HE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO MEMORIAL THEN WHY ARE WE SITTING SO LONG IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
2 MORE AMBULANCE DRIVERS PULLED UP AND WE WENT SLOWLY AND SOMETHIGN IN MY GUT TOLD ME, HE HAD GONE ON THEN…..
THE RELITY WAS WHEN MY FATHER IN LAW CAME OUT AND HIT THE GROUND, I KNEW THEN.
WE BOTH HAD COVID AND THEY KICKED ME OUT OF THE EMERGENY ROOM. I WENT AND SAT IN OUR CAR FOR SEEM LIKE AN ETERNITY……
THEY CAME AND TOLD ME, “WE’RE SORRY, BUT HE DIDNT MAKE IT, WE DID ALL THAT WE COULD, BUT WE COULDN’T SAVE HIM”I FELL INTO MY SON’S ARMS AND ALL I COULD SAY TO HIM IS, I NEED YOU TO TELL THE GIRLS THEIR DAD ISN’T COMING BACK HOME………….
NOW, WHEN YOU GO AND LEARN; PROMISE ME, YOU WILL LEARN OUR WAY AND NOT THEIR WAY. OUR WAY WAS THE LIFE SAVING WAY, THE HEALING WAY, THE CALMING WAY, THE ASSURING WAY.
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We are the ones who literally get bent out of shape and CONCEIVED, NURTURED, PROTECTED, LABORED, BIRTHED AND RAISED these VERY males who tell us that we are weak?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of great intellect?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of intentional dignity?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of unapologetic greatness?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of clear
morality?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of honorable principles?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of maternal nurturing?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are ancestral healers?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are purposeful birthers?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are assigned doulas?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are willful life changers?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are confident leaders?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are cultivators of purified and contaminated soil?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who are burdened educators?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN innovators?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN influencers?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN creators?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN inventors?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of credibility?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of Scholarship?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of culture?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of empathy?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of compassion?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of love?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of intuition?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who were raised correctly?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who understand the importance of domestication?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who knows the power of submission?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who can shift atmospheres?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who can set the tone and climate of any room we enter?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who can admit when she’s wrong and right?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who understand the importance of feeding off energies?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of consistency?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN of being present?
Where are the BLACK WOMEN who gives and gets and understand the need or being reflective?
We have ALWAYS shown our ASS BLACK WOMEN.
AS LONG AS WE BLACK WOMEN SHOWED OUR ASS, IT WAS ALL GOOD!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASSertive when it comes to honesty, loyalty, hard work, superiority, exceptionalism and holding the BAR extremely high (Brilliance, Achievements and Ripeness)
WE BLACK WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD OUR ASSignment of spreading love, acceptance, justice, help, elevation, alleviation, eradication, equality and kindness to all of mankind through dignity, compassion and empathy, show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CALLED, CHOSEN AND PREFERRED ONES TO ASSemble the ignorant, scared, and educate them on what righteous living, principles, good character, values, and morality should look like, show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN POSITION TO ASSimilate yourself and try to in depth see, hear, touch, feel, and understand of something deep down you know you could NEVER nor TAKE IT, but any way do show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ONES TO LEAD THE ASSassination of bigotry, racism, hatred, unknown rage, terrorism, intolerance and phobias by executing our calling, obligation and ministry with clarity, do show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN MADE COGNIZANT TO ASSociate ourself around like minded as well as unlike minded to begin sincere and intellectual dialogue on years of lies, ignorance, misnomers that our great country as stood upon and FOUNDING FATHERS crafted, do show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ONES OF THE MANY THAT ASSure us that there is hope, a rainbow, a sunshine and a devoted group that is willing to keep chipping away until justice prevails, do show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS CHOSEN NOT TO ASSume anything but no matter how brute and straight up, we are welcomed to the table in spite of what your ears may get, your shade is evident, you can step back and get a breather but those of us who can’t appreciate the table that is spread and the seat with our names on it, do show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN HAS ALWAYS ASSorted humanity into the good, intelligent, ignorance, bad, ripe, spoiled, fresh, contaminated, purified and gather them all into safe spaces and in your facilitation, education, and will YOU CHANGE MINDS OVER TIME, do show your ASS!
WE BLACK WOMEN FOR THE PAST 500 PLUS YEARS HAS INDEED BEEN THE GREATEST, MOST CONFIDENT, MOST STRONGEST AND CAPABLE ASSets in this fight for my family and I’s liberation, our justice and full citizenry in America.
As the quote goes, “JUSTICE WILL NOT PREVAIL UNTIL THOSE UNaffected IS JUST AS OUTRAGED AS THOSE AFFECTED!”
We are a GRADE A WOMEN!
When we Black educators come into the school, we come with a DIFFERENT set of morals, standards, expectations, demands, ways, systems and work ethics.
We come with A grade in EVERY level of education to produce not only highly and proven scholars but ripe citizens.
We dismantle the school to prison pipeline
We decrease drop out rates
We demand accuracy
We expect superior work
We make sure that our babies are well aware that they are expected to either: Enlist, Enroll, Employ, Explore or Entrepreneur; THEY HAVE A CAREER IN EITHER OR.
To have a heart as big as yours.
To be as attentive as you have always been.
To be selfless at time when it seems unappreciated.
To know life is bigger than you and what you have and don’t have.
To pour the love into your grandchildren the way you have.
To demand that they become respectful, kind and hard working young men.
To show up in your way.
To be the foundation upon which they stand.
To demand excellence, superiority, honesty, ethics, morals and confidence.
To build mentally strong young men.
To stay on top of the boys at all times.
To be love, show love and express love your unconventional way.
To be the epitome of every BLACK teacher that produced strong, resilient, capable, competent, ripe young people.
To be impactful and influential in the lives of our future and the success of our brilliant babies is the ultimate goal of Black educators.
To set and create the atmosphere and lead our children into thriving, ripe, confident, superior leaders of tomorrow, we shift their trajectory.
“Black teachers have this collective experiences & historical memory to articulate to Black children and others what and why to help the navigate this society in ways that empower them not to accept the society that will be passed to them.” Rann Miller
BLACK educators have always been GRADE A. It is NOT normal that our children are this violent, disengaged, disrespectful and malicious.
What is the root? IT IS IN EDUCATION. Black teachers understand that we not only teach academics but civil, manners and we pick up where home should have. We equip our future to be civil, lawful and assets and it appears this is NOT what education is about today.
Attitude
Advancement
Assurance
Attendance
Appreciation
Attire
Achievement
Athleticism
Accountability
Ability
Accomplishments
BLACK EDUCATORS UNDERSTAND THAT:
When we exude pride
When we exude confidence
When we exude our reality
When we exude truth
When we exude high self esteem
When we exude dominance
When we exude Joy
When we exude clarity
When we exude ownership
When we exude competence
When we exude mental strength
When we exude know how
When we exude know when
When we exude know what
When we achieve
When we advance
When…….
Yet, it is For a check, I must see the opposite of those things.
To feed our family
To maintain employment
WE ARE EXPECTED TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE, IMMORAL, UNJUST, UNETHICAL AND THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS FAILING, HURTING AND DESTORYING OUR FUTURE AND IT SHOULD END.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE THOUGHTLESS DECISIONS OUR CHILDREN ARE MAKING IS A DIRECT CORRELATION OF WHAT IS NOT GOING ON WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT IS EDUCATION, CRITICAL THINKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
“There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals, educational games and visual aids. The textbook business is more than a billion-dollar-a-year industry and some of its biggest profits come from ‘audio-visual aids’ – flash cards, tape cassettes, and filmstrips. No wonder the education industry encourages schools to focus on surface education.” Marva Collins
In Preschool we earned E’s for EXCELLENCE and when we got the teachers we needed we understood that those E’s were more of a foundation of our learning because Education was extracting what we had within.
Our BLACK educators maximized our strengths and turned our weaknesses and ignorance into intellectualism and we walked away understanding that we will and should be:
Encouraged
Earnest
Early
Elegant
Empowered
Eager
Employable
Empathetic
Eclectic
Exciting
Ecstatic
Elaborate
Enthusiastic
Enlightened
Extraordinary
Energized
Exuberant
Equipped
Edified
Eligible
Enamoured
Enterprising
Educated
Effectual
Enlivened
Entertaining
Exceptional
Eloquent
Eventful
Efficient
Entrepreneurial
Entrancing
Enjoyable
Expectant
Equitable
Essential
Eternal
Etheraeal
Enriching
Black brilliance, Black magic, Black talents, Black foundation, Black trend setters, Black gifts, Black muscles, Black minds, Black ancestors, Black beauty, Black athleticism, Black existence, Black innovation, Black pillars, Black scholasticism, Black curiosity, Black keys, Black answers, Black solution, Black trailblazers, Black standards, Black dollars, Black trends, Black death, Black curiosity, Black illness, Black growth, Black cornerstone, Black brands, Black Black intellect, Black ingenuity, Black master teachers, Black ingenuity, Black greats, Black progress, Black expansion, Black beauty, Black high quality fashion, Black elders, Black ethics, Black activities, Black influences, Black artivists, Black integrity, Black pride, Black confidence, Black boldness, Black innovation, Black strength, Black legacies, Black history, Black present and Black future. Black wisdom, Black insight, Black demands, Black contributions, Black honor, Black elevation, Black art, Black struggle, Black achievements, Black leadership, Black culture, Black vision, Black goals, Black missions, Black values, Black character, Black integrity, Black self respect, Black dignity, Black icons, Black civility, Black rights, Black stories, Black vernacular, Black lingo, Black communication, Black archives, Black documentaries, Black reels, Black hopes, Black dreams, Black aspirations, Black encouragement, Black inspiration, Black strength, Black positivity, Black embodiment of Truth Marching On, Black.
WE ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN:
INsightful, INfluention, INspirational, INclusive, INdebt, INbuilt, INcicive, INcorrupt, INcredible, INcreasing, INdefinite, INdependent, INdestructable, INdescrible, INdispensible, INdisputable, INdomitable, INdustrious, INexpensive, INfinite, INformal, INformative, INfusing, INgenious, INherent, INtimate, INnitiating, INnocent, INnate, INnovative, INnocuous, INputting, INstantaneous, INstinctive, INstructors, INstrumental, INtact, INsulating, INtegrating, INtegrity, INtegral, INtangible, INtellectual, INtense, INtent, INteracting, INterceding, INterconnecting, INteresting, INternal, INterpreting, INterwoven, INtimidating, INtriguing, INtuitive, INvaluable, INventive, INvestors, INvigorating, INviolable, INviting, INvulnerable and as we can see these worthy attributes start with IN and describe us because they are all WITHIN US and ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
We are moral citizens.
We are ethical citizens.
We are dignified citizens.
We care contributing citizens.
We are public servants.
We secure America and our unity is the major threat.
We have devoted our lives to the elevation, progress and betterment of the United States of America.
Heck, there is NO USa without US, literally.
We have obeyed, obliged, respected, given and labored and lead our country to the victorious position it is at this present moment so I guess the original MAGA would be BLACK people, we Made America Great Already.
We are not a monolithic group but our visions, missions, goals, and works are monolithically driven because although we are not one and the same, we understand that in America we are seen as one and the same and we vote thusly.
As we have just finished honoring our veterans and being a child of a WWII Veteran, I must confess my love for this country and duty to my elders to not stand by and watch this country go down in perils because of a stroke of an ink pen.
We are a principled people, we come from strategic elders, we are are a people of great wisdom, we are an accountable people and we are a responsible people and it is our duty to stand up for our babies, the future of our people.
As we have seen, voting has never been on our side collectively and it shows in this climate.
We have allowed white men’s incompetence to be competent for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s bad to be good for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s weakness to be strength for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s injustice to be just for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s lack of character to be good character strong for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s immorality to be moral for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s wrong to be right for far too long.
We have allowed white men’s ignorance to be enlightenment for far too long.
Dr. King asked, “How long? Not Long!”
Black people have did nothing but build, progress, elevate and illuminate one of the most ungrateful and thankless countries on earth.
Listen BLACK people around the world, we have ALWAYS been: Accomplished, Obedient, Law Abiding, Civil, Inventive, Trailblazers, Upstanding, Creative, Influential, Creative, Talented, Gifted, Dignified, Good, Just, Inclusive, Moral, Ethical, of Good Character, Considerate, Communal, Compassionate, Giving, Obliging, Accepting, Caring, Loyal, Cooperative, Ripe, Having High Standards, Successful, Smart, Having High Expectations, Productive, Strong, Caring, Exceptionalism, Being Superior, Being Excellent, Selfless, Mentally, Confident, Emotionally and Physically Competent, Champions, Being Great, and Being Intelligent.
Just because the media have the power to paint us in a certain manner doesn’t make it true and we have proven this fact time and time and time and time and time and time again.
How long must we accept America’s baseless apology for willingly, purposefully, intentionally, knowingly and legislatively discriminating against, oppressing us, regressing us, suppressing us and being racist towards us for unwarranted reasons?
Every legislation of liberation in the front door, you come around the back door and wield our: oppression, denial, omittance, rejection, exclusion, and suppression, especially us Black women.
America have paid reparations to everyone BUT AfriCAN AmeriCANS, we have learned about everyone BUT Africa, Africans and African American I guess that AfriCAN AmeriCANS is a big thing and it is.
They are well aware that when it comes to Africans and African Americans we are STILL enslaved by Whites. White folks STILL benefit immensely from our conception, birth, blood, sweat, tears, gracious work ethics, labor, lives and death.
Today it is JUST: REformed, REimagined REworded, REwritten, REvisioned, REadjusted, REdiscover, REbuilt, REjoined, REbrand, REbought, REassemble, REassert, REassign, REarrange, REsell, REarticulate, REposition, REverse, REdo, REinact, REoccur, REworked, REtweeked, REplay, REwear, REaddress, REgrow, REattain, REtell, REhearse, REaffirm, REmake, REcoup, REhire, REfund, REtie, REfer, REcommit, REtest, REawake, REconstruct, REject, REelect, REpeat, REwind REadmit, REpay, REclarify, REtort, REopen, REenergize, REcap, REmember, REflect, REdigest, REsume, REseek, REenlist, RElist, REvise, REcount, REcharge,REcall, RErun,REimerge, REsurrect,REamended, RE, RE, RE, RE, RE and we all know that RE means AGAIN.
If we don’t change we choose and Barbara Jordan told me, “If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority.” Zora Neal Hurston told me, “If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” Coretta Scott King told me, “Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.” Mary McCleod Bethune told me, ““Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.” Alice Walker told me, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Dr. Marcus Garvey told me, “The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be killed. Get organized and you will compel the world to respect you.”
As one who took your education theft, education malpractice and curriculum discrimination, matriculated up the education ladder to drown ins student loan debt; it is all by the stroke of an ink pen that you wield our lives to be in this manner and I am here to declare Genesis 15:13,14……..
Educationally Yours,
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