watch JENA 6 protest LIVE - on now!

[Beattyful]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[RX]

and a live feed on cnn.com (thanks, bhouse!)

[liL Ray]

thanks for this...I got my black on today...

[KBig]

thanks for this...I got my black on today...

I KNOW u look like a sexy lil burnt raisinette.

werk Mishu! OW !:biggrin:

[BrazenMuse]

any one see this link at the bottom of the 2nd page?

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/371336.aspx

[ProvocativeElement]

any one see this link at the bottom of the 2nd page?

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/20/371336.aspx

having a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing. I don't wanna take the typical American stance of 'my way is better than your', but I have to admit that the first thing that jumped out of my mouth was

"Aint that uh bitch!"

the woman builds the house, fetches the water, gathers the wood, does the cooking, cleaning and tends the fields, births and raises the children AND holds the role of wife!

she doesn't hold the talking stick because she doesn't have time to talk!

and these mofoes watch the herds graze all day (when they ain't resting)

then, after that I think I was angry with myself for falling for the okee-doke(sp)

who am I to judge these people and their way of life?

then I flipped back to "yeah, but the men . . . they don't do shit!"

then "see, someone wants you to think of men of color as traditionally shiftless and lazy"

then it was "just because you've been doing something for as long as anyone can remember, don't make it right"

I think I'm angry and confused now. . .

and just who weaves all that pretty Masai Clothe any dayumn way?

[BrazenMuse]

having a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing. I don't wanna take the typical American stance of 'my way is better than your', but I have to admit that the first thing that jumped out of my mouth was

"Aint that uh bitch!"

the woman builds the house, fetches the water, gathers the wood, does the cooking, cleaning and tends the fields, births and raises the children AND holds the role of wife!

she doesn't hold the talking stick because she doesn't have time to talk!

and these mofoes watch the herds graze all day (when they ain't resting)

then, after that I think I was angry with myself for falling for the okee-doke(sp)

who am I to judge these people and their way of life?

then I flipped back to "yeah, but the men . . . they don't do shit!"

then "see, someone wants you to think of men of color as traditionally shiftless and lazy"

then it was "just because you've been doing something for as long as anyone can remember, don't make it right"

I think I'm angry and confused now. . .

and just who weaves all that pretty Masai Clothe any dayumn way?
I admit that questions about the textiles came to mind also, but the writer of this piece has a certain ...attitude...that really offends me quite a bit. Especially when you consider what those guys are protecting their herds from, fast-moving predators that work alone or in packs. It's plenty of hot work, walking in the sun and dust...the division of labor that looks so odd to an outsider has a certain logic from the inside. Yes, the women do quite a bit of hard labor. And? Just because it was always done, it isn't right. But one would hope people would be a bit more cautious about treating indigenes as museum exhibits and such, really.

But...why THAT link on THAT article? Am I just being sensitive?