Saggin.....What do you think
this was sent to me. i want to know what your views are on the subject.
The Other Day,
A friend of mine came to my dorm room just to chat
while her laundry was drying. As we were chatting, two
young freshmen came by. One of the boys wanted to
"talk" to my friend (as in date). She asked him how
old they were, and both of the boys replied 18. My
friend and I both laughed hysterically because we are
both 22 years old. After my friend left, the young men
were still hanging around and one wanted to know how
he could gain her interest.
The first thing I told him to do was to pull up his
pants! He asked why, then said he like saggin' his
pants. I told him to come over to my computer and
spell the word saggin'. Then I told him to write the
word saggin' backwards.
S-A-G-G-I-N
N-I-G-G-A-S
I told him the origin of that look was from prison.
Men in prison wore their pants low when they were
spoken for. The other reason their pants looked like
that was because they were not allowed to have belts
because prisoners were likely to try to commit
suicide.
We as young black people have to be the ones to effect
change. We are dying. The media has made a mockery of
the Black American. Even our brothers and sisters from
Africa don't take us seriously. Something as simple
as pulling up your pants and standing with your head
high could make the biggest difference in the world's
perception of us. It is time to do right by ourselves.
We need to love and embrace each other. No one is
going to do it for us.
It all comes down to perception. What people perceive
is what is reality to them. We have to change not only
the media's perception of us, but we need to change
our perception of ourselves. Remember all eyes are on
you Black Man. All eyes are on you Black Woman. All
eyes are on you Black Child. People are waiting for us
to mess up. We have let not only the media, but the
government and the world taint the pure essence of us.
They have stripped our culture down to the point
where we only believe we can become rappers and
athletes. We are so much more.
To all my black men:
Its time to stand up. There are billions of Black
Women who want to do nothing more than worship the
ground that you walk on. We are so in love with your
potential. We want to have your back, we want to love,
support and cherish every ounce of your being. But
with that you have to show that you are willing to be
the head of our households. You have to prove
yourselves worthy of our submission. We need you to be
hard working...Not a hustler. We need you to seek
higher education, to seek spirituality. We need you to
stand! And trust us; we will have your back. We know
that it gets hard, we know you get weary. Trust and
believe that there is nothing that a Black Woman and a
Black Man can't handle with GOD on their sides.
To all my Black Women:
It is also time for us to stand up. It is time for us
to stop using our bodies as our primary form of
communication. It is time to be that virtuous woman
that Proverbs spoke of. We can not sit by the wayside
while our men are dying by the masses. We are the
epitome of Black Love. It starts within us. We need to
speak with conviction to let not only our Black Men
know, but the world knows that we are the Mothers of
this world. We are so powerful. We are so beautiful.
We need to love and embrace every blessing God has
given us physically, emotionally and spiritually.
For all My Black Children:
We need to love them. We need to teach them. We need
to stand up for them. We need to protect them. We need
to show them that there are no "get rich quick"
schemes. We need to tell them that they WILL die
trying if they submit to a life of crime and deceit.
We need to teach our children that no one will love
them th e way we can. And being a basketball player, a
rapper, or a drug dealer is not reality. It's not
realistic and only a small percentage of people ever
make it as a rapper or professional athlete. We need
to teach our children that we can be more than rappers
and athletes. We can be the owners of these sports
teams; we can be the CEO's of our fortune 500
companies. We need to believe in literacy. I am
almost certain if we were to look back to the 1930's
and 40's, the literacy rates for Black American
Children are probably still the same.
Ok...I am stepping off of my soap box now. Pull Up
Your Pants!!
(c)Eris zVenia Dyson All Rights Reserved
If you like what you've heard, check out ...
www.z-venia.blogspot.com
The Other Day,
A friend of mine came to my dorm room just to chat
while her laundry was drying. As we were chatting, two
young freshmen came by. One of the boys wanted to
"talk" to my friend (as in date). She asked him how
old they were, and both of the boys replied 18. My
friend and I both laughed hysterically because we are
both 22 years old. After my friend left, the young men
were still hanging around and one wanted to know how
he could gain her interest.
The first thing I told him to do was to pull up his
pants! He asked why, then said he like saggin' his
pants. I told him to come over to my computer and
spell the word saggin'. Then I told him to write the
word saggin' backwards.
S-A-G-G-I-N
N-I-G-G-A-S
I told him the origin of that look was from prison.
Men in prison wore their pants low when they were
spoken for. The other reason their pants looked like
that was because they were not allowed to have belts
because prisoners were likely to try to commit
suicide.
We as young black people have to be the ones to effect
change. We are dying. The media has made a mockery of
the Black American. Even our brothers and sisters from
Africa don't take us seriously. Something as simple
as pulling up your pants and standing with your head
high could make the biggest difference in the world's
perception of us. It is time to do right by ourselves.
We need to love and embrace each other. No one is
going to do it for us.
It all comes down to perception. What people perceive
is what is reality to them. We have to change not only
the media's perception of us, but we need to change
our perception of ourselves. Remember all eyes are on
you Black Man. All eyes are on you Black Woman. All
eyes are on you Black Child. People are waiting for us
to mess up. We have let not only the media, but the
government and the world taint the pure essence of us.
They have stripped our culture down to the point
where we only believe we can become rappers and
athletes. We are so much more.
To all my black men:
Its time to stand up. There are billions of Black
Women who want to do nothing more than worship the
ground that you walk on. We are so in love with your
potential. We want to have your back, we want to love,
support and cherish every ounce of your being. But
with that you have to show that you are willing to be
the head of our households. You have to prove
yourselves worthy of our submission. We need you to be
hard working...Not a hustler. We need you to seek
higher education, to seek spirituality. We need you to
stand! And trust us; we will have your back. We know
that it gets hard, we know you get weary. Trust and
believe that there is nothing that a Black Woman and a
Black Man can't handle with GOD on their sides.
To all my Black Women:
It is also time for us to stand up. It is time for us
to stop using our bodies as our primary form of
communication. It is time to be that virtuous woman
that Proverbs spoke of. We can not sit by the wayside
while our men are dying by the masses. We are the
epitome of Black Love. It starts within us. We need to
speak with conviction to let not only our Black Men
know, but the world knows that we are the Mothers of
this world. We are so powerful. We are so beautiful.
We need to love and embrace every blessing God has
given us physically, emotionally and spiritually.
For all My Black Children:
We need to love them. We need to teach them. We need
to stand up for them. We need to protect them. We need
to show them that there are no "get rich quick"
schemes. We need to tell them that they WILL die
trying if they submit to a life of crime and deceit.
We need to teach our children that no one will love
them th e way we can. And being a basketball player, a
rapper, or a drug dealer is not reality. It's not
realistic and only a small percentage of people ever
make it as a rapper or professional athlete. We need
to teach our children that we can be more than rappers
and athletes. We can be the owners of these sports
teams; we can be the CEO's of our fortune 500
companies. We need to believe in literacy. I am
almost certain if we were to look back to the 1930's
and 40's, the literacy rates for Black American
Children are probably still the same.
Ok...I am stepping off of my soap box now. Pull Up
Your Pants!!
(c)Eris zVenia Dyson All Rights Reserved
If you like what you've heard, check out ...
www.z-venia.blogspot.com
TO MELODY!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!! YOU SPOKE IT OUT LUCIDLY AND EVERYTHNG YOU SAID IS TRUE. PERCEPTION IS THE BIGGEST THING TOWARDS AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR GAME UP AND WE CONCENTRATE ON THE IRREVELANT THINGS MORE SUPPOSE TO THE REVELANT THINGS. FOR INSTANCE, TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILIES. tOO MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS FAMILIES ARE BROKEN UP. WHAT EVER HAPPPENED TO THE BONDAGE THAT WE ONCE HAD?