tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post3245684779813386313..comments2023-11-05T05:17:45.320-05:00Comments on Model Minority "Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap": From Gossip Girl to Ghetto Girl: What Messages Are We Sending?M.Dot.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-21572292745332164222009-12-12T09:16:15.808-05:002009-12-12T09:16:15.808-05:00Computer Programming! What goes in, must be manife...Computer Programming! What goes in, must be manifested ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-71619586776696812802008-07-29T10:18:00.000-04:002008-07-29T10:18:00.000-04:00Well we expect them to make good moral decisions. ...Well we expect them to make good moral decisions. We expect them to understand its ALL ENTERTAINMENT and you couldn't possibly live that out 365. <BR/><BR/>don't we?neohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482376355312549331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-9390664197265153462008-07-27T21:00:00.000-04:002008-07-27T21:00:00.000-04:00i hate it, i hate it, i hate it, i hate it!ugh. st...i hate it, i hate it, i hate it, i hate it!<BR/><BR/>ugh. street lit annoys me. not because the stories are so repetitive (i mean, that too, but..) but because it's so poorly written. this Gossip girl stuff is sort of the same for me. it mirrors what the girls are like in middle/high school and probably even fuels them to be that much worse. i try to incorporate lots of minority writers that my kids can relate to, but also challenge them with the story & language. walter dean myers is perhaps my favorite & my kids love him. another good one is the short story collection, "Who Am I Without Him" by Sharon G. Flake. it's great & everybody (boys & girls) love it, which isn't easy to pull off.the prisoner's wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160398635149797677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-24600117830955315092008-07-27T10:13:00.000-04:002008-07-27T10:13:00.000-04:00What up BP. Your boy mentioned your work to me whe...What up BP. Your boy mentioned your work to me when I told him about this post. Suffice it is to say, Your crew is BANANAS!<BR/><BR/>Check this out.<BR/><BR/>www.wheremygirlsat.com<BR/><BR/>I just found it yesterday.<BR/><BR/>Interesting idea. But they need more theory.<BR/><BR/>I am thinking of reaching out to her re: the NPM.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-48639125419272720992008-07-26T15:33:00.000-04:002008-07-26T15:33:00.000-04:00You are on to something!!! I been writing on stree...You are on to something!!! <BR/><BR/>I been writing on street lit and black femininity for a while now.Ofcourse, I fell off due to working full-time and other things..but what remains constant to me is that we must be willing to teach and work with young Black girls and Latinas and allow them to see that these images are socially constructed and that they have the power to create their own images of self. To help them know and understand that they have agency.RPoetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082399497674613513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-24183422474072404532008-07-25T00:25:00.000-04:002008-07-25T00:25:00.000-04:00Ran into a filmmaker today.We were hollering about...Ran into a filmmaker today.<BR/><BR/>We were hollering about it.<BR/><BR/>Needs to be 360 of support.<BR/><BR/>It feels good love.<BR/><BR/>I think we are on to something.Model Minorityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364810029145290617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-59474184808092531372008-07-24T10:00:00.000-04:002008-07-24T10:00:00.000-04:00nothing worth while as a whole i tell yaand chk th...nothing worth while as a whole i tell ya<BR/><BR/>and chk this <BR/><A HREF="http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/2008/07/work-hard-and-dont-complain.html" REL="nofollow">"work hard and don’t complain"</A>All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-63104663048311400772008-07-24T09:30:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:30:00.000-04:00It's not that any one perspective, book or TV show...It's not that any one perspective, book or TV show or music is that harmful, to me. But if that is ALL you see...<BR/><BR/>What can we do to make sure that young women are getting a range of influences? How can we support music, art and lit that opens up new worlds to them?<BR/><BR/>I'm sure that some people want to stop Gossip Girl and Ghetto Girl and the like, but I think that the effort would be better spent in presenting alternatives to them. <BR/><BR/>This is something that is easily done within our own spheres of influence, I can buy books and music for my cousins and nieces and children of friends. I can talk to them. <BR/><BR/>How do we take that influence and spread it throughout the community so that the girls who are reading these books and watching these shows and videos get exposed to more than just base sexualization and materialism?Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900726730265994177noreply@blogger.com