Truth Brigade
I had an unexpected evening to spend with the kids tonight. First, Raheim had some ouchies, that actually made him CRY! I was shocked. So we sprayed it with bacterial spray and I got some Aloe Vera from the yard. I had to teach them how good that is, which they really loved, cuz it doesn’t hurt like the spray. We talked about healing, traumatic wounds and what to do . .911, ice, pressure, then Aloe and, of course, the importance of the Hello Kitty cold compresses.
While discussing minor first aid, we got on the subject of the President’s visit tomorrow prompted by the low-flying helicopters which accompany the, now, predictable, token, annual Presidential visit to the ‘disaster zone’. Having been in the position of many a sound-bite myself in the Katrina media frenzy, I asked them, “What will you say if you get just one second in front of some cameras?”
Raheim, 12 yrs, immediately expresses his anger against Bush by spitting cookies we had just baked on the ground. He despises Bush. I reminded them that last year the President ate lunch over across Canal St. at Betsy’s.
They recall Kanye West’s statement: President Bush doesn’t care about Black people. They seemed to have the situation down cold should they run into the Secret Service tomorrow.
Raheim remains in a spitting rage but Jamay says, “I’ll aks him if he’s gonna help the homeless people rebuild their houses.” I point out that the “homeless” people might be interpreted at the drunk homeless people who live at the Chevron. We decide the best statement would be, “How you gonna help the homeowners who need to rebuild their houses?”
We talk about the war and the money spent on Iraq vs New Orleans.
Jamay says, “What if they ask why we aren’t in school?” He’s rather smart. I know from Emily’s stint teaching in the public schools that they really do not go back til after Labor day. I said, ‘Do you have your shots and uniforms?” He says, “Shots are free . . need uniforms.” I said, “Well, tell them you still need your uniforms and you don’t go back til after Labor Day.” It’s the facts, after all.
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I can HEAR this conversation.
Thank you.
I can hear an answer in my head….
“Good to hear hammering over here” might be his lame response
Thank you Miss Laureen
Your posts are such a fine attribute to this site.
I look forward to reading your posts and always come away with more insight to the current situation in New Orleans. Your work and writing is truly appreciated.
After the cookie, did you enjoy a little ice cream and discuss Mayor Nagin wanting a “choclate city” and how white people say that he hates them?
Sounds like a hater raising another generation of the same. Sad.
hmmmm how do you even respond, really you shouldn’t but i can’t help myself.
John did you even read the post?!
I am assuming you are the same John leaving “hater,” if i may use your term, comments all over the blog and it seems you are doing nothing but trying to get people riled up. yay for you. You found the most docile and unargumentative site to post a rude comment on.
Did someone not bake cookies for you as a child?
please don’t answer that.
Lil Sis,
I did read the post, even the big words. Did you?
It is about a mother allowing, and in effect, encouraging hatred in her children, substantially based on race.
I called her out and you want to dismiss my concern by pretending that I did not read the article.
For any parent to have had this conversation with her children and then run to the keyboard to brag about it, is wrong. And for you to then describe it as, “Your posts are such a fine attribute to this site.” Simply compounds the ignorance.
Sis, maybe it is you that should put the laptop down and go bake some cookies.
Race that’s a touchy subject.
How do you feel that the author is white?
Does it still seem she is inciting hatred or is she curbing the childrens feelings and helping them to understand what is happening, in effect removing the anger.
I don’t mean to be confrontational John I just don’t think the race is an issue in the post.
Sorry I responded to you in anger but I just don’t see where she is encouraging hatred.