The source for the reaction video above is http://www.theroot.com/views/beyonc-s-bow-down-pro-women-anthem
Read and decide for yourselves what is right for you, but I am not going to spend anymore time on this.
The purpose of this blog is to inform and to educate with a focus on community issues, local businesses, local artists and entertainment.
Showing posts with label Jacqueline Nicole Harris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacqueline Nicole Harris. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
My thoughts on Beyonce or Why I won't BOW DOWN.
The source for the reaction video above is http://www.theroot.com/views/beyonc-s-bow-down-pro-women-anthem
Read and decide for yourselves what is right for you, but I am not going to spend anymore time on this.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
NOGO Street Beat Blogger Editorial.
This Tuesday, January 15, 2013 marked what would have been the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King's 84th birthday. While he may be gone, Dr. King's legacy lives on in his words both written(Letters from Birmingham Jail) and spoken (the I Have a Dream Speech & the I've been to the Mountain Top speech). He lives on as an example today because of his courageous nonviolent actions and his faith in American Democracy for all of it's peoples.
The 3rd Monday of January ( 1/21/2013) is designated as a federal holiday to honor this man's life and legacy. It is this blogger's belief that without the sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. life as we know it in America would not exist. He legacy lives on in ever one who lives, breathes and recognizes freedom and equality for all men and women.
Indeed, America has come a long way. We still have a ways to go.
Right now, unemployment in the black community is the highest of any race in this country. Crime and poverty are at an all time high. Every time I turn on the news I hear of another murder. Black on black crime is still in some areas at an all time high and a young black male is still considered very blessed to reach the age of 25.
Yes we still have many mountains to climb, and I mean that literally. I won't speculate on how Martin Luther King would feel or what he would say if he were still alive. We lost a great leader and motivator in Dr. King, but he earned his rest.
It is time for us as a people to accept the responsibility for our lives ourselves. We not only can do better than this, we as African Americans are better than this. But, we have to believe that we are and want it for ourselves.
We have to become the leaders, the teachers, the motivators, the innovators, the Martin Luther King's that we are waiting for in our individual lives. We have to start looking at life differently.
African Americans make up less that 50% of this countries populace. How can we be responsible for most of the crime that happens on the nightly news?
During the Civil Rights Era, it was us against injustice, and now sometimes it is like it is just us against ourselves. Our thinking, and our living has got to change. IT doesn't matter worth a damn who is President of the United States, if we still have the same problems we had ten years ago. Having a black president was not the focus and point of the dream. If it was then, we need to go back to sleep.
MLK's dream was simple:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Let us all honor him in memory as well as in action. Look first to God and then to ourselves for the solution. PEACE.
The 3rd Monday of January ( 1/21/2013) is designated as a federal holiday to honor this man's life and legacy. It is this blogger's belief that without the sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. life as we know it in America would not exist. He legacy lives on in ever one who lives, breathes and recognizes freedom and equality for all men and women.
Indeed, America has come a long way. We still have a ways to go.
Right now, unemployment in the black community is the highest of any race in this country. Crime and poverty are at an all time high. Every time I turn on the news I hear of another murder. Black on black crime is still in some areas at an all time high and a young black male is still considered very blessed to reach the age of 25.
Yes we still have many mountains to climb, and I mean that literally. I won't speculate on how Martin Luther King would feel or what he would say if he were still alive. We lost a great leader and motivator in Dr. King, but he earned his rest.
It is time for us as a people to accept the responsibility for our lives ourselves. We not only can do better than this, we as African Americans are better than this. But, we have to believe that we are and want it for ourselves.
We have to become the leaders, the teachers, the motivators, the innovators, the Martin Luther King's that we are waiting for in our individual lives. We have to start looking at life differently.
African Americans make up less that 50% of this countries populace. How can we be responsible for most of the crime that happens on the nightly news?
During the Civil Rights Era, it was us against injustice, and now sometimes it is like it is just us against ourselves. Our thinking, and our living has got to change. IT doesn't matter worth a damn who is President of the United States, if we still have the same problems we had ten years ago. Having a black president was not the focus and point of the dream. If it was then, we need to go back to sleep.
MLK's dream was simple:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Purpose for 2013
My name is Jacqueline Nicole Harris. I am a blogger, a fiction writer and a performance poet who is looking to branch out and improve on her own. I am the creator of www.nogostreetbeat2.blogpot.comand the author of Random Acts of Verse (www.createspace.com/3585140).
The purpose of this blog NOGO STREET BEAT 2# is to actually the same as the original blog. The idea is the same, the reason for the blog is the same. The purpose of this blog is to give back to my community by featuring the best inside and outside of North Chicago, IL. This blog will not only feature independent artists, but it will also feature interviews with local business owners, politicians and regular people who live and work in Lake County, IL.
There are a lot of naysayers talking where my community is concerned. With this tool for exposure, I want to highlight the positive, motivators and game changers that will rise up in 2013. Good things are happening and good things can happen in North Chicago, IL.
This blog will not be used to disparage or talk negatively about anything or anyone. In the end, I want this blog to be a focal point for positive energy. This is not a gossip column.
This is not a place where one man or woman can shine. This blog is for the city of North Chicago, IL and the surrounding communities. We cannot swim and hold each other down at the same time. We can only sink or swim together.
I have preached enough. There is so much going on right now that I don't think put it all in one blog entry. I just ask that the readers be patient and stay tuned. Don't sleep on me. I shall return.
This is not a place where one man or woman can shine. This blog is for the city of North Chicago, IL and the surrounding communities. We cannot swim and hold each other down at the same time. We can only sink or swim together.
I have preached enough. There is so much going on right now that I don't think put it all in one blog entry. I just ask that the readers be patient and stay tuned. Don't sleep on me. I shall return.
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