Negrophile. One who admires and supports Black people and their culture.

'I love this country, but how do you love someone or something that doesn't respond to your best interests?'

You have to read Kia Gregory's Philadelphia Weekly article "Flood of Emotion: It's been a month since Katrina leveled New Orleans, and some evacuees are finally returning to their former lives. But for African-Americans across America, the hurricane left scars that will last a lifetime" for Hurricane Katrina quotes from Bill Cosby, Jill Scott, King Britt, Vernon Francis, Thaddeus Kirkland and Thaddeus Morris.

I am well disposed toward the whole of Patt Morrison's Los Angeles Times "Oh, no, it's O.J. again," but I really like this Patricia Turner quote: "It just reflects the messiness of our understandings about race at this moment," she said. "The notion that somehow or another we've gotten beyond race as a factor in the lives of Americans — it's not the case. Katrina showcases that so visibly, and I think the tenacity of attention to Simpson also focuses that."

George Curry's Louisiana Weekly (via NNPA) essay "Blacks are more than Criminals"

Fred Kaplan's Slate.com article "The Dumbing-Down of the U.S. Army: And some modest proposals for countering the trend"

I'd reckon I'd better sit down for David M. Korn's Film Threat triple-diple-feature on Disney's "Song of the South" (Perhaps useful: Snopes on NAACP threats)

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i have it on DVD if you haven't seen it/want to see it.

(animation is great, storyline SUX!)

— Laura, October 6, 2005 1:10 AM

Good references. Katrina was just the sista we needed to slap America across the face with reality.

— Jez Chill, October 6, 2005 2:11 PM

re: the Kaplan piece

IMO the military could drop educational standards somewhat and still be quite effective.

I'm from the "cold warrior" generation of the mid-70's Kaplan speaks about. While sweeping up my BCT company commander's office at Ft. Dix one night I had occasion to notice a report left on his desk breaking down the demographics of my particular BCT company. Being naturally curious, naturally I rifled through it to see what the scoop was.

Of about 200 guys, the average education was 9th grade level, the bottom was about 6th grade. At the top end were two with any college (of which I was one).

There was some sort of new recruit qualification test given at the induction centers back then. A perfect score was 100. I think you needed to get something like a 6 or 9 to "pass" and be inducted. I aced the test 100:100 - the recruiters had never seen anyone ace it and were shocked. Seriously, there wasn't anything particularly hard about the test.

I will never forget the first day in BCT when we were issued uniforms, boots, etc. One of the first things you do is write your name inside your boots so they don't get mixed up with everyone elses. There was one guy who could NOT write his name. How he ever got past that test was a mystery to me and is still a mystery today. Maybe you got 9 points for having a pulse??? This same guy couldn't handle disassembly and reassembly of an M16 -- he always had extra parts left over. Mind you, an M16 is a trivial weapon to strip. Pop one pin and it breaks open like a shotgun and the guts pretty much just fall out into your hand.

This is just a long winded way of saying that if the military has mostly HS grads now, they'd have to fall a LONG LONG WAY to get to where we were in the mid 70's.

The idea of getting people GED's that otherwise might continue on the dropout path seems valuable to me.

— Purple Avenger, October 14, 2005 10:09 PM

Negrophile,

I saw a link that said brown savvy. But there was no link to a page. I thought you might be trying to link to my site. Its. www.savvy101.blogspot.com My name is Barrett Brown. I thought you might have gotten them mixed. If not, sorry for being presumptious.

— brownbarrett, October 19, 2005 11:29 AM

Katrina was that back hand slap. Really got me reflective the whole coverage and ish.

Guy your blog is one of the meat rack. really good.

— obifromsouthlondon, October 27, 2005 3:30 PM

The title of this entry speaks volumes...LAWD

— my truth, November 10, 2005 9:17 PM

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'I love this country, but how do you love someone or something that doesn't respond to your best interests?' You have to read Kia Gregory's Philadelphia Weekly article "Flood of Emotion: It's been a month since Katrina leveled New Orleans, and some evacuees are finally returning to their former lives. But for African-Americans across America, the hurricane left scars that will last a lifetime" for Hurricane Katrina quotes from Bill Cosby, Jill Scott, King Britt, Vernon Francis, Thaddeus Kirkland and Thaddeus Morris. I am well disposed toward the whole of Patt Morrison's Los Angeles Times "Oh, no, it's O.J. again," but I really like this Patricia Turner quote: "It just reflects the messiness of our understandings about race at this moment," she said. "The notion that somehow or another we've gotten beyond race as a factor in the lives of Americans — it's not the case. Katrina showcases that so visibly, and I think the tenacity of attention to Simpson also focuses that." George Curry's Louisiana Weekly (via NNPA) essay "Blacks are more than Criminals" Fred Kaplan's Slate.com article "The Dumbing-Down of the U.S. Army: And some modest proposals for countering the trend" I'd reckon I'd better sit down for David M. Korn's Film Threat triple-diple-feature on Disney's "Song of the South" (Perhaps useful: Snopes on NAACP threats) posted in articles on October 5, 2005 2:49 AM \| t (0) « Previous phile: There are no more 27-year-old left-handed guitar players from Seattle. » Next phile: Each and every one of them must become the intellectual and spiritual leader they have been looking for. Comments i have it on DVD if you haven't seen it/want to see it. (animation is great, storyline SUX!) — Laura, October 6, 2005 1:10 AM Good references. Katrina was just the sista we needed to slap America across the face with reality. — Jez Chill, October 6, 2005 2:11 PM re: the Kaplan piece IMO the military could drop educational standards somewhat and still be quite effective. I'm from the "cold warrior" generation of the mid-70's Kaplan speaks about. While sweeping up my BCT company commander's office at Ft. Dix one night I had occasion to notice a report left on his desk breaking down the demographics of my particular BCT company. Being naturally curious, naturally I rifled through it to see what the scoop was. Of about 200 guys, the average education was 9th grade level, the bottom was about 6th grade. At the top end were two with any college (of which I was one). There was some sort of new recruit qualification test given at the induction centers back then. A perfect score was 100. I think you needed to get something like a 6 or 9 to "pass" and be inducted. I aced the test 100:100 - the recruiters had never seen anyone ace it and were shocked. Seriously, there wasn't anything particularly hard about the test. I will never forget the first day in BCT when we were issued uniforms, boots, etc. One of the first things you do is write your name inside your boots so they don't get mixed up with everyone elses. There was one guy who could NOT write his name. How he ever got past that test was a mystery to me and is still a mystery today. Maybe you got 9 points for having a pulse??? This same guy couldn't handle disassembly and reassembly of an M16 -- he always had extra parts left over. Mind you, an M16 is a trivial weapon to strip. Pop one pin and it breaks open like a shotgun and the guts pretty much just fall out into your hand. This is just a long winded way of saying that if the military has mostly HS grads now, they'd have to fall a LONG LONG WAY to get to where we were in the mid 70's. The idea of getting people GED's that otherwise might continue on the dropout path seems valuable to me. — Purple Avenger, October 14, 2005 10:09 PM Negrophile, I saw a link that said brown savvy. But there was no link to a page. I thought you might be trying to link to my site. Its. www.savvy101.blogspot.com My name is Barrett Brown. I thought you might have gotten them mixed. If not, sorry for being presumptious. — brownbarrett, October 19, 2005 11:29 AM Katrina was that back hand slap. Really got me reflective the whole coverage and ish. Guy your blog is one of the meat rack. really good. 1 — obifromsouthlondon, October 27, 2005 3:30 PM The title of this entry speaks volumes...LAWD — my truth, November 10, 2005 9:17 PM Post a comment Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? YesNo Comments: Return to top of page
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