Eating Fruit PROPERLY...or else!

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits? IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD!

Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like ora nge and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E& fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as l essens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this??For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack . Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive...

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this...It could save your life!!

Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yo urself.

'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. This allows the heart attack victim to get to a hospital.

Tell as many people as possible about this. It could save their lives!

Isaac Hayes found dead at home in Memphis, Tn.

Isaac Hayes

The following statement was released by Soulsville USA:

The Soulsville Foundation, which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School, is so deeply saddened by the passing of Isaac Hayes that we are in state of shock. Isaac is one of the most beloved members of the Stax family and we all cherish him. He will be missed not only by us, but also by the entire world and the millions of people who love him as much as we do.

Marc Willis, CEO of the Soulsville Foundation, said, "Isaac was unique and an inspiration to us all. His accomplishments as a musician are unparalleled. But more than that, he was a very dear friend and great supporter of the Soulsville Foundation mission, particularly the work we do with children. We will miss him and his wonderful presence more than we can convey at this time."

Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 - August 10, 2008) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hayes

I just want to first applaud Rev. Al Sharpton and his team for a respectable, wonderful tribute to Isaac Hayes today (8-11-08) on Sharpton's talk radio show "Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton", that is heard daily online from (1p-4pm eastern) http://www.sharptontalk.net/. Sharpton told many stories with many guests..like James Mtume, Roberta Flack, and others. I heard on the show a most revealing and disturbing fact about Isaac Hayes's Shaft score. I did not know that after the Academy Award winning masterpiece original "Shaft" filmscore, that Isaac Hayes was not given the opportunity to score any of the remaining Shaft movie sequels. Unfortunate that a movie company would be so bold as to deprive "thee" principal and ultimate Academy award-winning Isaac Hayes of an opportunity to score the remaining two (or 3) Shaft sequels. Come to think of it, I always wondered what was missing in those rather flat sequels. It turns out that what was missing was the soul of Isaac Hayes. I mean, what more could Isaac Hayes -- or any other movie music producer -- do than to win the film industry's biggest award -- Academy Award. This did not happen to composers like Burt Bacherach, John Williams, or Marvin Hamlish.

The feeling that African-Americans felt when Isaac Hayes won the first Academy Award for the original score was incredible. I viewed the 1972 Academy Awards, when Isaac Hayes was the Academy Award winner, with my entire family. I remember us all hollering, screaming, and applauding victoriously when the announcement of Isaac Hayes was announce as the Academy award winner. Another IMPORTANT racial barrier was broken.

Isaac Hayes's performance of the song "Shaft theme" at the 1972 Academy Awards was also most memorable. Isaac Hayes rising out of the floor playing the grand piano in a thick cloud of smoke was mesmerizing. In fact, it was after Isaac Hayes's memorable performance, when Isaac Hayes was given the Academy Award for Shaft score with still....the ever-present cloud of smoke remaining from his performance. For some reason the Academy folks could not remove the smoke from the arena, which made the effect more pronounced. Great moment!

Personally, I had the opportunity to host my first "salaried" full time air-shift in 1988 at KGFJ in Los Angeles (after nine years of hosting college, public, and part-time radio music and news shows). There was no other way to open a radio show than with Isaac Hayes funky version of "Walk on By". A full arsenal of other "long versions" of Isaac Hayes was sprinkled throughout show during the four year run at KGFJ. Radio was a lot more freer then, than now. Glad to have experienced true creative radio, and there was no composer as free and creative than Isaac Hayes.

Below are two articles about the passing and accomplishments of Isaac Hayes.

Rest in peace our pioneering trailblazer, who was the innovator of the long version songs; theme albums; and musical ("Do Your Thing") freedom -- Brotha Isaac Hayes.

"In the music industry, we thank God for having brought Black Moses to part the water" -- Rev. Al Sharpton 8-11-08.

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - Soul music legend Isaac Hayes died early Sunday afternoon, according to Shelby County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Steve Shular. Hayes was 65.
A Shelby County sheriff's deputy responded to Hayes' home after his wife found him on the floor near a treadmill inside his home. Hayes was taken to Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08pm. Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department are continuing their investigation into Hayes' death, but they believe no foul play was involved.

Hayes was raised by his maternal grandparents in Covington, Tennessee, after his mother died and his father left the family when Hayes was an infant. He moved to Memphis at age 6.
Hayes planned to be a doctor, but got redirected when he won a talent contest in ninth grade by singing Nat King Cole's "Looking Back."

He held down various low-paying jobs, including shining shoes on the legendary Beale Street in Memphis. Hayes also played gigs in rural Southern juke joints where at times he had to hit the floor because someone began shooting.

A self-taught musician, he was hired in 1964 by Stax Records of Memphis as a backup pianist, working as a session musician for Otis Redding and others. He also played saxophone.
Hayes began writing songs, establishing a songwriting partnership with David Porter, and in the 1960s they wrote such hits for Sam and Dave as "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Soul Man."
All this led to his recording contract.

The album "Hot Buttered Soul" made Hayes a star in 1969. His shaven head, gold chains and sunglasses gave him a compelling visual image.

"Hot Buttered Soul" was groundbreaking in several ways: He sang in a "cool" style unlike the usual histrionics of big-time soul singers. He prefaced the song with "raps," and the numbers ran longer than three minutes with lush arrangements.

In the early 1970s, Hayes laid the groundwork for disco, for what became known as urban-contemporary music and for romantic crooners like Barry White. And he was rapping before there was rap. "The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence," he said. "And they'll tell you if you ask.

"Next came "Theme From Shaft," a No. 1 hit in 1971 from the film "Shaft" starring Richard Roundtree. "That was like the shot heard round the world," Hayes said in the 1999 interview.
In 1972, he won another Grammy for his album "Black Moses" and earned a nickname he reluctantly embraced. Hayes composed film scores for "Tough Guys" and "Truck Turner" besides "Shaft."

At the Oscar ceremony in 1972, Hayes performed the song wearing an eye-popping amount of gold and received a standing ovation. TV Guide later chose it as No. 18 in its list of television's 25 most memorable moments. He won an Academy Award for the song and was nominated for another one for the score. The song and score also won him two Grammys.

Hayes was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. "I knew nothing about the business, or trends and things like that," he said. "I think it was a matter of timing. I didn't know what was unfolding."

His career hit another high in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef, the sensible school cook and devoted ladies man on the animated TV show "South Park." But Hayes angrily quit the show in 2006 after an episode mocked his Scientology religion. "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," he said. Hayes was the voice of Nickelodeon's "Nick at Nite" and had radio shows in New York City (1996 to 2002) and then in Memphis.

He was in several movies, including "It Could Happen to You" with Nicolas Cage, "Ninth Street" with Martin Sheen, "Reindeer Games" starring Ben Affleck and the blaxploitation parody "I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka." (The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

WASHINGTON (AFP) - American funk-soul legend and Academy Award-award winning musician Isaac Hayes was found dead Sunday at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, officials said. He was 65.

The talented singer, songwriter and composer, who won the Oscar in 1972 for best original song for the theme from "Shaft," was found unresponsive at his house by family members, Shelby county spokesman Steve Shular told CNN.

"Shelby county sheriff's deputies received a 911 call about 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) central time from family members. They had gone out at about noon today to a grocery store and came back and unfortunately found him unresponsive in the bedroom," he said.

Hayes was given CPR by paramedics but could not be revived.

"Family members believe at this point it is a medical condition that might have led to his death," said Shular, adding that Hayes was being treated for "a number of medical issues." He declined to elaborate further. Hayes suffered a stroke in 2006.

Democrats adopts National Platform

Article link from Democrats.org

http://www.democrats.org/a/2008/08/democratic_part_13.php

Actor/Comedian/Family Man "Bernie Mac" dead at 50

Bernie Mac with wife Rhonda

Steve Harvey on Bernie Mac
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2008/08/09/steve.harvey.on.bernie.mac.cnn

Bio of Bernard Jeffrey McCullough - "Bernie Mac" (October 5th. 1957 - August 9th, 2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Mac

Chicago Tribune article By Kelley L. Carter and Glenn Jeffers below:

Just four weeks ago, soulful crooner Gladys Knight paid tribute to an old friend and a famed Chicago native son.Standing center stage at the Country Club Hills Theatre, the singer asked her audience to give a round of applause to one of her friends and favorite comedians, Bernie Mac. The crowd clapped fiercely, their enthusiasm suggesting that they too considered Mac to be one of the reigning kings of comedy. Mac, in turn, stood up from his front-row seat, turned around to address the crowd, took his hat off and waved.It was one of the last public commendations Mac would hear.

Mac died early Saturday morning of complications due to pneumonia, his publicist said. Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.

"I think what Bernie Mac did that few, if any, have been able to do was become a success here in Chicago," said Bert Haas, executive vice president of Zanies Chicago, the city's longest-running comedy club. "Most of our homegrown talent has to go to L.A. or New York to become famous. But Bernie? . . . He was selling out the Chicago Theater before he went out to New York. [That's] next to impossible."The comic born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough cut an imposing figure. He stood a sturdy 6-foot-3 and carried himself with a bouncer's reticence. But perhaps the strongest weapon was that voice, that amalgam of thought and that delivery that could rise like a tidal wave, outpace a Gatling gun and one that remained, to his last days, loud and unapologetic.He wasn't scared, he told us time and again, to tell anyone what he thought, to say what others were afraid to say. That fearlessness wasn't always welcome, considering Mac didn't get his big break until his 30s. But when he did, the comic skyrocketed to success in stand-up, television and film.

"What's interesting about Bernie's career is that he wasn't a mainstream comic at first. His act was very edgy and very raw," said Gary Hardwick, a screenwriter and director based in Los Angeles. "Bernie would talk about things that other black comics wouldn't talk about, like skin color, and how being a very dark-skinned black man like him made his life very different from other people's."But Mac's humor appealed to white audiences too, Hardwick said."He didn't so much cross over as people crossed over to him," he said.Mac shared screen time with some of Hollywood's larger-than-life leading men, co-starring with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon in the "Ocean's Eleven" remake and sequels.

Most recently, Mac had garnered attention for using salty language and making unsavory comments at a benefit for Sen. Barack Obama from which the presumptive Democratic candidate had to distance himself.Growing up on the South Side a hard-core White Sox fan, Mac discovered early on that he wanted to make a go at being a comedian. Before his 10th birthday, he was performing comedy stand-up, honing his skills on CTA trains and in parks before graduating to well-known haunts such as the Regal Theater and the Cotton Club. He came to a realization during those first years as a struggling comic: If he could kill in front of a black crowd, he could kill in any crowd."Black audiences are hard," he told the New York Times in 2002. "You got to come with a little extra to satisfy them."Mac struggled early in his career, driving a Wonder Bread delivery truck to pay the bills. But life changed dramatically when he was 32.

He won the Miller Lite comedy search that year and got regular gigs on popular shows such as HBO's "Def Comedy Jam."While Mac's comedy hit home with African-Americans, he always strived to reach all audiences."When I started in comedy in the clubs in 1977, blacks couldn't do certain clubs—not because they were segregated. They just didn't want to put the [black comics] out there," Mac told the Tribune in 2007. He said when clubs in Los Angeles asked him to perform at "black-only" comedy nights, he told them, "I'm a comedian—don't put a title on me.""If you let people put tags on you, you'll never be able to remove them," he said. "You've got to make people respect you. Respect is bigger than dollars and cents."Mac got his respect and national attention after his set on "Def Comedy Jam" in 1992. Mac expounded on one taboo subject after another, from the benefits of snitching to his prowess in the bedroom.

"I ain't scared of you, [expletive]!" became a signature tag line."People tried to imitate his style, his gestures or how he bugged his eyes out when he [got] to the punch line. That's a Bernie Mac trait," said local comic Bryant Lee Turner (known as BLT). "Someone just can't have that; he took it as he ran with it."Soon he earned a bit part in 1992's "Mo' Money," and later an HBO Special, "Midnight Mac."In 1995, Mac played Pastor Clever in the cult classic "Friday," and, despite the small role, was one of the film's highlights. Then in 2001, he got his big chance. "The Bernie Mac Show" made its debut on Fox , drawing critical acclaim and numerous awards, including two Emmy nominations for Mac. Its premiere episode drew 11.4 million viewers; the second 12.4 million.

For the next four years, Mac spoke to the American public with all the befuddlement of a 40-something taskmaster father lost in a sea of talk therapy and time outs."Now, America," Mac would often begin before going into a rant about undisciplined children, coddling parents or—one of his favorite topics—the differences between black people and white people.But in 2006, the show went off the air. Its ratings had dropped, and Mac was getting more lucrative offers from the movie studios.Mac's health was also a factor. In 2004, he halted production on the show while recovering from exhaustion. A year later, he disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis.In spite of that, his star had risen.

In addition to the highly popular "Oceans" films, he co-starred with Ashton Kutcher in the 2005 comedy "Guess Who," a twist on the 1967 classic "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.".Last spring, Mac said that he was ending his stand-up career to focus more on movies. In 2007, he co-starred in "Ocean's Thirteen," "Pride" and had a role in the blockbuster "Transformers." Scheduled for release later this year is "Soul Men," with Samuel L. Jackson, and "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa." "Old Dogs," with Robin Williams, is due next year. "What he achieved, even at a later age, has been inspiring," said Hannibal Buress, 25, a Chicago comic.Mac, who lived in southwest suburban Frankfort, is survived by his wife, Rhonda McCullough; their daughter, Je'Niece; and a granddaughter, Jasmine.

Chicago Tribune journalists:

Kelley L. Carter: Jasmine.klcarter@tribune.com

Glen Jerrers: gjeffers@tribune.com

Feminists defend Hillary, but not Michele Obama. Why?

Attorney Michele Obama is a Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate, a lawyer, mother, wife, and has a high possibility of becoming a "working" First Lady, as former first lady Senator Hillary Clinton was for President Bill Clinton, which adds to an already impressive resume'. Yet Michelle Obama fails to gain the boastful support from the leaders of feminist organizations and feminists (i.e. the National Organization of Women, well-renowned individual feminists Gloria Steinem, Geraldine Ferraro, or Hillary Clinton) during the time when she is outright attacked by the media. Attorney Michelle Obama continues to be ruthlessly attacked from all sides. We all recall during the 2008 Democratic Primaries, the slightest attacks directed at Hillary Clinton from anyone, in the media especially, would outrage these same feminists to call for attackers jobs. But when publication like CNN negatively stereotypes Michelle Obama as "an angry black woman" absolutely nothing comes from the popular feminist groups or individuals. Read this link from CNN writer Jonathon Mann: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/mann.michelle.obama/.

And when the New Yorker characterizes Michelle Obama as a Black Militant with a machine gun (Patty Hearst/S.L.A. style), large afro, army boots, angry eyebrows, and overblown lips we must all ask questions, especially feminists. But again, we do not hear popular feminists groups or individuals asking for the chief editor's job at the New Yorker (note: picture of Michelle to the left has none of the caricatures pictured on the New Yorker's front cover). Also pictured on the New Yorker cover is an American Flag burning in Michelle Obama's fireplace, and Osama Bin Laden pictured on her mantel.

Following the release of the New Yorker's Obamas cover picture, the New Yorker's chief editor was paraded around the daily and weekend political TV news and talk programs to explain his position. The Chief Editor stated, "the image was an exagageration to illustrate the false stereotypes about the Obamas". Yet the enclosed article said nothing of the chief editor's stated vision.

We again hear nothing from the feminists on behalf of Michelle Obama about the ridiculous statements by the New Yorkers chief editor. And we all know that the feminists would have jumped all over the New Yorker's "powers that be" demanding for the chief editor's job if he would have negatively stereotyped Hilary Clinton in the same manner. Now on the Presidential campaign trail, feminists are in the aggressive mode for a statement Republican Candidate John McCain made about his wife entering a Buffalo beauty contest. It was clear that McCain knew nothing about the contest requiring candidates to compete in a topless segment of the contest. But here feminists are up in arms over his statement at the highest level, including democrats.org http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/rjsnj/CVlh. Comparing the two incidents (New Yorker cover and a misstatement by McCain), the New Yorker cover picture is far more damaging to women, than a mis-comment by Cindy McCain's husband.

I could go into why African-American Woman should support Black issues instead of these suddenly silent Feminists groups, but I choose not to. Instead please read a more informative, well-researched article on the same subject by an African-American woman whom also is a self-proclaimed Feminist and colomnist for the Charlotte Observer newspaper. The Charlotte Observer Columnist Mary C. Curtis's article appeared in the Washington Post on June 21st, 2008. Ms. Curtis article (in bold) below is titled, "The Loud Silence of Feminists". Here is Mary C. Curtis's article:

The Loud Silence of Feminists

By Mary C. Curtis

Saturday, June 21, 2008; Page A17


Michelle Obama has become an issue in the presidential campaign even though she isn't running for anything. An educated, successful lawyer, devoted wife and caring mother has been labeled "angry" and unpatriotic and snidely referred to as Barack Obama's "baby mama."

Democrats, Republicans, independents, everyone should be offended.

And this black woman is wondering: Where are Obama's feminist defenders?

It's not as though they're out of practice. In 1992, Hillary Clinton was deemed too assertive and not first lady material. Similar, and worse, claims were made this year. But just as you didn't have to be for Clinton to decry the sexism in the coverage of her campaign, you don't have to be an Obama supporter to defend Michelle Obama against similar treatment.

So I want to know: What does Gloria Steinem think? She was out front with her support of Clinton, promoting the importance of a female president. She has even endorsed Barack Obama. What's her reaction now that the knives are out for another strong woman?

How about Geraldine Ferraro, the former vice presidential nominee whose racially tinged denunciations of Barack Obama sparked a media firestorm?

Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, has said: "We're going to keep watching because we think Michelle Obama will be the recipient of the same kind of attacks that Hillary was."

A feminist ray of hope.

The campaign against Michelle Obama -- who went on "The View" this week to prove her everywoman bona fides -- has not caused a rift between black and white women so much as it has exposed it.

I've long been frustrated, as a black woman and a feminist, with our national conversation. I didn't hear the cause speaking up for women of color or for women who have always worked in blue-collar or service jobs. Choice was not their issue.

The woman who employed my educated mother to clean her house never quite saw her as a sister in the struggle for equality.

Still, I cheered Steinem when she spoke at my college. Her message could have been more inclusive, but it was a start.

I'd like a little of that solidarity back now, not suspicion because someone of my race defeated someone of our sex.

Michelle Obama is being demonized for things she allegedly said on tapes that are rumored to exist. She is a victim of sexism and racial stereotypes.

Just as the Rutgers women's basketball team was miscast by Don Imus, Obama is being labeled something she clearly is not. Her achievements are being dismissed.

But in America, there's seldom a cost for disrespecting black women.

I'm waiting for feminists who speak of second-class citizenship and being pushed to the back of the bus to remember the civil rights movement that gave birth to those words. After all, it was a black woman, Rosa Parks, who took her seat up front and pulled others there, too. I'm not holding my breath, though.

As a journalist, I have stayed neutral about political candidates. But as an American, I would have been excited about the historic first had Hillary Clinton emerged victorious from the Democratic primary battle. Yet when an African American made a different kind of history, it seems that feminists can't share in the triumph.

They don't have to vote for the husband to defend the wife.

Okay, I get it: Your candidate lost. You're angry.

But frankly, I'm getting a little peeved myself.

Mary C. Curtis is a columnist at the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer.



In the wake of the New Yorker cover, Black radio hosts and journalist should be calling Mary C. Curtis right now for interviews. Ms. Curtis's article is passionate, insightful, and a well-researched piece of work. Thank you Ms. Mary C. Curtis.

Lastly, to make the point about nationally acclaimed Feminist groups and feminists not respecting African-American women, comes an interview by broadcaster Amy Goodman on the top-rated webcast program "Democracy Now". Amy Goodman interviews both popular Feminist Gloria Steinem and Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell. Ms. Harris-Lacewell also noticed the lack of support for African-American women by popular feminist groups. In the below video-link Professor Harris-Lacewell took offense to comments made by Gloria Steinem in a New York Times Op-Ed piece titled: "State of Today's Women's Movement". Prof. Harris-Lacewell was somewhat disenchantment about Gloria Steinem's 'consistent silence' to African-American women's needs, though requesting Black Women to support the needs important to White Women-led Feminists groups. Professor Harris-Lacewell also questions Steinem about perceived negative comments about her candidate of choice, Senator Barack Obama, that was stated in the aforementioned Gloria Steinem's New York Times op-ed piece. The Goodman interview with Gloria Steinem and Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell, aired on "Democracy Now" earlier this year, is below in the video-link: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/14/race_and_gender_in_presidential_politics

Sirius and XM Satellite Radio Merge. Why did the FCC pass the merger?

7/28/08



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