Seems like whenever I hear the word man being defined its usually coming from a woman. I cannot tell a woman how to be a woman. I simply do not know. I have my own ideas about it but there is no way I could fully understand. Plus I know that being a woman is not just one thing it is a large spectrum of things.
First of all I am a man by the way of birth period. The thing is there is not only one way to be a man. There is no one way to be any type of person. I understand when you use the term man you’re meaning it as a upstanding citizen if you will. You cannot re define a word depending on your own personal preference or situation. Even when a woman is not the most wholesome individual the term woman still applies, For example when a woman is considered to be a bad mother the title of woman is not stripped from her. The term commonly used to refer to a person of this stature is “poor excuse for a mother.” See how the word mother is still included. Even when derogatory comments are used to refer to a woman they still invoke feminism. When it comes to a man the opposition first strike is to take away the title of being a man.
I know what a man is. I been living the life of one every since I was born who are you to tell me I’m not one. I was raised by one, been apart of a family that was full of them, and been surrounded by them my entire life. Please do not tell me what roles I should play and things I should be doing just because I’m a man. When a man says those things to a woman he is labeled as being sexist. For some reason women don’t think they can be sexist towards a man. For the man in me will do whatever I want and however I see fit.
The argument against this that I normally hear is you’re to weak to stand up a fit the role I suppose to play so that is why I lash out against it. So does everything society say you agree with? As time and cultures change so does society, so you’re telling me the definition of what a man is depends on the time, place and culture that question is presented in? If you let society tell you how to live your life then what kind of life is that?
At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the “man box.”
• In Richmond, Calif.: ”At the Hilltop Mall in the city of Richmond, shots rang out at around 6 a.m. An estimated three thousand were in line waiting for the new Nike’s new Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords. (The shoes, it seems, appreciate in value.) That’s when someone fired a gun into the air. According to KRON 4 Morning News, no one was hurt and a suspect is in custody.” [SFist ]
• In Atlanta, Ga.: ”Police had to smash the windows of a car to get two toddlers out after a woman had left them there to go buy the shoes. She was taken into custody when she returned, according to the AP.” [ABC ]
• In Lithonia, Ga.: ”…at least four people were arrested early Friday at a mall after a crowd of customers broke down a door at a store selling the Air Jordans before it opened. DeKalb County police told Fox 5 Atlanta that up to 20 squad cars responded. Officers said they escorted most of the people outside but took four into custody.” [AP ]
• In Pembroke Pines, Fla.: ”At about 2 a.m. Friday, customers said police pepper sprayed a crowd of people waiting in the front of the line at the Foot Locker at Pembroke Pines mall. ‘They’re pepper-spraying people, pushing people on the ground, everything,’ said one customer. ‘It’s crazy up there.’” Another customer said police had pepper-sprayed “a little girl.” [WSVN ]
• In Charlotte, N.C.: ”Police and Medic were called to three Charlotte-area malls before daybreak Friday, after shoppers seeking Air Jordan shoes became unruly. No injuries were reported, but at least one fight broke out, and a door was damaged at a mall.” [Charlotte Observer ]
• In Annapolis, Md.: ”A shopper at Westfield Annapolis mall received minor injuries in an altercation this morning, county firefighters said. Shortly after the mall opened, firefighters were called to transport a person who had been injured, apparently while involved in a dispute over a new Jordan sneaker that went on sale this morning…” [Maryland Gazette ]
• In Indianapolis, Ind.: ”Impatient shoppers tore a door off its hinges at Lafayette Square… ‘The door broke and was hanging by a hinge and people were squeezing in anyway,’ Asia Coates said. ‘People were falling down.’” [Indy Star ]
• In Seattle, Wash.: ”Police used pepper spray on about 20 people at a mall near Seattle…” [AP ]
• In Burlington Township, N.J.: ”Burlington Township police confirmed to Fox 29 that a stampede happened after 8 a.m. at the Burlington Center Mall on Mount Holly Road. Several people were hurt as the crowd tried to get the limited-release sneakers.” [Fox Philly ]
• In Sturbridge, Mass.: ”A Milford man stopped for speeding on Interstate 84 was traveling with a .38-caliber revolver and ammunition concealed in a pair of Nikes, police said… Poking out of one of the sneakers, the trooper saw what he believed to be the butt of a revolver. The trooper withdrew the weapon from the shoe, and observed that it was a D&R Model 925 five-shot .38-caliber revolver, according to the police report. In the other shoe, the trooper located 10 rounds of 38-caliber ammunition in a small plastic bag, the police report states. [Worcester Telegram ]
• In Louisville, Ky.: ”The rush to get the latest re-release of Air Jordan sneakers ended in a huge brawl at this Kentucky mall early this morning. Local news station W-D-R-B reports up to 100 people were involved in the fight at this Louisville mall.” [KTVQ ]
• In Austin, Tex.: ”At least three people were injured at area stores overnight as crowds gathered to be among the first to buy Nike shoes that went on sale early this morning… Emergency crews treated an adult and a 14-year-old who suffered assault-like injuries.” [Statesman]
• In Detroit, Mich.: ”The release of the much anticipated Nike Air Jordan XI Concord lead to an early morning riot at Southland Mall and resulted in the arrest of a 21-year-old Detroit man who is accused of inciting a riot. Taylor police said Southland Mall security called police for assistance at around 5:30 a.m. this morning when a large crowd of about 300 people were lined up outside. The mall, located in Taylor, was not scheduled to open until 8 a.m.” [Detroit Free Press ]
• In Jersey City, N.J.: ”A 20-year-old Jersey City man was stabbed seven times last night during a fight among several of the 300 holiday shoppers lined up to buy the coveted Nike Air Jordan XI Concord sneakers at the Newport Centre Mall, police said. The Duncan Avenue man, attacked at about 10:19 p.m., suffered non-life-threatening wounds, police said.” [Jersey Journal]
• In Ironyland: ”One girl said she lost her shoes in the midst of all the pushing and shoving.” [Charlotte Observer ]
sigh.
I have never understood the obsession with those fucking shoes. Fuck Nike for making them so damn expensive and fuck you idiots who are willing to trample, fight, stab, shoot, maim and any other kind of fuckery, to get a pair of them sweatshop specials.
I’m sure the Republicans and assorted racists are eating this bullshit up like fresh catfish at a Baptist Church fishfry.
Even though this comment below is a bit racist, I agree.
So these niggers on welfare yet they rushing into the mall to buy shoes that cost 250-500 bucks? Ladies and gentlemen, this is how well brainwashing works.
It’s not racist if it’s true. The majority of people that buy Jordans are black. And I don’t recall hearing all these reports over nationwide violence over the releases of iPhones, iPads, MW3, or even just shopping on Black Friday. What does that tell you…
These people have been severely brainwashed into consuming superfluous bullshit. It really hurts me to see that our society has abandoned compassion, in exchange for competition. If your son or daughter is in this video, then you have failed them. But not only have you failed them, society has failed them. This consumerists culture is dangerous, and must be abolished. RIP to the boy who lost his life.
Only herbs rock Jordans .Ya lemme spend150 on sum cheap kicks that a 14 year old wanna be white girl rocking also and that 50 people have on my block GTFOH!
Fact: Black people were once considered not human by the US government. You can say that all races are equal, that’s just pure bullshit though, like any other animal, you have some breeds that are more successful than others. There are limitless numbers of examples… You wan’t to win a horse race, do you pick the pony or the stallion? Obviously blacks are a different breed, and if you ask me, they haven’t been successful at all. White men dominate them
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This is a dish called Odori-Don. It has a dead squid on top that “dances” when Soy Sauce is poured on it, activating it’s neurons. (so f’ing cool! remember, it’s DEAD!)
I would pay somebody to eat this while its dancing
One of the biggest complaints I hear from heads that can recall the two previous Golden Eras of Hip Hop is that mainstream/major label Rap/Hip Hop has strayed too far from what made many of us initially fall in love with it. Now, it’s almost 2012 and things still aren’t getting any better….
Every time I hear the phrase “I’m just a southern girl at heart” that is normally followed by something that was beneficial to the women who said it. For the women who like for a man that opens doors, pays for dinner all the time, and takes his coat off and places it over a puddle for her to walk across I can understand that but I don’t understand why you would associate those things with things that only southern women would like. Why you don’t ever hear that when someone says something like ” a woman place is in the house and not in the workplace” or “woman don’t speak while two men are speaking to each other.” If all those stereotypical things are synonymous with southern culture then what is it saying about other women from different parts of the country or is saying “I’m just a southern girl heart” just another way for her to express the idea that she has an old school mentality and has not updated her ideas with modern times. Not saying that everything old fashioned is bad but sometimes things change for the better
Can you equate the to a white man that says “I’m just a good ole southern boy at heart” I know when I hear that phrase I automatically think racist, Mason Dixie, Confederate flags, and country music and I know that phrase doesn’t exactly mean that but how can one come with those negatives things with that phrase but “I’m just a southern girl at heart” means the complete opposite
I hate the saying “I ain’t got time for games” really you don’t. Well what do you have time for? but you got time for reality TV, you got time to put that cheap lace front on your head, you got time for the club Thurs, Fri, and Sats, you got time to be concerned with other people affairs rather then yours” Really all you got to offer is time. So whats your rebuttal “I have a family, I go to school, I work etc…” ugh…last time I checked so does the rest of the world, that still doesn’t mean you don’t have any time for games. Cause obviously you not contributing to society so at least I can do with you is to get some entertainment value out of the situation. You ain’t got time for games then WTF are you doing right now……I’ll wait……..exactly nothing with yourself, plus you play games all the time. You on facebook playing Mobwars, Farmville, The Sims, and Angry Birds but just because I want to interact with other people and have a good time, you call me sorry and say I play games….I digress
You call people ugly and judge people based off appearance. To call people ugly isn’t that like calling God ugly if we are created in his image
You have the light skin vs dark skin complex. You believe the the original man was dark yet you don’t think dark complected people are beautiful
Since the original man was dark complected and they were created in Gods image then what do you think about other races
You do not think the hair of a black woman in its natural state is attractive
If God doesn’t make mistakes and you were created in his image why do you feel the need to alter characteristics that you were born wit. Not saying to change it is wrong but you consider the original undesirable or not beautiful
If you believe that we were created in God’s image can you also believe in evolution
If you believe that we were created in God’s image can you also believe in life forms that exists outside of our planet and whose image would they be created in
Seeing is believing….Yeah right I “see” you lie all the damn time and I don’t believe that shit
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…If you’re diagnosed with cancer how does that make you stronger
Life is what you make it…. What if I commit suicide
Where there’s a will there’s a way… If you have a will to live but you get shot in the dome then what is your will going to save you
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink…Shhhiiiii just don’t give him nothing to drink for a long ass time I bet he drink something
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched…Well how do I suppose to plan for the future if I don’t plan ahead
Too many chiefs not enough indians…but as a young child you teach me to have goals and sky is the limit so I planned to be a chief and now you telling me there is too many GTFOOH
Behind every great man there’s a great woman…So whats behind every great woman
Children should be seen and not heard… What type of old school outdated thinking is this. What if they trying to tell you something important
Cleanliness is next to godliness… I know some clean evil people
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you… Well if the hand is all up in my damn mouth what do you expect
Fight fire with fire…Doesn’t that just make a larger fire???
You can’t win them all…1972 Miami Dolphins I rest my case
The good die young… so basically you saying that old people are bad
Seek and ye shall find…I been seeking for some money in my pocket WOW what do you know there’s nothing there
Never judge a book by its cover…Well what else can I judge it by
From the age of 0-22 I was just living having a lot of questions about a lot of things but never gave the time to do my own research. From that point on, I started to look for answers to all the questions I have a need to be answered. I began to study myself. I began to learn who I was and this blog is an expression of that process and the things to come
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Even though this comment below is a bit racist, I agree.
NygilMr94 23 minutes ago
So these niggers on welfare yet they rushing into the mall to buy shoes that cost 250-500 bucks? Ladies and gentlemen, this is how well brainwashing works.
Has1b 38 minutes ago
this is ridiculous.
airyLAXbaby95 42 minutes ago
reallyy thats stupidd there jus shoes them jordans ugly….srryy stikin with retro 3s
SuperBeatsmode 59 minutes ago
That’s what happens when enough ignorant black people are all in one place….sorry but its true, not racist.
Buckeyes202 1 hour ago
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WakeUpWorldTV 1 hour ago
It’s not racist if it’s true. The majority of people that buy Jordans are black. And I don’t recall hearing all these reports over nationwide violence over the releases of iPhones, iPads, MW3, or even just shopping on Black Friday. What does that tell you…
gibk9206 1 hour ago 2
These people have been severely brainwashed into consuming superfluous bullshit. It really hurts me to see that our society has abandoned compassion, in exchange for competition. If your son or daughter is in this video, then you have failed them. But not only have you failed them, society has failed them. This consumerists culture is dangerous, and must be abolished. RIP to the boy who lost his life.
WakeUpWorldTV 1 hour ago
Only herbs rock Jordans .Ya lemme spend150 on sum cheap kicks that a 14 year old wanna be white girl rocking also and that 50 people have on my block GTFOH!
SonDimz 1 hour ago
where da white women at?
Gruelle1 1 hour ago
Fact: Black people were once considered not human by the US government. You can say that all races are equal, that’s just pure bullshit though, like any other animal, you have some breeds that are more successful than others. There are limitless numbers of examples… You wan’t to win a horse race, do you pick the pony or the stallion? Obviously blacks are a different breed, and if you ask me, they haven’t been successful at all. White men dominate them
MrPiestrak 1 hour ago