BLACK PEOPLE: LET'S GET HEALED

1. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
GIVE IT A BREAK ALREADY !

Righty Whitey at 7:30PM on Mar 13th 2008

2. what are you selling, only time you hear brother is when a-n- is selling sum o.k. they do need help go out be a part of the solution by helping your local neighbor not profiting off his weakness drug dealer , thanks, WHO YOU FOOLIN !

pimptalkin at 9:14PM on Mar 13th 2008

3. "We forget that we're not invincible"

That is so true but than again only fools break their own heart...they call you "wanna be white" when you take responsibility and deal with your issues knowing that you are a human being like any ohter with feelings and emotions....LOL

Lisette at 6:54PM on Mar 14th 2008

4. I am reading this book and it has practically saved me mentally. I had a breakdown last year after years of horrible abuse as a child & adolescent - rape, molestation, all of it. Naturally I carried the abuse to adulthood, only I was now doing it to myself in various destructive ways: bad/destructive relationships; abusive jobs, trouble with the law, too much drinking, etc. I knew something was wrong with me, but didn't know what. I somehow knew that no one did the things to themselves that I was doing unless something was deeply wrong. I was slowly destroying myself. I was suicidal.I saw six thrapists within 30 years and NONE of them correctly treated me until just this year! I didn't know I was depressed, didn't know I was suffering with PTSD. I have now been properly diagnosed, see a threapist (#7!)and take meds. My life is finally turning around after years of being in darkness and shame. Ms. Williams' book is helping me gain understanding about my illness and stay afloat. I wasn't bad or worthless, as my parents told me, I was mentally ill...made ill by mentally sick parents, etc. I needed help to get well and there's no shame in that, nor is it weak. In my opinion, everyone in the Black community needs to read this book to face what's really going on with us. She addresses OUR needs and OUR pain - uniquely. We're suffering and don't even understand why. Just look around! We're killing our own! We're destroying ourselves. We DO need healing before it's too late. I know, because my lack of it almost killed me - literally. Thank you Terrie Williams for telling it like it is! Listen, People! It's time to face and heal ourselves. It's nobody's responsibility but ours!

BEH at 3:41PM on Mar 15th 2008

5. Black women need healing.

http://blackwomenvote.blogspot.com/2008/03/soul-on-ice-effect-why-lives-of-black.html

judy at 3:58PM on Mar 16th 2008

6. As a black person in today's world, I do not feel that celebreties that are black are anyone's role model while they are not white they do pattern themselves after whites,and you can see this in the way they dress and live, women with lots of weaves to look like caucasian's having babies for whites or any nationality and not being married, dressing like clowns
cursing showing their bodies like women on the streets and the men doing the same things looking like ignorant pimps, it goes to show that money is not the answer, I use to love the people of my race who came on t.v. but now the first thing I do is turn the channel. Just think if we were in a world where we all were black and these so called celebreties were the wealthy, we would be begging to get out of that place.

Ralph at 4:35PM on Mar 17th 2008

7.
HEALING BEGINS WHEN HATE CHURCHES, MOSQUES AND TEMPLES DISAPPEARS. BOTH BLACK AND WHITE CONGREGATIONS WHO PREACHES HATE IS PART OF BIG PROBLEM... JEREMIAH WRIGHT IS CASE IN POINT...

PLANS at 7:41PM on Mar 17th 2008

8. HERE IS MY NEW BOOK CALLED IRISH PAIN,ITS ABOUT ME CONFRONTING ANY BRITISH PERSON WHO TWO 60-70 YEARS AGO CONTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT POTATOE FAMINE CAUSING STARVATION SO YEAH IM NOT EVEN GOING BACK TO SLAVERY OF 200 YEARS AGO BUT IM STILL WANT MY POUND OF FLESH SO BAD THAT IM NOT GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT CRIME/EDUCATION/UNEMPLOYMENT/CRIME AGAIN/MOTHERS WITH 4 KIDS AND 4 POPS!

LL at 1:08PM on Mar 18th 2008

9. Black people in America, after four centuries of being enslaved,abused, hated, blamed, segregated, isolated, ostracized, criticized, examined, exploited,imported, deported, disenfranchised, justice given, justice denied,hit and knocked down, blamed for falling, cut and blamed for bleeding, thrown in the water and cursed for not drowning, thrown in the fire and cursed for not burning, denied bread and blamed for starving, trying to be white when not black enough, trying to be black when not white enough, trying to be human in a barbaric world, forced to be barbaric in a human world, told to be there and not shown the way to go, told the way to get there but the destination moved, given opportunity but denied the ability,given the ability but denied opportunity, overqualified for less than you're worth, underqualified for more than we should give, integrated, assimilated and in the end still annihilated, after all this and trying to get into a white heaven through a black sky to avoid a red hell under a brown earth...at what point do we say STOP TRYING!!! Stop trying to be "one of them" be yourself. To be accepted, accept who you are. To fit into someone else's world, when you can simply create your own. Don't have it? Create it. You are the seed, grow what you desire. You are the first and the oldest people on the planet. You populated it. You programmed it by God's design. You were given the blueprint. There is no one living or breathing who if they were brave enough to take a blood test, wouldn't find they don't have your blood in their veins. You are the original, stop trying to be a "copy." That is madness. Don't you get it yet? There is a method to the mystery. You will never get it if you don't realize you are the mirror not the reflection! Peace.

Melaniki at 6:07PM on Mar 18th 2008

10. Obama and his wife are both racists !!

michelle at 9:45PM on Mar 18th 2008

11. Michelle says: Obama and his wife are both racists!!

Give me a break!

Rosalind at 6:45AM on Mar 19th 2008

12. TO OBAMA - RACIST IS - PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN , SUPPORTS , OR PRACTICES RACISM OR HAVING TO DO WITH RACISM ( LOOK IN THE DICTIONARY ) THAT"S YOU OBAMA !!!

michelle at 10:32AM on Mar 19th 2008

13. I know that Jesus understands everything that has occurred past, present,and future. He will help you through any problem you are facing. You have to put your trust in him. There are Christians who do not believe in a living god and that he is the creator of all things. He has supplied us with all we need to overcome anything. We must seek his word as if it was the most precious thing in the world to us.

Brock Terry at 2:13PM on Mar 19th 2008

14. This will help many black people realise that suffering silently is not a solution. We all have year ahead to face. Lear to live. Do not accept to suffer.

Armel at 12:40AM on Mar 20th 2008

15. Here is just a suggestion, okay? This comes from just an idea.
My daughter is in Djoubti, Africa. She is spending her time, her heart and life trying to help this country; these people. She is white. I know a lot of Black folks that embrace their African blood/heritage. Maybe the "healing" process would be for them to give to the country that they embrace in a way that is supportive, loving and helpful. Giving is healing.

deela at 9:21PM on Mar 20th 2008