tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24596763.post7163864844292124675..comments2023-05-19T05:46:47.563-04:00Comments on The Spinner's Yarn: Love Stories for the Mind, Body, and Soul: The Seeds That Were PlantedBanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759237769320604546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24596763.post-35895181555594062662011-05-05T10:15:41.411-04:002011-05-05T10:15:41.411-04:00@Be, Your post was duplicated, so I removed the se...@Be, Your post was duplicated, so I removed the second one.<br /><br />Um, you should hear me and Sylvia wax poetic about Gerry and Julius. I love them sfm, it's not even a game. And I don't care if the producers played that friendship up for the movie, that was one of the best relationships I've ever witnessed on film, everything you could ever want in terms of friendship, genuine love, and just how you bridge that gap to <i>really</i> connect with people for who they are. I wish there were more friendships like that shown, for real.<br /><br />As for black couples for the sake of blackness--you see that all the time (when they deign to give the black girl a love interest), and I'm like "really? The only thing they have in common is the color of their skin!" That's not enough and that's unfair for <i>both</i> parties. It's one of the reasons why Fox/Whitney/Chad irritated me so damn much. (See, that's another blog post right there.) But I really think it's silly black women relegate themselves to only 6% of the population because 1.) they think nobody wants them and 2.) the only ones who <i>might</i> are other black men. On the other hand, to disregard 6% of the population because these women have bought the product that black men ain't worth shit, I can't deal with that, either. THAT is some severe self-hatred that I cannot abide.Banahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13759237769320604546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24596763.post-34324721291913268982011-05-05T09:52:07.741-04:002011-05-05T09:52:07.741-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Behttp://bjthornton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24596763.post-46683329854091871342011-05-05T09:51:46.873-04:002011-05-05T09:51:46.873-04:00I loved some Felix, and OMG we are secret sisters ...I loved some Felix, and OMG we are secret sisters re: RtT! You never said a truer thing that Gerry & Julius being OTP. So true!<br /><br />Then, THIS:<br />"But that's the problem--it is as if it is mutually exclusive to be proud to be black/to see black love while at the same time being open to dating/loving outside one's race. And no, it's not good enough for a black couple to be together just because both parties are black; color as the foundation of a relationship will never be strong enough to have that relationship last."<br /><br />I can relate a lot to Lil Sav's ponderings, because it's usually a harsh orientation when you realize that there's an invisible fence between you and them. Maybe because I lived in Cali, I got smacked back much later in life, and it was my Rents who did it, not them.<br /><br />No matter who does the smacking, I'm for Black women not letting anybody tell us what we can't have. That's the root of IR for me... "Oh, I'm going there, if I want to."<br /><br />Great post.Behttp://bjthornton.comnoreply@blogger.com