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Self Hatred Is Real Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

The ReadyWriter

Tennis star Serena Williams is the topic of conversation these days, since getting engaged and pregnant by Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian. And according to the greatest female tennis player and quite possibly the greatest female athlete of all time, out of all the men she’s dated, the white men especially her now fiancé, have treated her better than the Black men she’s dated. Many are saying, it’s self-hatred when you marry and pro-create outside of your race.

We’re all entitled to our opinions because you can’t control who you love or can you? But when you cohabitate and pro-create outside of your race, is it self hate? When you long to have mixed children because you want your children mixed breed, is that self-hate? Do you look in the mirror and hate the person staring back at you?

Join me tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah” via blog talk radio for my commentary on “Self Hatred“. 

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Why Do People Play Games in Relationships? on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

The ReadyWriter

All of us at one point or another in our lives play psychological games. Whether consciously or unconsciously, whether at home, at work, among strangers, or among friends, we have all engaged in games that are sometimes beneficial and useful, and other times detrimental to our health and the well-being of others.

Psychological games are often rewarding to one party and harmful to the other, creating exhausting and messy dynamics in every kind of relationship. Sometimes we are so deeply ingrained in the cat-and-mouse games that define our relationships that we aren’t even aware of what is happening.

So why do people play games in relationships? And how can you identify whether you are instigating the games, or serving as the prey of them?

Listen in on the conversation here!

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Can you unplug for a week? Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah?

The ReadyWriter

Can you unplug for a day, even a month? No television, internet or cell phones? Is it possible? I mean, can this be a reality for a week or even a day or two? We live in a connected world and our expectations have changed.

We’re supposed to check email multiple times a day and be available to take phone calls at any hour. This happens on the job front and in the work force, as well as in our collective businesses. And some of us are suffering for it.

The easy access and connection that was touted as the new way to create work life balance has, instead, stolen the life part out of the equation. I’ve seen a family in restaurants having dinner and everyone at the table is glued to a cell phone. What has happened in today’s society that we’re so dependent on our electronic connections?

Join me tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah” for my commentary “No TV, Cell Phone or Internet?” Can you go without your electronics for a week? Or even a day?

Tune in and take the challenge!!!

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‘Relationship jumpers’, tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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fall-in-loveYou know the ones, they jump from one relationship to the next without fully healing from the unhealthy relationship they were just in? And “boom” two days or two weeks after a break-up, they’re in a whole new relationship.

Those are “Relationship Jumpers“… People who don’t give themselves time to heal emotionally, physically and psychologically. They want instant move-ons, minus the real time it takes to heal from a broken or ended relationship.  

Join me tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah” via blog talk radio for my commentary on this subject. Hope to meet you on the air!!!

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Old-Time Slave Code…Is it still in Effect? Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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ab229_burns2-jpg-resize-710x399The oldest U.S. slave laws are found in the State of Virginia. There is a publication entitled The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, volume 2 (1823) by William W. Henning. This publication contains the Virginia Slave Codes. Among these codes is a document, dated October of 1669, which is entitled “An act about the casual killing of slaves”.

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Under the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, when a law enforcement officer is pursuing a suspect, the officer may apply deadly force to prevent escape if he or she has “probable cause” to believe that the suspect poses a threat. Needless to say, it is very difficult to prove that a law enforcement officer does not have “probable cause”.

Those terms, which delude to slavery, were defined as objects of commercial trade in the Law of Nations. This definition carried over into the U.S. slave laws and later on, into the various statues that are in effect today. A slave is one who is void of a nationality, as nationality determines one’s political status and a slave has no political rights. The nationality of Moors was taken away from them in 1774 and the words “negro”, “black” and “colored” were given to Asiatics, of America, who were of Moorish descent.

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Shem El head shot photograph
Shem El head shot photograph

Join me tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah” at 6:30 p.m. EST via blog talk radio as we kick off black history month on the topic “Is the Slave Code Still in Effect?” with my special guest, Shem El (pictured left), Assistant Grand Sheik in the Moorish Science Temple of America?

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