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Black Love Part 1: Learning to Love - A Love RevolutionRead the article this discussion is about
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» Barnabas - Black Love - Part I Indeed there is not a media populace on the level of the late great Cosby show. Exhibiting Black Love regularly in mainstream media is truly dead for the most part. But there are snippets of our loving culture and way of life strewn, however scarcely, throughout mainstream American media. One needs to look just a little harder. The show Boston Public immediately comes to mind (dramatic not comedic). Though it has an ensemble cast of very talented folk, one of the main characters is the high school's principle and his teen age daughter. These two are an exquisite example of family black love. As you mentioned (though comedic not dramatic) the surprise show Girlfriends gives America at least a small glimpse of what black women endure while befriending one another in our society (though the story-lines are very shallow at times--but I did say a glimpse). Until recently the character portrayed by Eric Lasalle on the long running show ER is yet another small light brightly shining on black love. I remember first watching that show and very much disliking Eric's character, but through the years, just like black men in the real world, Peter Benton grew in his career, romantic and family relationships. Finally, the best example I've seen in a really long time more along the lines of daily family ties is cable TV's Soul Food. This show is a masterful contemporary look at the goings and comings of black middle American families. That struggle in love and life and work and relationships. My first viewing of Soul Food I think I actually cheered. But just like you my personal world is filled with daily, constant examples of Black Love and that is where we all should derive our foundations----TV shows are fleeting at best and in the worst cases some mixed messages can be sent to a large group. Let's stick with the real.-- posted by Barnabas » geecheegal - Re: Black Love - Part I In response to message posted by Barnabas:I agree with your comments and though I don't try to satisfy my need through the media, it is a big part of our lives and who we are (unfortunately). And, as for black love in the real world, stay tunedfor part 2. Aiesha -- posted by geecheegal » yellagal - Black Love "Isn't love blind?", I thought. A gift from our Almighty Creator.Something all people have in common. To ensure our survival. Love is a basic human instinct, a need, a force that overpowers the human will. Drives like feeling hungry, sleepy, and the urge for urinating. Is for the body mechanics. Love feeds the human spiritual existence. An instinctive reaction to other humans, love, attraction, sexual satisfaction.My dictionary defines freedom as "a state of being." Being alive...inspite of the obstacles to the will to survive...intentional infliction of pain, confinement, humiliation, mistreatment, -- posted by yellagal » geecheegal - Re: Black Love In response to message posted by yellagal:I wish love were blind. But more than that, I wish more people were able to recognize their capacity to love. Loving openly and without restraint leads to freedom. Unfortunately, until those generations of slave children that you talk about learn to love themselves and one another, I don't they can truly be free. -- posted by geecheegal » yellagal - Black Love You "know better" brings to mind my own upbringing. And, it's a line from the times our people used to help children grow to adults. Time before the Civil War. We are from a people once owned. Legally defined as swine, inhuman.It's unkind to compare our lives to those spared generations of being enslaved. Our history is missing from the lessons taught to our children. The issue of our humaness is at risk. Define us as if we are more of Hitler's victims. Issues exist that should be considered. Wishing to be normal isn't it. By definition African-Americans should be considered misfits. -- posted by yellagal
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