The following information was found reading the comment wall of Black United Students' Facebook.com Event, "40th Renaissance Ball and Pageant" on November 5, 2009. Do you think this young man had some validity in his comment, or do you think he was completely out of line? Form your own opinion.
From John Byerly, Pan-African Studies major at Kent State University:
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ON THIS NIGHT I WILL BE REPRESENTING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DPAS MAJOR'S AND MINORS AT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCES OF THE YEAR, THE ABCC (ASSOCIATION FOR BLACK CULTURAL CENTERS) AT CLEVELAND STATE, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. NOW...
IF WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING OPERATE AS STUDENTS AND SOLIDIERS FOR BLACK IMPROVEMENT WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE RITCHIE AND THE DEPT. A LOT MORE...THIS MEANS GOING TO CONFERENCES, CLASSES, LECTURES, AND EVENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE CLAIM ALL BITCH ABOUT, BUT DON'T ACT ON.
1. IT IS SAD THAT EVEN THOUGH DR. DORSEY TOLD ALL OF US ABOUT HELPING TO REPRESENT THIS DEPT AT OUR MAJOR/MINOR MEETINGS, NOBODY SEEMED TO LISTEN OR TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY BUT ME. WHY THE FUCK IS THIS?
2. BLACK UNITED STUDENTS NEED TO REALIZE THAT THIS SHIT IS SERIOUS...YOU CANNOT SAY THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE IF YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO UNIFY ON AN EDUCATIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND METAPHYSICAL LEVEL.
3. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE EVEN CARING ABOUT SEEING ONE OF OUR ELDERS, DR. NA'IM AKBAR AT THIS CONFERENCE. IT IS AS IF WE HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH OUR PAST AND HISTORY AND PURPOSE AND MAJORS AND MINORS OF THIS DEPT.
DONT GET ME WRONG, THIS EVENT IS GREAT...I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 200 PEOPLE WILL GO TO THIS BUT NONE OF Y'ALL SHOW UP IN CLASS, COME TO SEE GUEST SPEAKERS, OR READ ANY FUCKIN' BOOKS ON THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLES THAT WE CLAIM TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT.
DYLAN [Sellers], THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK AT ALL BUT I NEED YOU TO SERIOUSLY GET BACK TO THE EDUCATIONAL REALM AND GET SOME SELF-KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT IT IS YOU ARE FUCKING PREACHING. I WILL GIVE MY LIFE FOR THE CAUSE OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS, AND I WILL FIGHT MY RACIST WHITE COUNTERPARTS UNTIL MY DEATH...BUT YOU NEED TO HELP AND MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THAT DR. CROSBY, DR. BEN, DR. CLARKE, DR. VAN SERTIMA, DR. HILLIARD, AND DR. WOODSON ALL FOUGHT SO HARD FOR. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO RETURNING THE STOLEN LEGACY TO AFRICA.
I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU, I HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR OUR ELDERS AND TEACHERS, AND BECAUSE WE CANT JUST SIT BACK AND PARTY AND BE FUCKING CLUELESS WHILE THE WHITE SUPREMACIST IS PUTTING BLACK FATHERS IN JAIL, AND DESTROYING THE CHILDREN. SLAVERY STILL EXISTS AND I CANT STOP THIS SHIT BY MYSELF YOU GUYS...YALL NEED TO REALLY SEE THE SITUATION HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THIS DEPT AND OSCAR RITCHIE, AND WHEN THEY DO, HOW CAN WE BITCH ABOUT IT BEING GONE WHEN WE AINT DO SHIT TO SAVE IT. SHEM-HOTEP MARAFIKI YANGU...IT'S ON US NOW. YOU FEEL ME?
my bad i had to flip out...but seriously where the fuck is our unity? Do we have any Umoja or do we just pretend we cool? ase"
From John Byerly, Pan-African Studies major at Kent State University:
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ON THIS NIGHT I WILL BE REPRESENTING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE DPAS MAJOR'S AND MINORS AT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONFERENCES OF THE YEAR, THE ABCC (ASSOCIATION FOR BLACK CULTURAL CENTERS) AT CLEVELAND STATE, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. NOW...
IF WE ARE GOING TO FUCKING OPERATE AS STUDENTS AND SOLIDIERS FOR BLACK IMPROVEMENT WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE RITCHIE AND THE DEPT. A LOT MORE...THIS MEANS GOING TO CONFERENCES, CLASSES, LECTURES, AND EVENTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE CLAIM ALL BITCH ABOUT, BUT DON'T ACT ON.
1. IT IS SAD THAT EVEN THOUGH DR. DORSEY TOLD ALL OF US ABOUT HELPING TO REPRESENT THIS DEPT AT OUR MAJOR/MINOR MEETINGS, NOBODY SEEMED TO LISTEN OR TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY BUT ME. WHY THE FUCK IS THIS?
2. BLACK UNITED STUDENTS NEED TO REALIZE THAT THIS SHIT IS SERIOUS...YOU CANNOT SAY THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE IF YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO UNIFY ON AN EDUCATIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND METAPHYSICAL LEVEL.
3. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE EVEN CARING ABOUT SEEING ONE OF OUR ELDERS, DR. NA'IM AKBAR AT THIS CONFERENCE. IT IS AS IF WE HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH OUR PAST AND HISTORY AND PURPOSE AND MAJORS AND MINORS OF THIS DEPT.
DONT GET ME WRONG, THIS EVENT IS GREAT...I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW 200 PEOPLE WILL GO TO THIS BUT NONE OF Y'ALL SHOW UP IN CLASS, COME TO SEE GUEST SPEAKERS, OR READ ANY FUCKIN' BOOKS ON THE CONTINUING STRUGGLE OF AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLES THAT WE CLAIM TO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT.
DYLAN [Sellers], THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK AT ALL BUT I NEED YOU TO SERIOUSLY GET BACK TO THE EDUCATIONAL REALM AND GET SOME SELF-KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT IT IS YOU ARE FUCKING PREACHING. I WILL GIVE MY LIFE FOR THE CAUSE OF BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS, AND I WILL FIGHT MY RACIST WHITE COUNTERPARTS UNTIL MY DEATH...BUT YOU NEED TO HELP AND MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THAT DR. CROSBY, DR. BEN, DR. CLARKE, DR. VAN SERTIMA, DR. HILLIARD, AND DR. WOODSON ALL FOUGHT SO HARD FOR. WE NEED TO GET BACK TO RETURNING THE STOLEN LEGACY TO AFRICA.
I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE AN UNDYING LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU, I HAVE THE UPMOST RESPECT FOR OUR ELDERS AND TEACHERS, AND BECAUSE WE CANT JUST SIT BACK AND PARTY AND BE FUCKING CLUELESS WHILE THE WHITE SUPREMACIST IS PUTTING BLACK FATHERS IN JAIL, AND DESTROYING THE CHILDREN. SLAVERY STILL EXISTS AND I CANT STOP THIS SHIT BY MYSELF YOU GUYS...YALL NEED TO REALLY SEE THE SITUATION HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THIS DEPT AND OSCAR RITCHIE, AND WHEN THEY DO, HOW CAN WE BITCH ABOUT IT BEING GONE WHEN WE AINT DO SHIT TO SAVE IT. SHEM-HOTEP MARAFIKI YANGU...IT'S ON US NOW. YOU FEEL ME?
my bad i had to flip out...but seriously where the fuck is our unity? Do we have any Umoja or do we just pretend we cool? ase"
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