I’ve moved to

http://www.purplevagabond.com,

xo

I’ve seen that I’ve been getting alot of views lately. I’ve totally neglected my blog, and I want to apologise for that. A mixture of procrastination, things, and work have held me back from blogging.

I’m thinking of changing it tho!? Like, starting again. . .

Hopefully I’ll come back soon, hopefully.

xo

May I just say, unfortunately I could not capture everything this man said but most of it was rude.

He asked us where we came from and we said London but of African descent, and he considered himself superior because he believed his forefathers were “Israelites” because they were slaves.

We were insulted that day, but nothing was going to stop us from laughing at them.

After watching Karate Kid in AMC Loews theatre, I don’t even know what came over us. We just felt like kids, literally!

There are more than many videos of us like this. And the victim was called Johnny, at least that’s what he told us his name was.

New York was too good to us, thank you!

Yaaaasss, I can now proudly say that I’ve seen Seu Jorge! The first time I saw him, was in City of God [my favourite film] and my love for him seems to multiply as he releases his albums, videos, films and such. I’m a sucker for world music because that’s what I grew up listening to. I was in a room full of Brazilians. I kept getting asked, “brasileira?” or “fala português?” and I’d reply, “no, but I can sing in it..” I’ve always been OBSESSED with culture, especially those I can identify with like South Americans, African-Americans, Caribbeans and AFRICANS especially! But Seu Jorge was totally amazing. I adore him, I do, I do I do!!!

It’s Black History Month in the United Kingdom right now but it really doesn’t feel like it 😦 but then again, what is it supposed to feel like?

 

For example, when it’s Christmas there is so much going on. There are events, and countless assemblies or church masses about CHRISTMAS in all schools around the nation. It’s funny, because the 25th December [the day the world celebrates CHRISTMAS] is actually not the day baby Jesus arrived on this earth. No-one actually really knows. But anyway, now, the 25th December has been employed to fulfil commercial duties. lol, I don’t really know why I’m rambling on about Christmas and you may be surprised because it is my FAVOURITE celebration of ALL TIME. I just think it’s a bit disturbing that something as commercial as CHRISTMAS is celebrated, or even yet, acknowledged to such a high degree whereas a lot of people don’t know about their background and so forth. I shall refrain from believing I’m right and should let the truth be known that “black” culture affects us all. we all are citizens of the earth and one person’s experience is OUR history. and when i think of black culture, i’m not just talking about MARTIN LUTHER KING, BLACK PANTHERS and most prolific african-americans. i’m talking about the brothers and sisters in ASIA, SOUTH-AMERICA, AUSTRALASIA, EUROPE and most importantly AFRICA!

 

it’s sad that there’s nothing there to inspire us to WANT to learn more about culture and BLACK HISTORY but in all fairness, just because schools do not embrace our history it should not mean that we should only celebrate it for one month -_- do not EVER feel confined to stick to that. you are more than that, i know it. some recognition will be great but whatever! pick up a book, or research a country [any country], or go to a random restaurant and see what happens.

 

the world is mine, this world is yours and it is OURS

lauryn hill , carlos santana . ZION