Monday, November 21, 2016

Black Student Schools White Teacher On Racism, White Privilege

Gerrishon Sirere II November 21, 2016 0 Comments

Black Student Schools White Teacher On Racism, White Privilege

By Jen Nicole | November 21, 2016

You know things are very tense in America right now and since school is supposed to be a learning environment many of the things taking place in the country right now known as RACISM in full bloom are being discussed in the schools- which I think is a good thing.

A young lady schooled her teacher on racism and white privilege by calling him close minded for wanting to preserve “American culture” and not want the country to become a Latin country.

She went on to tell her teacher: I’m sorry this is the way it is. It is f***ed up. But white people control everything. And that’s not fair. And when anybody, any other minority, tries to say anything about it or change it, we’re complaining or we’re ungrateful.

PREACH!

Watch the video hereHere

What I am proud of this young lady for?

Speaking so eloquently, and being clear and concise.
Standing in her truth and what she knows is right(And what we know is right too).
Not being afraid to check her teacher.

What I am proud of this teacher for?

Letting her speak.

You know so many teachers nowadays have been caught on camera calling their Black students ni**ers and verbally or even physically punishing them. I like that this teacher allowed her to say her peace and accepted open dialogue with her. Now should he be teaching kids of color? Probably NOT since he- according to the student said he did not want America to become a Latin country, but you know what he may need to be in that class so he can have his White Privilege checked at the door, you know what I am saying?

This video made my day because this is what school is supposed to be about. Teachers are supposed to learn from their students just as much as the students are supposed to learn from their teachers. That is the way school is supposed to be- constant questioning and debating what is truth and what isn’t and constant growth from these healthy debates and from these varying opinions. I love it!

Source: thegrio.com

Friday, November 18, 2016

Is Georgia Trying To Make Niqabs And Hijabs Illegal In Public?

Gerrishon Sirere II November 18, 2016 0 Comments

Is Georgia Trying To Make Niqabs And Hijabs Illegal In Public?

By Jen Nicole | November 17, 2016

In Georgia, they are trying to make it a law that you cannot wear your niquab and hijab while driving and in public spaces.

Yes, foreal.👀👀🙎

So there was an anti-masking law that was passed in 1951 to keep the Ku Klux Klan members from committing anonymous racist violence while wearing white hoods and now one Georgia lawmaker wants this to include niquabs and hijabs so they can openly target Muslim women.

“House Bill 3, written by state Rep. Jason Spencer (R), aims to alter the language of Georgia’s anti-masking law to include women. This would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to wear any type of hood or veil — including niqabs and hijabs — while , according to a report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.”- huffingtonpost.com

Currently, the law reads:

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed or covered as the conceal the identity of the wearer and is upon any public way or public property or upon the private property of another without the written permission of the owner or occupier of the property to do so.

Spencer wants to insert the words “or she” into the above law, expanding the restriction to Muslim women, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Oh and there is more, the bill would also add this line to the current law: “For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase ‘upon any public way or property’ includes but is not limited to operating a motor vehicle upon any public street, road, or highway.” It would also forbid Muslim women from wearing veils in government ID photos.

WOW.

Local Muslims are aware of the upcoming bill, and community leaders say they won’t allow it to move through the legislature without opposition.

“The bill is a bad solution to a nonexistent problem,” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Georgia, told The Huffington Post. “[These Muslim women] are not endangering themselves or anyone else. We have a new president, but not a new Constitution. The bill is unnecessary and unconstitutional, and we intend to oppose it if it goes forward.”

Well said Mitchell! I hope they get this bill opposed and quick. See what Trump getting elected has done? They are trying to make America, Germany in the early 1940’s.

Source: huffingtonpost.com

Thursday, November 17, 2016

2 White South African Men Arrested After Chilling Video Shows Them Forcing Black Man Into Coffin.

Gerrishon Sirere II November 17, 2016 0 Comments

One of Victor Mlotshwa’s attackers can be seen attempting to shove him into a coffin in video footage.

Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson are facing charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm after they were seen on video forcing Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin and threatening to light him on fire. https://cdn1.truelancer.com/user-picture/172460-57bb1c4640a93.jpg

BY: BREANNA EDWARDS AND gERRISHON SIRERE

Horrific footage that has since been taken down from YouTube shows a black South African man’s harrowing ordeal as he was forced into a coffin by two white men who threatened him.

According to the Washington Post, Victor Mlotshwa was walking and minding his own business when he was approached by two white men who accused him of trespassing on a ranch.

Before Mlotshwa could run away, he said, the men forced him into a coffin that happened to be nearby. The men then threatened to pour gasoline on him and set him on fire. One of the men recorded the awful incident.

“There was a footpath there and I decided to use it,” Mlotshwa said, according to the Post. “The next thing, there was a grave and then a coffin. There was nothing I could do because the other man had a gun.”

In a short clip of the video shared on Twitter by the Economic Freedom Fighters, one of South Africa’s main political parties, one of the men can be seen attempting to close the coffin over Mlotshwa’s head as he cries.

According to the Post, the resurfacing of the video has given Mlotshwa a chance at justice, almost three months after the incident.

“He didn’t have evidence to prove what had happened; it’s only two weeks back that he decided to open the case. He didn’t think anyone would believe him,” Mlotshwa’s brother, Thobile, told local media, the Post notes.

South African authorities have detained Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson in connection with the video. Both men appeared in court Wednesday; they face charges of kidnapping and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. A judge postponed their trial until January, but the men will remain in prison on remand.

“This humiliation can be based on nothing else but his blackness, which means it is in actual fact a humiliation of black people as a whole,” the EFF said in a statement, according to the Post. The party has called for protests at the ranch where the incident occurred.

Read more at the Washington Post.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

THE FADING REGION(S) :Science meets Religion

Gerrishon Sirere II November 10, 2016 0 Comments

THE FADING REGION(S) :Science meets Religion

Having to prove existence of God to an atheist is like having to prove to him/her the existence of the sun!

In recent years, news media have highlighted what appears the decline of traditional religion, as exemplified by the rise of the "nones" -- persons who decline to be identified by any particular religious denomination. Their fraction of the U.S. population has risen from 16.1% in 2007 to 22.8% in 2014. Among younger adults, those born 1981-1989, the unaffiliated have increased from 25% to 34% in this time frame. This increase has come at the expense, predominately, of Catholic and mainline Protestant faiths.

But even among the unaffiliated, according to a 2012 poll, 27% attend worship services at least occasionally; 68% affirm some belief in God; 33% say that religion is very or somewhat important in their personal life; and 41% pray on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Young adults are less convinced of the existence of God than older people are today, but their belief in God and religious practice closely resembles the levels seen among the older groups when the older groups were similarly young. For example, in 2008, 53% of those Americans born in 1981 or later say they have no doubt that God exists, which is very similar to the 53% reported in the late 1990s by those born between 1965 and 1980. Also, more aged 18-29 reported engaging in daily prayer in this study than the similar age group did 20 years earlier.
What's more, 39% of Americans (including 37% of self-described atheists and 48% of agnostics -- more than the population at large) say that they experience a "deep sense of wonder about the universe" on at least a weekly basis. Shouldn't we describe such persons as "religious," in a broader sense of the term?

Even among professional scientists, there is little indication of significant decline in religious belief or spirituality. In a 2010 study of approximately 1700 natural and social scientists in the U.S., nearly 50% identify with a religious label; roughly 18% attend weekly religious services; 15% consider themselves "very religious;" 13.5% read some religious text weekly; and 19% pray at least once per day.

The essence of Christianity
Another study found that although 30% of the scientists surveyed considered themselves atheists, many of these consider themselves "spiritual atheists," meaning that although they do not subscribe to a traditional Judeo-Christian notion of God, nonetheless they have a deep sense of awe and wonder at the magnificence of nature. Many report a deep craving for "something beyond themselves". A scientific colleague of the present author recently declared that in spite of the fact that he hasn't practiced conventional religion for many years, with regards to the magnificence of the universe and the elegance of scientific laws, he is a "devoted worshipper." Such scientists (and others with similar worldviews) defy simplistic categorization into pigeonholes such as "religious," "nonreligious," "agnostic" or "atheist."

Even allowing for lapses such as the numerous religious wars and persecutions in the historical record (not to mention the intolerance exhibited by some religious groups even today), religion has indisputably played an enormous role throughout history as a governor of moral conduct and a promoter of civilized society. For example, historians Will and Ariel Durant (neither of whom were particularly religious) wrote in their 1968 work Lessons of History that "Even the skeptical historian develops a humble respect for religion, since he sees it functioning, and seemingly indispensable, in every land and age. ... There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion."
However, for every one of these grand tragedies there are ten thousand acts of personal kindness and social good that go largely unreported in the history books or on the evening news. Religion, like all social institutions of such historical depth and cultural impact, cannot be reduced to an unambiguous good or evil.
A recent U.S. study found a very strong correlation between religious participation and charitable giving. The most charitable states (in terms of the percentage of discretionary income paid to charitable causes), namely Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina, are among the highest in religious participation, while the least charitable states, namely New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, are among the lowest in religious participation.

It is also interesting to note the prediction, by the Durants, in their volume Lessons of History (published in 1968), that if communism in the former Soviet Union would some day fall, then it is likely that there would be a resurgence of religion, long repressed, in that region. Indeed, this appears to be happening. In fact, a 2008 law in Russia allows theological academies to offer degrees recognized by the state. A editorial comment in the western press noted that healthy traditions such as this are "badly needed" as bulwarks against totalitarianism .
While grinding hard and making ourselves richer,we have to keep in mind that religion is waining among some populations. We all may be one catastrophe away from rediscovering religion.
An asteroid strike can serve as a wake-up call so that we may revive our need to worship God.

Below are some Videos to broaden your horizons on religious issues.

The Key to the christian life.

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

The Touch of Master's Hands 👐

Gerrishon Sirere II November 03, 2016 0 Comments

THE TOUCH OF MASTER'S HANDS.
'Twas battered and scarred,
And the auctioneer thought it
hardly worth his while
To waste his time on the old violin,
but he held it up with a smile.

"What am I bid, good people", he cried,
"Who starts the bidding for me?"
"One dollar, one dollar, Do I hear two?"
"Two dollars, who makes it three?"
"Three dollars once, three dollars twice, going for three,"

But, No,
From the room far back a gray bearded man
Came forward and picked up the bow,
Then wiping the dust from the old violin
And tightening up the strings,
He played a melody, pure and sweet
As sweet as the angel sings.

The music ceased and the auctioneer
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said "What now am I bid for this old violin?"
As he held it aloft with its' bow.

"One thousand, one thousand, Do I hear two?"
"Two thousand, Who makes it three?"
"Three thousand once, three thousand twice,
Going and gone", said he.

The audience cheered,
But some of them cried,
"We just don't understand."
"What changed its' worth?"
Swift came the reply.
"The Touch of the Masters Hand."

"And many a man with life out of tune
All battered and bruised with hardship
Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless crowd
Much like that old violin

A mess of pottage, a glass of wine,
A game and he travels on.
He is going once, he is going twice,
He is going and almost gone.

But the Master comes,
And the foolish crowd never can quite understand,
The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought
By the Touch of the Masters' Hand.

Here's classic the video of the classic poem The

Touch of Master's Hands.

This is a song by Walter Brennan its called The Touch of Master's Hands. Listen to it and drop your comments below

Monday, September 19, 2016

Christine Wawira

Gerrishon Sirere II September 19, 2016 0 Comments

CHRISTINE WAWIRA

Wawira who was formerly known as Naila Pierce is a Kenyan born actress and model living in North Hollywood. Most of her background is in acting. She has ventured into modeling and she's looking to collaborate with photographers to help her create an awesome portfolio!

She is a big dreamer, a go getter, and a risk taker. She believes that if you can think it, you can achieve it!

"I live life to the fullest and I pursue my passion and my dreams every day! I want to inspire millions and change the world. I want to be a role model and show the world that no matter where you are from, your dreams are valid and they can come true with hard work, and dedication!" she says.

Her Family Background

She was born on December 20th 1987 in Nairobi Kenya. She lived there until she was 7 years old and relocated to London with her parents and younger sister in 1994. She attended Woodlands Park Primary School and Kensington Avenue Primary School. She was in her first play at the age of 9 at Kensington Avenue Primary School. In the schools production of Oliver Twist, she played a milkmaid. At the age of 12, she relocated with her parents and sister to Atlanta Georgia where she attended Marrietta Middle School and North Cobb High School. At North Cobb High, she joined the drama club in the hopes of getting rid of her shyness and meeting new people. And it was there that she found a love for acting. As a freshman, she was cast in a play that went to State Competition and they won 1st place. She was also inducted into the International Thespian Society in her Freshman year. After 2 years at North Cobb, she relocated to Moreno Valley, California where she attended Canyon Springs High school. She graduated with the class of 2006, and she has been acting ever since. She has been in several movies, TV shows, commercials and music videos. She currently resides with her family in North Hollywood, CA.

See some of the videos she is featured in below

Truthin' X Models

Below are some photos of Christine Wawira.

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Mombasa City.

Gerrishon Sirere II September 09, 2016 0 Comments

[courtesy of Gerrishon Sirere]

Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. Located on Kenya's Eastern coastline bordering the Indian Ocean, it’s original Arabic name is Manbasa. In Kiswahili, it is called "Kisiwa Cha Mvita", which means "Island of War" due to the many changes in its ownership. The history of the city is a mixture of African, Persian, Arab, Portuguese and British influences which contributed to the rich cultures found in the city today. Mombasa, a great trading centre with several items such as glass, brass, copper, iron and rhino horn passing through the coast, was originally inhabited by the African Bantu people. The city was then visited by Jordanians in 6th century, Persians in the 9th and 10th century and thereafter Arabs. In this period the Arabs and Persians developed trading routes, commercial centers and contributed to a flowering of civilization reflected in the glorious architecture of their grand houses, monuments and mosques.

Over the centuries Mombasa struggled with numerous foreign invaders and hostility. The Portuguese, the ferocious Zimba tribe, and the Omanis have all laid claim to Mombasa since the 12th century. By the 15th century, Mombasa was a thriving, sophisticated city with established trade routes to China, Persia, and India. Around this time the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama discovered the city while on a voyage around Africa to find the sea route to India. After a period of less than 5 years the Portuguese returned to attack the city. Five years later, Almeida, another Portuguese seafarer, plundered the port and 23 years later the Portuguese mounted another raid. The invaders then occupied Mombasa, building the impressive Fort Jesus and dominated the entrance to the old harbour, between 1593 and 1598. The Arabs made several attempts to regain the town but, the Portuguese, supported mainly by supplies from their Indian colony, Goa, hung onto it for around 100 years. The occupiers were finally defeated in the siege of Fort Jesus which began in March 1696. Portuguese and Indian soldiers eventually relieved the Fort in September 1697, but they could not break the siege. The centuries of conflict earned Mombasa the name “the island of War"

Later the Arab's triumphed scaling the walls of the fort. Intrigue and rivalry between competing Omani rulers led to a decline in trading along the coast and Mombasa fell under the rule of the Mazruis, who were finally overcome by the Omani leader, Bey Saidi Sultan Sayyid Said in 1822 (whose remains are still buried in Mombasa today). Two years later, the British warship HMS Leven arrived in Mombasa.

Answering to the appeals of the Mazruis, the commander, Captain Owen, agreed to declare the city a British protectorate, in return for a promise from the Mazruis to abolish slavery.

Women selling beverage at the market.

During this period, Mombasa prospered under the Sultan, underpinned largely by the slave trade. However he came under increasing pressure by the British to end the practice and in 1845, he was forced into a treaty that severely restricted this activity. In 1886, in an agreement between Britain and Germany, the territories of Kenya and Uganda were assigned to the British while Tanganyika (Tanzania) came under the rule of Germany. The Imperial British East Africa Company set up its headquarters in Mombasa in 1888. It was the springboard for the colonization of Kenya and the beginning of a British dominance in the country that was to last until independence in 1963. By the late 1800s it became the base of exploration for British expeditions to Kenya’s interior. In 1988, the Imperial British East Africa Company set up headquarters in Mombasa. British rule of Mombasa became official in 1895 when they leased a stretch of the coast including the port city from the Sultan of Zanzibar. Officially this coastal strip still belonged to Zanzibar until ceded to a newly independent Kenya in 1963. The British affirmed Mombasa’s importance as East Africa’s most vital port when they completed a railway in 1901 stretching from Mombasa to Uganda. Today, the city remains one of Africa’s major links to the rest of the world. Built on a 15 sq km island, Mombasa is surrounded by a natural harbor. The mainland coasts north and south of the city boast a proliferation of tourist resorts. Within the city itself, a traveler has numerous opportunities for exploration and discovery. Remnants of slave trade can still be seen today around the town. Fort Jesus still contains cells where the slaves were held, and various artifacts from that era.

Below are photo galleries of Ancient historical sites in Mombasa

Gedi ruins


Fort Jesus

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Monday, November 21, 2016