African American Lives Documentary

This Sunday morning, February 17, 2008 I woke up with Henry Louis Gates, Junior, on WHYY program African American Lives 2. This program brings African American individuals, some famous and other less famous, to uncover their past going beyond the racial segregation, beyond slavery to uncover their past through family and DNA history.
Using a serious historical research based on documents and records, the family tree and events are discovered and discussed. The whole is completed by a DNA analysis to retrace their African origin to link these Men and Women to a tribe, a region and a land.
This documentary is so far the best I saw about the importance of knowing who one is and being proud of it all, including the less flattering facts. I believe every African American family should have a copy of this documentary at home, encourage their kids to watch it, to ask questions and be curious about their own origin. Because, I believe the best of the prides is the one based on knowledge of self.

Let the Dream live

Monday January 21st, 2008

Today is a Great Day, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birhday. The Civil Rights Movement leader and inspirator in America. The one who, against all odds, changed the course of history for millions of African Americans or simply Americans. His actions, the way their were conducted and the outcome that resulted are a source of pride and inspiration for the whole humanity.

Today, after a look back 45 years after his assassination, we still have a long way to go to get to the "Dream" of Dr. King. Behaviors form both sides of the issue, I mean Blacks and Whites, in spite enormeous efforts made are still short to cut from the past.

Fortunately, the new generation; less exposed to the, now far, issues of open racism, institutional segregation or discrimination by law, tends to live across the line of divide unlike the older generations. The time is playing its role, but People need to keep that Dream alive by acting upon it and transmitting the good message of love, peace and mutual acceptance.

2008 --- 2008 --- 2008 HAPPY NEW YEAR

2008 IS HERE. FOR MOST OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF, IT IS JUST ANOTHER YEAR. SAME ISSUES, SAME JOBS, SAME BOSSES, SAME COMMUTES, SAME ..., SAME ...., SAME O SAME ...

BUT SOME THINGS WILL CHANGE, EITHER WE WANT IT OR NOT.

SO LET'S NOT JUST BE THE "COLLATERAL DAMAGE", LETS TAKE CHARGE, BLOCK NEGATIVE CHANGES AND FORCE POSITIVE ONES. I WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, BUT PER RESPECT TO OUR DIVERSITY "WITHIN OUR UNITY", I LEAVE THE CHOICE TO EACH ONE OF US TO CHOSE HIS OR HER PRIORITIES, MAKING JUST SURE THEIR AFFECT POSITIVELY THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU, MUCH LOVE

This an inedited video of the explosive fireworks in Philly, cheers... 2008