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By: Lisa P

Lisa P — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:04:27 +0000

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By: tiffany

tiffany — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:04:41 +0000

I can’t speak about Skeptical Brotha, but Angry Black Bitch is a blog about politics, social issues, race and feminism. If you can’t blog angry about those topics, you don’t need to blog.

By: Terry L Dawson

Terry L Dawson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:22:14 +0000

I believe our anger comes from the cultural and spiritual work which is undone in our lives,in our work, and in our society-and we are bunch of impatient YBP- and coming from a constitution standard that told my father, before an agreement could be reached-I was 3/5 of a man-I have every damn right to show, but use controlled anger, until-I am made whole, or until that damn white privilege crowd gets it! The price of living in a world, where every day-someone remains you-you are black, or they fear you-well anger is simply the best spin off we should offer, if we are sane. Ybp-dont have criminal records vertifing anger-and that is a good thing!

By: George Farrell

George Farrell — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:34:41 +0000

Hello everybody:
Let me introduce myself. I am the author of the best selling book “The Angry Black Man’s Guide to Success” Anger can be a powerful motivating force if coupled with prayer and given direction but if not used properly, it can lead to self destuctive behavior. I am glad your blog is up. Please visit mine also at http://www.abmgts.blogspot.com JD and Frederick, keep the discusion going. Remwmber, its all about building wealth.

By: another young, black professional….dead | Young Black Professional Guide

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:17:29 +0000

[...] about obama and his lack of emotion in his watered-down speeches. i remember my post about asking why black blogs tend to be so angry. i think of my family, my cousins, my future son and grandsons. some days, i just don’t get [...]

By: hotep09

hotep09 — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:58:00 +0000

Angry, what for, we continue to live the life that are counterparts would like. ANRGY, at the many Africans in this country that refuse to love their brothers and sisters, yet loving everyone else. This is not the dream of our fallen leaders, that we are still hoping for the dream rather than making it happen. We need better focus on common—unity (community) where there are two or more of us gathering. Slavery is and will aways be part of the history here in this country and that which will keep us from achieving the very best in the future. Remember there is a plan to return us back to the plantation as before or maybe we are still there mentally . Stop, Look and listen to your societies today and pay close attention to how thing are moving in this world. Our Mother country Africa is the diamond which we need to cultivate as Marcus Garvey knew, once Africa becomes totally African again, only then will we see a change in the way we are treated in the world. Yes, I am angry; Now make it work for all of us Start the Movement Now!!!! We need a lot more than Forty Acres and a Mule, we need all of Africa for the Africans at home and abroad. By Any Means Necessary, I Have A Dream. What are we doing for the many that have given their lives for us. Can we start giving back, and if so, HOW?

By: Graham Wellington

Graham Wellington — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:22:05 +0000

I’ve never understood all the black anger either. I’ve reached out many times with kindness and respect to blacks and too often gotten hatred in return. The toughest thing for me to figure out is why their anger is directed at me as a Caucasian, when it was their own parents that looked around and decided to bring them into this world.

By: nunya

nunya — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:58:03 +0000

I really think MS. has some good points. It does feel a little as if you’re comparing blogs and saying why yours is better. I think it’s important that blogs be different and that people express different ideas in different ways, whatever way works for them. And some people will connect with that or even prefer that. It’s not always about readership or making everyone coming to your blog happy, which is impossible. Even blogs that are not angry bother some readers for some reason or another.

No, not everyone is going to want to read anger, and anger is not always healthy. But it’s a blog vs going out and hurting someone physically over anger. Venting on the blog might be one of the reasons why that person is not out doing something that truly is unhealthy, and, if that’s the case, it is healthy and cathartic.

People get angry, and that’s natural. I don’t think it’s natural to always say, “Well, I’m going to focus on what’s positive and not express anger”…that can be like burying anger rather than dealing with it. Sometimes you need to be angry, and then you’ll be able to figure out solutions later once you’re over it or have calmed down.

I think the questions “why are black blogs so angry” and figuring out where the anger is coming from have obvious answers and are probably answered in many of the blogs you’d hate to read just because people are telling exactly what they’re angry about and why in a way you don’t agree with. But, as someone said, not all blacks are the same, so maybe it’s not obvious to all blacks why so many blacks are angry and feel the need to express that in writing sometimes.

By: Fredric

Fredric — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:54:53 +0000

ms, i respect your opinion, but i think you may have inferred too much from my post. i’ll attempt to answer your points, one by one.

in terms of me being ’selfish’, disagreeing with a sentiment does not indicate ‘disunity’. what would i have to do to be unified? agree with the authors? praise their blogs? unity to me means being able to stand together behind a cause. anger is not a cause. blacks do not have to think and feel the same to be ‘unified’. not that i am implying that i am on the same accord with our heroes, but were malcolm and martin not unified in their purpose despite the difference of emotion in their message?

you’re second point. you ask me to be honest, and i honestly felt that anger is not a healthy emotion and is not how i’ve seen action progress. the cool thing about a blog vs. a newspaper is that it is a collaboration of ‘opinions’, not a syndicated news media. in this case, i am telling our readers that our blog will try to give a balanced approach in not only material, but sentiment.

as for your third point, i have to disagree with ‘my place’. it may not be my place to judge that person, but i can definitely ask ‘why’. how else will dialogue be fostered? how else can i present a counter opinion if i don’t ask why?

i think the concept of ‘questioning the way someone sees things’ as a form of insult is far-reaching. if someone is going to take offense to me asking why they think the way they think, then why enter the discussion.