http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:servistre&section=today deviantART RSS for by:servistre en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:07:44 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/14139481/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/14139481/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:34:19 PDT
The lack of brain food stems from the messages that people encounter, will encounter, or have encountered on a daily basis. These instances may be consciously or subconsciously. By being exposed to the large amount of ignorance that exists in society, it is easy to understand why a significant portion of society’s mental state grows at a significantly low level.

By being subject to this debacle of programming, we are food poisoned. We are exposed to advertising that is not intended to be healthy for the mind but as a means of preventing people from thinking about anything. If you preoccupy the mind with endless hours of thought free entertainment programming, one’s thoughts are going to reflect entertainment programming. By doing this, a disproportionate percentage of people today and people in the future will suffer from mental stagnation stemming from their food poisoning.

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]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/12618833/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/12618833/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:58:10 PDT
This event is one of the worst mass killings on American soil. This situation is proof that America's legislators need come up with laws to properly punish anyone who committs a crime with a gun.

By focusing on issues off of American shores, America's domestic issues have been much too often ignored.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/12501944/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/12501944/ Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:44:59 PDT
Recently, radio show personalities and Sid Rosenberg and Don Imus engaged in a discussion on their radio show where the Rutgers Women's basketball team as "nappy haeaded hos. Imus tried to pass this statement off as a joke. The fact that a significant portion of Rutgers players were black allows this have some to level of bigotry to it. It was also a chauvinistic comment due to them saying that Tennessee Woments Team was composed of cute girls.

An act like this is a call for people to stand up and say they that they are not going to accept this any more. In the I Don't Give a Damn society we live in, not enough people raise concern over the issues that need addressing the most. While this fiasco was publicized, who's to say that another stunt like this will not occurr in the future.

Now is not the time to be timid. Now is the time to counter the ignorance that is ever so present in society.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/12419067/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/12419067/ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:06:07 PDT
It is this type of ignorance that prevents America from having a positive global reputation. There are alot of positive incentives one can receive by endorsing a person being bilingual. By being bilingual, one is able to gain insight on a culutre differing from theirs, the ability to learn a new language, as well as the abiltiy to interact with a people or persons with whom you would not normally come into contact with.

It is my hope that whoever reads this will become more accepting of having a bilingual nature and be encouraged to learn another language or languages other than their native tongue.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11653194/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11653194/ Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:07:17 PST
I am deeply distaught that a travesty of this nature has come into effect. At one point and time, Flavor Flavor was instrumental in the hip-hop pioneering group Public Enemy, which denounced many of the injustices plaguing society today. Since Public Enemy's impact has diminished, Flavor Flav has resurfaced as a television company's puppet, doing what is vital toward him being a tv star.

Another staggering fact is that he is doing this during Black History Month! Quite the act of disrespect!

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11386894/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11386894/ Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:48:38 PST
I know that most of my commentary pieces tend to be about one group of pepople. I don't do this out of prejudice. I write about the people that I am able to relate to the most. I sympathize with all people that experience some form of oppression. If you could give me links of where I can find info in regards to other people's struggles, feel free to. I would greatly appreciate it.

Get off of the Soul Train, and onto Willie's ship;
chains, cotton fields, and cracked whips.
Blood, tears, lynchings, & Civil War.
A rotten apple, Capitalism's the core.
Segregation, injustice, pride in prejudice.
An inferiority infection soiled by separatists.
Broken homes, dreams, and aspirations
Ignorance's innovaton fuels minstrelsy's manifestation.
Lost knowledge, lost history, lost truths.
Hung by Lynch's Lies on Lynch's Noose.
Black face, Jim Crow, A legacy of hatred.
Front page headlines, where this is pasted.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11301476/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11301476/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:35:23 PST
Instead of accepting Sal's reply and diffusing the situation, Buggin Out decides to launch a boycott against the Sal's. Buggin Out's boycott went into place with the assistance of neighborhood fixtures Radio Raheem and Smiley.They angrily storm into Sal's Pizzeria late at night when it was about to close and demand that black people be added to Sal's Wall of Fame. The two sides have a heated exchange, which results in Sal calling Buggin Out a nigger. After this, Radio Raheem immediately pulls Sal over the counter and chokes him mercifully. After this fight ensues, the pizzeria's employees and customers attempt to break up the fight to no avail.

The fight spills outside, where neighborhood residents witness the squirmish. After the fight spills outside, the cops come to put a cease to the situation. The cops break up the fight between Radio Raheem and Sal. Once gaining control of Raheem, the cops immediately place him in a chokehold that they refuse to release, resulting in his death.

One of the movie's central themes dealt with race realtions. The movie accurately depicted race realtions as an overlooked issue that is extremely detrimental to establishing any sense of fairness. In addition to the scenes mentoined above, other scenes in the movie address this issue. One of them include a dialogue between one of Sal's sons and his fellow employee Mookie. Mookie and Sal's son discuss race realtions and insight into why Sal's son is shown to have a racist attitude toward people of African descent. The converstation culminates with Mookie saying that the reason for his actions was that he wished he was black.
Another scene in the movie has several neighborhood fixtures shouting racial epithtets directed at an opposite race of people.

Through these actions, director Spike Lee attempts to give vision to those that are blind enough to believe that the issue of race relations as an irrelevant isssue. With the high level of intolerance and lack of racial understanding that exists in today's society, a message such as the one conveyed by Lee in this film needs to reach the masses. It is too late to create a society free from racial disparity but it is not too late to greatly rectify the devastation resulting currenlty in place in society.

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In addition to Muhammad Ali, one could discuss Martin Luther King Jr. When Martin Luther King Jr. was a voice of opposition to the segregationist mentality exhibited in America, he was subject to denouncement, mockery, death threats, and other acts of fear, hatred, and ignorance. Since his death, he has become an American icon, due to the nation deeming that he fought for the ideals that America upholds, which is a contradictory statement due to the fact that the nation never attempted to find a successful resolution to the race-relations conflict.

Along with Ali & King, Ronald Reagan has been given martyr status. The question of Reagan’s martyrdom lies in the fact that his economic initiatives sought to benefit people on the higher end of the economic scale, personified with the expression, “the rich get richer, the poorer get poorer”. In addition to this economic disparity, Reagan also initiated illegal arms deal in the Iran-Contra affair. Despite showing favoritism to the financially elite and knowingly engaging in illegality, he is considered as one of the greatest presidents America has ever had. In terms of today’s standards, the idea of martyrdom has unfortunately been unable to free itself from being an idea of mixed messages and questionable application

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11205764/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11205764/ Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:15:03 PST
Umoja(Unity)- the act of coming together; the gathering of people on one accord

kujichagulia (Self-Determination)- having the utlimate sense of faith in being able to do something

Ujima (collective work & resonsiblilty)- when a group of people decide to work together, they are to be on one accord and maintain the business with an equal amount of accountability

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11194344/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11194344/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:24:30 PST
For Christmas, I received the following:
Clothes
New Timberalnd Boots- my personal favorite brand of boots
SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 on PS2
Mortal Kombat Armageddon on PS2
Spanish to English Translator
Money & Gift Cards/Gift Certificates

Beyond the Material items, the ability to give gifts and being around family overshadow the previously mentioned items that I received. Remember that it is better to give then receive.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11115508/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/11115508/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:13:23 PST
Biol 101-C
Intro to the City-C
English 101-A
Math 131-B
Spanish 201- B

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Broken wings, ruffled feathers of a dove.
Black heart, oil spills of love.
Shattered glasses, deferred dreams and aspirations
A broken home causes a amily’s castration.
Silent tears, the requiem of self-peace.
Evil deeds, the act of civility will cease.
Imperfect world, a society in decay
Divisive nature, equality’s mortuary
Concrete jungles, calmness’ cemetery.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10941861/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10941861/ Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:05:35 PST
A skull in cross-bones,
is cryptic like Rosetta's stone
An engraved message
of an ill-fated vestige.
Doom’s requiem on a tablet of stone
The result of one’s misdeed is shown

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10828125/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10828125/ Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:12:22 PST
This journal came from a recent realiztation that I had in regards to military appreciation. In the US and Canada, many pro military terms are used or seen by people without realizing it. While retailers such as Army & Navy and Old Navy may seemingly have no type of miitary affiliation, they are used as a means of encouraging people to be familiar with military related terms. In addition to these stores, there's the nutcracker doll resembling a soldier, the establishing of military recruiting offices in popular malls, as well as the establishing of military classes in public schools. With this being said,pro-military propaganda is constantly used in today's society as a means of recuriting tomorrow's future soldiers.

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10737021/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10737021/ Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:32:05 PST
In today's society, the black community is in a State of Emergency. We are misguided people who are searching for an identity. Instead of us being able to unify, we suffer from a separatist mentality where the focus is on the individual. At one time, black people were a steeple of strength with family as the focus of life; however, in today's society, too many of us have come to embrace the capitalist mentality of success being measured on a material scale. With this mindset, we suffer from a defeatist mentality and accept the misconception of us being inferior to other people.

During the Civil Rights Era, black people unified to oppose the injustice and travesty of Segrationalized society under the leadership of people such as Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and countless others.

Much respect should be given to the females of the Black Power Movement as well. Their support and encouragement helped to keep the movement going. Today, these leaders are no longer with us; however, that does not mean that their vision of black people receiving true equality does not have to be a fading flame but a burning fire challenging the concept of black inferiorty.

In order for black people to exodus this State of Emergency, they must reevaluate what they place their values in. In today's society, capitalism entices people to place increased emphasis on finances and acquiring them. There is nothing wrong with seeking to acquire a sufficeint amount of finances; however, an issue occurs when this emphasis gives one the feeling that they are not successful unless they have a acquired a massive amount of wealth. This leads to the desire of people to engage in illegal activities. This activiity plagues a significant portion of the black community resulting in them being incarcerated.

Along with a desire for wealth, one could also examine the issue of media portraryal of the black community. One of the biggest sources of anti-black propagada is the nightly news broadcast. More often than not, when a criminal is displayed on tv screeens, it is a person of color. This type of portrayal is intened to create the mindset that black people should be under more investigation due to the rate at which they are displayed on news broadcasts involved in some form of illegality.

In additon to news programs, the media also utilizes the music industry to further worsten the current state of black people. In the music industry, music labels enforce rap music that encourages the degrading of women as well embraces the minstrel show stereotypes placed on black people. When rap music is mentioned, it is not an attack on hip-hop. Hip-hop is the movement seeking to rectify the issues concerning rap music.

This is only a brief glimpse into the issues plaguing the black community. If you want to be part of the solution, please read this note and pass it on to others

]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10723537/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/10723537/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:34:05 PST When critiquing the prison system in terms of economics, the previous paragraph has proven the prison system to be a key element of capitalism. In capitalist economic systems, the idea of profit is what encourages businesses to run effectively. It is not uncommon for businesses in capitalist economies to have unscrupulous business practices due to the diesire to make a profit outweighing the issue of worker rights. With this being said, the prison system is a "crown jewel" of capitalism due to it providing corporations with products needed to ensure money is made while the labor of the worker is not properly acknowledged.
The prison system of America is a slap in the face to any concept of equal justice. It allows for a biased practice of law that is purposely suited to favor certeain people over others causing an imbalance in the scale of justice.

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]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9843678/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9843678/ Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:00:32 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9748208/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9748208/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:40:35 PDT
So, here's how it works:
For each scenario below, you type a song going along with it, in regards to your life
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Opening Credits: Wake Up Everybody: Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes

Waking Up: Beautiful Morning- Little Brother

Falling In Love: Never Been In Love: Talib Kweli

Breaking Up: Broken Glass: Talib Kweli

Make-up: I Can Change: John Legend

Life's Okay: Comfortable: Median

Mental Breakdown: Somewhere I Belong: Linkin Park

Driving: Fresh and Driving: Fam Lay

Flashbacks: Flashbacks- Papoose

Happy Dance: Lovin It: Little Brother ft. Joe Scudda

Regretting: Miss You (Remix): Caesar Commanche ft. Edgar Allen Floe

Long Night Alone: Be Alright- Foreign Exchange ft. Median

Final Battle: Beautiful Struggle: Talib Kweli

Death Scene: Soul Dojo: Kaze

Ending Credits: Fantasy: Earth, Wind, & Fire

I tag whoever reads this entry. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9724677/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9724677/ Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:07:09 PDT ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9680305/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9680305/ Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:06:04 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9598223/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9598223/ Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:57:20 PDT Any three, no matter how personal, private, or random.
I have to answer them honestly.
In turn, you have to post this message
in your own bulletin and you have to answer
the questions that are asked to you.
So go ahead and ask me any 3 questions ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9534274/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9534274/ Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:50:26 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9438524/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9438524/ Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:23:48 PDT
Instead of maximum efforts to return these people to their homes, the government is negligent in its responsibility to ensure the safety of Americans. A limited number of them have returned home, while others face limitations toward their safe return to their homes. This situation bares an undesired likeliness to the Katrina disaster. Once again, the capitalist society we live in assigns one's life as having financial value. This mindset gives birth to the get rich or die trying mentality constantly endorsed in entertainment today, demonstrating how far the US is from truly being the most prosperous nation in the world.

In addition to the needs of its citizens being overlooked, I question America's role in this war.

America is known for advocating Israeli supremacy. How have they gone about doing this? It is a known fact that Israel is a strong ally of the United States. Israel has had a tradition of neglecting the needs of its Palestinian inhabitiants. Instead of the US truly engaging in a freedom campaign, it provides the Israeli military with finances and weapons to continue the abuse of Palestinians.
What caused this conflict in Israel? After World War 2, the Allies developed a plan as to how newly liberated territories would be set up. The plan for Israel was to put the Israeli's and Palestinians together under Israeli rule. As evident today, the plan was a debacle. There should have two separate nations set up, one with Palestinian inhabitants, and another for Israeli inhabitiants.

I will keep an eye on what this situation escalades into. It's bad enough that the odds are the US will deploy troops, after Lebanon stated that it has no problem with engaging in war with America.

I hope those people that advocate the Bush Administration have received some sense of enlightenment on how he has failed as as leader of one of the world's most powerful nations. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9424670/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9424670/ Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:20:34 PDT
In this episode, R-Kelly went on trial with the majority of people in the town where he was trialed, hoping for his innocence. Their hope was not based off of knowledge of the case, but was based off of the fact that he was hit singer that
made songs they listened to.

Contrary to the majority opinion, Huey, Attorney Dubois, and Rucks dissented. Huey attempted to enlighten the spectators at the court case by giving a monologue about how black people much too often blindly follow a cause without any real knowldege of what they were advocating. This monologue did not impact anyone.

Dubois attempted to present the prosecution's case on the basis of an adult participating in sexual activity with a minor that was clearly in violation of the law. Ruckus desired for R-Kelly to be found guilty resulting from his lack of identity.

Ruckus was a self-hating black man. Whenever choosing a position, he always made the decision catering toward white people. He constantly denounced his own race. He even stated that when he was on jury duty, he'd help hang the black defendant if he was proven guilty.

R-Kelly would be acquitted of his charges as a result of his white lawyer using the race card. R-Kelly's lawyer used terminology commonly used in black communities when presenting his agrgument as well as argued the case off of R-Kelly's music success as a means of portrarying the defendant as innocent. Once news of his acquittal came in, the majority of people in court began to party as R-Kelly sang one of his songs.

The universal lesson detailed in this episode is that no one should blindly follow any cause. If you going to be an advocate of something, you must obtain as much info as possible on it, to justify your support of a certain idea. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9416598/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9416598/ Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:34:59 PDT
The focal point Nigger Moment dealt with the main character's Huey's grandfather. Huey's grandfater car was hit by a pessimistic old man, who accused Huey's grandfather of parking in his spot. The old man proceeded to give Huey's grandfather a verbal bashing and stepped on Huey's grandfather's new shoes. This resulted in Huey's grandfather attempting to attack the old man, which resulted in his downfall. The old man went on to embarrass Huey's grandfather in a fight without much effort.

Huey's grandfather fight became a main headline for their town's news. The purpose of the episode was to encourage black people to be more conscious of their actions. As shown in this episode, their irrational actions will be publicized at a more rapid rate compared to other people.

Instead of letting the situation die down, Huey's grandfather decided to fight the man once again a week later despite Huey trying to talk him out of it. Huey would help to train his grandfather in techniques capable of defeating a "blind swordsman". Huey's grandfather's opponent was given this name as a result of him winning a fight with the ultimate level of vision impairment. During the rematch, Huey came to the realiztion that his grandfather's opponent was not a skilled fighter but was lucky in winning the first fight. He tried to warn his grandfather, but it was too late, as his grandfather went onto beat his opponent to death resulting in him being incarcerated for life until Huey was able to give him a state fighter's license enabling him to be freed.

In addition to this Boondocks episdoe, I was dismayed when I saw the controversial ad showcasing the White Sony PSP. The ad depicts a superior white female forcefully restraining a black subordinate female. It is reminiscient of the propaganda pieces used by white supremacist throught time. Please do a search engine search for the ad, due to me not having a link for it. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9393590/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9393590/ Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:33:10 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9376314/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9376314/ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:05:06 PDT
What does he mean by minstrel show? A Minstrel Show has actors perform msicharacterizations of black people. Usually the actors in these performances are white males with black shoe polish on their faces, however the show would later include black people wearing black shoe polish.

Some of you may wonder why I am writing about this particular film. Reason is that this film is inspiration for many of my opinions I share on DA.
When viewing the film, I took mental notes on what made it a succesful piece of art. I used these positive characterisitcs and applied to my poetry.

The charcteristics were:
1.Choose an Audience- It is vital for an artist to target an audience when creating their work.
2.Take A Risk-Create the work as you envision it, do not conform to someone else's standards, set your own.
3.Think Out of the Box-Do not follow the concepts of your contemporaries, but create a style that deifines you
4.Know your past-In order to know where you're going, you must know from whence you came. Whatever your heritage is, I 'd advise you to research their history as a means of empoweirng you to value their triumphs and doing what you can to assure their pitfalls will not reoccur in modern times.
5.Always value knowledge-If a person does not appreciate knowledge, how can they truly be successful? ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9357922/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9357922/ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:47:07 PDT
I bid farewell to the days of academic uncertainty. Tomorrow I begin classes at Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy. I am an English major. I am eagerly anticipation my first day of college. Details of it will come soon enough. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9343678/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9343678/ Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:15:22 PDT
Talib Kweli
Little Brother
Common
Canibus
Foreign Exchange
Fort Minor
Nerd/Pharell
Lupe Fiasco ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9315876/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9315876/ Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:18:51 PDT The reason the challenge was issued was due to her family experiencing so much dysfunction, whether it was a mother and daughter clashing, females wearing revealing clothing, or men drooling over them.
I am writing this journal to issue a challenge of my own. Men, be men, and women, be women. Don't let society conform you into accepting what it has destined you to do. Set your own destiny. Everybody is created with a purpose. You many not know what yours is, but please find it and fulfill it while you're able to.
Please get some of your other deviant friends to read this journal, my 50 Cent journal as well as my latest deviation; and please get them to comment on them. I fill my roll in life is to serve as some kind of communicator. What better way to communicate, then having people read my thoughts and comment on them. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9302766/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9302766/ Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:09:21 PDT All of you, who know me, know that I take education seriously. You also know that I take my heritage seriously. If measures are not taken to correct this injustice, this statistic will be used to define an entire race. It's bad enough that black people, men in particular, have been defined due to the high proportion of them incarcerated.
I take offense to numbers defining someone. First and foremost, for statistics, there are always exceptions. Secondly, an entire race can not be judged based on the actions of their contemporaries. Each person has a unique mind, which they use to make their own decisions. With the incarceration statistics as well as these educational statistics, people will adopt a collectivist philosophy when defining the habits of a black person.
The spirit of Willie Lynch lives on today. What was Willie Lynch? Willie Lynch was a step by step guide of tactics for slave owners to make sure slaves would never unify and overcome their oppresion. This is relevant through the perception that these statistics define black people and that them experiencing defeatism is common nautre.

Expect a poem addressing this to be up sooner or later. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9245495/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9245495/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:16:58 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9158322/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9158322/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:38:05 PDT until my return. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9158291/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9158291/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:36:03 PDT
I've come to the realization that Spike is on target was his perception of today's media. Especially with music, stereotypes are accepted with people turning a blind eye to them. This accepted ignorance is derived from the materialist nature this country has come to adopt. If stereotypes makes them money, corporations will continue to glorify this bufoonery as a means of making a profit.

If race relations in this nations are to ever be calm, this calamity in the media must cease. There' s no need for any group of people to be demonized due to a portion of them practicing certain activitiies. Instead of letting individuals speak for themselves, the media will showcase black people in a certain matter causing society to accept that image.

Universally accepting one characteristic to describe an entire group of people is a travesty. This nation can not truly live up to its ideals of an equal opportunity for all if it allows this mockery to occur without question.

I know I am one of many who has this view point. My question is, Who will be the voice to express this level of consciousness to the mainstream society? Much too often, the best ideas are silenced due to mainstream opposition. Perhaps, it is time for me to do more than writing my poems for the members of DA to enjoy and spread my message to other people as a means of enlightenment. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9123510/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9123510/ Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:15:02 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9090942/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9090942/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:43:51 PDT These hypocrites are in no capacity to run a government I wish that all of them would be replaced with reasonably minded elected officials in the upocoming elections. I knew it was only a matter of time before some bs censorship legislation would be passed. Anyone who believes in the freedom of choice should be dismayed upon hearing about this abomination to television. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9069328/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9069328/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:42:20 PDT
I should not have been all that surprised considering the BET network has drawn ire from rap group Little Brother due to them claiming that BET deemed their music too intelligent. Until recently, I never pondered the seriousness of this accuasation. Considering tonight's program, I find that statement to contain some evidence of truth.

In addition to what was previously mentioned, I find it disparaging that HIP-HOP pioneer Afrika Bambaata's words of wisdom was showcased in a brief segment. His message was that hip-hop music needs to maintain its originality and not become a puppet of the corporate world ventrilloquist. Those weren't his exact words, but it serves as a summary of his main point.

The acronym BET serves it purpose. This television network is Black Entertainment Television. It does not create programming balancing education as well and entertainment, but is a non stop fun fest. Unfortunately, I am guilty of watching some shows on the network. This is one of my insecurities.

I need to find more television that has the ability to entertain as well as the ability to enlighten one's mind.

To hell with the corporate dominated society we live in. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9007252/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/9007252/ Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:27:17 PDT
Not only do I wounder about Sesame Street, but I also question the corporate world's endorsement of "RAP MUSIC". All of the negativity surrounding Hip-Hop music is used as a marketing tools continuing to increase the corporate world's wealth while deplenishing the pockets of the average person.

Beyond that of music and Sesame Street, I question how the weathiest nation in the world suffers increasing poverty rates and increasing crime rates. It is a travesty when people choose to build an incarceration facility in opposition to an educational institution considering the fact that education has been one of the leading deterrents to crime. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8997412/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8997412/ Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:23:24 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8981637/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8981637/ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:01:12 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8981598/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8981598/ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:57:34 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8929694/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8929694/ Wed, 31 May 2006 11:22:00 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8895101/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8895101/ Sat, 27 May 2006 17:32:10 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8820070/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8820070/ Fri, 19 May 2006 20:19:26 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8634146/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8634146/ Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:31:35 PDT
1. Getting kissed in the pouring rain
2. Have that one hottt kiss where you're pressed against the wall
3. Have a guy that thinks you're the world
4. Have a guy that holds on as long as possible when giving hugs
5. A guy that whispers he loves you in your ear
6. Have that moment where you just gaze into eachother's eyes
7. When you cry, he kisses your tears away.
8. When you're not with your guy he's all that you can think about
9. Wearing his jacket and everytime you breath in, his scent surrounds you
10. A guy who will watch any movie with you, no matter how teary eyed you may get.
11. A guy who squeezes your hand
12. A guy that says he loves you and means it
13. A guy that will play her favorite song outside her window
14. A guy who is loyal
15. A guy that will sing to you no matter how bad he is at it.
16. A guy that will kiss you on the forehead.
17. A guy that will call you beautiful or adorable or prettyn or precious...not hot, fine, or sexy
18. A guy that will never judge you for how you look.
19. A guy that says cheezy stuff to you just to make you smile
20. A guy that is the same when he is with you and when with friends
21. A guy that tells you everything honestly
22. A guy that is good with your family and introduces you to his family
23. A guy that will always let you win
24. A guy who stands up for you no matter who he is against
25. A guy who calls you at night just to say 'hi' and see how your day has been
26. A guy who tells you that your smile makes everything better
27. A guy who will sit on the phone with you when you're sad, even if you're quiet
28. A guy who you can hangout and have fun with
29. A guy that will just randonmly call you for no reason at all, just because he missed you
30. A guy who will hold your hand through the roughest parts of life.
31. A guy who would love you forever no matter the circumstance.
32. A guy who wouldn't mind you wanting to get all dressed up and do your make up for him. Even if he says he likes you better without make up.
33. A guy who you can be yourself with and he will never give a care and would still tell you that you are amazing to him.
34. A guy who runs his fingers through your hair, like he's washing your worries/troubles away.
35. A guy who tells you you make his day better, just for being with you
36: A guy that you could run to, tears streaming down your face and mascara running with it and the first thing he says is "Baby, you're beautiful."
37. A guy that tell me he will never leave me and mean it.
38. A guy who puts up with me.
39.A guy that doesn't mind laying there and cuddling with me.
40. A guy that will tell what is on his mind and not play games.
41. A guy that will tell me I am doing something that bothers him but will tell me in a nice way.

If your a Guy and you find this meaningful, repost it

Repost this in 1 minute and something amazing will happen to you tomorrow ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8580710/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8580710/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:51:47 PDT ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8426662/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8426662/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:57:31 PDT ; anyhow other than that, my spring break is going on this week. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8426572/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8426572/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:41:32 PDT
Dilapidated dreamers
exasperated aspirations
crimson lined clouds
souless wanderers
with diminished potential


I pass the mic to ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8342910/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8342910/ Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:54:37 PDT 2.I did the Cha Cha Slide in a grocery store with people unknowingly watching me.
3.I almost jumped into a pit of alligators while on vacation in Florida.
4.I wore a power ranger's costume to elementary school.
5.I am afraid of going down on escalators
6.I was a target of ridicule until I gashed a kid's eye who harassed me for 2 months.

Now I tag the following deviants to do the same





]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8304142/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8304142/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:40:54 PST
The only problem is that I am waiting to see if I got into the University of
Hampton. I'll wait it out,however VCU is my primary choice for now. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8304115/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8304115/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:37:46 PST to a certain extent

2. Have you ever met an online friend in person?
no

3. Are you athletic?:
not really

4. Are you: thin, fat, athleticlly built etc:
thin

5. How much do you weigh?:
140, I gues


6. What's your height?:
5'11 I guess

7. Shoe size?:
10.5

8. Girls-

9. Guys- 100 % Male


10. How old are you?:
17

11. When's your birthday?:
June 20th

12. Do you like to receive giftart?:
no

13. Are you sociable?:
I have my moments.

14. Do you have many friends?:
no, only a few

15. What's your race?
African

16. Do you like to talk on the phone?:
It's ok, I guess

17. Are you single or taken?:
single

18. Do you eat meat?:
yes

19. Are you paranoid?:


Anyone who reads this, please fill it out. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8092992/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/8092992/ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:05:10 PST ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7961172/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7961172/ Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:30:30 PST Feedback from your research will be greatly appreciated. ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7894241/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7894241/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:15:10 PST ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7828190/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7828190/ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:28:17 PST
Favorite Movies:
1.Bamboozled
2.Kill Bill Volume 1
3.Lean On Me

Favorite Sports Team
1.Minnesota Timberwolves
2.Pittsburgh Steelers
3.San Francisco 49ers

3.Favorite Songs from 05
1.Lovin It-Little Brother
2.The Honorable-Little Brother ft. Chaundon
3.Altitudes-Little Brother ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7715191/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7715191/ Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:56:45 PST
(A) First, recommend to me:
1. a movie
2. a book
3. a musical artist, song, or album

(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.

(C) Go paste this in your journal so i can ask you what I want to know ]]> ~servistre http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7670475/ http://servistre.deviantart.com/journal/7670475/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 20:20:57 PST ~servistre