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SEPTEMBER 2007 NEWSLETTER




HOLLYWOOD HATES US? By Pearl, Jr.

Within the last 15-20 years, the progress of Black Americans has drastically declined and statistics show increasing incarceration rates, rises in single parenthood, too many abortions, low number of marriages, immoral and indecent incidences of high profile celebrities elevated, and (Black on Black) homicide/crime numbers disproportionately higher than any other racial group.

The answer is human beings are human beings therefore people share similarities in behavior in every single category. More importantly, the question that MUST be asked is why are Blacks suffering at higher rates in every single category known to man? Just recently, the one category to which Blacks were nearly nonexistent was that Black melanated people were NOT getting skin cancer. Now, a report revealed that when Black people get skin cancer, that form is stronger and more deadly; I wonder who researched that-someone who wants Blacks to lose at absolutely everything, I bet?

As I ponder about solutions for the upward mobility of the Black race, I realize that African Americans have 3 basic commonalties:

1. Blacks have a distinct skin tone and hair texture that differentiates them from other racial groups, i.e., similar looking and easily classified.
2. Blacks share the same history of enslavement, racism and oppression
3. An ongoing negative massive media campaign that leads people like sheep with repetitive images that popularizes harmful stereotypes and targets messages of perfumed sprayed hate aimed to keep the foot on the neck of the most talented people on the planet-the African American.

I see a dangerous and cruel trend of displaying Blacks as the vilest human beings on the planet via the media, and much too often it is another Black person who is acting as a front man for the KKK mindset that seeks to degrade and DE-power people that look like themselves and their own children.

Just within the last year, there are too many horrible portrayals of Blacks via the media. I don't even have to travel back 100 years to see Black face, minstrels, and buffoonery to realize the same tricks of the past are repackaged with the same contents and intents.

Hollywood released movies like:
~Black Snake Moan that was a test to see if Blacks were psychologically weak enough to be willing to return back to being enslaved. Promoting at every angle that Blacks exist solely to serve, protect, and uplift White people.
~Angelina Jolie in Blackface (A Mighty Heart) playing the role of a Black woman and having the real life Black woman condone such a miscarriage of Black racial pride. Furthermore, neither even considered the struggles of finding positive roles for the Black female actresses.
~The mega-successful hit Broadway play, DREAMGIRLS finally made into a movie (after 20 years) starring the most talented and successful Black people in the world being released in less theaters than Cedric the Entertainer's flop chasing non-Black women in The Cleaner, the highly insulting misogynistic movie Norbit, and just recently, another there goes the neighborhood overused plot in Who's Your Caddy, to which is produced by a so-called Black owned (BET founder Bob Johnson and Tracie Edmonds of Soul Food fame) movie studio called "OUR STORIES" that adds insult to injury with their first film being a movie written and directed by a White guy who has some serious stereotypical images of Blacks, disguised as if he is feelin' us.

Yes, the movies that insult Blacks the most are the ones that get the most production dollars and huge marketing budgets. We must ask ourselves why, especially since the number #1 grossing Black film (adjusted for inflation) of all time is Malcolm X (the documentary) and the #1 miniseries of all time is ROOTS?

Don't think for a moment that Snoop, Ludracis, Nelly, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent were just the most talented rappers the White-owned media could sign seal and deliver; they got the spotlight because the proverbial "they" censored those who had a glimmer of racial pride. Don't believe for one-moment rap crap artists, AKA minstrels, weren't chosen on purpose to destroy Black progress. The above mentioned lowlifes were the least suspecting, plus the most ignorant and the easiest to manipulate to be used to do the devilish work of the KKK who has hired them to send messages to their people to do the most deplorable acts in society and present it as if it is cool, hip, down, and contains the winning formula to get the respect every human being deserves.

Black America had to be put of full blast in order to see what has been staring us in the face for years. VH-1, MTV, BET (down 29 percent in their ratings) green lighted minstrel shows such as "Flava of Love", "I Love New York", "Monique's Charm School", and the most recent "Hot Ghetto Mess" renamed to "We Got To Do Better"; all have been highly criticized and their advertisers are NOW running for cover and away from these highly controversial ghetto messes derived from the mindset of self-hating Blacks and monitored by non-Blacks to ensure maximum buffoonery.

You see, it seems every single Black person who has made millions of dollars via the media in the last two decades has performed the dirty deadly deeds of racist who are pulling the strings and enticing them with temporary (bling bling tells them to spend it all) monetary rewards instead of just pats on the head while working in the big house to simply keep the fields slave (always been the majority) in their places, which is to NEVER THREATEN the White Power Structure.

I often wonder if White people are offended by Black people who actually like their Blackness?

Everyday more and more Black people are speaking out against overt racism and are very serious about putting a halt to Black decline. The light at the end of the tunnel is shining through; we just have to move toward it with more vigor and consistency.

Isn't America billed as the ONE place in the entire world that one can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and go from rags to riches, despite their race? If not, then this is what EVERY American should be fighting for, which is to make America live up to their promise of racial equality.

PLEASE, PLEASE STOP WITH THE CENSORSHIP LINE. Imagine all the good talented Black people that have been censored due to their unwillingness to be used as pawns to destroy their own people. The Black people who have pride, dignity and self-respect, plus talent have been tossed to the side and determined to be useless for the heavy-handed attack on Black progress.


Hello Everyone:

I pray that you all are doing well and ready to begin your week.
Have confidence in knowing that this week will bring you nothing but Godly favor. Believe in your heart and know that God is in the midst of whatever you may face in this week.
Remember always how the word says that although we may face trials and tribulations, Jesus has already conquered it for us.
I heard a word preached tonight that said to remember your yesterday. Sometimes our yesterday is so bad that we just want to forget about it. But, when we are faced with a challenge it is good to remember your yesterday because it reminds you of how God brought you out of your "whatever" yesterday so it makes you realize that He will bring you out of your "whatever" today.
Some people say that you should not dwell on your past but just look forward to your future, which I totally agree with,
But, it is always good to look back over your life so that you can see just how far God has brought you.
It is good to, now and then, just take the time to have a flash back of a good and a bad time and recognize God in both.
Whether your past, or your right now times were good or bad, happy or sad......just know Who is in the midst of it all granting you peace.......

John 16:33 (nlt)
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

Romans 5:3 (nlt)
We can rejoice too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us - they help us learn to endure.

Isaiah 26:3 (nlt)
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.

Be blessed always,
Pam Adderley

"Let your thought become your vision and your word speak it to fruition"



**MARC'S WEEKLY MUSE ** - August 24th, 2007 A highly requested poetic medium of uplift...to brighten your day!!!

Chicago Urban Book Expo had some very exciting moments. I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with the likes of HBO DEF Poets: Red Storm, E'mreld, Strawberri (Punanny Poets), and Khari B. Bern Nadette Stanis and JL King were among the slate of authors present. There were several wonderful authors from Chi-town and around the nation representing. I spent some precious moments with family and made some great new friends in The Chi.

-Can you believe it? I have a high school class reunion to go to this weekend. I'm not gonna say which one it is either!

HEY...I NEED YOUR VOTE...(For Poet of The Year) I would be honored if you could be so kind to cast your vote at http://www.literaryawardshow.com/sections/voting.htm where I have been nominated as "Poet of The Year" for Rock and Fire - Love Poetry from the Core (my latest book) for The Open Book Awards. GOD IS GOOD. CAN YOU BELIEVE WHO I'M UP AGAINST? NIKKI GIOVANNI...Crazy isn't it?
Please pass information along to your friends/colleagues.

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*INTRO*
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Like Algebra II Trigonometry I yearn for my lyrics to encompass every sine, cosine, and degree of you plus connect your right angles like a hypotenuse... Once you consume, you'll come full circle galore just as sure as Pi = 3.14... Like Prince I'll adore you more especially if I find that you embrace my poetry...until...the end of time...

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*PANTS SAGGIN'*
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What? The Peach State is about to levy the smack-down upon those who expose undergarments and let their jeans sag-down... How? Well, the shrewdness of it all is that lewdness is the call and that heavy fines, probation, and jail time are what's yielded if your backside is not properly shielded... Legislation will do what it has to do - much respect... But hopefully whatever "problem" that this move is solving won't allow MAJOR issues to keep evolving...

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*HIP HOP MOGULS*
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From Jay-Z to Diddy... K West to Fitty... Seems that society has recently taken more of a financial interest in hip-hop (not necessarily the people)... The Forbes financial bible has listed several notable hip-hoppers and their revivals as dead prez go-getters... I figure if bling is an indication of how much bank accounts sing... Let kids in the community croon a fed reserve note and watch the development of true queens and kings...

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*HURRICANES & FLOODING*
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CAT 5 at sea and by the time it hits the shores, it may be a CAT 3... Remnants of that ugly witch Katrina remain as stains forever sketched in our minds Refrain from covering themselves... Like bookshelves the bad memories are housed and contain tainted files from Mississippi shores to the 9th Ward... I just pray that the victims are able to recover and won't have to discover federal flaws...like so many others have had to in the past...

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*PRETEXTS*
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Today, Many who call themselves angry at someone choose to flex the pretext instead of showing the desire to authenticate the source of their ire... It's all too easy to be angry because we want to and not because we have to... Usually this is due to jealousy and envy... But not something which we can honestly say warranted strife...

We're all human...but after assessing a situation...we may just save ourselves from future humiliation by being honest...and not fronting...

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* UPCOMING APPEARANCES *
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Friday August 24, 2007 7pm - 1am
OMEGA LAS VEGAS NIGHT - Huntsville, AL
Omega Community Center

Saturday August 25, 2007 6pm
SR BUTLER HIGH Class Reunion
Holiday Inn Downtown Huntsville, AL


Hello Everyone:

Happy September, happy Labor Day, happy and blessed week. I hope that you all are doing well. There is so much in store for my family this month. It is always good to keep yourself and your family busy. In this way, you won't fall into the "I'm bored", category of life. I heard a preacher say tonight that children of God should never be bored. I totally agree with him. There is always something that can be done. There is always a blessing to give, there is always something to share, and there is always a free shoulder to lend out for tears. Our Father in Heaven does not want us to be bored, He wants us to have time to rest, but, He does not want us to become idle. The word of God says that only a fool will idle away their time. God promotes hard work and he blesses thoses who are willing to partake in it. This walk with God calls for hard work. It's not easy walking in the way of the Lord, you should constantly be in self observation in the way you walk, talk and act, if not, you will find yourself sitting, and feeling bored.....

Proverbs 12:11
Hard work means prosperity; only fools idle away their time.

John 4:6-7
Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
So I concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they can. And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.

Be blessed always,
Pam Adderley

"In His grace and for His glory"



Hello Everyone:

I hope that all is well with you and yours.

May the blessings of the Lord be with you this week and the weeks to come.

The Lord is good to us, even better than we can ever be to ourselves. He sets us on a pedestal that we don't really deserve. He loves us even when we are unlovable. He nurtures us even when we treat Him with disrespect. He cares for us even when we push Him away. He walks beside us even though we are pouting. He lifts us up when we fall down from our own mistakes. He brushes us off and wipe our tears away when trip over our own plan. He waits patiently on us when we ignore His will. He gives us a fresh dose of grace and mercy every morning even though we don't talk to Him through prayer. He shelters us even though we are going through a storm. He gives us a peace of mind when the world says that we should be having a nervous breakdown. He steadies us when we run too fast. He gives us the strength that we need when we are feeling week and weary.

Why does He do all this?

Because He is God, our creator.......

Isaiah 40:28-31nkjv

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints or is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord shall renewn their strength; They shall mount up on wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Be blessed always,
Pam Adderley

"In His grace and for His glory"




**MARC'S WEEKLY MUSE** - August 31st, 2007 A highly requested poetic medium of uplift...to brighten your day!!!

-Let us all remember those impacted directly and indirectly by Hurricane Katrina. The unearthly calamity caused by such a catastrophic storm will never be forgotten. But amid the chaos, just as some have a reduced sense of faith and strength, some have gained faith, strength, and have somehow mustered the wherewithal to keep pressing on. All are beseeched to remain prayerful in that the remnants of Katrina are washed away...and that the levees of our faith will never be breached again. STAY STRONG NEW ORLEANS!!!

-EVERYONE...PLEASE HAVE A SAFE LABOR DAY WEEKEND...

HEY...I NEED YOUR VOTE...(For Poet of The Year) I would be honored if you could be so kind to cast your vote at http://www.literaryawardshow.com/sections/voting.htm where I have been nominated as "Poet of The Year" for Rock and Fire - Love Poetry from the Core (my latest book) for The Open Book Awards. GOD IS GOOD. CAN YOU BELIEVE WHO I'M UP AGAINST? NIKKI GIOVANNI...Crazy isn't it?

Please pass information along to your friends/colleagues.

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*INTRO*
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Like Tone Loc I'll lyrically mix Pontchartrain water with Katrina, boil them and let the mixture evaporate like Funky Cold Medina... I'd then consume it let it affect me then let hangover's headache exhume it from me forever... I'll let the bad memory break away from me like a rock falling off of a cliff...into the deep blue sea... Once it's gone...it's gone... I'd then pray for a way to keep moving on and moving on... I'd replace my stone face via filing a smiling impression while casting the frown away...forever

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*LEVEE BREACH*
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I wish that the levee was dry... Now the water level is higher when you count the tears I cry... Although I reside below the water table I do know that The Most High is willing and able to make a way...out of nothing... If you say I can't make it...then you're a lie! Like a Pharisee you're stuck in the middle like a word surrounded by parenthesis... But my mind is at ease when I know that the light at the end of the tunnel will become brighter and brighter... As move on...via faith...

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*LEWDNESS*
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It's funny how many lewd acts go unseen and unreported... Let someone get caught... The entire nation wants them deported... Imagine if the camera were panned from politicians onto ordinary citizens... WELL SINCE THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN... Let's stick with the basics... Even if Craig should beg for forgiveness and understanding from followers... Take heed: Once you take an oath, are sworn in and say "I will", or "I do" The spotlight will FOREVER be on YOU!!!

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*VICK PLEA*
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Mike...only God can judge you... But I'd like to humbly encourage you to not put yourself in another position where you can only talk of improving... NOW'S THE TIME where people need to see you moving in a positive direction...(However that may be accomplished) Regardless of media smother and/or pressure from long term and sudden, overnight dog-lovers... by today being the first day of the rest of your life, your engine has to roar...and not sputter... Through God, work on you...the person...first... and not worry about formations or how the cornerbacks cover... HUT 1: Keep God first... HUT 2: Man up and own up to ALL you do... HUT 3: TRUE friendship bubbles never burst... HUT 4: HONESTY is the best policy through and through...

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*MIC FIXATION*
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Listen to the spoken word artist at the open mic show...but understand that a true stand is taken off of the stage and into the community such as life goes... Each person AND spoken word artist has to work their hardest in an effort to overcome those conditions that are pointed out in the poetry... After the finger snaps it's time to scat into the 'hood or wherever to work on makin' what's bad...good... So often are we taken' by a smooth voice makin' words dance like Astaire followed by behinds leavin' chairs during the formulation of a standing ovation... The key to spoken word effects: IMPLEMENTATION...

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* UPCOMING APPEARANCES *
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Friday/Saturday September 7th & 8th, 2007
ANNUAL RAWSISTAZ LITERARY AFFAIR
Crown Plaza Ravinia, 4355 Ashford Dunwoody - Atlanta, GA
http://www.rawsistaz-affair.com/




**MARC'S WEEKLY MUSE** - September 14, 2007 A highly requested poetic medium of uplift...to brighten your day!!!

-I'd like to tip my hat to Tee C. Royal and the RAWSISTAZ Reviewers Staff for facilitating a wonderful conference last weekend in Atlanta. Many excellent ideas were exchanged during the high-energy panel discussions as well as during the rousing, humor filled, yet timely keynote speeches.

-FOR SISTERS ATLANTA...THIS SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER!!!

Will I see you there? More info: http://v-103.com/pages/361441.php Come out and get that signed copy of Rock & Fire! I will be signing with Authors Sonia Hayes and Stephanie Hawkins @ booth #1243. SEE YOU THERE!

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ARE YOU READY FOR 15 ROUNDS OF WRITING? Let this poetry hit you like a Hagler haymaker as it converts you to a lyrical mover and shaker... After whiffing the smellin' salt you vault into the Thesaurus searchin' for synonyms of success as you croon the chorus to songs containing "yes" and "best"... and like Elliott to Ness or Dougie to Fresh you're able to mesh yourself with all that comes with greatness! Thus...you separate yourself from the rest... Just make it happen baby!

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*BRITNEY @ VMA's*
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According to Kanye MTV allowed Britney to lampoon her own self as they are waiting on ratings... Meanwhile you've got people starving all over the world as the media continuously hurls shots at stars and gives them a headline while they're behind bars... Subsequently the controversy is worthy of a book deal or movie reel... Now we witness another case of the rich gettin' richer because the powers that be in the system can't picture reality behind moral correctness as drunkenness and lewdness only add to the shrewdness of a star and their mass appeal... What's the deal?

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*9-11*
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Violence begets violence Hatred begets hatred... But when love is practiced unconditionally pathways to tranquility are paved with the aggregation of elements that are far removed from hostility... Let's not forget those who lost their life in the line of duty while truly endeavoring to assist others... Let's not forget those in the trenches sacrificing well-being daily to keep freedom from ailing... However LET'S FORGET political twists for a minute and focus on common sense driven remedies to the current mess in which we're living... ALL OVER THE WORLD

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*CENSORSHIP PART II*
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Although I've already written about this topic the issue remains warm like The Hawaiian Tropics... So quickly are we to scorn those currently in the music industry who use foul language...but when we use it...it's okay? Nonetheless... Of course being disrespectful to a certain gender or acting in a perverse fashion is wrong...especially when the masses make up the target demographic... But what do I tell the youth when they crack me about my lps annotated: "Richard Pryor, Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx, and Millie Jackson?"... No disrespect to anyone But it's all relative... BOTTOM LINE...WE CAN ALL DO BETTER...

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*ISAIAH THOMAS*
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Not sayin' Isaiah did or did not do what his former employee accused him of doing... But we all know that tryin' to consume produce within the field in which the seed is planted will yield future disenchanted crops... In essence... When one hits the sack with another on Tuesday and has to see the same face back in the office on Wednesday... Drama will heat up like a sauna... ...and you have no control over the temperature... LEARN BEFORE YOU BURN! For, exciting are affairs before the fighting... HOT describes the heated drama while the fire's igniting... Whew...if we do wrong...do we expect "right?" Let's see what happens...


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