Comments on: speaking of the confederate flag

By: ET

ET — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:43:26 +0000

Really interesting read! I haven’t ever paid much attention to Kid Rock … his music, performance, personal life, or politics. I, too, always give mental bonus points to people with interracial relationships or biracial kids. Very curious for him to balance that and his public persona with the confederate flag.

So happy to have you back blogging, Tiffany!

Cheers – Erica

By: jess2248

jess2248 — Wed, 04 May 2011 05:06:35 +0000

@Tami – he is. he is different, that’s a fact, lol!. he just does what he does and he doesn’t ask permission or apologize for it. he’s heard all kinds of crap from people (both sides), and it doesn’t bother him one bit. try wearing the wrong color t-shirt in the wrong part of Los Angeles. that enemy doesn’t wear a hood and sheets, nor a Confederate flag; they look just like me, and will kill me just the same.

By: J.B.

J.B. — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:13:38 +0000

It’s easy to just get so sick of the NAACP. I don’t have anything against Kid Rock, he’s free to do as he please. Hell, he can wear a NAZI outfit as far as I’m concerned (interestingly enough many Black Folks would be shocked by me saying he could wear a nazi outfit, when that was equivalent if not overshadowed by the otrocities under the Confederate Flag committed on the decendants of the very people that think it’s cool to wear it. As if a Jew would think it’s cool to wear a NAZI t-Shirt).

And there lays the crux of the situation. I mean, here’s an organization that kicked out Carter G. Woodson for being “too Black” in a supposedly Black Organization.

But wow, aren’t there any unsung heroes that just happen to be Black that they could recognize? And what the hell is “Great Expectation”? Is that we hope he do something on the behalf of Black People?

Hell, I would of found it more suitable to give that award to the author of this post, that she continues to be on the watch concerning Black issues. In our situation, they should have a pile of plaques equlivent to half the trees in the redwood forest passing out to these young black men and women in the hope that they take high school seriously with the “Great Expectation” that they go to College and return or contribute to help their communities that are in much need of it.

And after we do that, maybe we can glue something together with the wood scapes for Kid Rock.

By: Tami

Tami — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:12:27 +0000

I have nothing against Kid, but…Great Expectations? What are the guidelines? Your husband is a very brave man, Jess!

By: tiffdjones

tiffdjones — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:57:43 +0000

thank you, jess! i sincerely appreciate that!!

By: jess2248

jess2248 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:23:23 +0000

i understand! i typed that without paying attention to how many (if any) other people had posted, lol! i was preparing for the backlash, lol! but yeah, i can understand both sides. my husband he is um….an acquired taste to say the least, lol!

by the way, i love your posts!! you’re a deep thinker, it is an asset!

By: tiffdjones

tiffdjones — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:16:10 +0000

point(s) well taken… you didn’t lose me
i wasn’t siding with the people upset about the naacp giving him the award, just venting my rebel flag feelings.

By: jess2248

jess2248 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:54:21 +0000

okay, i’m about to lose some people, but hey it’s just me. those people giving him that award knew from the jump that he used that flag in his concerts. he is a southern rock artist. so why now is it a problem?? i guess i’m just not one of those people who get all “excited” over that flag, or peoples use of it…whether good or bad. i look at the content of ones heart, and not their paraphernalia. there are good people and bad people all over the world and not all bad people sport a confederate flag, and some good people do. i have the utmost respect for my ancestors and what they went through, but i also believe that the struggle was not only about physical freedom, but mental freedom as well. we are physically free, but a lot of us are still mentally bound, and that is where the haters will always win. my husband who is as black as the day is long, is a southern rock fan. he owns several t-shirts with that rebel flag and a big skull and crossbones on the front, lol! he wears them out in public, and he could care less what people think of it or him. that is what i call mental freedom!