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Follow Friday Please Retweet

I follow some of the most amazin people on twitter and in an effort to not clog up time lines with all the people that I think are amazing, funny, talented or inspirational I am always looking for an easier kinda more effective way to show love to these people. Now I think I will be doing this weekly dont quote me yet LOL. It will be impossible to get everyone in todays post so I will do a few every week so if you aren't in todays list please dont be insulted the fact that I follow you means you obviously are someone I feel is worth paying attention too. You will be in a future post.

 

A few of my good friends have all come up with different ways of making it work. So here goes.

Wadecreate an artist and producer of one of my favorite news programs WGN News here in Chicago. She gave me the idea to blog a follow friday list and she is such an inspiration.

The adult entertainment friends are as follow:

SaReneeLee funny sexy huge boobs nuff said LOL

Princess Tiffany my boo stank make them fools break the bank love hurrr

SweetCandiesXXX funky sexy rocker chick and my nite time company

TheFamous Fury my bff in real life we have worked together for some years now & she is devastation on the ass shaking

Sexy Sapphire a new friend who also go by Bmorejewel

Princess Lynne a home town spoiled brat whom I adore

Blkpoppie_187  DMV area producer with lots of hot new sites bout to take the East by storm

Make up Diva this week is JesMakeup

My featured children are

Dyvon , Duane, Joel , Pixie , Twin Vision, Xmarksthespot, ShawnQT, Ty

My best friends Gutta, Davie, Rico, CjKaiTv , Wicked Bitch, The PBG, Veesha, Jervae & Erycahkane

My I can't live without a tweeps

Dequese My ride or die I love her more than cheesecake and thats sayin a lot

Sinnamon shoes Haute couture and boobs

Diva's Mistress yeah bitches she back can't keep a G down *** side eye***

Miss Jia even though me and that chick gone fight

Kingdingaling and not for the reasons that his name might lead you to believe he da realest out hurr.

Again if you didnt make todays follow friday you will be in a future posting if you continue to entertain me tee hee hee

Check out all these folks and thanks for all the recommendations

love you pumpkins

Chanel

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Love Starts At Home

 

In our fight to be accepted and respected in the world we need to start doing our parts as well. Far too many of the LBGT community takes serious offense when we are discrimated against in the world, when many of us do this to our own kind.

It is time to end the LBGT hate and discrimination first only with unity will we even be accepted as a valid people. This is a struggle that can not be won by a handful of people but as a community.

How can we possibly enact any change when many of our attitudes toward each other are so nasty. Gay hating gays, trannies hating trannie, trannies hating lesbians and trannies hating gays. This is a bad case of pots calling kettles black.

When so many people are being killed and beaten for who they are is it really so important who is prettier, who has the most designer labels, who slept with whom, who has the biggest body parts? The same people who will find issue with someone discriminating against them for their sexuality will in turn go to a club or so other place and bash another member of thier same community. Who are you to decide who is fit to be. We were are created in love by a greater being and the very fact of our births makes us valid humans. No one can sit here on this planet and decide who deserves to be.

So in our fight to get our acceptance and respect in the world remember that fight starts at home. First with you changing your attitude, then change your community and finally change your world.  It's quite hypocritical to fight for the rights of LBGT  communities if you spend the majority of your day tearing down your brothers and sisters.

There are many people in the world that I care not to be around but I can't decide that they don't have a right to exist. One scholar said those who constantly find fault in others suffer greatly from low self esteem.  It's easy to point out the fault in others then you won't have to deal with the shit in your own life.

Everthing you want to change in the world you need to do a self assessment first and make sure you are living up to those very same standards.  Love self first and it will be easier to love others.  If we wish to be seen as more than a bunch of crazed fanatics forcing our lifestyle upon people we need to start acting like people. 

Stop feeding fear with hate. Hate begets hate. Educate let them see that you too are a person. Most people's education of our community is from television, movies, talk shows and other forms of media that don't portray us in the best light.  You fight ignorance with intellegence.

This week I just want to encourage you to not be a Pot calling a Kettle black.  How can you want change when you yourself haven't changed.

Acceptance and Tolerance begins at home until you can love those like you, you will never get the world to accept and tolerate you.

I leave  you in love,

Chanel Winn

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Humans behave Humanely

Humans behave Humanely

In this piece I will give a little background into the meaning of hate and the history of hate. First Webster's definition of HATE

Main Entry: 1hate 
Pronunciation: \'hat\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hete; akin to Old High German haz hate, Greek kedos care
Date: before 12th century
1 a: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b: extreme dislike or antipathy : loathing <had a great hate of hard work>
2: an object of hatred <a generation whose finest hate had been big business — F. L. Paxson>

Second their definition of HATE CRIME

Main Entry: hate crime
Function: noun
Date: 1984
: any of various crimes (as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation)

What struck me most about the definition of hate is hostility usually deriving from fear, anger or sense of injury, thus in essence saying hate is and emotion or feeling.

Therefore making a hate crime the action upon that emotion.  I titled this piece Humans Behave Humanely for this specific reason.  As enlightened thinking beings not given to animalistic behavior or primal urges we as people should be able to control they actions that our emotions may cause.

I will touch on a few bases today first to the LBGT that have experienced hate crimes. Take back the power that your abuser has stolen. You don't have to retaliate violently. Hate Crimes in most states are on the records. Report all incidents of violence. If you go to the links section here you will find some very helpful information.  No one has to physically hit you to be investigated this goes up to and includes phone calls, name calling, destruction of property and physical or sexual abuse. Document with the local police and also with the HRC or any other local LBGT agency. Links can be found here on the site.

Next are the LBGT that live an open life and have no discrimination concerns why does it matter to you. It matters to you because when one suffers we all suffer. You will never experience true freedom until all like you share in the same peace that you do. It's your moral obligation and duty to care. You are only living the life you live cause of those before you that have paved the way and/or a good support system around you.

Next to the  heterosexual people that think that this issue means nothing to you. Again I say humans behave humanely. You don't have to be a member of a community to find compassion for the afflicted. It was the same its them not me attitude that allowed the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, Slavery in America, the Holocaust, the Killing Fields in Cambodia and many other atrocoties that are currently going on around the world. As a responsible member of the human race its your duty to stand up against injustice.

And finally the Religious Sect I have a history with Christianity and its the only one I can speak to with complete knowledge. I am in no way picking on Christians of any denomination but we as Christians all no matter what use the same Bible which I have studied intensively. I was going to go to Seminar and actually did have a few classes in theology here in Chicago at Moody Bible institute so I will not just be talking to make myself right I will give you fact. 

So in essence to sum it all up to everyone addressed as a Human you have the duty to do the Humane thing and whether it personally affects you or not rights of all people are just that the rights of all people.

A spirit of apathy will ruin a society.  If you call yourself remotely educated or a human being you can not live a life of apathy.

That definition being:

Apathy (also called impassivity or perfunctoriness) is a state of indifference, where an individual has an absence of interest or concern to certain aspects of emotional, social, or physical life.

The loss of apathy makes you a animalistic, you are as guilty as the one that throws the punch and you too will be judged by this.

I would like to state that all opinions and articles by me are of my sole discretion and in no way reflect the attitudes or feelings of the site as a whole or any other people associated with it.  When quoting other resources that information will be in a footnote other than that you can assume that all the words you read are solely mine and how I see and percieve the world around me.

I leave you in love

Chanel

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The Art of Loving Self

I am a firm believer that we are all created in beauty and in love and that something greater than us designed us all to be just as we are.  We are constant works in progress and your life should change from one moment to moment, day to day, year to year. As your body matures and you age its not just a physical process but the true person you are grows as well, or it should.

In my mentoring of different individuals and talking with different friends I have found many people struggle with the identification of self. As people we are taught and told who and what we should be to be accepted and loved. This teaching is flawed in the fact that we are all created as individual beings and even the most similiar people have their own identies. Not even identical twins share the exact same details of who they are as people.

I believe its lifes goal and mission to find out your own reason for being. That is who you truely are as a person. Not how you look, what you have or who loves and accepts you. Any successes you have in life will only be icing on the cake once you find life's purpose for you.

Oh what a joy to wake up every day knowing why the heavens decided to allow you to see one more day. The things and people that we think will make our lives better and enrich us more are only temporary fixes for the deep longing with in to know self and why am I here.

Things will rot, can be stolen or unattainable. People will fail you, turn on you and hurt you. To know one's self is something that you can own and truely have forever. The constant search for happiness and acceptance and things to make us feel good about ourselves are giving to us at birth.  Each person is designed in love and perfection by a creator that loves us unconditionally.

No matter how far off track your life is to you or what you are doing you can stop, access and make corrections as long as you are breathing. Mistakes and failures are lifes lessons and the only thing that you need be bound up about is if you don't get what the creator is trying to teach you.

You can not know success with out failure, you can not know love with out heartbreak. We are our own worst enemies. When trying to live up to standards you have to ask yourself is this something that I feel I should be doing or something I feel I should be doing to be pleasing in the eyes of others.

This week I encourage all to access yourself where you are at the moment do a real self evaluation strip down butt naked honest with yourself and that which made you. Celebrate what you have come from and make goals to where you really want to be.  Don't be worried about the prying eyes of others or their judgement, for we all should be too busy working on ourselves to be concerned with what you need be doing.

Remember this its easier for me as an individual to point out all that is flawed in you and your life and what you should be doing than to sit down and do the necessary work it takes to get my life in order.

NO ONE IN THE WORLD HAS IT ALL ON THE BALL, THEY ARE JUST BETTER AT HIDING IT THAN YOU.

I leave you in love

Chanel

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The Power of Words

I am a lover of words and I understand the vaue of speech. I think that the ability to voice our thoughts is a gift that we often over look or take for granted. Think aobut this there are other animals that reason but are unable to convey what is going on in their heads. I think this is something we shouldl not take for granted. Sitting up thinking about the ways in which people abuse or misuse words is what inspired my latest Youtube Collaboration Video. I am a firm believer that so a man thinketh so is he. There are many times in our lives where we let other people define who we are and this is not cool. A word in and of its self is nothing. I always use the quote watch your thoughts they become word, watch your words they become actions. Everything we do good or bad starts with a thought nothing just happens automatically even when we think that we are just doing things on instinct. I was thinking about the judgements we have of others and those that people have of us and thought about just what is the root of this.

Too many people feel that our thoughts and opinions are based in stone. But as free thinking animals and having the ability to reason and learn. We should know that when we know better we do better. We can not be so caught up in our current feelings to not be able to rationalize and debate with ourselves how true this thinking of ours is. There were many prior thoughts of past generations based on the facts available at the time that people accepted but we find out to be not true now. The only absolutes in life are math 1+1 will always be 2 but when it comes to people and human nature that is a thing of constant change as we evolve and our conciousness about the world around us and the people in it gets bigger.

Check out these other youtubers that participated in my  collab project.

http://youtube.com/elteddy27
http://youtube.com/wordsmith79
http://youtube.com/anotharemix
http://youtube.com/keemy18
http://youtube.com/nothinbuttreble1220
http://youtube.com/hostalmalure
http://youtube.com/pixie42743
http://youtube.com/yowhatsthe411

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Who is Chanel?

I think that the first few post for this blog will be the many facets of who I am as a person. Do to the fact that their still seem to be so many people that are ignorant to the fact of who I am as a person outside of he net. I tell people all the time people are like diamonds multifacted there are so many different components to us that make us who we are and valuable as people. I define who I am and I don't accept the opinions of others as my reality. We all have one life to live and peoples time would be better spent making the best life for self instead of worrying about what someone they will probably never meet is doing.

So since so many people seem to be interested and my life has always been an open book I figure who better to give you the "truth" about Chanel than Chanel. One can not seriously think that seeing one video reading a small paragraph or asking someone that doesnt interact with me on a daily basis to honestly know anything about me. At best you will get an intelligent opinion but more than likely you will have no concept of who I am at all.

It's easy to try to dehumanize people we don't know. But as a highly educated girl with a Master's in Psychology I know the source of most peoples judgements. I spend most of my day analyzing peoples actions and behaviors. its kinda a game with me and something I enjoy doing. Installment one of Who is Chanel coming tomorrow.

The more you read about me you will be surprised you will really be learning more about who you are as a person.

Chanel

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I think I am gonna love this

I think I will be able to more keep up with my Mind Speak blog which is my common sense non adult blog on my observations and views of the world. As many that already know I am a no nonsense kinda girl that pulls no punches I speak my mind and don't like folks dancing on my toes. As Judge Judy would say you can't piss on my cupcake and tell me its frosting. If you open your mind past your insecurities and judgements you might find that I am just Nellie from the block and someone you could learn from, like hell maybe even respect one day.

Stay tuned.

Chanel

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The state of the black gay community

The recent passing of a dear friend and watching the decline of the community, has me thinking, just what is the current state of the black gay commmunity and what is our role in the world. I have been accused by many of the young gays of being a "HATER" when nothing could be further from the truth. Unlike many of my conterparts I will praise when it's deserved and chastise when its needed. Too many of our young people and older ones alike have gotten off track of just what it is that we should be striving fcr in life.

One's sexuality shouldn't define their whole being. If your whole existence is wrapped up in who you want to sleep with then your life is a sham and a fraud. Sexuality in all honesty is only important when having sex. The gay movement much like the civil rights movement of the earlier eras, was a struggle about being accepted and respected as part of the America that we are entitled too being born here. Too much of what we focus on now is imposing our will and our lives on others in turn doing to others what they have done to us for years.

Should we blend in and go back into our closets to be more accepted by all means NO. What I am however is the best way to show how our life is not so strange and different is to stop going out of our way to be different.

Many times people who have never come into contact with transexuals are really shocked just by sitting with me casually or seeing me go about my normal day outside of the porn work and seeing just how similar our lives really are. Outside of sex and my body there is not anything different from me and any other human on this planet. My limitations and my successes are determined by me and I refuse to be a victim of the poor me syndrome.

I am not a flawed being and I am just as good and capable as anyone else in the world if I apply myself.

Justin's HIV Journal: Justin's HIV Journal DC Black Gay Pride

Justin's HIV Journal: Justin's HIV Journal DC Black Gay Pride


Some pride coverage from one of my favorite bloggers, who also happens to be someone who I admire and respect and have had the honor of meeting.

Hightlights from Paris fashion week RTW fall collections 2009

TRANSGENDERED?

This was a video made by on of my kids whomn I love and here is a comment from one of my girls on the video. I am moved so much by the both of them.




WORDS OF WISDOM COMING FROM SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERSON! I'M MOVED TO TEARS.


AT THE AGE OF 23, MY UNCLE A SOUTHERN PREACHER, CONFRONTED ME WITH SIMILAR

QUESTIONS.
WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES HE ASKED:



WHAT WILL YOU SAY TO GOD ALMIGHTY WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE HIM?

YOU CAN STILL CORRECT THIS MISTAKE WITH PRAYER! GOD CAN FIX EVERYTHING!



CHANEL MY ANSWER WAS SIMPLE & DIRECT:



WHEN I STAND BEFORE GOD I WILL ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU FOR JUDGING ME! AND THE

ONE THING THAT I KNOW ABOUT YOUR GOD IS, HE CAN'T MAKE MISTAKES! HE DIDN'T MAKE A MISTAKE

WHEN HE MADE ME!!!!



knowing is half the battle....

Fashion Royalty Dolls Rock

Adèle’s shows off her new show-stopping look! Alongside the Perrin sisters, she defines what style is all about. Watch out Natalia Fatalé, just because you’re back doesn’t mean that the other girls will step aside. W is here to stay!

Fashion words, pashmina

A scarf or shawl made from precious cashmere obtained from the fleece of the 'Chyangra' goat of the mountainous uplands of Himalaya and Tibet. Silk threads are used for the warp to create an unmistakable shine. The animal is sheared twice a year, the female produces 50/100 gr. and the male 100/150 gr. A prized wool available in three natural shades: white, greyish white and grey.

Disney's first African American doll

For the first time, Disney is creating a film with an African-American princess whose doll will make its debut Monday at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

The cocoa-colored doll, which sports a tiara, a flowing blue gown, and is roughly the size of a Barbie, is expected to sell for about the same $10 to $15 as Barbie. Disney hopes it will boost the franchise through rough times. The $22 billion toy industry saw sales fall about 3 percent last year, and sales of dolls dropped a hefty 8 percent, according to the Toy Industry Association.

Though Princess Tiana was on the drawing board long before Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first black president, marketing experts say she signals a growing awareness by industries from toymakers to cosmetic companies that diversity is critical in a nation where people of color will be the majority in little more than 30 years.

“It’s very significant,” says Lisa Skriloff, president of Multicultural Marketing Resources. “It’s like a stamp of approval for one of the most outstanding family (entertainment) companies to say this is important.”

Tiana, whose story will come to the big screen later this year in the animated musical “The Princess and The Frog,” is the first princess introduced by Disney since Mulan in 1998.

Disney executives say that they did not set out to make a social statement.

“It was much more about the storytelling,” says Kathy Franklin, vice president, global studio franchise development for Disney Consumer Products. “This was not about a conscious decision to say we need an African-American princess.”

Yet, industry watchers say that when Princess Tiana dolls hit stores in the fall, they will bring diversity to a marketplace where it’s been sorely lacking.

“I think we’re going to see more ... in boys’ toys as well as girls’, and it’s important that we do,” says Ira Mayer, publisher of The Licensing Letter, a trade publication. Mattel, which has the license to create the Princess Tiana dolls, is planning to release its own line of black dolls in September. Part of the Barbie family, the So In Style dolls are being touted as having a more authentic appearance, from their hair to their varying skin tones.

Disney, which has had great success with its Princess franchise, predicts that sales will surge with the arrival of Tiana. “We expect our sales of Princess Tiana products to be significant, and not just to African-American households,” says Franklin.

Tiana merchandise will range from Halloween costumes to backpacks. There are plans for Tiana-theme MP3 players and digital cameras to be in stores by the end of the year, and a line of Princess Tiana and “The Princess and the Frog” books will go on sale this fall.

The Chanel 2.55 purse_ its true history

Three mysterious digits are used to refer to one of the world’s most famous bags: Coco Chanel’s classic quilted purse with chain shoulder strap, to be later reissued by Karl Lagerfeld. Leading us to consider: how has this accessory managed to remain so popular for over fifty years, a dream object for generations of women, old and young alike? There are several explanations: firstly it is a perfect archetype of its genre which has won a place in the collective imagination, an epitome of luxury cleverly reproduced by the Fashion Maison in a series of similar guises, each one extremely actual and phenomenal. The 2.55 is a unique and exclusive purse, often imitated but never equalled. A favourite with both women and girls, adding a classy touch to the former and a carefree air to the latter. So where and when did it originate? The shoulder bag debuted in Mademoiselle Chanel’s collections in 1930. In 1955, Coco revamped the purse by introducing the characteristic quilting, early models were made from jersey, followed by ultra soft “ plongé “ (dry drummed) lambskin. Other distinguishing features include: quilting, a gold chain shoulder strap, sometimes interwoven with a strip of leather and the trademark double «C» fastening, with plated screws or 3 microns. Most models also have burgundy leather lining, at least one inner zip pocket, meticulous internal finishing, the name Chanel printed in gold letters with the registered R trademark, to guarantee against unauthorised reproductions, and a numbered certificate of authenticity to accompany the number shown inside the bag. This “identity card“ acts as a document to distinguish the real product form its imitations. Two thirds of all Chanel bags are produced in the company plants in France, whilst the remainder are manufactured in Italy, in particular evening and more sporty models, under rigorous Servizio Produzione (Production Service) control. Each 2.55 (5 was Coco’s lucky number) is based on 180 different operations, from the initial cutting to the final assembly, a combination of advanced technology and traditional workmanship, including cutting, assembly and chain weaving. Materials used include: jersey and excellent sheepskin from the Millau region of central France, tanned, dyed in drums and left to dry in the air, before being subjected to a series of tests: colour fastness, grain strength and UV ray resistance. Other skins: calfskin, suede, both calf and kid, grainé calfskin and crocodile, (the finest stomach hides from guaranteed sources), and ostrich: the bag’s beauty lies in its smoothness and cut “pearls “. Velvet satin, grosgrain, tweed, flannel and towelling are also often used, according to creative bent. Internal features: classic black or navy leather bags always sport a burgundy lining whilst other colours are used for tone on tone lining (excepting green purses lined in black), whilst the black jersey versions are lined in red grosgrain. Thanks to all the above proposals, and the meticulous workmanship, from choice of materials to realisation, the 2.55 can be likened to a custom made product, realised in an atelier, personally made to be taken everywhere, and to guard all our secrets, a treasured family heirloom to be handed

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

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ENJOY!!!!!

Remember whats important in life.

I was a bit over all the importance that people black people especially have put on celebrity scandals. This at a time when America has decided to set aside a month to honor the accomplishments and struggles of the folks that made it possible for these celebrities to be who they are today. It just frustrates me to no end that celebrities are thought to be unfailing humans that can do no wrong.

I take Chris Crockers stance here.

LEAVE THOSE CELEBRITIES ALONE.

Inspiring Grammy Red Carpet looks

There were a few inspiring looks on the Red Carpet. These were a few of my personal favorites. I was anxious to see what Rhinna was gonna wear but we all know what happen with that lil fiasco.

When are we gonna just get over it.

For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" its race problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans finally going to get over it?

Now I want to ask: "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with skin color?

Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do more than "talk the talk."

Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood.

We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and United States for some 400 years on this continent. Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, yes. Call for their impeachment, perhaps.

But there were no bounties on their heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator was a non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster.

But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven what conservatives are always saying -that in America anything is possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama."

Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less the whole world, look like us? How long until we white people can -once and for all- get over this hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white skin makes us superior? How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites?

How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head of the line merely because of our white skin? How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only conversations?

I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do?

How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight?

Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. But here's my three-point plan:

First, everyday that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves Built I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him and his family from us white people.

Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President Obama.

Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our damnable color prejudice, "We HAVE overcome."

Andrew Manis is author of Macon Black and White and serves on the steering committee of Macon's Center for Racial Understanding.

It takes a Village to protect our President!!!