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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:52 pm
One my favorite past times is in fact reading which is why I don't really care for the moronic box we know as the TV nor do I really care for the computer either. So that should explain a bit more about me. Between Tv guide and Sesame Street I was pretty much Self-taught by age three. Yeah I'm kind of a dork but that's fine.
If I had to list some of books that have affected me as a Black person would probably be:
Of Men and Mules and Their eyes were watching god (Because Zora Hurston > Alice Walker
The Blues eye by Toni Morrison
Color Purple By Alice Walker
The Souls of Black folk Du Bois, W. E. B.
100 intentions by Black Americans
and finally but surely not lest in terms of how it affected me..
The Autobiography of Malcolm X and The Biography of Sojourner Truth.
As far as other books go Little Women was one of the first books without pictures I read and kept reading over and over again. I guess Calvin and Hobbes being my first comic collection. Storm is one of my favorite X-men and made me enjoy Marvel comics way more than DC.
Still it kind of burns me up that Blacks are told that reading is for squares or this whole stereotypes that Blacks either can't read or don't like to read. I'm also upset with the fact that James Baldwin isn't taught in high school because I rather read any of his stuff than shakespeare or Charles Dickinson.
Also when's the last time a Black author has been on the best seller list. I mean do we need to write about some occult stuff to get notice or get into the trashy romance novel genre like Zane to get notice?
Discuss:
Your favorite reads
Books that affected you
Why Black books get blackballed in schools.
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:04 am
I like reading as well. I also like reading online, but only in the form of short fanfics and occasional poems, and blog sites like this, when people have something interesting to say/type.
Eh, I've never been all that affected by a book, but a couple books that really made me take a closer look at society was 'No Fat Chicks' and 'Pornified'.
In general, I don't like reading books like 'The Color Purple' (although I have read it), because I get mad about racism, and being reminded of it makes things worse. It's also why I'm not too keen on watching movies and mini series like 'Roots' or 'Queen' (the book was good, though) or 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman' (book was good, too). I like reading fictional, more up-beat books, stuff that doesn't remind me of stuff that ticks me off in real life.
I really like Pauline Gedge's books, because I'm deeply fascinated by Ancient Egypt.
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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:44 pm
At my school, I'm taking a class called Seminal Writers..
Basically, the class is kicking my a** BUT we've read, or will be reading:
Of Mules and Men
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Native Son
Collective Works of Langston Hughes
Invisible Man
Go Tell it On the Mountain
And there is like 3 more that I can't remember off the top of my head... :]
Anywho! Similar to Princess, one of my favorite pastimes is reading as well, and reading at the age of 2 and 1/2 sweatdrop
I can't say that any of the book that were aforementioned some of which I have already read, and other which we aren't reading in the class (The Color Purple, Black Boy, Their Eyes Were Watching God, etc.) have deeply affected me as a black person. Yes.. each of these novels touch me in a certain way, surprise me and beg me to think deeper than the surface... but they haven't created a 'revolution', if you will within me.
My favorite reads.. hehe. I can go on forever about my favorite books. But AT THE MOMENT my favorite book is Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns which is a story about 2 generations of Afghan women. Omg it's SO good. Go read it pls. :]
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:46 am
LOl wow ages 2 and 3. My reading fascination didn't come until the 5th grade. ((I was a Tv, Outside playing, and music loving type of kid))But when it did come. My folks threw every black author, biography, autobiography, comic book, etc at me and I loved reading it.
When I did some self reading and it wasn't a graphic novel or comic book. I read books of the bible, civilization books, and other language books. I spoke spanish, french, creole, and japanese before enetering high school because of reading.
Storm was a good character. But she had too much contraversy around her. I went for the more non contraversial comic book characters like Vixen, nightshade, captain marvel A.k.a pulsar, misty knight, frenzy, etc.
I know if great black books get blackballed all the time. Mostly depends on what school you go to. In my high school when we finished the books we had to read. The teacher started us on reading books like
****** The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Written by Randall Kennedy
soul on ice
written by eldridge cleaver
and many more I dont remember but were good reads
Books like the color purple and I know why the cage bird sings. (( Books that show heavy amounts of racism.)) If the character defied the odds I found inspirational.
I hated when the zane and hood books came out. The writing was horrible, The stories repetitive, It wasn't inspiring or overcoming at all. It was basically a porno with somewhat true storylines. It puzzles me at how well they selled. ((Yes I'm sad to admit I read the books to see what the Hulabaloo was all about))
I've been reading mostly gaming and movie articles now.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:34 am
Books (Because yes, the subtitle of this thread makes me want to vomit.) rolleyes
Anywho, I'm not much of a traditional book-reader these days. I like comic books (because of the 'purdy pitchers'? xD ), so I used to read those a lot more than any book.
A paperback that I am reading right now is called Nappily Ever After. 3nodding 'S pretty good for a 'romance'-type novel. I guess I should call it a 'relationship' novel instead, but still.
No one's mentioned Where the Wild Things Are? Great kids book. Speaking of children's books, The Giving Tree is another great one.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:35 am
Passion_Dragon No one's mentioned Where the Wild Things Are? Great kids book. Speaking of children's books, The Giving Tree is another great one.
Oh Emm Geee. I loved both of those cooks. and also Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day .. and of course Green Eggs and Ham [ooohhh nostalgia!]
But I find it weird that everyone read comics. Or maybe I'm the weird one. rofl I never touched a genuine comic book to this day. =/ Idk.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:42 pm
Passion_Dragon Books (Because yes, the subtitle of this thread makes me want to vomit.) rolleyes Anywho, I'm not much of a traditional book-reader these days. I like comic books (because of the 'purdy pitchers'? xD ), so I used to read those a lot more than any book. A paperback that I am reading right now is called Nappily Ever After. 3nodding 'S pretty good for a 'romance'-type novel. I guess I should call it a 'relationship' novel instead, but still. No one's mentioned Where the Wild Things Are? Great kids book. Speaking of children's books, The Giving Tree is another great one. I read The giving tree way back in first grade and I'm sure I read Where the wild things are. Though I can't remember anything about it. On the subtitle: I'm getting sick of the sterotype that Black people either can't read or won't read. So yeah that was me simply ranting that fact as I'm sure some of us get those odd looks from people on the bus because OMG it's a Black person reading! rolleyes
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:46 pm
Dark_Lady_Jade I like reading as well. I also like reading online, but only in the form of short fanfics and occasional poems, and blog sites like this, when people have something interesting to say/type. Eh, I've never been all that affected by a book, but a couple books that really made me take a closer look at society was 'No Fat Chicks' and 'Pornified'. In general, I don't like reading books like 'The Color Purple' (although I have read it), because I get mad about racism, and being reminded of it makes things worse. It's also why I'm not too keen on watching movies and mini series like 'Roots' or 'Queen' (the book was good, though) or 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman' (book was good, too). I like reading fictional, more up-beat books, stuff that doesn't remind me of stuff that ticks me off in real life. I really like Pauline Gedge's books, because I'm deeply fascinated by Ancient Egypt. Yeah I read Pg-13 rated X-men fics myself. Since anything with an R or something just involves porn and not just massive amounts of violence which I'm looking for. stare Well books like The Color Purple and stuff are made to upset you and to remind us that yes things were pretty bad then and they still kind of suck now. I have not yet read The Autobi of Miss Jane yet but I did get to watch it on TCM a few months ago. Now I hoping to buy it.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:52 pm
Disruptive At my school, I'm taking a class called Seminal Writers..
Basically, the class is kicking my a** BUT we've read, or will be reading:
Of Mules and Men
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Native Son
Collective Works of Langston Hughes
Invisible Man
Go Tell it On the Mountain
And there is like 3 more that I can't remember off the top of my head... :]
Anywho! Similar to Princess, one of my favorite pastimes is reading as well, and reading at the age of 2 and 1/2 sweatdrop
I can't say that any of the book that were aforementioned some of which I have already read, and other which we aren't reading in the class (The Color Purple, Black Boy, Their Eyes Were Watching God, etc.) have deeply affected me as a black person. Yes.. each of these novels touch me in a certain way, surprise me and beg me to think deeper than the surface... but they haven't created a 'revolution', if you will within me.
My favorite reads.. hehe. I can go on forever about my favorite books. But AT THE MOMENT my favorite book is Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns which is a story about 2 generations of Afghan women. Omg it's SO good. Go read it pls. :] Well nice to know I'm not alone. WOW age 2! That's great cause now I don't look as weird. razz Yeah I don't believe the books make you have a revolution just makes you that much more self-empowered as a person. Like even if I can't trace back my own family roots just reading some of these books and short stories kind of make up for it. As I'm sure my great-great-great parents had to go through similar hardships and what not. I also read historical pieces like "How to make a slave" by Willie Lynch and works by Frederick Douglas. FYI: I always put my men before my mules.
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Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:55 pm
blakjapaneseangl-chan I hated when the zane and hood books came out. The writing was horrible, The stories repetitive, It wasn't inspiring or overcoming at all. It was basically a porno with somewhat true storylines. It puzzles me at how well they selled. ((Yes I'm sad to admit I read the books to see what the Hulabaloo was all about)) Same and it's no better than Twilight really. I was almost going to make another thread based just on this subject. It's just so objectifying IMO as well as just promoting negative stereotypes such as Black men are dogs, lazy, and only care about getting paid. While Black women are weak sluts underneath it all.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:25 am
I love reading but for some reason my reading time keeps getting sucked away O_o . I love victorian novels like the Louisa May Alcott books, and House of Myrrh. I was forced to read Tess of D'urbervilles but it was actually a good read. The heck with it, I'll just list them:
Gal
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Bluest Eye (even though most of the people stuck in the Black features matrix was really annoying)
Left Behind Series
Diary of an Ex-Colored Man
I'm starting to get into into older Science fiction like the Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. And there's always history, car manuals, comics/manga, and encyclopedias so yeah, too many books, too little time.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:21 pm
apiyo I love reading but for some reason my reading time keeps getting sucked away O_o . I love victorian novels like the Louisa May Alcott books, and House of Myrrh. I was forced to read Tess of D'urbervilles but it was actually a good read. The heck with it, I'll just list them: Gal Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl The Bluest Eye (even though most of the people stuck in the Black features matrix was really annoying) Left Behind Series Diary of an Ex-Colored Man I'm starting to get into into older Science fiction like the Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. And there's always history, car manuals, comics/manga, and encyclopedias so yeah, too many books, too little time. Yeah the older you get the less time you have to read. This is probably why books as a whole are becoming "easier" to read and why they just publish any old body.
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