I
woke up this morning to the movie The Color Purple. Apparently, I left the television on overnight. I have to
admit, it is one of the best films of its kind since Roots. The makeup artists did an exceptional job making beautiful women and children look unattractive.
But
more than that, I always walk away hating Albert and the Black men like him;
wife-beating, do-nothing, know-nothing, light-skin-loving, ugly-on-the-inside kind of men. As Ms. Celie said, “you’s a lowdown dirty dog.” It’s
difficult for me to watch Lethal Weapon because Danny Glover was so believable
in The Color Purple.
Today,
in the real world, we need more strong Black women like Celie and Sofia.
Young girls must stop prolonging the maturation process of young boys by accepting
their disrespectful ways, especially when they are disrespectful in speech, clothing
and presentation. Girls are by nature more mature in age than boys. It’s clear
that they need to make more mature decisions about their future.
Young
girls must start defining themselves early and determining what they want their lives to
be like when they grow up. Once that happens, they will be mature enough to
have an image of who they want as their "better" half. I guarantee you;
he won’t be a thug or a “lowdown dirty dog.”
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