I am the black woman who took your job

I loved this week’s reading. I thoroughly enjoyed how empowered I felt as a woman who is career minded and willing to do whatever it takes to get to the top. I really think that men are so pompous because they are men not because they are qualified for the job. I want to excel in life and I am a business woman stuck in a nursing major. I want to excel and I want to give hope to young women, to black women, to immigrants, and to all peoples who need hope. I think there is so few of us representing that movement.

Mama MIA

OH NO….never can I be a mother. I thought I was up to the challenge. I read the article the myth of being a mother and i realized I am far from that. I am the one who goes back to work after a month or so. I can only imagine those moms how guilty they must feel. Not really being hands on mom or part of the PTA. The other article about parents as partners I never looked as gay people as being parents. But they are there. They want to be parents too…I think being gay is a real bold move and being a gay parent is even bolder. I applaud them for their fight and their bark.

WHOA before I forget the assignment asked to read that girls blog. Okay I have no idea. I always thought the middle east had problems thats why we always said peace in the middle east. I didn’t know it got worse to the point of utter fear in family. The first one I read was about this woman confessing that she had been raped and I realized to her it was such a huge thing that she actually used her real name, to be raped and no one believe you and the ones who rape you get an award. It must be so painful. My favorite blog was about her and her family crossing into Iran I think. She described how scary it was, she said that she was just looking around to memorize the faces just in case a car bomb went off. I thought to myself. My people in Zimbabwe are suffering just as bad and that people do live in fear almost everyday. She mentioned about the kids going to take a test for school who went missing. There are so many parallels between her country and Zimbabwe. I immediately realized how blessed I am and how divinely favored I am to be positioned here to help. I now see a different side of the “war on terror” and I have been partial about it but now i think I am fully against the war the Iraqi families who have suffered.May there loved ones rest in peace. I feel for her when she said when bush looks at them they are just Iraqi women when I look at them they look like my cousins, my aunts, my niece, my friends…

Feeling under the weather

This chapter has been incredible. So, I have been sick for it seems like forever. I have yet to be accurately diagnosed. I have seen alot of doctors. ALL of them have been men…i went from low blood sugar, to hypoglycemic, to hyperglycemia, to diabetes…and back to low blood sugar. funny I know. these chapters made me realize that its not me I am not a mystery case or have some rare diseases its my doctors. I hate going to the doctor and since then I have self-diagnosed myself. Can you imagine being a young black woman being misdiagnosed. I have GREAT insurance and I can only imagine if i was low-class. It makes me thankful for the information and privileges I do have. OH and the breast cancer article drove me to tears…I have an aunt who went through that like 4 weeks ago… I just had to write her and tell her about the article and tell her KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE. good stuff….