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Saggin Pants

Pass this on to Our Youth, Our Parents, Our Black Men and Women

Letter from a college student

The other day, a friend of mine visited me in the lobby of my dorm just to chat while
her laundry was drying. As we were chatting, two young freshmen came by. One of
the boys wanted to 'talk' to my friend (as in date). She asked him how old they were,
and both of the boys replied 18. My friend and I both laughed hysterically because
we are both 22 years old. After my friend left, the young men were still hanging
around and one wanted to know how he could gain her interest.

The first thing I told him to do was to pull up his pants! He asked why, and then said
he liked saggin' his pants. I told him to come over to my computer and spell the word
saggin'. Then I told him to write the word saggin' backwards.

S-A-G-G-I-N

N-I-G-G-A-S

I told him the origin of that look was from centuries ago. It was the intent of slave
owners to demoralize the field workers by forbidding them to wear a belt as they
worked in the fields or at
Any other rigorous job. In addition, men in prison wore their pants low when they
were 'spoken for'. The other reason their pants looked like that was they were not
allowed to have belts because prisoners were likely to try to commit suicide. And,
saggin' pants prevents you from running.

We as young Black people have to be the ones to effect change. We are dying.
The media has made a mockery of the Black American. Even our brothers and
sisters from Africa don't take us seriously. Something as simple as pulling up your
pants and standing with your head held high could make the biggest difference in
the world's perception of us. It is time to do right by ourselves. We need to love and
embrace each other. No one is going to do that for us.

It all comes down to perception. What people perceive is what reality to them is. We
have to change not only the media's perception of us, but we need to change our
perception of ourselves.

Remember all eyes are on you Black Man. All eyes are on you Black Woman. All
eyes are on your Black Child. People point the finger at us and expect us to engage
in negative and illegal activities, to manifest loud, boisterous behavior, to spend our
hard earned money in their stores, buying goods we don't need, or really want. We
have allowed not only the media, but the government and the world to portray us as
a 'sub-culture.' They have stripped our culture down to the point where the image of
Black people is perpetuated as rappers, athletes, drug users, and consumers of junk
food, expensive tennis shoes, expensive cars, expensive TVs, cell phones and not
investing in homes for our families.
We are so much more!!!!!!!

To all our Black Men: It's time to stand up. There are billions of Black Women who
want to do nothing more than worship the ground that you walk on. We are so in
love with your potential. We want to have your back, we want to love, support and
cherish every ounce of your being. But with that you have to show that you are
willing to be the head of our households. You have to prove yourselves worthy of
our submission. We need you to be hard working...Not a hustler. We need you to
seek higher education, to seek spirituality. We need you to stand! And trust us; we
will have your back. We know that it gets hard. We know you get weary. Trust and
believe that there is nothing that a Black Man and a Black Woman
Can't handle with GOD on their side.

To all our Black Women: It is also time for you to stand up. It is time for you to stop
using our bodies as our primary form of communication. It is time to be that virtuous
woman that Proverbs spoke of. You cannot sit by the wayside while our men are
dying by the masses. You are the epitome of Black Love. It starts within you. You
need to speak with conviction to let not only our Black Men know, but the world, that
you are the Mothers of this world. You are so powerful. You are so beautiful. You
need to love and embrace every blessing God has given us physically, emotionally
and spiritually.

For all our Black Children: We need to love them. We need to teach them. We
need to stand up for them. We need to protect them. We need to show them that
there are no 'get rich quick' schemes. We need to tell them that they WILL die trying
if they submit to a life of crime and deceit. We need to teach our children that no
one will love them the way we can. And being a basketball player, a rapper, or a
drug dealer is not reality. It's not realistic and only a small percentage of people
ever make it as a rapper or professional athlete. We need to teach our children that
we can be more than rappers and athletes. We can be the owners of these sports
teams. We can be the CEO's of OUR fortune 500 companies. We need to believe
in literacy. I am almost certain if we were to look back to the 1930's and 40's, the
literacy rates for Black American Children are probably still the same.

Please Keep This Going & Have a wonderful day

'This is the year of empowerment.' God will empower us to accomplish things this
year that will be mind blowing'.

Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice

The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of
this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite
of all precautions.

While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in
order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of
secondary infections, some very simple steps can be practiced

1. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water or Listerine. *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after
initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic
symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt
water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected
one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive, and powerful preventative
method.

2. Blow the nose hard once a day and swab both nostrils with cotton buds dipped
in warm salt water. This is very effective in bringing down viral population.

3. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamins C and D. If you
have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to
boost absorption.

4. Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. Drinking warm
liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off
proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive,
proliferate or do any harm.

I suggest you pass this on to your entire e-list. You never know who might pay
attention to it -- and STAY ALIVE because of it.

The University of Kansas Hospital
Dept. of Nursing Units 43 & 51
office (913) 588-5144
pager (913) 917-7305
fax (913) 588-4360
bjones1@kumc.edu