Anita Baker Calls Chris Brown a Hero?
By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses
There is no disputing that Anita Baker is a legend in her own right. The R&B singer has been in the music industry for decades and has enjoyed both success and longevity in the music industry.
In a recent interview with The BoomBox, Baker spoke about Chris Brown and was firm on her stance. It seems that she feels that Chris Brown’s talent deserves more attention and has more significance that his much publicized physical attack on his ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
In her interview with The BoomBox, she said,
“He’s an amazing talent. That’s all I could take from him because that’s all I’m entitled to, is his artistry. I take it and I embrace it…I also embrace his, whatever it is that has allowed these young ones to endure what they endure publicly, and to still be able to present themselves to us.”
While I believe that Ms. Baker is entitled to her opinion, I find it a bit disturbing that she seems to gloss over the assault incident that Chris Brown was charged with and found guilty of. It becomes even more difficult to ignore when Chris Brown continues to be in the headlines connected to other accusations of bad behavior.
Ms. Baker goes on to say,
“Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do. Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant and I wish him the best.”
She goes on to say that Chris Brown is “gifted beyond measure.”
While I can not understand Ms. Baker’s rationale for saying that we should ignore what Chris Brown did, I find it just outright outrageous for her to suggest that he is a hero. A hero? Really?
I can understand how, through a strong sense of loyalty or love for a person, it can be possible to overlook their shortcomings and continue to love them. Even then, I can not, by no stretch of my imagination, see how it can be expected that we can look at a young man who undoubtedly is very talented and take his talent as a reason to overlook the fact he used his then girlfriend as a punching bag and then went on to display other undeniable character flaws.
Chris Brown has reportedly been “giving back” and volunteering at an organization that benefits children and women affected by domestic violence and if his efforts are genuine, that is good. That being said, I still don’t see how he sprinted all the way from being an abusive boyfriend and crossed the finish line as a “hero”.
Ms. Baker, you’re a very talented woman, no doubt, and I’m sure your also a very lovely woman but calling Chris Brown a hero? That, in my books, is reason enough to wonder if I should ever purchase any record you put out.
I’m not saying that Chris Brown deserves to be called a villain all his life, but let’s not confuse a persona with a person.
Nomalanga helps Black Women thrive in their lives and careers. She is a Social Commentator, an Editor at Your Black World , Assistant Professor of Professional Studies and the reigning Mrs Botswana. Visit Nomalanga’s blog at successfulblackwoman.com
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I believe CB has served his penalty. Can we move beyond that. It was between them. I agree wit Ms.AB. focus on his talent. We all have sined. Move into Today…..live and let live. All our black men are targets…
Chris Brown is a hero for not killing a fool who attacked him in a vicious and violent manner. All because he didn’t want her stank azz.
And the fool will never give up. No one wants a nasty yeasty some time lesbian ho, and so she continues to focus on Chris.
He was too good a person to be with that devil worshipping tramp. She lies like she loves him and fools like oprah air the lies. There is no love. There is only hate. There is only revenge.
If he doesn’t keep his distance satan will claim his soul just like michael clarke duncan, michael jackson, whitney was stalked then murdered, Tupac was stalked to the West coast then murdered, on and on.
When the satanic bish couldn’t make chris commit suicide, she started declaring love. If the fool is made a fool for a second time, it is on him.
And the piece of no talent garbage will not stop until she snares the fool and finishes him off. Satan is patient.
I dont let them in my life, home or near me, if I can help it.
You need help
To tell the honest truth, Ophelia… I personally would never be with a caribbean man or women…. Most of them who come here from the caribbean are looking for someone to use and take advantage if not infect them with HIV/AIDS. My girlfriend was with someone who is Jamaican, and he messed her over BAD. He messed up her credit by getting her involved in a scam (She didn’t know it was a scam til it was too late). He always acted like he was mad at the world. I REPEAT, I am not saying ALL Jamaican men are like this, but A LOT of them are.
I am not even going to lie—I won’t mess with a west indian man or woman to save my life and I am west indian! I have had to deal with (on top of everyday relationship problems) being drug in the middle of scams and also physical abuse. The last straw was when my last boyfriend was behind my back getting stolen items sent to my house. The police came to my door and he was sitting right on the couch and denied everything even though they said they would put ME in jail!
I also think I had one boyfriend who tried to use witchcraft on me because of some strange stuff I found out about.
I ONLY deal with African American men now and things have been going MUCH better
>>It’s true… I know a lot of jamaican men (Not all, but most of them) are AIDS infested… I remember before I got saved for real, I was messing with this Jamaican guy who moved here to NY from Jamaica just about a year or two before, and once, when we were intimate… he rolled over and told me, “I have AIDS”….. Then I just looked at him with TOTAL shock on my face…. and he waited about close to what seemed like forever and told me he was just joking…. But I don’t think he was…. I have been tested several times before AND after then, and the tests come up negative. >>
I had one boyfriend who I found out was doing God Knows what back in Jamaica. I told him I wanted to use condoms and he had the nerve to slap the c**p out of me. He slapped me so hard that blood came out of my nose. The only way he left my house is because I grabbed the phone and pressed 911. He jumped up and left.
I’ve also have had my feel of being involved in scams by the men I was dealing with. I myself never do anything to break the law, but the men I was involved with was deep in the c**p and when the police came into the picture I was left out to dry and I was innocent.
I have been dealing with African American Christian men and I have had MUCH better luck in my life.
I think it has a lot to do with the poverty and lifestyle. Almost everyone wants what the people in America has in terms of wealth. They might not want to say it but they do. To be honest it’s not just the men who are not worth much either. I have female family and old friends that I do not even talk to because they are always on a scam or worse.Some of the women can be just as underhanded because of the men. But back to the men, I think what women in the US don’t understand is the west indian man’s mindset. Many (not all) are terrible liars and cheaters. The violence is another thing too. I always tell the few American friends I have made here to NOT get involved with a man fresh from the Islands. You are playing with fire.
One of my co-workers was dating a man from my homeland–Jamaica—and she told me she thought he was cheating. I told her to just pay attention and if she catches him in lies, then he probably is cheating. so the next week after she told me this, she comes to work with stitches in her forehead. She privately told me that she followed him and caught him going to another woman’s house and when she approached him as he walked to the doorway, he punched he to the ground. Sorry to say but he was illegal so calling the police would do no good.
I hate to say it, but I distance myself from a lot of people from where I came from. They seem to always have stealing and wickedness in their minds.
Jake,I know that this is not your real name, but I agree with you one 100%. I am also from Jamaica, and can tell you that everthing you said can and have been proven correct.And this is not to say that there is not poverty in Jamaica, far from that. But as the saying goes a fish is rotten from the head. The majority of the people in Jamaica worship creminals. The leaders are creminals, every last one of them, and the people love them. Look at the Prime Minister, the woman cannot complete a sentence in English.But the people love her because she made from the backwoods to the head of the country. For the simple fact that Michael Manley, who was a ladies man, who could not keep his wee in his pants.Because of him who brought her into politics,
Look what we all have to put up with?.An ignorant incompetent none thinking person. The whole scamming issue is another story, like Burce Golding the farmer prime Minister who was allie to Dudus Christopher,gun running, drug dealing crook so is Portia Simpson-Miller, with the scammers.Jamaica is a failed state, who do not understand economics. They love money, that is all they know, and they will do anything to get it at all cost including murder.
On many occasions they will set up their own family to be killed over money.If you have it they want it, and they will do whatever it take to get it including having you murdered.
Some of my friends, say it is poverty, well I do not buy the BS, they are just plain dirty minded people, with an evil heart. I tell most of my friends that Jamaican people have bad heart, they asked me why, do they not have doctors that can treat them?. I have to explain to them not that kind of bad heart. They just have evil mindedness. They envy you for what you have and they want it and they will do anything to take it from you.That is why people like you and me have to get to h**l out of there, otherwise we would be just like them.
I was smart enough to never live in a community where there is a lot of Jamaicans.I do not hate them, but I sure hate their ways of thinking and doing rotten things.For church going people they surely bring out the worst in what is supposed to be a christian society.
I have tried to help my family in every way that I know how, but in every step I take to help them it put me back financially ten fold. These are people that sometime I believe that God has turned her back on. It’s a society that is quick with a smile, but with evil in their hearts. They suffer from the seven deadly sins. I keep telling the preachers, they should read the seven deadly sin in church, instead of reading the bible.
I sponsored my Sister and her daughter to help them, even though my sister is much older than me, I cannot tell you the h**l that they put me through, it would take me many many hours. I have no regrets,because I did it from the goodness of my heart. My niece turned out ok from an educational, and financial stand point but she is just as evil as her mother were.
My nephew, his name is Clifton Smikle,( they call him Garfield) he live at Broadleaf, on the family land. I bought him a taxi in 1992. I said to him, work the taxi, you keep 70%, and put 30% in my accout at the credit union. This year is 2012,is 20 years. I have never seen one cent from the arrangement. My sister died, I send him $3000.00 USD, to berry my sister, he spend $1000.00 USD, and took the other $2000.00, USD to buy a truck. Now he has 2 trucks, a car and a mini van. I am glad he is doing well. But this just a tip of the iceberg of what Jamaican people is like(not every body is like that, but the majority of them behave that way).I so agree with you and there are many Jamaican, who will agree with you. but they will say not to put dirty laundry in public. Well that is the only way that it will ever be cleaned up. Tell it like it is.This is a nation of people that know no boundry when it come to GREED,ENVY, GLUTTON, in other words they truly represent the access of what is truly evil.
Oh get a life “Jake”. There are bad apples everywhere , including European people too. You need therapy , stop whining and move on. Black men this, black men that. Blah Blah Blah
She eas going thru his phone and hit him FIRST while he was driving, putting his life and others on the road in danger. Didnt her momma twach her to keep her hands to herself?
You can take a monkey out of the caribbean jungle, but you cant take the monkey out of HER. Don’t expect uncivilized people to act civilized. Stay away from them.
Exactly how do you know this, were you there? Some women, like you Jackie, are so d**n stupid, and weak minded, that you need your a***s beat. I have never hit a woman, and don’t advocate for any man to put his hands on a woman, and that is why I’m so disgusted with weak minded women, that make excuses for women beaters, simply because they find them attractive, or like their music. If that b*****d Chris Brown, was to hit one of my sisters, for any reason. He’d better hope that the police arrested his a*s before I got a hold of him , because I would have stomped his brains into the ground, and I wouldn’t stopped, until his head was flat as a pancake, and there was no blood left in his body.
Moonhead, can you please communicate like a civilized person without all the profanity? Yes of course Chris Brown was wrong but two wrongs don’t make a right. If you would have done that to him as you quote, then you will be in prison just like thousands of men are today. Can you plainly see that violence is a losing war. Take notes from Chris Brown himself.
WHAT DRUGS ARE YOU ON????SMDH
Instead of trying to destroy another one of our greatest entertainers, african nomalanga needs to focus on her own pathetic excuse, called african men.
Somalis in Minnesota
Spousal Abuse, Beatings and Genital Mutilation
The level of brutality in this case really set it apart from most cases we’ve dealt with,” Gaertner said. “It’s amazing she survived. The lifelong results of those injuries are absolutely tragic.”
Ahmed showed no signs of remorse, said St. Paul police Sgt. Paul Schnell. Nor did he offer any explanation beyond telling police that he cut her face and genitals so “she will never mess with another man again,” the complaint said.
“Clearly … he viewed her as his property to be done with what he wished,” Schnell said.
The attack happened late July 24, 2006, in the 1200 block of St. Anthony Avenue. A relative made an anonymous 911 call early on July 25.
“It appears that her face had been beaten and cut numerous times,” the police report said of the victim. “Her head had so many lacerations and so much blood on it, her face was hard to identify as a human head.”
Ahmed beat her with his fists and a metal pole. He raped her with a knife.
He told police that he fed and bathed their 5-month-old child after beating his wife into unconsciousness. He admitted to stepping over her body as he went back and forth to the kitchen with the baby.
Police found the infant in his crib next to his injured mother.
By contrast with Pheifer’s Star Tribune story, the St. Paul Pioneer Press account of the crime leaves out entirely any hint of a possible cultural issue.
I wonder where he learned to treat his property like that from?.
Where did Edward get “property” from. That is so backward. The only thing I believe: Chris and Rihanna need to let go. Find a new path to travel. If Chris goes back to her, she will have him across a barrel. All she will need to do is yell “he beat me” and every body will believe her. He will end up in jail. Even if it is untrue.
Chris don’t subject yourself to this woman. Find yourself a girl without baggage.
From a person who worked the Crisis Center for Battered Women.
I agree with Anita. Chris Brown has suffered the consequences and repercussions of his actions. He’s still very young. Let’s allow him to learn and grow from his mistake. That’s what life and evolution is supposed to be about. Have any of us really lived perfectly? Let those of you without blemish, fault or guilt cast the first stone or just be silent and sweep around your own front door…
While I believe that Ms. Baker is entitled to her opinion, I find it a bit disturbing that she seems to gloss over the assault incident that Chris Brown was charged with and found guilty of. It becomes even more difficult to ignore when Chris Brown continues to be in the headlines connected to other accusations of bad behavior.
Ms. Baker goes on to say,
LIKE WISE for you ,,, to read into the words of a person who as demonsrated, her right to speak to Chris’ circumstance . Most of us without an ‘agenda ‘ through life experience , saw no boosting of his ‘ relationship with the ‘ girlfriend .. Perhaps Baker was acknowledging with out specifing ,, n! There is the reality that . though Brown’s behavoir was repulsive ,,, there was another ‘ participate… Thus some .. resoponsibility for the ‘ event ‘ is placed on ‘ the girlfriend !!! There is no doubt in anyones mind that Anita BAker in anyway , shape . or ‘ state of mind . would endorse abuse of anyone , M<ale or Female ,,, human or not !!! In conclusion you owe the lady an APOLOGY !!! I agree with every thing in your artilcle + would have gotten your point much better ,,, without the insulting & distasteful depiction of Anita Baker's intent ,,,,.. What was your 'true' intent !!!!!!
No one puts their real name on the internet “Otis.” Why are you pretending to be an american to spread your lies and divide our community.
Chris brown was a young man with an immaculate record before Satan made him fall. And he will restore his record if he stays away from evil people who corrupt the innocent.
WHY don’t you just GO away Carol????? Is your life REALLY as boring as your leading us all to believe????
To tell the honest truth, Emily… I personally would never be with a Jamaican man…. Most of them who come here from Jamaica are looking for someone to use and take advantage if not infect them with HIV/AIDS. My girlfriend was with someone who is Jamaican, and he messed her over BAD. He messed up her credit by getting her involved in a scam (She didn’t know it was a scam til it was too late). He always acted like he was mad at the world. I REPEAT, I am not saying ALL Jamaican men are like this, but A LOT of them are.
I am not even going to lie—I won’t mess with a west indian man to save my life and I am west indian! I have had to deal with (on top of everyday relationship problems) being drug in the middle of scams and also physical abuse. The last straw was when my last boyfriend was behind my back getting stolen items sent to my house. The police came to my door and he was sitting right on the couch and denied everything even though they said they would put ME in jail!
I also think I had one boyfriend who tried to use witchcraft on me because of some strange stuff I found out about.
I ONLY deal with African American men now and things have been going MUCH better
>>It’s true… I know a lot of jamaican men (Not all, but most of them) are AIDS infested… I remember before I got saved for real, I was messing with this Jamaican guy who moved here to NY from Jamaica just about a year or two before, and once, when we were intimate… he rolled over and told me, “I have AIDS”….. Then I just looked at him with TOTAL shock on my face…. and he waited about close to what seemed like forever and told me he was just joking…. But I don’t think he was…. I have been tested several times before AND after then, and the tests come up negative. >>
I had one boyfriend who I found out was doing God Knows what back in Jamaica. I told him I wanted to use condoms and he had the nerve to slap the c**p out of me. He slapped me so hard that blood came out of my nose. The only way he left my house is because I grabbed the phone and pressed 911. He jumped up and left.
I’ve also have had my feel of being involved in scams by the men I was dealing with. I myself never do anything to break the law, but the men I was involved with was deep in the c**p and when the police came into the picture I was left out to dry and I was innocent.
I have been dealing with African American Christian men and I have had MUCH better luck in my life.
I think it has a lot to do with the poverty and lifestyle. Almost everyone wants what the people in America has in terms of wealth. They might not want to say it but they do. To be honest it’s not just the men who are not worth much either. I have female family and old friends that I do not even talk to because they are always on a scam or worse.Some of the women can be just as underhanded because of the men. But back to the men, I think what women in the US don’t understand is the west indian man’s mindset. Many (not all) are terrible liars and cheaters. The violence is another thing too. I always tell the few American friends I have made here to NOT get involved with a man fresh from the Islands. You are playing with fire.
One of my co-workers was dating a man from my homeland–Jamaica—and she told me she thought he was cheating. I told her to just pay attention and if she catches him in lies, then he probably is cheating. so the next week after she told me this, she comes to work with stitches in her forehead. She privately told me that she followed him and caught him going to another woman’s house and when she approached him as he walked to the doorway, he punched he to the ground. Sorry to say but he was illegal so calling the police would do no good.
I hate to say it, but I distance myself from a lot of people from where I came from. They seem to always have stealing and wickedness in their minds.
Satan made him fall? You are an complete idiot, and a weak, and stupid woman. I would never date a weak a*s woman like you, that thinks that it’s OK, for a man to put his hands on a woman, for any reason. You are the type of woman, that like to be dogged, and should be. A woman like you, will defend the actions of any man, as long as you think he’s cute, even if he didn’t have a dime, and he beat your a*s every day, and cheated on you too. Your problem is, you have very low self esteem, and will take any abuse, as long as you can retain a man. You need to start loving and believing in yourself, if you want to obtain a good man in your life.
Sierra-Leone,Liberia,Congo,South Sudan,Angola and Somalia. The issue of Child soldier is not new, but what should be of our concern is the type of persons we( as Africans ) have created and are creating that will be with us for the next 30 years or so. We are breeding a generation that will more likely by force become the future prostitutes, drug lord,arm robbers, drug users,extortionists,proxenetes and whores of Africa.
To think that the medium age of the soldiers was 13 years old and one might argue that an entire generation has been sacrificed due to the lure of political power,ethnic dissension,cowardice of so-called intellectuals, human stupidity , natural African backwardness,God’s curse, African’s low IQ( according to 19-20 th century scientist, African’s demonic nature ( according to 17-18th century Europeans thinkers) or simply the absence of a well defined framework to allow the magnificent nature of many a man to manifest.
Sierra-Leone,Liberia,Congo,South Sudan,Angola and Somalia. The issue of Child soldier is not new, but what should be of our concern is the type of persons we( as Africans ) have created and are creating that will be with us for the next 30 years or so. We are breeding a generation that will more likely by force become the future prostitutes, drug lord,arm robbers, drug users,extortionists,proxenetes and whores of Africa.
To think that the medium age of the soldiers was 13 years old and one might argue that an entire generation has been sacrificed due to the lure of political power,ethnic dissension,cowardice of so-called intellectuals, human stupidity , natural African backwardness,God’s curse, African’s low IQ( according to 19-20 th century scientist, African’s demonic nature ( according to 17-18th century Europeans thinkers) or simply the absence of a well defined framework to allow the magnificent nature of many a man to manifest.
She never called him a hero she only referred to his talent and the talent of hero’s and heroines in her generation. Stop taking her words out of context and making up fake headlines to get attention. Please if you want to report like a journalist become one. Your own story negates your title. Whew!!! Do better! No hard feelings.
Pom!!!! I couldn’t have said it better myself. That’s the FIRST thing I said to myself, “she never called him a hero”. #ethics
n The media: Masseur,male prostitution and s*x for visa in The Gambia
Banjul- Thanks to the combination of of poor and outdated government management, the myth of the Whiteman(woman),absence of real opinion/dream/goal leaders,hopelessness,lack of cultural and economic/financial trade among African youths/markets ( that one will need to be explained in an upcoming post) and pure greed/low self-esteem/low standards, a large enough percentage of the youth of Gambia is actively involved in the commercialisation of s*x.
The lure of sweaty money and sesame to the highly-seeked after European visa,lead these young men to direct their psychic,physical and mental energies away from long-term,healthy and more productive activities to more sexually satisfying romp of efforts for the paying s****l tourists.
The going rate goes from $50 to $200 depending on many factors such as age,attractiveness,genital endowment,s****l position,personality,skills in the art of s*x making,
s****l tourism which is believed to be a ……. industry provides these young men with steady,risky and energy deluding employment. The competition for these young men is located in Morocco,Nepal,Fiji,Ecuador,Costa Rica,Barbados,Dominican republic,Spain,Greece,Turkey,Jamaica,Italy,Former Yugosl
Anita Baker was inferring that chris brown is a “hero” of this day.. that was her intent. She implied based on her history of her generation, that chris brown is a hero of this generation. thats the logical conclusion I draw based on her statements.
As does otis imply that it is ok to slap a woman. he repeatedly suggests that chris browns actions were repulsive, but in the very next statement implies that his actions were justified, because he infers that since there was his girlfriend involved. Furthermore, otis you claim that the writer has an agenda.. well anyone who opines has an agenda.. even you. you continue to imply and infer about the motives of the writer based on this article. you also suggest that anita baker, has the authority to speak on chris browns alleged talent.. maybe, but downplay that the bruh has issues man. she does come from a profession that looked the other way on womanizing, drug abuse, violence, etc. based on talent.. talent never supersedes bad behavior. Chris brown is an abusive individual who can carry a tune. that is my opinion. and he a b***h a*s n***a to put his hands on any woman..
I wonder how many bats upside your head, can you take. Every fool who says that a man doesn’t have a right to defend himself, needs a bat upside the head or boiling water thrown on them while they are sleeping. d**n fool.
You miss quoted her,what a shame she did not say he was a hero. You should be fired,you just wanted to give people a reason to read your article,like reading about Anita baker is not enough.
“If Kenya were a cake to be shared out,Kenyans would only lay claim to 31 per cent of the country’s total wealth. The rest would go to foreigners. Agriculture,tourism and banking,which combined bring in the country’s largest earnings,are in foreign hands. Last year,tea,tourism,flowers and coffee earned the country Sh140 billion,nearly half of the annual national budget. Of this money,only 31 per cent ended up in the country – as tax and real earnings to the nationals. And shareholding in the richest 20 companies that trade at the Nairobi Stock Exchange is foreign. The skewed distribution of wealth between foreigners and Kenyans puts paid to all efforts since independence to hand control of the country to its citizens.”
Thanks Anita, I agree! He needs to continue his counseling for anger management plus continue his education some way, Look at Shaq. He is very tall and handsome and multi-talented. Give him a chance, he did his time. I rather see him get help instead of thrown in jail, leave him alone.
AND STAY AWAY FROM THE DEVIL!!!!!!!!!!
HE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN SHE IS. . .I REALLY DON’T GET ALL THE
WORSHIP FOR HER. . .SHE’S NOT THAT PRETTY. . .DOES ACT AND
LOOK FREAKY!
CHRIS PLEASE, FOR MY SAKE. . .STAY AWAY FROM HER. SHE MEANS
YOU NO GOOD. . . YOU CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER. . .MAKE BETTER
CHOICES. . .GET SOME COUNSELING TO GET FROM UNDER THAT WICKED
SPELL!!!!!!OR WHATEVER IT IS.
There are too many american fools who go to church, listen to the pastor talk about the evils of satan and his followers, but still dont really believe that satan worshipping is really going on.
They need to go to the caribbean, haiti, brazil, and africa where there are huge numbers of satan worshippers that operate on the down low, and many of them are in America now doing all manners of evil.
Wake up and learn to recognize satan worshippers when you see them. Stop listening to the melodic voices, and watch the actions that they do.
Every satan worshipping caribbean ho applauded Lisa Raye’s beatdown, and yet we’re supposed to feel sorry for a fool who PROVOKED chris brown.
Anyone can be provoked if you kick him long enough, even the pope.
Nomalanga you know what? I bet Chris Brown is sneaking over there and doing all this. What you think?
150 MILLION GIRLS AND WOMEN MUTILATED IN AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST
The mutilation most often performed is Clitoridectomy or Excision – cutting off, without anesthetic, the c******s and most of the external genitalia. This is practiced in a broad area from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Coast. The most dangerous operation, Infibulation or Pharaonic Circumcision, is customary in Sudan, Somalia, Northern Kenya, parts of Ethiopia and all along the Red Sea Coasts as well as in West Africa in parts of Mali and adjoining areas. After the c******s is excised and all external genitalia are carved away, the bleeding raw edges of the large lips are held together by thorns or other fastening devices – until a scar forms to close the entrance to the v****a. The legs of the little girl are tied together for several weeks until the wound heals; a tiny opening is created by inserting a splinter of wood – to allow urination. Thus virginity – which is considered especially important by Moslem men – can be proven before the bride price is paid to the father.
Everyone of these mutilated severely abused oppressed women who come to america will take their man hatred out on a nice american man like chris, because they think they can get away with it.
For as little as food for their family’s pots, children as young as eight can be bought in the Cape — and very little is being done to stop the burgeoning trade in children.
Research has shown that in Cape Town the industry is increasingly organised, with children either abducted and forced into prostitution, or exploited by their parents to earn income for their families.
In Durban and Johannesburg, reports are emerging of children being held as virtual prisoners in brothels and forced to service clients procured by their “pimps”.
They make American pimps look like choir boys. I think Nomalanga needs to focus on her own people.
Not a single african is qualified to lead in america – not one.
lthough blessed with the world’s seventh largest oil industry and a comparatively well-educated population, Nigeria has long been known as “the sick man of Africa” and nearly ungovernable. Its wealth was squandered or stolen during the decades of military rule, and most Nigerians live in slums without safe water, good schools or health clinics. A tiny elite lives behind guarded walls
Nigerian Roguery: A Open Letter To Mark Nelson and CNN
Author: Staff | July 14, 2006
Nigerian Roguery: A Open Letter To Mark Nelson and CNN
By: Femi Oyesanya
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Dear Mark Nelson and CNN :
I recently read your response to a Chief Ajayi, in regards to complaints
about the CNN documentary “How to Rob a Bank”, and may I say shame on
you!
In the letter, you capitulated to sons of rogues and said, “however, in future broadcasts of “How to Rob a Bank,” we intend to remove certain comments to eliminate any possible confusion.” Mark, the day you wrote this response, was the day you became finished as a Journalist. Shame on you!
Not only that, shame on anyone within CNN that endorsed your response to the Nigerians. The head that held the thought is empty. The secretary that typed it is daft. The pen that wrote it is poison. Look at you, trying to be Journalistically-correct by watering down truth in reporting. Shame on you!
Mark, have you been to Nigeria? If you have, bury your head in shame. If you have not, let me educate you. Nigeria is a totally morally bankrupt nation. Did you know that Nigerian corruption starts from the Port-of-Entry? The very moment you land on Nigerian soil, you are infested by roguery. Custom officials that ask you for bribe before you can get your luggage, Officers of the peace that harass you for kick-backs, touts that pull on you at Taxi-Stands and try to rob you in broad daylight. Your welcome to Nigeria will be brazened by an outright unscrupulousness. Most Nigerians observe and deserve fraudulency.
Shame on you Mark! Let me also tell you. Did you know that one of those Nigerian organizations, in particular, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO), whose sensitivity was bruised by the documentary had a board member that actually robbed a bank in Nigeria? He looted a bank and fled to the United Stated. This same organization is now dismayed by the documentary. Do you see the irony? Shame on you!
Nigerians are crooks. They are champions of Identity theft, and Nigeria is one of the most corrupt nations on this planet. Did you know? Did you know that Nigeria, a nation of only 0.3% Internet penetration rate commits one of the highest degree of Internet-based crime? I will educate you.
To be able to have such a high percentage of global On-line fraud statistics, it is not unreasonable to imply that almost every Computer in that country is used for Online-Crime activity. Not only that, if one can calculate the total Nigerian-Internet Computer-time per day,
a high percentage of that time, will be spent processing Internet fraud and identity theft.
Let me tell you. Let me tell you before you commit Journalistic fraud and edit the documentary to exclude the statement that claimed, “40% Nigerians in Houston being fraudsters” First; it was the opinion of Anthony Banjo and not CNN. Second; I believe it is accurate, and actually an understatement. Amongst Nigerians themselves, Nigerians in Houston are known to be notoriously fraudulent.
They rob banks, they commit forgery, they stage fake marriages to get Green-Cards, they carry false passports, and they sell drugs. They loot anything worth looting and more! They are rogues! Did you know that Nigerian once had a Military dictator, that drove trucks to the Central Bank, and carted away money? He loaded trucks full of currency, and drove away! Imagine that! Can you imagine President Bush, driving to the Federal Reserve and carting away Gold- Bullions?
Corruption favors Nigerians and Nigerians favor corruption. Did you know that the entire Police force is rogue? As a matter of fact, the Chief of Police is now a convicted felon. The entire Army, the entire Navy, the entire Air-Force are all bastardized into moral depravity. Did you know that the Nigerian Navy recently lost a Russian Oil Tanker in it’s custody in one criminal case. Yes! The “MT African Pride”, a 12000-ton cargo ship simply vanished while being held in custody under court orders. A whole ship! The entire law-enforcement is a rogue!
Mark, I beg you! Don’t further shame yourself and CNN. Don’t sabotage Journalistic-Truth by appeasing any Nigerian sensitivity that the CNN documentary could have offended. Nigerians rob Banks. Did you know that in Nigeria, that the income subsidy for the Nigerian Police is bribery? Yes! All Nigerian Institutions, from Family to Holy shrine swim in moral decay.
Did you know? To be Nigerian is to be order-less. The Nigerian quality of life, is a reversal of all known moral good. Did you know that thieves in Nigeria have become so bold that they write weeks in advance to announce they are coming to rob homes? I am not kidding. b*****d Nigerian thieves actually write letters to homes and announce to Home-Owners the day and time of a robbery.
AND YET THEY’RE ALLOWED TO TEACH AT OUR COLLEGES, AND BLACK AMERICANS CANT FIGURE OUT WHY THE CHILDREN ARE GOING BAD. THIS BLACK UNITY LIE IS DESTROYING BLACK AMERICANS.
We as black women will always protect black men because we r really all they he made a mistake he’s paid he’s young and hopefully he won’t make the same mistake again Ms.Baker is referring to his talent
Why isn’t Nomalanga talking about a very dead Michael Clarke Duncan???? Every time an American has an untimely suspicious death and are involved with a foreign black, they try to bury the story, and ignore it.
Why isn’t Nomalanga talking about a very dead Michael Clarke Duncan???? Every time an American has an untimely suspicious death and are involved with a foreign black, they try to bury the story, and ignore it.
Why isn’t Nomalanga talking about a very dead Michael Clarke Duncan???? Every time an American has an untimely suspicious death and are involved with a foreign black, they try to bury the story, and ignore it.
Chris shoils come out the closet & travel that Chris stokes molested him, bow wow & razB.
At no time did she call Chris a hero first of all, she spoke on what she had facts on, he’s talented & gifted as an artist! She left the judging to the one who does it properly God! Only those who are without flaw can judge & if people understood that wed be better off as people, our being forgiven of our sins is contingent on forgiving others Matt6:9-11 so respect thers individuality & stop Judging people for viewing things in a different light than you.
Dang….who the h**l is this overly opinionated azzzzzzzzz named Carol? Stop trying to hijack the d**n page……..you are not suppose to write a dang book. One opinion post from you is more than enuf….
Carol. U seem to know so much about Nigeria and Nigerians. I stand to correct u that not all Nigerians are the evil u paint them, there are good honest people working their head and hearts out to earn a good living. And for u to sit there and condemn all Nigerians and the few honest wans abroad and blaming dem for ur kids going bad is not just acceptable.
So I’m supposed to applaud your nigerian azz for ruining your own country, and then making your way to america to steal a job that should go to our young black american college grads??? h**l NO! You destroyed your country, now you come here to bring black america down. You d**n africans are pathetic.
Anita never said he was a hero.Carol stop the divide and rule tribalism that Europeans love to see.What made Chris Hit Rihanna?I want the TRUTH.
You want the truth, but wouldn’t know it when it stares you in the face. The truth is 3RD WORLD ABUSED MUTILATED, WHORES ARE PARADING AROUND AS CHURCH GOING LADIES, ENTERTAINERS, AND TRICKING THEIR WAY INTO THE HOMES OF DECENT BLACK AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DESTROYING THEM.
3RD WORLD ABUSED MUTILATED, WHORES ARE PARADING AROUND AS CHURCH GOING LADIES, ENTERTAINERS, AND TRICKING THEIR WAY INTO THE HOMES OF DECENT BLACK AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DESTROYING THEM.
3RD WORLD ABUSED MUTILATED, WHORES ARE PARADING AROUND AS CHURCH GOING LADIES, ENTERTAINERS, AND TRICKING THEIR WAY INTO THE HOMES OF DECENT BLACK AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DESTROYING THEM.
3RD WORLD ABUSED MUTILATED, WHORES ARE PARADING AROUND AS CHURCH GOING LADIES, ENTERTAINERS, AND TRICKING THEIR WAY INTO THE HOMES OF DECENT BLACK AMERICAN FAMILIES AND DESTROYING THEM.
n the United States, new AIDS patients are relatively more likely to be men who have s*x with men (MSM); in Florida, they are relatively more likely to be female, heterosexual and black — ESPECIALLY AMONG IMMIGRANTS FROM HAITI, AND ELSEWHERE IN THE CARIBBEAN. In 2002, MSM comprised 46 percent of new US AIDS cases, but only 40 percent in Florida. New cases stemming from heterosexual s*x were 11 percent in the United States for 2002, but 20 percent in Florida.
People get over the chris aand Rhee incident, Rhee has and considers Chris a friend and I wouldn’t be surprise if Chris marries Rhee, its obvious inspite of it all they still love each other.
Women beat on men and destroy men belongings and commit domestic violence all the time and men still take them back, but when the tables are turned? It’s a different story all domestic violence is BAD no matter whose committing the damage. Just ike Real men don’t hit to harm woman, likewise, REAL women don’t hit to harm men either.
Rhee knows she beat on Chris a many of times before he got tired of it and lost it.
Anita chose to focus on the way Chris has seeked help and improve himshelf since the incident, so PPl get over it and move on your your own life.
I wish also the best for Chris Brown as well, he’s a tremendous talent.
All 3rd world whores dream of owning a rich black american man, when they cant get a white b*m. They hate the men that their own countries produce.
Carol is a white male.
And you are a d**n african sitting in your voudon cafe trying to get an identity theft going, and to trick some gullible american into trusting you just cause you’re black.
A lot of people are confused in their thinking about Chris Brown and Rihanna. What happened between them was bad on the part of each of them. However it was not and is not the end of the world. Good and Bad people do bad things sometimes. Acording to the Lord God no sin is too bad for him to Forgive. If God can forgive why can’t Rihanna and the rest of us. Therefore Those of you who would sit in judgement on Anita Baker because she complemented Chris’ talent should leave her alone. She talked his talent not how He behaved toward Rihanna that fateful night. If God and Rihanna can forgive Chris Brown everybody else under the heavens should leave it alone. Let He or She that is without sin cast the first stone or be prepared to ask that they not be forgiven for their sins or wrong doings.
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Lisa Raye got beat down, and stolen from, and yet American negroes only feel sympathy for a satan worshipping tramp.
tHAT IS YOUR OPINION, AND YOU ARE ENTITLED, AND SO DOES SHE. NOW LEAVE THE s**t ALONE. AS THEY OPINION IS LIKE A–HOLE EVERYBODY HAVE ONE.MY OPINION IS THAT RYANNA, IS NOTHING BUT A TRAMP, BUT THAT IS MY OPINION.HE WAS NOT THE ONE PUSHING THE ISSUE, HE WAS NOT THE ONE LOOKING AT HIS TELEPHONE MESSAGES. GET THE h**l OFF THE SOAP BOX, AND STOP PERSECUTING THE YOUNGMAN. GO LOOK IN YOUR CLOSET YOU WILL FIND ENOUGH S–T IN THERE TO CLEAN UP.
I do not think Mrs. Baker was insinuating that he was one who has saved the world. However, I think she was talking about his creative attributes of being a good dancer as well as singer which many of the newcomer do not possess. Now, if anyone noticed him in the beginning he was a very playful and happy young man. Thus, after getting with the much experienced Rihanna his life took a drastic turn for the worst. I think she wanted to control this young man but he was not having it. I am not condoning violence but it was so hard to imagine this playful young man who seemed very happy and enjoyed entertaining become so violent. There is only so much a person could take and I think she pushed his buttons a little too hard. He should be very careful with this woman because she seems like if she can’t have him, she’ll try to destroy him.
Any woman who has been raped, molested and mistreated by 3rd world men, looks for a meek mild american boy to exercise their hatred of men on. He is a fool for even standing on the stage with her.
Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses, shut-the-f**k-up; Carol, get a f*****g life!!
HOW CAN ANITA BAKER CALL HIM A HERO? IF RIHANNA WAS HER DAUGHTER SHE WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY.
FIRST OF ALL HE CANNOT SING LIVE!! ONLY TO PROGRAMMED MUSIC.
SECONDLY, HE JUST DANCES, TATS HIS BODY AND GYRATE HIS HIPS.
SHE IS A BRILLIANT SONGSTRESS WITH A DISGUSTING ATTITUDE!!!
SO SHE MUST CAREFULLY, WHOM SHE PROMOTES. CAUSE CHRIS BROWN IS AS TRASHY AS THEY COME. TRUST ME I WOULD TELL HIM FACE TO FACE!!!
Anita will raise her daughter to be a lady. Rihanna is the product of a drug addict abusive father. The caribbean men dont even want their women, because they know they are evil, and it is about time American men wise up and learn to stay away from the fools.
If the fool Chris Brown had sense enough to date Black American beautiful nice starlets like KeKe Palmer, and Jordin Sparks he wouldn’t be having these problems.
SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT….REE REE IS WEST INDIAN AND SHOULD BE BEATEN,BUT SINCE KEKE IS AMERICAN SHE IS BETTER???? LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH. BOTTOM LINE…NO ONE SHOULD BE BEATEN OR PUT THEIR HANDS ON ONE ANOTHER…MAN OR WOMEN UNLESS THEIR LIFE IS ON THE LINE!!!! SOME OF THESE COMMENTS FROM THE WOMEN REMIND ME OF WHOOPIE GOLDBERGS COMMENTS IN THE COLOR PURPLE…SAD…SAD!
Chris has been punished and even forgiven by Rhianna. Why can’t people in our society learn how to move on, begin again and allow room for second chances? If God can give our sorry behinds chance after chance …why can’t we do the same for our carnal neighbors as well. Every one of us has messed up. Anita is right. This man has talent. Let him use it in peace. If you dont like it, simply don’t listen or purchase. Simplicity in that area iant rocket science. M.
When a woman has moved on and forgiven a man, she doesn’t get on national TV every chance she get to remind the public of what he did and never mentions what she did.
If the fool falls for that I love you lie, Satan will have an entryway into his life again, and he will have no one to blame but himself this time. He’ll be the next one murdered. Wait and see.
You the writer is so negative you write like you are one of the most bitter person anyone would have the displeasure of meeting you. When Chris turns 30 and he has another problem you will be the one saying I told you.
All I am going to say is that some of you dumb a***s, who continue to rail at your own, really need help. You were the perfect slaves, and thought you have left the plantation great house physically, you are just totally unable to do so mentally. It is a shame…..
You peope are sick, especially Jake and Carol. How can you condone abuse and try to rationalize it. And the mean spirited words you speak about your black brothers from other parts of the world is deplorable. Get some help!
When my “black brother” LMAO does something besides take from the black american community then and only then will he get my respect. Until then the black foreign SOB is black america’s worse enemy.
Where were the foreign black when we were in the cotton fields?
Why do they come here and steal the few jobs that should go to black america’s young people?
Why do they come here and still benefits that should go to the slaves they sold to the white man? They should be GIVING to us and not taking.
Why do they bring large quantities of drugs into black america to destroy us?
Why do they tell our fool black entertainers to feed their irresponsible poor and to despise our black american poor?
Why do they come to our jobs, and start Uncle Tomming big time and buddy buddying up to white rascist?
Why do they only want black unity when it is time for us to GIVE them something?
Why do they marry our black american women only to steal from them, and use them for greencards, and destroy them when they’re done stealing?
Why do they abandon their black american children?
Why do they trick our black american young people to carry their drugs, and help them steal?
Why are they in our black colleges destroying them?
When my “black brother” LMAO does something besides take from the black american community then and only then will he get my respect. Until then the black foreign SOB is black america’s worse enemy.
Where were the foreign black when we were in the cotton fields?
Why do they come here and steal the few jobs that should go to black america’s young people?
Why do they come here and still benefits that should go to the slaves they sold to the white man? They should be GIVING to us and not taking.
Why do they bring large quantities of drugs into black america to destroy us?
Why do they tell our fool black entertainers to feed their irresponsible poor and to despise our black american poor?
Why do they come to our jobs, and start Uncle Tomming big time and buddy buddying up to white rascist?
Why do they only want black unity when it is time for us to GIVE them something?
Why do they marry our black american women only to steal from them, and use them for greencards, and destroy them when they’re done stealing?
Why do they abandon their black american children?
Why do they trick our black american young people to carry their drugs, and help them steal?
Why are they in our black colleges destroying them?
When my “black brother” LMAO does something besides take from the black american community then and only then will he get my respect. Until then the black foreign SOB is black america’s worse enemy.
Where were the foreign black when we were in the cotton fields?
Why do they come here and steal the few jobs that should go to black america’s young people?
Why do they come here and still benefits that should go to the slaves they sold to the white man? They should be GIVING to us and not taking.
Why do they bring large quantities of drugs into black america to destroy us?
Why do they tell our fool black entertainers to feed their irresponsible poor and to despise our black american poor?
Why do they come to our jobs, and start Uncle Tomming big time and buddy buddying up to white rascist?
Why do they only want black unity when it is time for us to GIVE them something?
Why do they marry our black american women only to steal from them, and use them for greencards, and destroy them when they’re done stealing?
Why do they abandon their black american children?
Why do they trick our black american young people to carry their drugs, and help them steal?
Why are they in our black colleges destroying them?
Anita Baker never said lets ignore what he did or overlook what he did. We expect TOO much out of artists, athletes or black people in the lime light. These are regular people with a gift or a talent that happen to be in the media because of it. They never said that these people did no wrong. In fact, how many white artist and athletes has the media overlooked and not publicly castrated them for mistakes that they have made? …Countless number! No domestic abuse is not good, however we are all human and at some point of healing you have to forgive regardless! Remember guys this didn’t happen to us it happen to Rihanna, so let her deal with it the way she wants to. Chris Brown is an artist and should not be placed on a pedestal for the most upstanding citizen awards, he’s human.
MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN IS DEAD AND NOMALANGA SAYS NOTHING. THEY ALWAYS BURY THE STORIES WHEN HEALTHY BLACK WEALTHY MEN SUDDENLY DIE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3RD WORLD WOMEN. THEY DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN IS DEAD AND NOMALANGA SAYS NOTHING. THEY ALWAYS BURY THE STORIES WHEN HEALTHY BLACK WEALTHY MEN SUDDENLY DIE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3RD WORLD WOMEN. THEY DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN IS DEAD AND NOMALANGA SAYS NOTHING. THEY ALWAYS BURY THE STORIES WHEN HEALTHY BLACK WEALTHY MEN SUDDENLY DIE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3RD WORLD WOMEN. THEY DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN IS DEAD AND NOMALANGA SAYS NOTHING. THEY ALWAYS BURY THE STORIES WHEN HEALTHY BLACK WEALTHY MEN SUDDENLY DIE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH 3RD WORLD WOMEN. THEY DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I AGREE WITH ANITA BAKER. AS FOR YOU Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses , YOU DONT KNOW s**t ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE OR OUR COMMUNITY AND AS A JAMAICAN MALE YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND NOT THE f*****g SOLUTION , SO GO f**k YOURSELF AND NASTY a*s WHITE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON. YOU NEED TO MOVE THE f**k TO EUROPE. CHRIS BROWN IS A HERO FOR BEING STRONG AND NOT ALLOW THE EUROPEAN OWNED AND AGENDA DRIVEN MEDIA TO DESTROY US BLACK MEN. LOOK WHO YOU MARRIED, A KHAZAR FOR A HUSBAND. YOUR PATHETIC HYPHENATED DISGUSTING NAME. YOU NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS BLOG. YOU ARE NOT ONE OF US.
Who really cares she hasn’t put out an album in years and he’s just a wahed up Michael Jackson wanna be who beats up on women and fights with bottles inside of a club. We need to stop rewarding our people when they screw up, we need to wake up and stop being modern day slaves!
In the author’s statement…” but let’s not confuse a persona with a person”, she should also note that she TOO is confusing the person with the artist.
He is a talented artist, but the act he committed leaves a less than desirable taste in my mouth, so to speak. I think Anita was admiring & giving credit to him as an artist, I did not see where she specifically spoke in admiration or admonishment about what he actually did…
It is just amazing to me how adamant and angry people are bout the mistake that he made. Please all of you that are so quick to hang CB, please name me one thing that you needed forgiveness for. If you say nothing, you are lying now and need forgiveness for that. Since Rihanna has forgiven and moved on, you certainly need to.
SO DOES CHRIS BROWN HAVE TO PAY A PRICE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE MADE A BAD CHOICE , AND PAID A HEFTY PRICE. IT TAKES TWO TO TANGLE AN D HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TRULY SPARKED THE ABUSE. RHIANNA HAS FORGIVEN HIM AND WANTS TO SEE THE BROTHER HAPPY AND AT PEACE SO I RESPECT HER FOR BEING WOMAN ENOUGH TO RESTORE THEIR FRIENDSHIP. IF THEY WANT TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP THEY ARE GROWN AND OWE NO ONE ANY EXPLANATIONS.