Food for Thought: Foods in Season

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From the Melanated Man:

(I know…ANOTHER food post…)

Recently I started my own vegetable garden. Very interesting experience I can tell you that. And fun as well. I put down some squash, zucchini, corn, Swiss chard, field peas (black-eyed peas), watermelon, cantaloupe, and some herbs and spices. These crops are best suited to grow this time of year; obviously these are the crops that will have ALL the nutrients that it needs, are fully matured, and will more than likely become RIPE aka sweet.

There are crops that are suited best for fall and winter harvest (most of your green veggies) and there are crops that are best suited for spring and summer harvest (most of your fruits.)

So my question is how in the HELL are grocery stores and farmer’s markets able to sell food that is NOT IN SEASON?

The quick answer would be that these crops were probably imported from other parts of the United States and/or from countries within the Southern Hemisphere, which experience seasons in reverse to those in the Northern Hemisphere. Which makes sense…

But what is the consequences of eating crops in an ENVIRONMENT that is not fit to yield that crop during the time when it’s NOT IN SEASON THERE?

What are the effects to the BODY, MIND, and SOUL that occurs when this takes place?

Will you able to get ALL of the benefits of the crops during that time?

When it comes to BUYING produce from third parties instead of self-gardening, we figure that if it’s available and we have a taste for it at that particular moment, what harm will come to us besides PESTICIDES and/or GMOs?

It’s FRESH PRODUCE, and we need our FRUITS and VEGETABLES, right? That’s what I’ve been preaching, right?

There is a possibility that certain produce are NOT to be consumed during certain times of the year depending on where you are on the planet.

It may not kill you, but it also may not benefit you as well.

Something to think about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Random Thought: Proverbs 22:6

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From the Melanated Man:

 

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

 

One of the most well known verses in the Bible canon.

And one of the truest!

It says “train up a child in the way he SHOULD go”; the problem is that many of us black-melanated folks don’t know the way he (or she) should GO. That verse works both ways as well.

We have been teaching our kids the way of the Massa when it comes to eating, education, gender roles, relationships, ENTERTAINMENT, basic day-to-day living…you name it. Black-melanated people have properly been FUCKED over by this training for hundreds of years and we DAMN sure have not “departed from it.”

It has worked to PERFECTION! I told you the Bible is valid in the proper context.

We’re hooked. It basically comes down to HABITS.

WE MUST LEARN (RE-LEARN!) HABITS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY!!!

By now we should understand what those HABITS are; they have been BEATEN into our skulls by many, many teachers, preachers (the honest ones!), and leaders of the past and present!

If you’re fuzzy on it, check out my reading list for starters.

Anyone else have suggestions of reading material on BLACK LIBERATION or REAL BLACK HISTORY, let me know. I need to add to my list, and catch up on some reading also!!!

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

More Melanin, brought to you by “The Melanated Man”

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5615232 From the Melanated Man:

 

Back to Melanin!

(If you are not familiar with Melanin you can refer back to post An Introduction to Melanin.)

We understand that Melanin is the Black Man and Woman’s gift from the Creator. It gives us the ability to transcend the normal standards and parameters of the seen and unseen in the entire universe.

The true color of Melanin is black, which anyone with passing knowledge of science knows the color black absorbs ALL forms of light and energy. 8

Natural AND Artificial light and energies.

Black-melanated humans are best served receiving their energy and light source directly from the SUN  and sources that have been directly touched by the SUN. It increases Melanin production within the body, *the internal organs, specifically the *pineal gland.

What can melanin do for you?

(Taken from Melanin: The Chemical Key to Greatness pg. 39-40)

-Melanin can organize itself and other chemicals and show the potential to reproduce itself. This means that if a condition occurs where the ability to produce Melanin is altered or reduced, Melanin can take over, activate and control mechanisms that are inactive to continue its production in the body.

-Melanin can cause altered states of consciousness such as those experience in Black religious ceremonies (“shouting”, “falling out”, or “speaking in tongues”); “improvisation”, or creation of “jazz”, “high five”, “spiking the football and dancing in the end zone” and “telepathic communication.”

-Melanin granules are “Central Computers” and may analyze and initiate body responses and reactions without reporting to the brain.

-Melanin’s ability to absorb light, sound (music) and magnesium causes the Black Human to show physical, mental, and chemical abilities or to behave culturally and socially like light, sound(music) and magnetism.

-Melanin is centrally involved toward keeping the Black Human Conscious and Aware (Mind)!

-Melanin is responsible for the existence of civilization, philosophy, religion, truth, justice, and righteousness.

-Melanin is a civilizing chemical and acts as a sedative to help keep the Black Human calm, relaxed, caring, and civilized!

-Individuals (whites) containing low levels of Melanin will behave in a barbaric manner (or create a society not conducive to Blackness.)

-Melanin can conduct electricity without offering any resistance to the flow of electricity. This is called super conduction.

-People containing high levels of Melanin or a high number of pigmented centers, such as the Black Human, will always show a positive test for the use of marijuana. The chemical species found in the urine which indicates someone’s use of marijuana is also found in the urine of Black Humans. These levels are always higher for Blacks than whites. This may also be true for cocaine, amphetamines, and tranquilizers.

-Melanin regulates all signals from the external environment of the cell deep into the cell’s inner structure where information is processed and a response or action is delivered back to the external environment.

 

We need to just BE, people!

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about how animals in the wild just do what THEY ARE.

They instinctively KNOW WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE!

They don’t depend on another entity to EAT, SLEEP, AND SHIT! They don’t go to SCHOOL (INDOCTRINATION) for 12 to 16 years to LEARN HOW TO BUILD AND CREATE!

A BIRD JUST KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A NEST!

A BEAVER JUST KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A DAM!

BEES JUST KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOME DAMN HONEY!

WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BE BLACK!

We don’t know how.

We don’t understand our abilities and capabilities as a people.

We have been totally turned off.

We are living in an environment (Western civilization aka our LIVING HELL!) that is killing us on all aspects!

The ARTIFICIAL and UNNATURAL foods we eat, *the illegal and legal prescription drugs we take, *the homes we co-habitat in, *the workplaces we commute to and work in daily is NOT CONDUCIVE TO OUR MELANIN!

But like I mentioned before, we don’t know!

You ever wondered why topics such as Melanin were never talked about in your biology class, IN FULL DETAIL?

Not the watered-down definition.

Your answer may be that it is considered pseudoscience and it can’t be proven. But there are *MANY things  in the mainstream science and health arena that CAN’T be proven but they are are nevertheless promoted by the-powers-that-be.

It doesn’t benefit them to educate you on ANYTHING that BENEFITS YOU!

THAT EMPOWERS YOU!

THAT CAUSES YOU TO RISE WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE!

MELANIN CAN GIVE YOU FREEDOM…IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT, AND NURTURE IT!

 

STAY BLACK, PEOPLE!

LEARN how stay BLACK, people!!

 

 

Next up on Melanin: What Kills Melanin Production?, The Importance of the Pineal Gland, Melatonin (not in any particular order)

 

Peace and Love to my Melanated Family,

The Melanated Man

 

*Future Post

Food for Thought: Susannah Mushatt Jones

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From the Melanated Man:

Susannah Mushatt Jones of New York City (born in Lowndes County, Alabama) died on May 12, 2016 at the ripe age of 116 years old! She was born in 1899! That is remarkable!

And she was Black.

She was only two generations removed from slavery times.

I can’t imagine that. The things she could have seen and experienced during her time living. A fellow blogger that I follow did a quick review post on her that is good; here’s the link.

She has a Wikipedia page as well that is worth a read as well; here’s the link.

There was a excerpt in the Wikipedia page that really caught my attention:

“Jones was blind and partially deaf; she could not say much and she used a wheelchair. She only took high-blood pressure medication and a multivitamin. She became legally blind when she was 100. She refused cataract surgery or a recommended pacemaker and never had a mammogram or a colonoscopy….She slept about ten hours a night and napped throughout the day. For breakfast, she always ate four strips of bacon along with scrambled eggs and grits. She also ate bacon throughout the day.”

So Ms. Jones experienced what many elderly men and women experience in their latter years with blindness, hypertension, etc., *considered protocol in Western civilization. What’s funny is that she ate FOUR strips of bacon with EGGS and more than likely WHITE grits every morning, then ate bacon AGAIN throughout the day.

Did she start eating this as she got older?

Has she eaten this type of food for the ENTIRETY of her life?

Was the bacon (pig) and eggs (chicken) farm-raised and the grits yellow (grounded corn, NATURAL form)?

No one is asking these questions. And they are VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

Now granted it does state that she slept for TEN HOURS and took naps frequently throughout the day. We know that lack of *adequate and beneficial sleep causes health issues as well. Also, she had no kids and was only married once, for not a long period; depending on what type of person you are it can be a *stressful OR rewarding experience.

But again, did that amount of sleep occur during her latter years when she was retired (more than likely) or ALL throughout her life? It’s not clear.

This type of MISINFORMATION can cause people to think that it doesn’t matter what you do health wise, it all comes down to genetic luck and/or GOD’S WILL (*for those who think the Creator has a certain time designated for everyone to die.) I have to admit, when I read about Ms. Jones, I started to think that luck had alot in play, given the fact that her family lineage has a history of long life.

I’ve come to understand that long life means NOTHING if you haven’t done anything with it, such as personal growth and inspiring others to do the same. That’s my personal opinion.

At the same time while we are living this life we have to stay in tip top shape to make the days we live meaningful and fruitful. How are you going to improve and grow when you are constantly DIS-EASED and COMPRISED with ARTIFICIAL AND UNNATURAL CONSUMPTION???

It’s still IMPORTANT what you put into your mouth (and MIND!) and how it affects you over the long run. It’s still IMPORTANT how much exercise and activity you do on a daily basis.

Whether you realize it or not, life is not meant to live for the moment.

You take it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time, one year at a time…and it ADDS UP. Your life is THEN summed up through the MILLIONS of moments you’ll have.

Hopefully the SUM IS POSITIVE (for you math geeks!)

You don’t want to look back and realize your life was filled with EMPTY moments and no REAL GROWTH (besides your waistline) beyond the MATERIAL REALM.

That’s called being in the NEGATIVE (or red for the economist.)

 

When reading articles like this, with your CONSCIOUS mind, with your *THIRD EYE…look deeper.

And I’m talking to myself as well on this one!

 

R.I.P. Ms. Jones!

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

*Future post

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Yo Mama, I can sing too!”

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From the Melanated Man:

 

I touched on this particular topic on the previous post from Monday. I can’t speak for other races, and I’ve been around MANY black-melanated people in my short existence to make this assumption:

WE ARE THE MOST MULTI-TALENTED AND SKILLED GROUP OF HUMAN BEINGS ON THE PLANET!!!

Must be the melanin, babbbbbyyyy!!! Yeah I’m bias and don’t care!

Everyone else are imitators, especially them damn Caucasoids, Europeans, or whatever you want to call them. Vampire sounds appropriate.

But anyway, no man or woman amongst our kind can outdo one another. We all have something to bring to the table. We are ALL gifted in some form or fashion:

-Athletics

-Fine arts

-The sciences and mathematics

-Holistic health

…and much more!

*From the beginning of time, through early civilizations of Ethiopia and Egypt, etc., to the building of non-melanated dominated civilizations of the Romans, Greeks, and the United States.  Every industry that exists today, we are the Alpha and Omega of ALL of them.

Do your research, if you already haven’t.

 

What is my point in saying all of this?

Well we have been conditioned by a system to believe that one person is more valuable than the other. One’s particular gifts and skills are more important, or better, than another’s.

It breeds competition. Competition SHOULD not exist within the black-melanated community. It does not fit our NATURAL way and conflicts with our DNA.

At the root, we are NOT a people who believes in the philosophy that one person is better than the other OR the whole.

Our philosophy since days old: Collectivism over individualism.

But we are labelled (and rightfully so considering the circumstances) with the “crab in the bucket” mentality. Our community can NEVER prosper because we don’t support each other.

And in a sense, I understand why.

It could be flat out jealousy or good ole Haterade. I think on a deeper level it could be the fact that we feel this person or certain entity is not better than anyone else in the community and we feel could do as good of a job as they are doing, considering the circumstances.

Consider myself this scenario. I can’t play a lick of basketball or have dance moves the likes of James Brown or Michael Jackson; so it does not make sense to compare apples with oranges. Now imagine if I could. What would be the difference between me and the likes of a Michael Jordan or a Michael Jackson?

Naturally, you say, there would have been some type of competition to determine who is better. But why is that the case?

Should it be that way? Has it ALWAYS been that way? I’m curious…

It could be that certain individuals are willing to SACRIFICE themselves for a lifestyle or existence they BELIEVE is better for them. Sell themselves out…

…To get in good graces with Massa.

Naturally, the conversation now leads to topics concerning the Illuminati and the sorts…

…I’m not going there. There are thousands of other resources that gladly deep down that rabbit hole. Do your research, if you already haven’t.

 

Everyone who is black and melanated (again I’m bias) is gifted and talented in some aspect. Not one person’s talent and skills is better than the others, whether if it’s within the same field or NOT. That is our true (currently lost) African way of community.

Our way can’t survive within an environment of capitalism and individualism. It goes against everything within our DNA, which is why we have the “crab in the bucket” situation.

The-powers-that-be may place value on certain talents and abilities than others. They have intentions not intended for the upliftment of our people, but the preservation of this parasitic, capitalistic system.

Built from our hard work since slavery times to present time. Once we realize that we are all equal (talking about black-melanated people only) concerning our talents and abilities, the system will crash and NATURAL order will be restored.

But that’s up to us.

 

Side note: I was IN-SPIRED to write this particular post because I have gift of singing, and there I was time I felt intimidated by others who I thought sounded better and I couldn’t match up with. AND I thought if I wasn’t big-time then I didn’t matter.

But I do.

My mind has graduated from the IGNORANCE and I believe I can sing, and it doesn’t matter if I can match up with other fellow singers or not (trust me I can!!!)

I do my best not to compare myself to others; because my voice matters regardless.

One day that will become reality, when I decide to make it a priority!

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

*Future post

 

Words that start with EN: Entertain

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From the Melanated Man:

Next in the series of words (mainly the verb form) that begin with EN, we move on to the word ENTERTAIN. Entertainment is important in upholding the current paradigm.

 

Entertain

  1. to keep up, maintain, to keep (someone) in a certain frame of mind,

      2. to provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment

      3. to give attention or consideration to (an idea, suggestion, or feeling.)

 

As we all know from the previous posts, the etymology of the letters en- means “within and/or inner.” No one can hold your attention or keep you within a certain frame of mind without you VOLUNTARILY giving them your attention.

In everything we do in life, it comes down to choices. We choose to succumb to the devices of others, when it comes to entertainment. We know statistically (so they say) black-melanated people are the biggest TV watchers in the United States if not the world. Also, we know that most of  our major success from economical to personal achievement occurs within the entertainment industry.

That includes sports, music, acting, etc…

We are some TALENTED people. Side-stepping for Massa…the masses!

It is needless to mention that the entertainment industry overall was worth around $2 billion dollars in 2015. Can you imagine how much of that was generated by black-melanated people?

AT LEAST HALF OF THAT!!

We could probably solve most, if not all, of our community’s problems with that amount of revenue. But I’m not going to harp on these issues because they have been talked to death for years and years and will be talked about for MORE YEARS because it’s bypasses the REAL issue.

 

WHY IN THE HELL DO WE NEED ENTERTAINMENT TO MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER?

WHY DO BLACK FOLKS HAVE TO DO WHAT THE ROMANS (Caucasians, Europeans) DO?

Can you imagine your existence in this day and age WITHOUT some form of entertainment?

What’s sad is that you can’t! I can’t either! It is embedded within our DNA.

WE HAVE BEEN DUMBED DOWN FROM THE WOMB!

On a real tip, our lives are not as meaningful as they should be because we are witnesses to others’ lives or what is portrayed to us on a SCREEN. Movies, sitcoms, daily gossip shows, sports games, video games, and even the DAMN news.

We are told WHAT and HOW TO THINK! Tell me you haven’t heard that many times before. Anytime and every time you give your attention to anything outside of yourself that was produced by many servicemen and women (i.e. the beginning and end credits), it’s a gimmick (I may have took that one from another blogger, who I can’t remember at the moment, but it’s true all the same!!)

It’s MIND CONTROL! It takes many creative forces to FABRICATE a reality that can hoodwink the minds of the masses.

And to piggyback on my post from last week , the many activities we ENTERTAIN ourselves with, like circuses and theme parks of the likes, outside of a ARTIFICIAL screen does not make it better. Just like with the TV or smartphone, many servicemen and women (and kidnapped animals!) have to be brought together to put on the production for our entertainment, or our enjoyment.

Are our everyday lives really THAT dull? Or are we SUBCONSCIOUSLY being put to sleep by those who continue to steal from us in every way imaginable?

Hmmm…

 

Now granted, some of the activities I listed such as sports, music, and acting can have spiritual and physical benefits for those who participate in those endeavors. NOT FOR THOSE WHO WITNESS OTHERS IN THESE ENDEAVORS!

Are you a witness? (I sound like a preacher, don’t I?)

For instance, I created this blog due in part because I wanted to share my gift and knowledge with others and it gave me a release. I have followers (thank you!)who read this blog, who have that capacity to write and express themselves if they CHOOSE to do so; some of you do and I FOLLOW you as well!

(Trust me, I think ALL of you who follow me can write and express themselves in some form or fashion. You don’t have to be Toni Morrison. Look at me!)

And my blog is informative and NOT for entertainment (it can be funny from time to time), so you are hopefully  benefiting in some way from the words I write.

This is my long-winded way of saying that ALL activities you participate in EVERYDAY you should be able to benefit from in some capacity such as exercise, spiritual growth and healing.

It’s like any relationship, GIVE AND TAKE! You give your attention, you receive a benefit…

NOT ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH YOU GET NOTHING BUT AN EMOTIONAL REACTION! Which is what it boils down to.

You can’t live life through your EMOTIONS. Emotions are like the wind…they come and go! So remember…

 

ENTERTAINMENT=EMOTIONAL REACTION!!!

 

Most black people in this country have lived and STILL ARE LIVING through their emotions. Church being a prime example. It’s not to far-fetched to say that church is religious entertainment. Not only do we give our attention to it, we give our resources (money, money, money!!!)

Seriously ask this question: what has church done for you who still attend besides give you an EMOTIONAL REACTION??? What have you truly benefited from it besides the very few of you who PARTICIPATE in the spectacle for the witnesses…I mean church members?

 

I’m done…I can ramble on and on about this ENTERTAINMENT BULLSHIT!

 

 

Oh, one last thing…those of you who wish to aspire to be big-time within the entertainment industry with your many talents and gifts or know others who want to be, just remember you are only becoming an agent for the-powers-that-be to sell this reality/production/paradigm we are currently physically and METAPHYSICALLY locked into. Also, my brother told me of a quote stating that the reason we pay attention to entertainers so much is because they can articulate OUR FEELINGS for us.

Are we really THAT BUSY to tend to OURSELVES?

How can someone OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF tell you anything ABOUT YOURSELF??? (ENLIGHTENMENT ANYONE?!)

Doesn’t this sort of DEPENDENT behavior sound familiar? (Yes it does, Massa.)

 

Let’s wake up, y’all! Time is TRULY running out.

 

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

 

 

 

A Reblog: Dahr Jamail – Arctic Sea Ice Could Disappear This Summer

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Should we concern ourselves with climate change? It depends on your the lifestyle you want to live.
If you want the latest and greatest modern technology and lifestyle, I would worry.
The days of human detachment from the earth are drawing to a close.
We have to start getting back in tune with nature before Mother Nature decides to CLEANSE itself of the parasites (black, white, red, brown, don’t matter) that continue to suck it dry!
By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report

Ice in the south Artic Ocean melts in a photo taken on July 20, 2011. (Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Ice in the south Arctic Ocean melts in a photo taken on July 20, 2011. (Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

 

Climate scientists tracking anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) have long feared what is referred to as a blue ocean event.

A blue ocean event means a complete absence of Arctic sea ice, allowing the heat of the sun to fully penetrate the open waters of the Arctic, which would then dramatically accelerate the rate of warming in the Arctic.

This dramatic shift would then cause a profound disruption of both atmospheric and ocean-current circulation around the globe, contributing to an increasingly ice-free Arctic, rising sea levels and dramatic increases in ACD everywhere.

To see more stories like this, visit “Planet or Profit?”

This March, Truthout reported on the Arctic sea ice nearing a record low total volume, a measure that many scientists believe to be the single most important factor in determining the health of the Arctic sea ice. That same month, NASA reported that the winter Arctic sea ice extent had already hit an all-time low.

These trends, coupled with ongoing record heating in the Arctic, mean that it is not out of the realm of possibility that the blue ocean event could occur as early as this September.

The Importance of Arctic Sea Ice

The role of Arctic sea ice to the global climate is made clear by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, which has emphasized that this ice works to keep the polar regions of the planet cool and moderate the global climate.

According to the Data Center: “Sea ice has a bright surface; 80 percent of the sunlight that strikes it is reflected back into space. As sea ice melts in the summer, it exposes the dark ocean surface. Instead of reflecting 80 percent of the sunlight, the ocean absorbs 90 percent of the sunlight. The oceans heat up, and Arctic temperatures rise further.”

In both 2007 and 2012, Arctic sea ice saw dramatic declines in extent (how far it reached), area (how much total surface it covered) and most importantly, volume.

The precipitous drop-offs in each category were much faster than scientific modeling predicted; most predictions for the blue ocean event estimated that it would not occur until around 2100.

Navy Predicted 2016 Blue Ocean Event

Robert Scribbler, who used to work as an editor at IHS Jane’s 360 with a focus on emerging threats, sees ACD as the single most important emerging threat that humans face. He now maintains a climate blog that tracks ongoing ACD events around the world, as he sees ACD and social and economic justice inexorably linked.

“Since April 27th, according to a record of sea ice extent provided by JAXA, daily rates of sea ice loss have been in the range of 75,000 square kilometers for every 24 hour period,” Scribbler wrote. “That’s 300,000 square kilometers of sea ice, or an area the size of New Mexico, lost in just four days.”

A blue ocean event would generate a number of serious impacts. The East Siberian Arctic Shelf, which scientists estimate contains several times more heat-trapping gases than the amount that currently exists in the atmosphere (currently 407 parts per million carbon dioxide), is already releasing record amounts of these gases.

A 2013 NASA study, titled “Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic?,” warned: “In July 2012 we saw methane levels over swamps in the Innoko Wilderness that were 650 parts per billion higher than normal background levels. That’s similar to what you might find in a large city.”

That same year, US Navy researchers pointed to the implications: They predicted a sea-ice-free Arctic by this summer.

The expected blue ocean event is not the only major indication of accelerating warming. We are currently seeing the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 15 million years. Climate models predict that we may well be on track to see human-caused atmospheric warming reach well over 3.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial baseline temperatures by 2100.

Humans have never lived on a planet at 3.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial baseline temperatures.

Copyright, Truthout. May not be reprinted without permission.

Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail, a Truthout staff reporter, is the author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, (Haymarket Books, 2009), and Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, (Haymarket Books, 2007). Jamail reported from Iraq for more than a year, as well as from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey over the last 10 years, and has won the Martha Gellhorn Award for Investigative Journalism, among other awards.

His third book, The Mass Destruction of Iraq: Why It Is Happening, and Who Is Responsible, co-written with William Rivers Pitt, is available now on Amazon. He lives and works in Washington State.

A Did You Know? Reblog: #BlackVegansRock: 100 Black Vegans to Check Out

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I am treating this piece as a performance art piece, not a blog post. Each time someone from the animal rights/vegan community wants to write an article about how white the animal rights/vegan movement is, I hope that they choose one person from this list to write an article about instead. 

This list is not in any particular order, and it is not meant to be completely exhaustive. Additionally, I can’t guarantee that everyone on this list is still vegan, though they were at the time of my research. I acquired this information simply by researching online and asking around. Also, I must note that I personally don’t think eating a plant-based diet automatically means that you’re a political activist or animal rights activist. As I said in a previous post “Veganism without politicization only yields de-contexualized diets.”

Nevertheless, this list is meant to serve as a statement for anyone who says “veganism is…

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Did you know: Tassilli’s Raw Reality

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Tassili’s Raw Reality

 

From the Melanated Man:

I said I was going to cut back on the food posts for a minute.

I got to sneak this one in though (lol!)

 

I visited this vegan restaurant recently in the historic West End of Atlanta  and I have to tell you…it was OFF THE CHARTS!!

Now granted, most of my followers are meat-eaters to the core and I completely understand the love for the animal flesh. I was RIGHT THERE with you a time ago.

BUT…vegetarian or vegan food can be flavorful (WITH ITS NATURAL FLAVOR!) as well if you prepare it right.

And this place can prepare it JUST RIGHT! I had a kale wrap that was just DELICIOUS!

 

Mouth-watering wrap with kale, couscous, olives, etc. MMMMMMMM!

 

Then I topped it off with some…

Melanin Magic Mix! Yeah, really!

 

It was gon point as well. Also, I had popcorn and a vegan brownie as well that were pretty tasty in their own right.

Not to mention the restaurant is BLACK-OWNED (The Melanin Magic Mix should have been a dead givaway.)

These kind of experiences let me know that there are others that have a similar mindframe when it comes to eating and health, especially within black-melanted communities such as the West End.

I AM TRULY IN-SPIRED!

We need to embrace (and patronize) these establishments more often and take notes on how to implement this type of diet into our lives, the one I have been ADVOCATING for!!!

 

Let’s become the CHANGE we seek WITHIN OURSELVES!!

 

Restaurant Location and Menu Information:

1059 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30310

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Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man

 

 

WARNING: Tom’s of Maine “Natural” Toothpaste contains MSG…

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From the Melanated Man:
Connecting  to my previous post ED vs EL: What is Monosodium Glutamate (or MSG?) , I want to advise anyone who is using this PARTICULAR brand of toothpaste that it contains MSG in it. Don’t be fooled by the “Natural” label because it’s FAR from it.

The culprits within the inactive ingredient list:

-“natural flavor”

-carrageenan

 

Commercial toothpaste such as these will enhance your tastebuds to consume the sweets (artificial sweets, WHITE SUGAR) that we are hooked on, keeping dentists in business. 

 

It would probably be in your best interest to ditch ALL commercial toothpaste and go homemade. Don’t pay any attention to what they are advertising on the product.

If you didn’t make it, PLEASE ALWAYS BE SKEPTICAL OF IT!

If you REFUSE to do-it-yourself, I would recommend Dr. Sebi’s brand of toothpaste, even though it may be pricey.

 

It’s $25, but probably worth it!

 

I’m going to personally lookup some recipes for homemade toothpaste and will share them with you in the future.

 

In the meantime, STAY CONSCIOUS!

 

Peace and Love to my melanated family,

The Melanated Man