NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Friday, September 11, 2009

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Friday, September 11, 2009

Caster Semenya,
The 18-Year Old South African Champ
Determined By Test That She's A Hermaphrodite
Having Both Male and Female Organs.

I wish people would leave her THE FUCK alone and let her compete!!!

So now that it is determined that Caster Semenay is a hermaphrodite (having both male and female organs), and doesn't fit neatly into a male or female "gender" or "sex" role by some of society's standards, "Semenay could be stripped of the gold medal she won in Berlin last month and her competitive future is in limbo".

WOW! Folks are FUCKING ridiculous! I say she should ne able to compete in male and female track races, and I hope she kicks everybody's ass in the process!... Read More

JUST KNOW I LOVE YOU, CASTER, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!!!!!

ROD

Caster Semenya, forced to take gender test, is a woman ... and a man
BY Oren Yaniv
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Thursday, September 10th 2009, 1:50 PM

Caster Semenya Talks To Press
During The Team South African Press Conference.

Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man!

The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries and her testosterone levels are more than three times higher than those of a normal female, according to reports.

The tests, ordered by The International Association of Athletics Federations after Semenya's 800-meter victory in the World Championships, determined she's a hermaphrodite - having both male and female organs.

Semenya could be stripped of the gold medal she won in Berlin last month and her competitive future is in limbo, according to Australia's Daily Telegraph.

The athletics governing body is also expected to advise her to have surgery to fix the potentially deadly condition, the paper reported. The IAAF would not comment on the results that have yet to be released.

According to a source with knowledge of the IAAF tests, Semenya has internal testes - the male sexual organs that produce testosterone.

Testosterone is a hormone responsible for building muscles and for producing body hair and a deep voice.

Confirmation of the test results is sure to stoke the controversy that erupted after the university student's sensational track triumph.

She has been embraced in her home country - where she was declared "our girl" - and appeared on a magazine cover after a feminine makeover.

"I see it all as a joke, it doesn't upset me. God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself," she told You Magazine, which ran a photo spread.

"I don't want to talk about the tests. I'm not even thinking about them."