African hair braiders fight for `economic liberty`

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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 SECTION B
What you need
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Dear Alma,
African hair
braiders fight for
‘economic liberty’
URBAN NEWS SERVICE
Kune Gueye of Nashville, Tenn., fought for a waiver to a state law requiring hair braiders to
apply for a cosmetics license.
By Avis Thomas-Lester
URBAN NEWS SERVICE
Kune Gueye came from Senegal to
Nashville, Tenn., for a better life, but she
had to overcome yards of red tape to earn
her American dream.
To make a living, she turned to a skill
she had honed over years of practice in
her homeland – braiding hair. With a
strong back and a talent for creating beautiful styles, combs and hair oils, Gueye
began braiding at her Louisville, Kentucky, home — frequently working 12hour days. Within weeks, she was able to
pay her bills and send money to her family back home.
Years later, Gueye moved into a shop.
She was married and had three children
by then and wanted to expand. She was
working in her salon — Kine Hair Braiding
— one day when an inspector knocked.
“She told me she was from the state
Board of Cosmetology…and that I was not
allowed to do hair without a license,”
Gueye said. “I told her I had been braiding
for years, and I did not know you had to
have a license.”
Gueye and other braiders in Kentucky
won the right to braid without a license
when Republican Governor Matt Bevin
signed a law in April to exempt them from
the cosmetology school and license requirement. Nebraska's legislature passed
a similar measure in March, but GOP Gov.
Pete Ricketts has yet to sign it.
These victories aside, braiders in several
states still battle regulations that require
them to undergo up to 2,100 hours of instruction at cosmetology schools. These
can cost more than $12,000, even though
few such programs teach braiding.
Seventeen states regulate braiding the
same way they do traditional cosmetology, and 16 states require a special braiding license. Eighteen do not regulate
braiding, said Paul Avelar, senior attorney
for the Institute for Justice, a self-described libertarian law firm in Arlington,
Virginia.
It has helped braiders fight such rules
in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio,
Texas, Utah and Washington, D.C., since
its founding 25 years ago.
The institute's first case, in 1992, was
Taalib-Din Abdul Uqdah v. District of Columbia, in which Uqdah and his wife,
Pamela Ferrell, the nationally-recognized
owners of Cornrows & Co., successfully
challenged Washington, D.C.’s cosmetology code, which was adopted in 1938.
They claimed that they should have been
exempt because they used no chemicals,
dyes, sharp objects or other items that
alter hair structure, as traditional stylists
often do.
“This issue is about race, control, power
and politics,” Uqdah said. “You and I
wouldn’t be having this discussion, but
for the fact that African-style braiders are
making money hand over fist.”
A Kentucky cosmetologists’ trade association complained that the exemption
legislation allows braiders to style hair
without learning about disorders of the
skin and scalp that can result from improper styling, according to news accounts.
Nina Stribling, 38, of Louisville, Ky., said
she has been going to Gueye for 18 years
for micro braids. Her daughter, 23, is also
a long-time client. When the family moved
to Kansas for four years because of her
husband’s military service, Stribling drove
11 hours back to Louisville every six
months to get her hair done.
She said she’s never had a problem with
her hair or scalp and credited Gueye with
taking special care after her hair grew
fragile from the medicine she takes for
lupus.
Stribling said she has become close with
Gueye’s family, including Gueye's mother,
who moved to Louisville and started
braiding a few years before her daughter
did.
“She’s very good,” said Stribling. “There
has never been an issue with my scalp
being red or my hair being braided too
tight. She knows what she’s doing and is
very professional.”
Avelar said few states set out to regulate
hair braiding, but problems occur, when
officials try to apply “broadly worded”
codes penned decades ago, to braiding.
“Then they gave the power to enforce
this law to a regulatory board and required that the regulatory board be made
up of members of the regulated industry,”
My friend of over 15 years
recently made the decision it
was time for her and her
mother to live together again.
After her father died, her
mom never could really handle remaining in
the childhood
home and all the
responsibilities
that go along
with it, so they
decided it would
be best for financial and health
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reasons if they
GILL
sold the house
and moved in together.
A little over a year ago, she
and her mom purchased a
beautiful home and as far as
she is concerned, all is well.
But if you asked me, I’d have
to disagree. The problem is,
now her mother goes everywhere with us. When we go on
a girls’ getaway weekend, to a
friend’s wedding or to a baby
shower and even to the club.
She even went with us to go
see Charlie Wilson! Don’t get
me wrong, I love my friend’s
mother, but I don’t want to
party with her or always have
her around. I’ve become hesitant when making plans with
my friend as she always assumes our plans include her
mother. What can I do? How
can I explain to her, her
mother is not “always” invited?
Three’s a crowd
Dear Three,
Heavens to Hezekiah, girl,
say it ain’t so! When y’all
hanging out, her mama can’t
go! From what I’ve read,
here’s my take: When it
comes to her mama, that’s not
really your choice or decision
to make.
I think this situation is on
overload, because it gives
them both an opportunity to
reconnect at a different phase
of life. Two grown up women
forming an adult-to-adult
friendship as opposed to the
usual “I’m the mother, you’re
the child” relationship. Be that
as it may, I don’t anticipate it
will last forever. Her father
has died; both are grieving
and serving as the rock each
one needs at this time. Sooner
or later her mother will settle
into a more independent
space.
Does your friend have family in the area? Maybe you
could encourage her to make
plans for her mom to visit extended family for the weekend, alone. Maybe she can
spend time with a sister,
cousin or childhood friend in
a neighboring city. It sounds
like her mom was used to
having someone around,
probably her deceased husband, and now she needs her
daughter to fill that void. Your
friend, obviously operating to
be the best daughter she can,
is ready, willing and able to do
what’s necessary to make her
mother happy. There’s nothing wrong with that. I can say
for sure, your friend will
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Hair braiders fight for
‘economic liberty’
African Americans and the
threat skin cancer presents
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Avelar said, adding a “financial incentive”
to the enforcement of these laws.
Uqdah called licensing an infringement
on the “economic liberty” of braiders,
many of whom are black or African-born
female immigrants whose opportunities
for gainful employment would be limited
but for braiding.
Avelar said there is a “consensus forming” among liberals, libertarians and con-
servatives that licensing requirements for
workers need to be “pared back.”
Gueye, who testified before the legislature on the exemption, never wanted to
speak for a cause.
She just wanted to disentangle braiders
from impediments to their work.
“We are free now,” she said. “That’s
what we wanted – to be free to just braid
hair and help our families.”
MAYA ANGELOU CENTER
FOR HEALTH EQUITY
According to the American
Cancer Society, more than 3.5
million people are diagnosed
with skin cancer in the United
States every year. Current estimates are that 1 in 5 persons
in the US will be diagnosed
with skin cancer in their lifetime.
Even more alarming, skin
cancer rates and deaths have
been increasing rapidly in the
last 30 years, particularly
among young adults. A new
study has revealed an alarming rise in skin cancer,
melanoma in particular,
among people aged 18 to 39:
over the past 20 years, rates
choose. When it comes to her mama, you’re of this potentially deadly skin
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sure to lose. It’s not your place to dismantle cancer grew by 800 percent
never regret it. Any time we take or committhis threesome, pull up a chair and rest in it. among young women and
ments we make, devoted to our parents at
I’m sure your friend has enough room in her 400 percent among young
any age, is priceless.
heart and space on her plate for the both of men.
You miss your BFF, Sweet Pea, and I totally
Many African Americans,
you.
understand. But she’s the one experiencing
and
members of other
Email
questions
to:
this life change, you should cut her a break.
alwaysaskalma@gmail.com. Follow her on racial/ethnic groups who
Try to understand how her life has been reFacebook at “Ask Alma” and Twitter @al- have a majority of darker skin
arranged. As much at this irritates you right
tones, often think they cannot
maaskalma.
now, the best part about it is it ain’t your
get skin cancer, but anyone
mama. Don’t make her pick, don’t make her
can develop skin cancer, regardless of their skin type.
African Americans may not
practice sun safety habits as
often as others, and as a result, are often diagnosed at an
advanced stage of skin cancer.
Understanding our skin
Our skin is the largest organ
in your body, and it does a
multitude of things to protect
us. Our skin 1) covers our organs to protect them from injury, 2) is a barrier to bacteria,
viruses and other germs, 3)
helps control body temperature, 4) protects our body
from ultraviolet (UV) rays, and
4) helps our body make Vitamin D. Our skin has three layers, epidermis (top layer),
dermis (middle layer) and the
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subcutis (deepest layer). Each
Potty training can go smoothly with a few simple tips.
layer has a unique job, and
they all work together to protect our body.
What are the types of skin
cancer?
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her top tips for keeping the to go.
Skin cancers (carcinomas)
• Bothered by poopy and/or are generally classified as
Your toddler sits in unusu- experience as simple and poswet diapers.
ally quiet concentration as itive as possible.
Tip 4: Start making connecTip 1: Promote potty "learnyou smile and give two
tions.
thumbs up, the universal sign ing."
You can do a lot to help
Learning how to use the
of encouragement between
parent and child. After what potty takes plenty of time and your child prepare for using
seems like an eternity, when patience. It's more than just the potty long before your
you're about to give up hope, training; it is a learning oppor- toddler actually begins. Makyou suddenly hear the long- tunity for toddlers and par- ing up a fun song or reading
awaited sound of victory - ents alike that should be engaging children's books
that little tinkle that signifies enjoyable. After all, mastering about potty training, such as
this concept of "potty learn- "You and Me Against the Pee!,"
potty training success!
Before having kids, most ing" with your little one is a can help make the idea of
parents would never imagine big accomplishment and potty learning fun. Additionally, you can help make the
they'd be so excited for an- milestone.
potty routine familiar by letTip 2: Be prepared.
other person to go to the bathStock up on practical sup- ting your toddler accompany
room. While potty training is
an eagerly anticipated mile- plies that foster your child's you in to the bathroom when
stone for toddlers and par- interest and independence - you need to go.
Tip 5: Proudly promote
ents alike, it is important to from a potty seat or toilet ring
note there will be victories and step stool to training team spirit.
It is important to keep in
and setbacks along the way. pants that all help potty-trainThis is why both parents and ing toddlers proudly set aside mind that "teamwork makes
toddlers need to stay encour- their diapers and make the di- the dream work," especially in
aged throughout the journey. aper-to-underwear transition. the case of potty training. You
Dr. Laura Jana - pediatric, The fact that Pampers Easy get to be your child's biggest
parenting and early childhood Ups offer an toddlers an un- fan, teammate, and potty
expert - encourages parents to derwear-like look and feel training coach. In all these
always keep in mind that while containing accidental roles, remember to stay calm
potty training is a learning ex- leaks and messes at home, in the face of potty accidents
perience unique to each child. on-the-go or overnight, makes and encourage your little one
Even when things don't go as them an effective option for to rise above and try again.
Tip 6: Celebrate every win.
planned, you can be your facilitating the potty training
As with any experience,
process. Learn more at
child's best coach.
young children can learn a lot
"Parents want potty training www.pampers.com.
Tip 3: Watch for signs of from both their potty sucto be a positive experience for
cesses and setbacks. While
their toddlers, but leaks, acci- readiness.
Keep an eye out for subtle potty accidents are an indents and less-than-successful attempts to switch from (and some not-so-subtle) evitable aspect of potty learntraining pants to diapers can signs that children are ready ing, they shouldn't dominate
your day-to-day discussions.
often feel like setbacks," says for potty training such as:
• Verbal expressions about Instead, simply help your
Jana. "By shifting our thinking
and focusing efforts on help- having to go or a desire to use child learn to cope with and
clean up any messes, and
ing them overcome these the "big potty."
• Able to toddle to the bath- focus your attention on celecommon obstacles, we can
best help our little ones ulti- room and pull down their brating your child's efforts
and successes with plenty of
mately achieve and celebrate own pants independently.
• Awareness of the sensa- hugs and words of encouragepotty training success."
As many parents begin the tion of peeing or pooping, ment.
No one said potty training
potty training journey in an- characteristically noticeable
ticipation of summer fun and when young children sud- would be easy, but it can be
the start of preschool in the denly stop what they're doing fun. Every day is a step tonext school year, Jana shares as they feel themselves start ward victory.
Girls’ night isn’t the same
when her mom tags along
Simple potty training tips
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By Ashley Mahoney
ashley.mahoney@thecharlottepost.com
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Life after high school or college will be busy.
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When you’re done writing down everything
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party” and without a doubt “the bee’s knees.”
Thursday, June 9, 2016
basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or
melanoma. Basal and squamous cell skin cancers are the
most common skin cancers.
These lesions occur in areas
that are exposed to the sun,
such as the face, ears, neck,
lips, and back of the hands.
Basal and squamous cell cancers can be either fast- or
slow-growing, but they rarely
spread to other parts of the
body. If detected and treated
early, these types of cancer
have a 90 percent cure rate.
Melanoma, on the other
hand, although it accounts for
a small percentage of skin
cancer, it is far more lethal
than basal and squamous cell
cancers. In fact, melanoma accounts for more than 75% of
all skin cancer deaths and can
spread to other organs, such
as your liver and lungs. The
AAD states that on average,
one person in the US dies
from Melanoma every hour.
What are the risk factors?
Risk factors for skin cancer
include:
• Unprotected or excessive
exposure to ultraviolet (UV)
radiation or sunlight – including indoor tanning (beds, sun
lamps) which can increase
your risk by up to 75%
• Having a fair complexion
• Work-related exposure to
coal, tar, creosote, arsenic
compounds or radium
• Having a family history of
skin cancer (can increase your
risk by up to 10 times)
• Having multiple or atypical moles
• Experiencing severe sunburns as a child
Are there ways to reduce the
risk?
The best way to reduce the
chance of developing skin
cancer is to avoid intense sunlight exposure and to practice
sun safety. Several guidelines
for protection from the sun
include:
• Avoiding the sun between
10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• Wearing protective clothing when out in the sun
• Using sunscreen with a
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• You should remember to
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swimming, towel drying, or
perspiring
• The use of sunglasses
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optimal protection for the
eyes and surrounding skin
• It is important to follow
these practices even on
cloudy or overcast days, as
UV rays travel through the
clouds.
• Avoid indoor tanning. No
tanning facility should advertise with wording like “safe”,
“no harmful rays” or similar
wording, because that is not
true.
• Practice monthly self skin
exams to monitor moles/dark
pigmented areas and watch
for changes as well new
growths.
What are the signs of skin
cancer?
Understanding the signs
and symptoms of skin cancer
frequently leads to earlier detection and subsequently a
better clinical outcome. You
should check your skin regularly. Common signs of skin
cancer include any change in
the size or color of a mole or
darkly-pigmented growth.
New oozing, bleeding, irritation or change in the appearance of a bump or skin nodule
should also prompt concern.
Most skin cancers have very
high cure rates when they are
caught early, so check with
your doctor immediately if
you have any of these symptoms. Many primary care
providers will refer you to a
dermatologist, a doctor who
specializes in skin-related
health issues, for further diagnosis and treatment.
According to the AAD, you
should see a dermatologist if
you have anything on your
skin that lasts for two weeks
and is:
• Growing
• Changing shape
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Find the right house of worship
for your faith-based journey
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
BAPTIST
CHURCH NOTES
STAFF REPORTS
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church will host Vacation Bible
School June 13- 17. The theme for this year is “Submerged.” There will be classes for all ages and for everyone who may need assistance.
A light supper will be served from 5:45-6:45 p.m. with
classes beginning at 7 p.m. nightly and ending at 9 p.m.
The church is located at 517 Baldwin Ave., where the
Rev. J.A. Cuthberson is pastor. For further information,
call the church at (704) 376-1201.
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The Prophet’s Column
6183 NC Highway 109 South, Wadesboro, NC 28170
The Nominal Christian vs. The Possessing Christian (Part 3)
By Ashley Mahoney
ashley.mahoney@thecharlottepost.com
Spring thunderstorms signal a need for comfort food.
What could be more comforting than a creamy pasta
dish? Curl up with a good book and listen to the sound
of the sound of the rain falling outside. Summer is almost here, and there won’t be any time left to hibernate when it arrives. So get in one last lovely lazy
evening.
Bon appétit!
Serves 4
Ingredients:
1/2 cup onion
1 teaspoon garlic
1/4 cup butter
1.3 pounds ground turkey
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 12 ounce box tri-color bowties
Dash salt
Dash pepper
4 ounces sour cream
Preparation:
Preheat large pan on low heat
Add butter, onion, garlic and meat
Brown meat and gradually stir in cream of mushroom
In a large pot, bring water to a boil (add a dash of salt)
Add the entire box of pasta and cook for 12-14 minutes
Drain water and combine pasta and meat
Add sour cream and serve
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Coffee bean gelato at Va da vie Gelato.
By Ashley Mahoney
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Why you’ll love Va da Vie Gelato, 4203 Park Road:
1) Gelato
One word. It’s like ice cream, but better. Enough said.
2) Changing flavors
While we’re partial to that time they had a coffee bean
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not that we don’t love chocolate as much as the next
person. But seriously, mix it up once in a while.
3) The shop itself
It’s adorable—quaint, but you’re getting gelato, not a
five-course meal. How much space do you need?
4) Local
There’s some sort of saying about how when you purchase from a family-owned operation, you’re helping a
little girl get ballet lessons or a family pay their mortgage, etc. Family-owned places make you feel like a
part of the family rather than another forgettable face.
5) Name
“Va da Vie” means road to life. There are countless
clichés about being alive but not really living. It’s a
small thing, but enjoy what you eat.
My Jobetta Experience
Authored By Evangelist LaDonna Mayhew
(Part 2)
While in the coma, a doctor told my mother I was either going to die
or be brain dead. He offered her no hope. The primary
nurses would later tell me “they had very little hope as
they waited my transition into the afterlife. “ The reason
we should never give up on Miracles and hope is because
EXACTLY THREE DAYS after this bad report, numerous prayers, someone keeping the prayer light on, a family that refused to doubt and a love for Christ……. I
ROSE. There was one saved doctor who took me as the
lead patient on that floor. My mom said she recalled him
saying “We will now just watch and pray “.
Mayhew
My pastor Bishop Sanders states that he came to see
me and told the nurses he wanted to speak with me. There had been numerous people who came, prayed, stayed, petitioned God and refused to
give up Hope. On that day, still in an induced coma he spoke to me. I
was told he ask me to raise my hand if I could hear him. I rose my hand.
The medical staff doubted both him and I. He said it again, I responded
again by lifting my hand. Many days would follow with the staff in disbelief, some afraid, some confused and some blown away by what the
Lord was doing.
I was taken off the respirator and even moved to a different floor. I
eventually had the trachea removed and was not hooked up to any life
lines or tubes. God said to me one day on the 5th floor, “It is time to
walk”. I requested to walk and the reply was “you can’t “. I knew what
God had said to me and that he would not and had not ever left me. The
next morning I aggressively told a nurse “I want to walk “. Within 6
days after that request, they came to me with the report of “we see no
need to keep you here, you have done beyond great, a miracle; Are you
ready to go home?’ (to be continued)
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There are three chains which bind every sinner in the clutches of Satan.
Do you know what those three chains are? Walk into the average church
and ask the members, including the pastor; “did you ever know that
every sinner is bound by Satan with three chains?” He'll not have the
slightest idea what you are talking about. Let's read the three chains that
Satan uses to bind every nominal Christian; “For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not
of the Father, but is of the world.” (I Jn. 2:16) Those are the three chains
Satan uses to bind every sinner out of Christ! We have never seen the lust
of the flesh like we are seeing it today! Pick up your daily paper or
monthly magazine; they are filled with page after page of near-completely naked women. The Hollywood stars love to appear with little
clothing on. And all those pictures in the magazines and papers of
women with near-completely naked bodies are used to entice lusting
after the flesh. Let me pause here in this study to say that one of the
leading sins that led up to the destruction of the earth by the Flood was
the prominence of the female gender. Let's look briefly at the scene
Moses laid out in Genesis 6 to understand worldwide conditions in
Noah's Day. “AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,” (Vs 1) In Noah's
Day there was a population explosion. That is what the word “multiply”
means. Now, look carefully, Ella, at the next Words; “...and daughters
were born unto them,” (Vs 1) Moses particularly calls our attention to
the multitude of daughters born during that time. As my old late pastor,
L.R. Shelton, Sr. used to say; “hold your seats now; we are going to
jump a creek down here and if you don't hold on you may drown.” My
cousin Ella and I live here in Deep Creek. We were born in Deep Creek
community and we have been out there on and in the creeks of late. Hold
and get this truth if you can; “That the sons of God saw the daughters of
men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they
chose.” (Gen. 6:2) The first question that comes is; “who were the sons
of God?” This is the first time we find this expression in God's Word. A
man here in North Carolina and my late preacher friend from Virginia,
Hubert Davis, (an a-millennialist) were greatly baffled by this truth as to
whom the Sons of God were. The greatest commentary on the Word of
God is the Word of God itself. We find the same phrase elsewhere in the
Word; “Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.” (Job
1:6) Preacher Davis and others believed that the sons of God were sons
of Seth. When the Book of Job was written, the sons of Seth had long
departed this earth. Also note that Moses said; “...and Satan came also
among them.” There we see an agreement between Satan and the sons
of God. We find also in Job 2:1 “AGAIN there was a day when the sons
of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came
also among them to present himself before the LORD.” Twice we see the
sons of God coming before the LORD and each time Satan came also
among them. Satan and these sons of God were working together. Satan
was their leader! Where in the Word do we find the sons of God again
in the Old Testament? “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of
the earth?...” “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of
God shouted for joy?” (Job 38:4,7) If you'd just let the Word speak to
your heart you could see that the 'sons of God” were present when God
laid the foundations of the earth. So then, who were the sons of God?
They could not be sons of Seth as preacher Davis taught because man
had not been created at this time. The sons of God were angels. In Genesis 6 Moses said; “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that
they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.” The
word “fair” means beautiful, women of dazzling beauty. That is one of
the reasons why the sons of God took wives of these very beautiful
women. But there was a more subtle reason why Satan introduced these
fallen angels into the human race. “What was the reason?” you ask. The
deep purpose of the introduction of fallen angels into the human race by
Satan was to corrupt the blood line! If Satan could corrupt the blood
line, the promise of the Seed of the woman in Genesis 3:15 could not
take place. The Seed of the woman is the Messiah, Christ. Do you see
that Satan was present and was trying to thwart God's plan to redeem a
people for Himself from among Adam's fallen race?
Editor’s Note: I would like to hear from those of you who read our
weekly Column. Feel free to write to me at the address listed at the top
of this Newsletter or via email (jimlittleenterprises@gmail.com). Please
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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 2016 PAGE 5B
By Herbert L. White
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Juneteenth season is here.
Belmont hosts its celebration June 18
from 2-9 p.m. at Stowe Park, 24 South
Main St. The 19th annual Juneteenth
Festival of the Carolinas is June 17-18
at House of Africa, 1215 Thomas Ave.
at 6 p.m. Both are free.
Juneteenth commemorates the end
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The Belmont celebration annually
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Summer reading essentials include
“Sex and the City” by Candace Bushnell.
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If you’re heading outdoors, or communing in a quiet place, here’s a suggested summer reading list Part II:
1) “Amy Snow” by Tracy Rees
It’s the time machine you always
wanted! Somewhere between Charles
Dickens and Jane Austen is a contemporary commentary on issues that remain just as relevant in 2016 as they
did in the mid 19th Life, love, friendship, the choices made throughout the
course of one’s existence—whether
you’re waiting to get on a plane or
lounging by the lake, this is a perfect
companion…just don’t try to read it in
one sitting unless you’re planning on
spending all day traveling from New
York to Tokyo.
2) “The After Party” by Anton Disclafani
Maybe this one won’t take you to England in the 1800s, but it might take you
to Texas in the 1950s. Surprisingly,
these two novels compliment each
other nicely—except this one has a better pool vibe than the beach…don’t
question the vibe, just go with it. This
novel shines a bright light on everything wrong with humanity—even the
aspects of life that are supposed to be
true and unblemished…like love…or
obsession…the jury is still out on the
definition of that emotion.
3) “Sex and the City” by Candace
Bushnell
Classic. Perfection—great for wherever the summer takes you. The ultimate social commentary on human
existence in the last 30 years…which is
vaguely disturbing, because the ultimate point of this combination of
columns is that humanity is a horrible
waste of space, but the last line makes
the entire sordid trip worth it—“Carrie
is happily single.” Need I go on?
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Broadway more diverse,
but has it really changed?
Tony Award nominee “Hamilton” leads the pack in Broadway’s diversity in casting roles.
JOAN MARCUS
African Americans have prominent roles, but is timing or philosophy?
By Mark Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – This season, the theater
community is celebrating how Broadway
has finally become the Great un-White
Way.
Black actors have taken center stage in
"The Color Purple," ''The Gin Game," ''Eclipsed" and "Shuffle Along." A Latin cast
shines in "On Your Feet!" and Asian-Americans told a bitter story from America's
past in "Allegiance." The season's megahit
"Hamilton," of course, has multi-racial
leads in its DNA.
At Sunday's Tony Awards, 14 of the 40
nominees for acting in plays and musicals
- 35 percent - are actors of color. And
more non-whites are nominated on the
other side of the stage, including choreographer Savion Glover, director George
C. Wolfe and playwright Danai Gurira.
But this season's diversity may be more
a coincidence of timing than Broadway
stages consistently providing an accurate
reflection of America's melting pot.
"The aligning of the stars has occurred
this year where a lot of really spectacular
work featuring multi-racial casts and a
true photograph of what the world and
America really looks like is performing on
Broadway night after night after night,"
said "The Color Purple" producer Scott
Sanders. "Will we see this being the norm
moving forward? I'm not so sure."
Neither is Pun Bandhu, an Asian-American actor and a member of The Asian
American Performers Action Coalition's
steering committee. The group is the only
one that collects data on Broadway's diversity – it started collecting it nine years
ago – and it offers a sober outlook.
According to its latest report, non-white
actors haven't ever in the past nine years
represented more than 26 percent of all
Broadway roles. Though numbers for the
current season aren't ready yet, the numbers for minority roles last season actually dipped to 22 percent, down from the
previous season's 25 percent.
"What last year's numbers prove is that
while we may be having an extra diverse
year this year ... that's not usually the
case," said Bandhu. "It hasn't changed that
much actually on Broadway."
The numbers suggest improvements
one year, then a drop off the next. The
2013-14 season was rich with roles for
African-Americans, including "A Raisin in
the Sun" starring Denzel Washington,
Audra McDonald channeling Billie Holiday
in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" and
the dance show "After Midnight."
There were also African-Americans in
nontraditional roles, like James Monroe
Iglehart as the Genie in "Aladdin," Nikki M.
James and Kyle Scatliffe in "Les Miserables," and Norm Lewis becoming the first
black Phantom on Broadway in "The Phantom of the Opera."
That season, black actors represented
21 percent of all roles. But the next season, the number fell to 9 percent.
This ebb and flow is nothing new to
Stephen C. Byrd, a veteran Broadway producer behind his season's "Eclipsed." He
recalls a diverse Broadway when he produced an all-black revival of "Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof" in 2008.
Back then, Morgan Freeman was starring
in "The Country Girl," Laurence Fishburne
was in "Thurgood" and such shows as
"Passing Strange," ''In the Heights" and the
original "The Color Purple" were playing.
"That was a time of great diversity on
Broadway," said Byrd, who produces minority-driven works with Alia Jones-Harvey. "We've been at this for 10 years and
it's taken from that time to come to where
we are today to see that same diversity on
Broadway."
This season, Byrd is watching as Broadway is cheered for its inclusiveness at a
time when the film industry has come
under heavy criticism for a lack of diversity in the Academy Awards. There's even
been the bragging #BroadwaySoDiverse
to rival #OscarsSoWhite.
But next season isn't shaping up to be
as diverse as this one.
While black actresses will lead "Cats "
and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet
of 1812 " and African-American actors will
be represented in "Motown" and August
Wilson's "Jitney," the lead actors are so far
all white for the upcoming "The Cherry
Orchard," ''Heisenberg," ''The Glass
Menagerie," ''The Master Builder," ''The
Present," ''The Bandstand," ''Hello, Dolly!"
''Les Liaisons Dangereuses" and "Falsettos."
Of the six leading parts in "Holiday Inn,"
only one will be played by an actor of
color. All six leading roles in a revival of
"The Front Page" will be played by white
actors.
"As a producer, you have to be aware
that audiences are demanding diversity.
They want to see themselves reflected on
the stage," said Bandhu. "I think it has
been proven that diversity is good for
Broadway."
Box office data shows that overall Broadway grosses are flat, meaning producers
will have to attract nontraditional theatergoers if they want to see profits go back
up.
“
Sheila E., D’Angelo and
One such person used to be Daveed
Diggs , an actor and rapper who earned a
Tony nomination in his Broadway debut
in "Hamilton." Raised in the Bay Area,
Diggs said he never went to Broadway
when he visited New York.
"As someone who was on the outside of
it, who's always been on the outside of it,
there is an elitism that you feel coming
from Broadway," he said. "I didn't care because it didn't seem like they cared about
me."
Liesl Tommy, the South African-born
and Tony-nominated director of
"Eclipsed," has made it her mission to
change that feeling, hiring people of color
for the creative team and onstage. "To
think that you are not part of the problem
is a grave mistake," she said.
Perhaps her most influential work is actually far from Broadway - the 2,000 seat
theater at Disneyland where she directed
a stage production of "Frozen" that will be
seen by up to 10,000 people a day.
"One of the things I had to advocate for
was diversity in casting," said Tommy,
who has watched people - black and white
- in tears as a young black actress belts
out Elsa's anthem "Let It Go."
On Broadway, no show has more captured the cultural mood like "Hamilton" connecting musical theater to hip-hop
and celebrating minority actors. Other important firsts were made in non-traditional casting, including Sophie Okonedo
in "The Crucible" and Forest Whitaker in
"Hughie."
But even in this diverse season, there
were some sour notes, as when "Dames at
Sea" included grotesque racial stereotypes
and a revival of "Noises Off" – a farce
about the making of a stage show - had
no minorities among its nine-member
cast.
"The message that that sends is that,
'Theater is for white people.' For a show
that is supposed to celebrates the industry as a whole, it really is glaring that people of color were completely omitted from
that," Bandhu said.
He urges producers to push for non-traditional casting - he congratulates "Waitress" for hiring non-whites for two-thirds
of the lead actresses - and putting minority actors in lead roles.
"Hopefully things like 'Hamilton' start to
change the curve a little bit. The penny
starts to drop. When you start seeing
more visible talent from actors of color
and you start seeing them being populate
on stages, then their absence becomes
even more stark."
I think it has been proven that diversity is good for Broadway
ASIAN-AMERICAN ACTOR PUN BANDHU
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Sheila E., D'Angelo, The Roots
and Janelle Monae will pay tribute to Prince
at this month's BET Awards.
The performers will honor The Purple One
on June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los
Angeles, the network announced Tuesday.
After Madonna – with the help of Stevie
Wonder – paid tribute to Prince at last
month's Billboard Music Awards, BET
tweeted: "Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We
Got You."
Sheila E. was once engaged to Prince.
Monae was mentored by Prince and they collaborated on her 2013 album.
Prince died April 21 of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid painkiller.
Drake is the top nominee at the BET Awards
with nine nominations; Beyonce and Rihanna
have five nominations each.
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Brown: Friend to blame for Out & About
Whitney, daughter’s death
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THE ASSOCATED PRESS
NEW YORK – Bobby Brown is
suggesting family friend Nick
Gordon is to blame for the
deaths of his ex-wife Whitney
Houston and the couple's
daughter, Bobbi Kristina
Brown.
Houston was pronounced
dead in February 2012 after
being found submerged in a
bathtub. Her death was ruled
an accidental drowning.
Brown was found unresponsive in a bathtub in January
2015. She went into a coma
and died six months later. An
autopsy couldn't determine if
her death was intentional or
accidental. Both women had
drugs in their systems.
Brown has joined a wrongful death suit against Gordon
in his daughter's death. He
tells ABC News that "the same
thing that happened to my
daughter is what happened to
Whitney." He says "there's
only one person that was
around both occasions," but
refuses to speak Gordon's
name.
Gordon denies having anything to do with Brown's
death.
know they've seen some darkness, too, but then Ed grabs a
guitar and starts crooning
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
and you forget all about the
demon spirit lurking in the
tattered leather armchair in
the corner of the living room.
Heck, the cranky dead man
in the corner terrorizing a
working-class family outside
of London probably even enjoyed Ed's Elvis impersonation, too.
Oh, right, there's a cranky
dead man in the corner because this is a horror movie
and not just a quirky romance
about the Warrens.
The story deals with the Enfield Poltergeist - a highly documented 1977 case about a
single mother, Peggy Hodgson (played here by Frances
O'Connor); her four children;
and the strange and terrifying
happenings in their small
home. As with most stories
about haunted houses, it
starts small - bumps and
voices and knocks, mysterious bites and sheets that fly
off of children in the middle
of the night - and escalates
quickly to demonic possession of an 11-year-old girl,
Janet (Madison Wolfe), by a
72-year-old Bill Wilkins (Bob
Adrian).
This time, though, the Warrens have their own issues. In
a prologue about the Amityville murders, Lorraine sees
something that scares her so
deeply, she has no choice but
to put her foot down and demand that she and Ed stop
this business of paranormal
investigation. They can do the
lecture and the press circuit,
sure, but no more of this getting inside heads.
Meanwhile, the whole industry of paranormal investigation is being picked apart
by naysayers in the press, so
when the Enfield situation
springs up, the Catholic
Church basically asks the
Warrens to go ahead and try
to get proof first to save the
church from another embarrassing hoax situation. While
interesting, the constant skepticism and wavering trust also
work to dull the fun of the
scares. Is the audience supposed to doubt little Janet,
too? It's never really clear.
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The film is also way too long
and the tricks end up feeling a David Cropps, interior mechanic for Richard Petty Motorsports, steers Aric Almirola’s Ford Fulittle repetitive and obvious, sion racer at Charlotte Motor Speedway before the All-Star race. although there's a really great
sequence in the Warrens'
home with a creepy picture
that Ed painted.
The horror sequel is a tough
thing to pull off in general,
and "The Conjuring 2" is most
certainly one of the better efforts. The case files of the
Warrens should provide some
wickedly fun material for
many sequels to come. But,
for better or worse, the first
movie was just too good and
"The Conjuring 2" can't hold a
candle to its predecessor.
"The Conjuring 2" is rated R.
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Running time: 133 minutes.
‘The Conjuring 2’ scares, but
not as well as the original
MOVIE REVIEW
By Lindsey Bahr
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
If "The Conjuring" was a
chilling whisper, the sequel is
a deafening shriek.
That might not be a bad
thing for some, but the shock
jumps and cheesy-looking
demons in "The Conjuring 2 "
were a definite departure
from the first, and not necessarily for the better. The brilliance of director James Wan's
elegant original film was how
it used our own horror savvy
against us. He'd allow for a
long take of a terrified girl
peering under her bed and let
it stay there long enough to
the point where your muscles
start to tense. You instinctively brace for the shock that
you know is coming ... and
then ... nothing.
At that point a creepy face
or a loud knock on the door
wasn't actually needed. The
suspense was more than sufficient. The audience was already petrified.
"The Conjuring 2," however,
goes all out. It's even louder,
somehow. And there are more
demons, more jump scares,
more creepy antique toys
and, thankfully, more Ed and
Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), the
most delightfully campy couple of supernaturally sensitive
marrieds ever to grace the
screen. They're like everyone's favorite Sunday School
teachers - she's the earthy
one, he's the groovy one. You
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