'Awkward' is the uLtimate catalyst...

A lot of people dislike confrontation.
The Peppermint advocates it. It is in those awkward moments that someone feels...someone decides to alter their reality...or maybe they turn to introspection.

Real art makes you feel. It makes you want to do something-as this installation should.


-Johnston Michaels

PUBLIC nigga MOMENT

I contemplated for a few moments about whether or not I really wanted to post this.
I dont really like exploiting our people, or making a mockery of them...I feel that is done enough.
However, I feel this is legitimate.
I dont believe in using one person as a representative for an entire demographic.
But this shows how much things have changed...YEA, I used the word-CHANGE[d].

Disrespect for our elders has risen. While respect of self has declined.

Huey {The Boondocks} made a prolific statement one day...'A private nigga moment shames just that person. A public nigga moment shames the entire race.'
---So true Huey;Thank you for that.

My God...this clip is disgusting!!!
Family,please watch how you speak to those who've experienced this earth a little longer than you.

Shalom-mubaraak*

You're delivery man,
Johnston Michaels

Why my bread & Milk cost so much...OR WHATEVA?

MORE COVERAGE ON THE INFLATION & INEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH CRISIS...AKA, THE RECESSION!!!

There should be no surprise we find ourselves in this economic
meltdown a year or two after a few select CEOs make record
amounts of money. Corporations have afforded themselves the
luxury of not having to be a benefit to their consumers and
definitely not their employees. When the top 10% of the world
holds 90% of the wealth, there should be no surprise that the
top becomes too heavy to be supported by the suffering body.
As a result they are falling and they want to fall on us. CEO
salaries should be reduced, stocks should be sold, advertising
lowered before thousands of jobs go.

In Philadelphia,libraries and other community and educational centers were the
first to be shut down. When someone can create and sell a
$1,000,000 phone. When Victoria Secret can make and sell a
$15,000,000 bra. We are not in a recession. There's just a
poor distribution of wealth. Someone is taking too much and
giving too little.

One thing we have to do before we get angry is realize we're
apart of this puzzle as well. We allowed this to happen in
hopes we'd become that top 10%. We played into this system
even though its caused us much harm. We said no to universal
health care but when we see AIG filing for bankruptcy, we
begin to think twice. We gave up our SUVs for smaller cars,
and smaller cars for bikes when gas prices were rising. When
houses began to foreclose, banks started listening and now
they're making lame attempts to meet our needs. What were we
doing when things were going well? What were we doing when we
created the problem? Bottom line is we don't need them. We
need to become more self sufficient. We need to grow our own,
make our own, sell amongst each other. Support your local
business and street hustler before you support these
corporations. Make sure your neighbor still has somewhere to
live and food to eat. don't be afraid of their crumbling
system... create your own.


Miafere Olivia***

Nationalism > Patriosm?

A black woman was asked to perform The Star Spangled Banner, but opted to sing the lyrics to Lift Every Voice and Sing to the tune of The Star Spangled Banner.

She responds to the complaints of many White people stating that artists tend to be opportunists.
Please watch both of these clips.

Extreme Makeover: White House Edition

SO often The Peppermint exclaims about widespread apathy amongst our people.
My my, how people have been engaged these past weeks!!!

This election is/was sooo important to many of us,and we showed it in the poll booths,on our sweaters (adorned with Obama-Biden pins),in our blogs, facebook statuses, and anywhere else we could show our pride.

It still has not sunk in...ya know? The magnitude of this thing. Scratch that. Rephrase. It is the magnitude of this victory that keeps me from truly believing that my president has skin like mine.
This man...this man of rhetoric...with more charisma than Michael Jordan-has a VISION...a VISION that I can finally agree on. Barack Hussein Obama is a leader that sees in color, and I can follow that.

If any of you are still hungry to learn more about his agenda, please go to www.change.gov.


-Brother Johnston Michaels


I have one more thing to say. The name 'WHITE HOUSE' has definitely got to change now!

Don't take my word for it.

With all the excitement-keep in mind that LITERACY IS REAL.

THE more YOU Read, the better off we'll all be.

Don't take my word for it.
Go to your local library.

I'm telling you-if you get excited from the latest Kanye single....
OOOH OOOOH,
or some hot new business on one of the social scene blogs,

Imagine how excited your mind will be when it eats all that skull candy...that can only be found in a book.
yup.

The PepperMint advocates reading.
That's our piece peace piece for the day.


-Brother Johnston M.