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NEW CONTROVERSIAL SONG “SOMETIMES I WISH I WAS WHITE” STIMULATES DISCUSSION ABOUT BLACKS FRUSTRATED WITH INJUSTICE

Lyrics: “Sometimes I feel, I wish I was white, so I could feel, just how it feels to be treated right. I’m not ashamed of me. Just one time, I want to see, how it feels to be treated equally.”

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) - Independent singer Allen Watty has just taken controversy to another level. Watty is best known as the singer of the “Hurricane Song” (www.HurricaneSong.com) which won rave national reviews from ABC News, MSNBC.com, and CNN.

Now, he’s back with another tune called “Sometimes I Wish I Was White”. In the song, Watty reveals that he’s not at all ashamed of being Black - but that he has learned that you have to be white to be treated 100% equally.

Producer and songwriter Irvin Lee, comments, “First off, we have no self-hatred issues. The purpose of this song is not to say that Blacks should want to be white. Rather, the intent is to make people think and converse about the continuous mistreatment of Blacks in this country.”

He continues, “The song portrays the common frustration that many African Americans have when it comes to injustice. As mind-blowing and as absurd as it sounds, in the world that we live in, you have to entertain the concept of being white in order to experience true equality. So, our song is not controversial; the concept of a person having to be white to be treated right is controversial. When we wrote this song, we knew the phrase ‘I Wish I Was White’ would stir up emotions, and this was intentional to get people to open some new doors of communication.”

After hearing the song, many will indeed conclude that the lyrics in the song suggests that Watty has self-hatred issues. For others, he will seem hopeless and desperate; and for still others he will seem like a man who cannot see that the problem is not his blackness, but his oppressors.

Whatever direction the discussion goes, it will all boil back to one thing; Who are we? And how have we come to this place in time and space? Why are we still being forced to have these discussions surrounding race? Ultimately, what will the outcome be and how will it all be resolved, if at all?

Singer Allen Watty and producer Irvin Lee are doing what they do best - pricking the sensibilities of the American people. And with this tune, they are certain to prick the sensibilities of the Black community especially.

Other songs by Watty include the N-Word song, and Run Joe Run (The Racial Profiling Song).

To hear and/or download the songs for free, visit:
www.AllenWatty.com

MEDIA INTERVIEWS: To schedule an interview with singer Allen Watty and producer Irvin Lee, contact Dante Lee at dante@diversitycity.com or (614) 595-6063.

Courtesy BlackNews.com

Diversity is all around us. Take a look at any major city. Where I live in Montgomery County, Maryland, there are 37 different languages spoken.

The benefits of diversity are touted by up and coming organizations. Different backgrounds give different and helpful new perspectives on old problems. Yet with all the talk, there are still a ton of problems.

This past week I spoke on a panel at the MBA Leadership Summit hosted by Pitney-Bowes in Stamford, Connecticut. The event, sponsored by the National Society of Hispanic MBAs and the National Black MBA Association addressed the generational and cultural evolution and how diversity played a part in it. I had the privilege to work the panel with Ken Roldan, author of Minority Rules and Jim Huerta, intellectual property expert from ResearchPAYS! Our audience had great questions regarding the role of leaders in bridging the gap both generational and culture differences. My overall reaction is that while progress is made, much work is left to be done.

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bismillah
asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Allah ta’ala says in Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 155-156:
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ الأَمْوَالِ وَالأنفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُواْ إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

Interpretation of meaning: And we shall surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient, Who, when disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return”

These ayaat are very beautiful and we learn that we will all be tested in this life, each person in their own individual way; one person’s test could be different that anothers.

Let’s look specifically at the word “museebah” the root word is from the letters, saad wow ba, or saub…and you won’t believe what it means subhanAllah…the arabs used the word “saub” to refer to when the arrow hits its target. ie, it was intentional, deliberate and not by chance. What does this have to do with a disaster striking us? SubhanAllah, a museebah will reach its target; when what was written for us will come to us, it was meant to happen. Allah’s Decree WILL come to pass. So instead of compailing and sulking, “WHY ME?!”, remember this ayah next time a test comes your way…the arrow is merely hitting its target.
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By Sumayyah Meehan, MMNS

And (remember) Loot (Lot), when he said to his people: ‘Do you commit the worst sin such as none preceding you has committed in the ‘Aalameen (mankind and jinn)?

Al-A’raf:80

The last place one would expect to find homosexuals is in the Middle East. The majority of the countries in this region are Islamic States and, irrespective of whether they are Sunni or Shiite nations, homosexuality is universally condemned as being contrary to the Creation of Allah. The punishment for the offense of homosexuality in many nations in the Middle East, regardless of whether the Sharia Law is implemented in the country or not, is often the death penalty.

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Rescuing The Rescuer

Some people seem called to help others, often from very early on in their childhoods, responding to the needs of family members, strangers, or animals with a selflessness that is impressive. Often, these people appear to have very few needs of their own, and the focus of their lives is on rescuing, helping, and healing others. While there are a few people who are truly able to sustain this completely giving lifestyle, the vast majority has needs that lie beneath the surface, unmet and often unseen. In these cases, their motivation to help others may be an extension of a deep desire to heal a wounded part of themselves that is starving for the kind of love and attention they dole out to those around them on a daily basis. For any number of reasons, they are unable to give themselves the love they need and so they give it to others. This does not mean that they are not meant to be helping others, but it does mean that they would do well to turn some of that helping energy with! in.

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