Comments on: Enemies of the Great- Jimi Izreal and “The Denzel Principle” http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html Me, Myself An Eye | Culture. Love. War. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Get With This: B*tch Is The New Black | The Beautiful Struggler http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-9101 Get With This: B*tch Is The New Black | The Beautiful Struggler Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:04:41 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-9101 [...] old hypocrite, I did the same thing shortly afterwards about Jimi Izreal’s book (which I then read and hated, so I get my points back because I was right, [...] [...] old hypocrite, I did the same thing shortly afterwards about Jimi Izreal’s book (which I then read and hated, so I get my points back because I was right, [...]

]]> By: Simon Templar http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-8782 Simon Templar Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:36:58 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-8782 Jimi Izreal is misognyist idiot. I thought standards were rquired for a book on daing advice-SMDH!! Izreal yearns for to be black patriarch with all the dressing of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. Sadly, there are Black men, that will take this shit seriously. Great job, Sister Toldya on pen slapping this clown. BTW, did anyone notice the spelling errors. Jimi Izreal is misognyist idiot. I thought standards were rquired for a book on daing advice-SMDH!! Izreal yearns for to be black patriarch with all the dressing of white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. Sadly, there are Black men, that will take this shit seriously. Great job, Sister Toldya on pen slapping this clown.

BTW, did anyone notice the spelling errors.

]]> By: Isis http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-7722 Isis Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:03:04 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-7722 Wow! Great blog and most of the comments are on point. Wow! Great blog and most of the comments are on point.

]]> By: Theresa http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-7359 Theresa Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:11:27 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-7359 Doesn't this Jimi Izrael go on the radio with Michele Martin? Why doesn't she kick his sorry a$$? Doesn’t this Jimi Izrael go on the radio with Michele Martin? Why doesn’t she kick his sorry a$$?

]]> By: Dating Game, Vol. 1: One False Move | The Beautiful Struggler http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-7267 Dating Game, Vol. 1: One False Move | The Beautiful Struggler Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:13:39 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-7267 [...] guys over the past few weeks years, I had some ideas brewing about what we might be doing wrong (no Jimi Izreal) when it comes to love. I don’t mean some heavy handed [...] [...] guys over the past few weeks years, I had some ideas brewing about what we might be doing wrong (no Jimi Izreal) when it comes to love. I don’t mean some heavy handed [...]

]]> By: pam http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-7170 pam Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:58:11 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-7170 after i read his article on Don Imus's "nappy headed hoes" scandal I knew he was offensive. He slammed Oprah and the entire team for what... i dont even know after i read his article on Don Imus’s “nappy headed hoes” scandal I knew he was offensive. He slammed Oprah and the entire team for what… i dont even know

]]> By: shannon http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-7164 shannon Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:41:52 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-7164 This is not just a rule for men, it's a rule for adults. If you've had a bad breakup, don't write a book dogging out your old partner. First, it's just not classy behavior. Second, who is going to date someone who acts like that? Unhealthy people. So it's a bad cycle. This is not just a rule for men, it’s a rule for adults. If you’ve had a bad breakup, don’t write a book dogging out your old partner. First, it’s just not classy behavior. Second, who is going to date someone who acts like that? Unhealthy people. So it’s a bad cycle.

]]> By: Nia http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-6870 Nia Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:27:34 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-6870 I would just ignore him. As another commenter mentioned earlier, he seems to just LOVE the negative, angry attention; he probably welcomes it because he thinks it will bring him publicity and help him sell more books. I have read a few black women bloggers who have written about his foolish commentary on The Root and he always replies to them on their blogs with the same stock, disingenuous, pseudo-polite answer: "Hi, blogger name, thanks for reading my article, I'm a great fan." (mind you, he's probably never even read their blogs before.) Then he says something like: "Calling a man a misogynist is just a woman's way of blah, blah, blah." It's almost as though he just copies and pastes the same answer. I think he wants to rile black women up on purpose and I would just ignore him. I would just ignore him. As another commenter mentioned earlier, he seems to just LOVE the negative, angry attention; he probably welcomes it because he thinks it will bring him publicity and help him sell more books. I have read a few black women bloggers who have written about his foolish commentary on The Root and he always replies to them on their blogs with the same stock, disingenuous, pseudo-polite answer:
“Hi, blogger name, thanks for reading my article, I’m a great fan.” (mind you, he’s probably never even read their blogs before.)
Then he says something like: “Calling a man a misogynist is just a woman’s way of blah, blah, blah.” It’s almost as though he just copies and pastes the same answer. I think he wants to rile black women up on purpose and I would just ignore him.

]]> By: All Saints Day http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-6868 All Saints Day Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-6868 As a young black male who happens to also be married to a wonderful sista I hear where you guys are coming from. I actually just finisehd reading Mr.Izrael's book and I actually found some of it enlightening. I can't say that I agree with EVERYTHING the brotha says but then again I don't think that's the point. I especially found the chapter on Terry McMillan insightful. That sista has been dogging black men for years in her novels and I haven't seen many sistas challenge her on it. I get that a lot of his anger stems from Women who he feels let him down(i.e. His mother, grade school girlfriends, 2 ex-wives.) He's writing from a dark, broken place. I don't agree with his case against marriage and certainly I am a bit disturbed by the advice he plans on giving his daughter. And before anyone goes too easy on Oprah, let us not forget that many of her shows were about no good trifling men. That's how she was able to get the audience she got. Most of audience is comprised of women. Jimi is right when he says that a lot of the media is very much anti black male. And if that was all you had to go on you'd think that every black male is dead or in jail and that none of us should even be considered viable partners. Everytime a relationship goes south the first question is always "What did He do wrong?" Are we always to blame for everything that goes wrong? I also agree with Mr. Izrael about women taking responsibility for the choices they make in terms of the men they choose to be with. You'd think that black men have all the problems and that sistas were flawless. I'm not pointing fingers here. Believe me there is plenty of blame to go around and black men and black women have to shoulder that blame equally. The problem is that black folk talk more about each other more often than they talk to each other. Perhaps if we did away with misconceptions across the board books such as this wouldn't even get written. Maybe the brotha was fed up with all of the male bashing that goes on and decided to write a book from an alternative point of view. Like I said I don't agree everything the brotha says but that doesn't mean that there isn't some truth in what he's saying or that there are brothas in the world who share his feelings. A book should spark debate and dialogue. Perhaps revealing the pain is the first step to the healing that so desperately needs to take place. Peace, sis. As a young black male who happens to also be married to a wonderful sista I hear where you guys are coming from. I actually just finisehd reading Mr.Izrael’s book and I actually found some of it enlightening. I can’t say that I agree with EVERYTHING the brotha says but then again I don’t think that’s the point. I especially found the chapter on Terry McMillan insightful. That sista has been dogging black men for years in her novels and I haven’t seen many sistas challenge her on it. I get that a lot of his anger stems from Women who he feels let him down(i.e. His mother, grade school girlfriends, 2 ex-wives.) He’s writing from a dark, broken place. I don’t agree with his case against marriage and certainly I am a bit disturbed by the advice he plans on giving his daughter. And before anyone goes too easy on Oprah, let us not forget that many of her shows were about no good trifling men. That’s how she was able to get the audience she got. Most of audience is comprised of women. Jimi is right when he says that a lot of the media is very much anti black male. And if that was all you had to go on you’d think that every black male is dead or in jail and that none of us should even be considered viable partners. Everytime a relationship goes south the first question is always “What did He do wrong?” Are we always to blame for everything that goes wrong? I also agree with Mr. Izrael about women taking responsibility for the choices they make in terms of the men they choose to be with. You’d think that black men have all the problems and that sistas were flawless. I’m not pointing fingers here. Believe me there is plenty of blame to go around and black men and black women have to shoulder that blame equally. The problem is that black folk talk more about each other more often than they talk to each other. Perhaps if we did away with misconceptions across the board books such as this wouldn’t even get written. Maybe the brotha was fed up with all of the male bashing that goes on and decided to write a book from an alternative point of view. Like I said I don’t agree everything the brotha says but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t some truth in what he’s saying or that there are brothas in the world who share his feelings. A book should spark debate and dialogue. Perhaps revealing the pain is the first step to the healing that so desperately needs to take place. Peace, sis.

]]> By: Vinindy http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/2010/03/enemy1.html/comment-page-1#comment-6761 Vinindy Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:40:19 +0000 http://thebeautifulstruggler.com/?p=846#comment-6761 The four were on a "black love" show last month. The four were on a “black love” show last month.

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