Some Musing.from Precious the Movie.

Hello and I hope that Thanksgiving was a great holiday for many of you who participate in it; I love Thanksgiving myself; to get up and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and then eat a nice dinner that to me is the makings of a great day. I was able to make a good dinner myself and got to watch the movie Precious. Folks, if you haven't seen that movie, go out there and do yourself a favor and go see it. Based on the 90s debut novel Push by Sapphire, this movie has already been held up for a year(it was scheduled to be released this past January) and with all the buzz behind it, and with Mo'nique's Oscar worthy performance as Precious' mother(which triggered suppressed memories of her own sexual abuse by her brother) to come to the surface, this film is no joke. which is why I was close to NOT seeing it. Yet, I feel that Precious' story NEEDS to be told. There are too many Preciouses' running around the place. The ones that society forgets because they don't fit a certain mole or color. Can you imagine a child growing up and feels she isn't worthy of anything significant? that is the case every day and it needs to stop.
When I was born, I had three generations in my home. I made the third. by that time, most of my cousins being born were fourth generation so sometimes four generations were in one house. Now, when I tell you that I had that much people and I never experienced nothing like that whatsoever. I mean nothing. My mom even had me staying with a family with plenty of boys in it; and still nothing. Now I am not saying that to be proud but to make the point that I was blessed. And trust me, I was a curious and precocious child that got into things. My parents came to this country from the Caribbean and Panama, so most times when folks came to this country, it was to our apartment in the Bronx that they came to. So when I hear these stories, I am like how in the world? I have had coworkers and friends tell me how friends and relatives felt them up, some taking away their precious innocence. My boyfriend has told me how certain professional males in the community will approach a boy innocently but for sex. One story I read just made me cry; this boy was working for a couple and the man took his innocence just like that. he became a football player and went between both sexes; he ended up with AIDS that he's living with.
I don't know how folks can take a child's innocence away; I cannot fathom it. We are here to protect children, but most times, that isn't the case, as it was with that pretty little girl Shaniya up in North Carolina; Folks have been talking about this real hard. then again I want to ask what's the difference between her and Precious? not much only that Shaniya's case had the police involved. It hurts me to know that many children get hurt. And they have no voice. not only that, these kids carry stuff within them that for the most part doesn't get resolved unless they get help.
It wasn't my intention to take this far, but when you are tired of seeing this and hearing this, it does something to you. but what can you do? stop it. plain and simple. we are making a generation of hurt people that can hurt potentially more inoocent people. If that is you, get some help. you are committing a criminal act and if caught, you will serve time. If your the person to whom the crime was committed. You are not alone and please seek folks who can help you through this. Help is there. Please use it. I'm out.
One more thing, I spoke on how Precious was held up from being shown; Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, both sex abuse survivors, saw the potential of this film and put their monies behind it; Of course, there are those who say it's nothing but poverty porn but I don't agree. Check it out for yourselves.