Protect Women Stop Discriminatory Movie Production
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To: Screen Gems Studio, Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat Production Companies. To: JAMMIE FOX, MARTIN LAWRENCE
Through this letter, we the undersigned, protest to your inaccurate and racist actions towards Black Women . This letter is in regards to the making of the movie Sheneneh and Wanda which was titled "Skank Robbers,". As the members of the African American community and as Women, we find the making of this movie very offensive due to the extremely inaccurate manner in which the black woman have been presented. It is very disrespectful to our history, people and culture overall; in particular we do not appreciate the title of the movie, nor the buffoonery . It is inexcusable that the directors and producers have presented the the BLACK WOMAN in such an offensive manner. We find the fallacious scenes, language, and over all depiction of the black woman demeaning, racist, and harmful, to our children, our grandmothers, women and our culture as a whole. This is an insult not only to African history but also to our intelligence level. We would like to understand the objectives of the producers and the director; to judge and misrepresent a group of people in such degrading manner is racism on an extreme level. It is not necessary to deteriorate and disrespect the the Black Woman in order to make a movie which is discriminatory and wrongful. This movie has gone to the extreme by changing a Black Woman into a Man who looks like a clown to suite their needs; the Black Woman has been grossly misrepresented for far to long. Many have died during both the civil rights movement and the womens movement. These courageous men and woman are the very souls who gave the world the first human rights charter and to represent what we fought for to pass to the future generations. Where is the respect the humanity the love today? The current dipitions of the Black Woman' through this film of JAMMIE FOX, MARTIN LAWRENCE has grossly degraded the Black Woman. While announcing our disgust at such an abuse, we demand an immediate editorial review and correction of the manner in which the Black Woman have been presented by the Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat Production Companies. Movie Source Foxx and Lawrence Eying Sheneneh and Wanda Source:Variety November 8, 2009 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60722
To: Screen Gems Studio, Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat Production Companies. To: JAMMIE FOX, MARTIN LAWRENCE
Through this letter, we the undersigned, protest to your inaccurate and racist actions towards Black Women . This letter is in regards to the making of the movie Sheneneh and Wanda which was titled "Skank Robbers,". As the members of the African American community and as Women, we find the making of this movie very offensive due to the extremely inaccurate manner in which the black woman have been presented. It is very disrespectful to our history, people and culture overall; in particular we do not appreciate the title of the movie, nor the buffoonery . It is inexcusable that the directors and producers have presented the the BLACK WOMAN in such an offensive manner. We find the fallacious scenes, language, and over all depiction of the black woman demeaning, racist, and harmful, to our children, our grandmothers, women and our culture as a whole. This is an insult not only to African history but also to our intelligence level. We would like to understand the objectives of the producers and the director; to judge and misrepresent a group of people in such degrading manner is racism on an extreme level. It is not necessary to deteriorate and disrespect the the Black Woman in order to make a movie which is discriminatory and wrongful. This movie has gone to the extreme by changing a Black Woman into a Man who looks like a clown to suite their needs; the Black Woman has been grossly misrepresented for far to long. Many have died during both the civil rights movement and the womens movement. These courageous men and woman are the very souls who gave the world the first human rights charter and to represent what we fought for to pass to the future generations. Where is the respect the humanity the love today? The current dipitions of the Black Woman' through this film of JAMMIE FOX, MARTIN LAWRENCE has grossly degraded the Black Woman. While announcing our disgust at such an abuse, we demand an immediate editorial review and correction of the manner in which the Black Woman have been presented by the Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat Production Companies. Movie Source Foxx and Lawrence Eying Sheneneh and Wanda Source:Variety November 8, 2009 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60722
To: Screen Gems Studio, Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat Production Companies. To: JAMMIE FOX, MARTIN LAWRENCE Through this letter, we the undersigned, protest to your inaccurate and racist actions towards the Black Women . This letter is in regards to the making of the movie Sheneneh and Wanda which was titled "Skank Robbers,".%u2028 As the members of the African American community and as women, we find the making of this movie very offensive due to the extremely inaccurate manner in which the black woman have been presented. It is very disrespectful to our history, people and culture overall; in particular we do not appreciate the title of the movie, nor the buffoonery . It is inexcusable that the directors and producers have presented the the %u201CBLACK WOMAN%u201D in such an offensive manner. We find the fallacious scenes, language, and over all depiction of the black woman demeaning, racist, and harmful, to our children, our grandmothers, women and our culture as a whole. This is an insult not only to African history but also to our intelligence level. %u2028 We would like to understand the objectives of the producers and the director; to judge and misrepresent a group of people in such degrading manner is racism on an extreme level. It is not necessary to deteriorate and disrespect the the Black Woman in order to make a movie which is discriminatory and wrongful. %u2028%u2028This movie has gone to the extreme by changing a Black Woman into a Man who looks like a clown to suite their needs; the Black Woman has been grossly misrepresented for far to long. Many have died during both the civil rights movement and the womens movement. These courageous men and woman are the very souls who gave the world the first human rights charter and to represent what we fought for to pass to the future generations. Where is the respect the humanity the love today? The current dipitions of the %u201CBlack Woman' through this film of JAMMIE FOX, MARTIN LAWRENCE has grossly degraded the Black Woman. %u2028 While announcing our disgust at such an abuse, we demand an immediate editorial review and correction of the manner in which the Black Woman have been presented by the Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat Production Companies. %u2028 Movie Source Foxx and Lawrence Eying Sheneneh and Wanda Source:Variety November 8, 2009 http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60722
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5:18 am PST, Feb 9,
Dianne Hillier, United Kingdom
Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the “deities” represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the “deities” represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
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