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synergysilhouette · 10 months ago

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Diversifying the Scooby-Doo Gang (inspired by "Velma")

I'll just go ahead and say it: I'm not a huge fan of changing a character's identity when they've existed as the same thing for so long (Yeah, I'll be that guy), but for the sake of the argument, if the Scooby gang was to be more diverse in a series like "Velma"--but you know, with better writing--I thought I'd put my own thoughts on paper. I actually did brainstorm Scooby Doo series before, and I'll leave the post for them below. As for my version of a diverse Scooby Gang:

Fred Jones--Puerto Rican ancestry. This isn't really a lore-related thing; it's just a callback to the fact that Freddie Prinze Jr (who played Fred in the live-action 2000s films) had a grandmother from Puerto Rico, and it'd be a cool tie-in to him while still pretty much keeping Fred more or less the same. To be fair, Hispanic isn't a race per se, but an ethnicity, and I still see Fred as predominantly white (his father would probably be be an Anglo American with the surname Jones and his mom would be Puerto Rican), but his background would be different. If the show really wanted to dive into deep topics, perhaps it'd be worth exploring themes of colorism since he "looks" white (and the discussion of race vs ethnicity), and the fact that he's automatically "othere'd" when it's revealed that he's Hispanic. Something I think that's been lost on several 21st century incarnations of Fred is that he's pretty intelligent and socially adept, so I would like to keep that concept.

2. Daphne Blake--Scottish-American. I'm sure the gang's ancestry and families have been explored in depth in various incarnations, but none of them stood out to me like Daphne's Scottish ancestry in "Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster." While in "Velma" Fred is the only white character, Daphne would be the only (completely) white character in my iteration. I'd also want them to get a hold on her angle as a character; depending on the show/film, she can be spunky, ditzy, bubbly, or feisty. I like the idea that she's a super sweet and upbeat girl interested in fashion and the arts, but dropping the shallow qualities that people often associate with girly-girl characters (ie commenting on someone's fashion sense, which she did a lot during the "What's New, Scooby Doo" era). I also like the "Mystery Inc" aspect of her coming from a successful family and feeling insecure about who she is as a person, thus taking an interest in--and excelling at--various fields in an attempt to find herself and make her family proud.

3. Norville "Shaggy" Rogers--Middle Eastern. In loving memory to his debut voice actor, who was the son of Lebanese immigrants (and someone who would voice him for many decades afterwards), making Shaggy someone of Arab descent in this diversification scenario feels like the right thing to do, and it'd give some positive Muslim rep if they wanted to go in that direction. Being the cuisine expert that he is, Shaggy's heritage could also introduce the audience to a lot of meals cooked in his ancestors' part of the world. Where I'd place his heritage from is uncertain as of right now, but Lebanon does seem like the most obvious way to acknowledge Casey's inspiration. It would be interesting if they did make Shaggy Muslim and analyze his relationship with Scooby; to my understanding, dogs are seen as unclean in Islamic culture, so they're not common pets in the Arab world, which could be potential conflict for Shaggy and his family who immigrated.

4. Velma Dinkley--African-American. If I was ever to imagine Velma as a woman of color, my first thought would be as East/Sotheast Asian or black. No particular reason for it, but I did find it kinda cliche if I made the nerdy character Asian, and I didn't really have any interesting/original angles to play with how she deals with stereotypes of that. I do think Valerie Smith (from Josie and the Pussycats) did play some inspiration with me seeing Velma as black in this situation. In contrast to 21st century portrayals of her, I wouldn't portray her as insecure or snarky, but witty and a loner, and by no means miserable or bitter. Her sexuality is the topic of discussion for a lot of people, and I'd probably make her bi/pan; I'd make her a lesbian, but she did have chemistry with male characters that I liked in some of the animated movies, as well as having her occasional guy crushes in "What's New Scooby Doo" and her own journey in romance in the live-action films. And when she is attracted to women, I'd prefer if Daphne wasn't one of them; I enjoy same-sex best friends having platonic bonds without the "I've secretly crushed on you" subplot.

What do you think? Would this be a good direction to take the gang on if we did Velma all over again?

#scooby doo #velma #velma dinkley #fred jones #daphne blake #shaggy rogers #shaggy

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diannevail31648-blog · 7 years ago

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jamesyates2-blog · 5 years ago

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Chapter 2. Culture

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following is not a function of culture?

Guides the way we communicate

Determines our selection of health-care options

Determines what we can achieve

Guides our interpretation of illness

____ 2. The purpose of transcultural nursing is to:

Decrease the need for hospitalization

Promote patient satisfaction

Increase home-care effectiveness

Promote dependency

____ 3. The way we view social concerns and problems in the culture is termed cultural:

Beliefs

Values

Clarification

Sensitivity

____ 4. The way we greet each other within a culture is an example of:

Folkways

Laws

Sanctions

____ 5. Race categorizes the person by:

Religion

Physical characteristics

Disease susceptibility

Financial status

____ 6. The theory that there are no pure races is based on (the):

Discovery of blood transfusion

Common blood groups

Contamination

Migration

____ 7. Learning about the patient’s ancestry is termed cultural:

Awareness

Sensitivity

Diversity

____ 8. The health-care worker who believes that his or her values and ways of life are superior to those of the patient is practicing:

Ethnocentrism

Cultural awareness

Cultural sensitivity

Cultural mores

____ 9. When a person migrates to another country and takes on the practices of the dominant culture, this is considered:

Assimilation

Individualism

Paternalism

Ethnocentrism

____ 10. A 60-year-old Hispanic patient is admitted to the hospital. When caring for this patient, you would be sensitive to his belief of:

Ramadan

Hot and cold

Fasting

Paganism

____ 11. Which of the following cultural groups prefer same-sex health-care providers?

Hispanics

African Americans

Asians

Arabs

____ 12. Downcast eyes during communication are a sign of respect in which of the following cultural groups?

Asians

European Americans

Native Americans

Pacific Islanders

____ 13. A 70-year-old patient admitted to the nursing home speaks with a distinct accent. To determine his cultural or ethnic origin, you would:

Assume this based on his accent

Assume this based on his name

Assume this based on his religion

Ask him directly

____ 14. In caring for patients from different cultures, the nurse must understand that culture is:

Our learned pattern of behavior

The motivating principle behind all our thinking

Less dominant as we age

Irrelevant in planning a person’s health needs

____ 15. Failure to understand and develop cultural awareness may lead to:

A misperception of a person’s feelings and responses

Culturally congruent care

Effective cultural communication

Adaptation of a new culture

____ 16. Deeply embedded feelings that help individuals determine what is good or bad and right or wrong are referred to as:

Norms

Folkways

Values

____ 17. Differences in skin color, as seen in different races, are thought to be the result of differences in:

Climate and skin pigmentation

Diet and genetics

Exercise and skin pigmentation

Gender and genetics

____ 18. The best time to introduce racial and ethnic tolerance is at:

Adulthood

Adolescence

Early childhood

Middle age

____ 19. Mrs. Gonzolas is 10 weeks pregnant, and she tells the nurse that she has not had a visit to a medical doctor. She explains that her people prefer to use a partera for pregnancy and delivery. Which of the following responses is most culturally sensitive?

“You should have more confidence in our physicians on staff.”

“I would strongly suggest that you consider using a medical doctor who has specialized in pregnancy.”

“It is your decision, and please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you.”

“The maternal and infant mortality rates are lower in the United States compared to other countries that do not use trained medical doctors.”

____ 20. The nurse notices that a Jewish patient on her unit is in his room lighting a Shabbat candle on Friday night. The culturally sensitive response by the nurse would be:

“You are not permitted to have lit candles in this facility.”

“The fire code prohibits anyone from doing this in his or her room.”

“Didn’t you realize that you could cause a serious fire in the facility?”

“Let me find out if you can light this candle in the chapel downstairs.”

____ 21. The cultural group that tries to avoid direct eye contact with elders is:

Arab

Asian

Native American

European

____ 22. A young, Jewish male is hospitalized following an auto accident. He sustained multiple fractures and bruises. One evening, the caregiver notes that he has not eaten his dinner meal of roast pork, vegetables, a roll and butter, salad, and milk. Which of the following statements is most appropriate?

“I guess you don’t like this meal.”

“You need to eat your meat and drink the milk. The proteins will help you heal.”

“It must be difficult to be in the hospital and away from family and friends.”

“Do you follow Kosher dietary laws? If so, I will let the dietician know your special needs.”

____ 23. You would expect a female from which of the following cultures listed below to be more comfortable having a female physician examine her?

Asian

Japanese

Arab

Latin American

____ 24. When caring for a patient from a different culture, the health-care worker should respect the fact that:

An individual’s decisions are always determined by his or her culture.

Culture totally defines one’s health-care needs.

Food habits are always controlled by culture.

Male and female roles are often influenced by culture.

____ 25. The theory of transcultural nursing was proposed by:

Jean Watson

Abraham Maslow

Jean Piaget

Madeline Lenninger

____ 26. Hispanic American culture is derived from which of the following groups of people?

Central American

Native American

Indian American

Chinese American

____ 27. In which culture is talking loudly considered disrespectful?

Central American

Native American

Indian American

Chinese American

____ 28. An example of cultural-specific care is evidenced when the nurse recognizes that the Orthodox Jewish client needs:

Time to light candles on the Sabbath

To be assimilated into the melting pot

Evidenced-based information

Partnering with caregivers of similar beliefs

____ 29. A client refuses to have any chemotherapy to treat his confirmed malignancy. He tells the nurse that his family is bringing him some herbal potion that is used back in his country. He is convinced that this will cure him. The nurse’s best response is:

“This is the 21st century; we have better medicines here.”

“Do you really want to die?”

“Can you describe what this potion is made of?”

“I doubt that some old remedy can really heal you.”

____ 30. The nurse understands that cultural values and practices:

Changes as the individual ages

Never change over time

Are inherited, genetic characteristics

Are passed down through generations

____ 31. The key to understanding how a client responds to illness is to understand his or her:

Birth order

Response to stress

Culture

Response to aging

____ 32. Learning one’s culture through observation or instructions from elders within the culture is called:

Diffusion

Acculturation

Enculturation

Globalization

____ 33. An individual is able to learn about the culture he or she is born into because humans have the ability to think:

Constructively

Reflectively

Individually

Symbolically

____ 34. Which of the following is a similarity found in all cultures?

Political organization

Health practices

Social controls

Family size

____ 35. The nurse would expect that the greatest amount of change seen within a culture is the result of:

Borrowed cultural practice

War

Peace

Famine

____ 36. The most important symbol in a culture is:

Language

Art

Food

Dress

____ 37. Which of the following gives a culture stability and security over time?

Learned behavior

Integrated social patterns

Shared traditions

Adaptation

____ 38. The ability to learn a language is based on a person’s:

Culture

Biological makeup

Socialization

Religious practice

____ 39. Cultural competence requires that the health-care worker: (Select all that apply.)

Learn about diverse cultures

Take on and practice the client’s culture

Be critical of all aspects of minority cultural groups

Engage in continuous self-evaluation

____ 40. When teaching a new Hispanic mother how to change the diaper of and provide skin care to her newborn, the nurse finds a copper coin placed on the umbilicus. Which of the following should the nurse do next?

Remove the coin and remain silent.

Leave the coin in place and remove it in the nursery.

Ask the mother about the meaning of the coin on the umbilicus.

Tell the mother that her baby can develop a serious infection from a dirty copper coin.

True/False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____ 1. Gender roles remain constant across all cultures.

____ 2. Pain has both personal and cultural meanings and expressions.

____ 3. Religion and culture are the same.

____ 4. The nurse teaches health-care workers to be careful not to become ethnocentric.

Chapter 2. Culture

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: C

Individual achievement is based on many factors—culture being just one of them.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: B

Transcultural nursing reaches globally, in that it promotes the concept of “one world, many cultures.”

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

To correctly view social concerns, one must be sensitive to the cultural dynamics of the people.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Different cultures use different methods to greet one another. These methods are called folkways.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: B

There are some distinctive physical characteristics common to each race.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Physiological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: D

Inbreeding and migration are thought to have eliminated anything such as a pure race.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Physiological Integrity

1. ANS: A

Cultural awareness refers to becoming familiar with another person’s ancestry and history. This helps one understand, not offend, another individual.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Tolerance and understanding of someone’s culture and practice avoid ethnocentrism.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Assimilation is the practice of adopting new cultural practices common to other cultures.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: B

Many Hispanics believe that illness is caused by an imbalance of hot and cold in the body.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

Many Arab patients prefer same-sex health-care providers. The preference is related to their modesty and religious beliefs.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Respect is a key component in the Asian culture, and it can be shown by not looking directly into another person’s eyes.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

To be sure of a person’s cultural background, one should ask and not assume.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Understanding different cultures helps the health-care worker better understand how the patient views health and illness.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

The lack of cultural awareness may result in a misunderstanding of a patient’s feelings and responses.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

Values are deeply embedded feelings that form the foundation and direction for one’s actions and feelings.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Theorists ascribe differences in skin color to adaptation to physical elements, such as climate, which increases skin pigmentation.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Physiological Integrity

1. ANS: C

To foster racial and ethnic tolerance, prejudice education should be introduced at an early age.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: C

The nurse is correct to support the decision of the patient.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

1. ANS: D

The nurse tries to support the needs and practices of her patient.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: B

Asians consider direct eye contact with their elders as a disrespectful action.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

It is important to determine and support the special cultural needs of all persons.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Physiological Integrity

1. ANS: C

Modesty and certain beliefs would make a female physician preferred for a female Arab patient.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

Male and female roles are influenced by cultural beliefs.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

1. ANS: D

Madeline Lenninger was credited with the theory of transcultural nursing.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

1. ANS: A

Hispanic Americans are a diverse group made up of several groups, including Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Central American people.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Physiological Integrity

1. ANS: B

Loud talking is considered rude by Native Americans.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: A

Lighting candles on the Sabbath is a cultural-specific need of Orthodox Jews.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: C

Caregivers must take into account a client’s specific cultural remedies.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: D

Cultural values and practices are learned and passed down through generations.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: C

The key to understanding how a client will respond to illness and the sick role is learned within their cultural group.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: C

The process of learning one’s culture from elders in the culture by instruction or observation is called enculturation.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: D

Humans, unlike animals, learn their culture because of their ability to think symbolically, meaning that humans have the ability to think of a tree even when it is not visible.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning

1. ANS: C

All cultures are similar in establishing social controls within the family unit.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: A

The greatest amount of change in a culture occurs when cultural traits are borrowed from another culture.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: A

A culture has many symbols, but the most important one is language. Culture is stored and transmitted through language.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: C

Shared traditions lend security and stability to a culture.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: B

The ability to speak a language is based on learning within the culture, but learning a language is based on the biological makeup or intellect.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment

1. ANS: A

To be culturally competent, the nurse must learn about the client’s culture and engage in continuous self-evaluation in order to be nonjudgmental.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning

1. ANS: C

Cultural values and practice are learned and have meaning for the individual that is passed down through generations; therefore, there is a meaning in every action. The nurse’s first action is to learn why. The coin can be cleaned later.

PTS: 1

KEY: Client Needs: Psychological Integrity | Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation

TRUE/FALSE

1. ANS: F

Different cultures have different gender roles.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

1. ANS: T

Each person should be evaluated for his or her response and expression to pain, as it will vary with individuals and cultural background.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Planning | Client Needs: Physiological Integrity

1. ANS: F

Religion is a specific system of beliefs and worship, whereas culture is learned patterns of behavior related to past generations.

PTS: 1 KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Assessment | Client Needs: Evaluation

1. ANS: T

Health-care workers should not become ethnocentric and believe that their culture and values are superior to others.

PTS: 1

KEY: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process: Implementation | Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity

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rapmillionaire · 7 years ago

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cool and kind w/ a diamond mind

Alaikum asalaam 🌠🌅. It is of pleasantry that I challenge you intellectually, for this is what defines the mode of our existential chemical intertwinement. Fanciful and practical were blurred amongst one another, yes? Well good indeed, for I believe dreams may come true thus my aptness toward delusion. I once had a friend of African descent who told me, "king Suleiman, do you know the reason why women are placed among the children, beyond their care for them?" I replied, "why no, my friend, why?" He went on, "because women mentally are of a lower stature than man himself, and therefore are nearer the wavelength of naivety and ignorance akin to that of children, than men. The men talk business and politics while the women remain in the background amongst the young, left to do what they most aptly may - to care for the inferior ones". I thought how ridiculous, and sexist, and inaccurate. And yet so it is, we find oft times that the cultures whereupon Islam resides are left in the backward thinking times of indigenous-ness while the rest of mankind, of which many are less religious and spiritual, show improvement and innovation and progress and leading-edge growth. The reformation of the mind whilst keeping the principles of Islam in tact - that's the greatest jihad for each of us individually, and as an ummah. Where are the great artists who are Muslim? The cultural icons. Where are the great athletes who are Muslim and bring esteem to the young teenage boys and girls who look up to such athleticism. Where are even the lawyers and doctors and professors who seek to change the system toward the betterment of humanity rather than to maintain the legitimacy of the systemic quo that is doing the oppressing like a turnstile rotating in its positioning? You know, prescribe a drug to be taken off of a drug. Side with the accused for the sake of needed experience and monetary gain rather than because truth resides on his side. Last week i attended a speaking engagement at NYU, featuring a young NYU student body leader who shared with us his thoughts on 2 verses from the Qur'an which touch upon how Allah is the all-Knowing, All-seeing, as the Creator of both the Heavens of the Earth; how He has made us into tribes and nations and races so that we may get to know one another. One thing led to another and the featured guest speaker began telling us his story of a time he was in the Midwest, and on his way back to the airport to catch a flight to NYC. He ordered an Uber, whose driver happened to be an avid Trump supporter. The driver was curious and wanted to speak-on and debate why the Muslim brother was for Hilary and against Trump. One thing led to another and the Muslim brother found himself shot in the arm. No, just kidding. In fact, the Muslim brother stated he was not in the mood whatsoever to have a discussion with this Trump supporter. To him, the mere fact that this man was a supporter of Trump totally turned off the Muslim brother and eliminated the mutual interest and respect he had for the Midwestern man. To cut a long story short, at the end of the 3 hour ride en route the airport, the Uber driver was pleased to have met the Muslim brother and stated, if anybody ever injured his daughter, to tell him and he would bring a gun and shoot the man up who did that to his daughter. Quite dramatic indeed, but filial love and loyalty is the message, not the violence. The Muslim brother got scared and feared for his own well-being. With that said, the Muslim brother gave the Midwestern Trump supporter his phone number upon request, and yet blocked the man's phone number. So with no replies, how does the Trump man now feel of the way he was treated by the Muslim brother? What is there to be feared in getting to no another whose beliefs are different from our own. How extreme it was for Obama to pay Cuba a visit to resume talks with Castro during his tenure as President. How extreme it is for the Muslims to engage with the communities of the disenfranchised blacks, with the communities of the gays, with the Trump supporting community. If our own leaders fear interacting with the common folks of these community groups and belief systems, then what are the leaders doing for the people they lead; the rest of the Ummah followers? What sort of message and reality is this creating among the Arabs and Muslims themselves, a few of whom tend to be racist toward reverts, converts, African and Malaysian Muslims.. Nothing is to be feared. Only understood. If Allah is the creator of the Heavens and the Earth and all in between, what are we doing fearing Allah's Creations? To heed is wise. To respect takes knowing. To know takes courage. Knowing can only get understanding. We fear the other too much, more than the other fears us at times as proven in the story above. Who will bridge the gap, the Muslims or the other? If we are equipped with the great Message of Islam, one of excellence, courage, discipline, and duty, then why do we oft times conform to our most innate cultural biases and limited beliefs garnered out of a lack of study and understanding Islam for it's truest message, that Allah is the creator of all things, and none is to be feared but Him. The mere fact that varying tribes and nations have been created is testament to the differences of humankind; the Jews have the strength of teamwork and loyalty all of humanity would benefit to learn from. The Africans have a spirit all of the humanity may be of benefit to hearken. The Hispanics have the working efforts of ants. The Chinese contain order and discipline most wish they could possess an ounce of. The Arabs too have been blessed with resources and business wherewithal. The White man is unafraid to claim what he believes belongs to him via his will-power and visionary and worldly desires. We can all learn from the other, including man from woman, tolerant from the racist, constituent from the murderer, and so forth.

What level of Faith do you have? Does your faith sway from time to time, or are you 99% strong-held in the your firm faith in Allah as Him being the one who answers all prayers in it's just and due time.. I myself have gone through ups and downs, as we all have. I have not reached absoluteness yet. I pray when I feel the need for it's assistance. I do best when I am with God at each moment in my life and am living freely and am being myself effortlessly. Sometimes I require prayer, other times my life is the state of prayer itself. If that makes sense...

My vision career wise is to not have a career in the colloquial sense of the term. I will create a livelihood for myself independent of being hired or fired. I am self-sufficient and will continue to create such reality for myself iA. As I am already capable of doing it on a small scale, iA it will increase and grow evermore. My primary means of doing this is via my tennis business (intermediate stage), my writing business (amateur stage). I do work at times to make more money, but to be a dedicated 10-20 year worker doing a 8 hour shift each day, five days a week.I haven't found a job yet that I am happy doing in such a role. And I will not settle either. Hamduillah though, Allah is good and has blessed me. it just takes some patience and continuous perseverance and hard-work. I am of utmost faith that I will someday (within the next 5 years iA) be of a blessed state. I have various timelines of plans for action for how to make ends meet throughout my life and to garner the appropriated livelihood that is monetarily fruitful. One version of this plan has been to move overseas (to Egypt) in fact, to focus on my investment endeavors. to make such a move, i would first need to save up to $50,000 USD. Hamduillah that is possible. My most profitable business has been giving tennis lessons, subhanallah; and this is in NYC, which is not a tennis city (like California, Atlanta, Florida, etc.).. Thus, the trajectory of my life work is still in progress, however in due time (whether sooner than planned, or later), all connects based upon my own actions and free-will. I could easily give up and settle, but I won't because I know I will achieve what I desire most in my heart. bismillah .. As for my livelihood vision, i am a simple yet systematic, time-efficient and organized.. I do not need a nice expensive car, nor a big television set, nor game consoles or lavish furniture and paintings. I just need a laptop, a bed, some good books, internet connection, a pen, a notepad, my headphones, my microphone, my tennis racket(s) and tennis balls, a basketball, a soccer ball, some dumbbell weights + a portable pull-up bar called the flexrSport, some food (i cook these days but i usually prefer eating out as it's much faster for me- though it is healthier to cook albeit to cook a 30 minute meal and to eat it in less than 10 min -_- me no like ha), a car for expedient travel whence needed, some nice clothes that make me feel good when i wear them (collared shirts, jeans, khaki pants), a couple of pairs of shoes (black dress shoes / worker shoes, tennis shoes, sandals for the shower), some rubber-bands, some cash, a phone for communication, some paper towels, some organic soap - shampoo - tooth paste - deodorant, some hot sauce for the food, a couple of hats, a couple of mirrors, a couple of lights, and all of this in a nice little place that is near a mesjid iA, and if I have only $2Million, then i am willing to buy a home for a cost of up to $400,000 at most. iA then the other $1.6million would be divy'd up as I have planned already including to (pay zakat) $60k (Palestine kids|zaytuna school|mesjid built)... til then, i'll be renting and saving $ and reinvesting in myself.

October 14, 2017

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