tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post7676999323288439305..comments2024-03-22T05:29:18.132-07:00Comments on Shawn James, Black Freelance Writer: Was It Something I Said?Shawn Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-56221287251564454222014-03-06T19:23:35.825-08:002014-03-06T19:23:35.825-08:00I know because I interact with my readers on faceb...I know because I interact with my readers on facebook, twitter and I talk to them personally. <br /><br />If you don't like the content that's on you. There's three trillion websites out here, go visit one of them. <br /><br />If it's not talking about YOU then it shouldn't offend you. <br /><br />But if you read articles like these: http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=22381658&msgid=1302149&act=T99F&c=242394&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fthemedicalblog.net%2F2014%2F02%2F28%2Fthe-three-stds-that-affect-black-women-the-most-the-stats-are-pretty-alarming%2F<br /><br />http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=22381658&msgid=1302149&act=T99F&c=242394&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fblacklikemoi.com%2F2014%2F03%2Fjust-ratchet-family-breaks-fight-formal-event%2F%3Futm_source%3DiContact%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DYour%20Black%20World%20-%20News%20Updates%26utm_content%3D<br /><br />This stuff gets inboxed to me. It gets broadcast on YouTube and WorldStarHipHop and other online sites related to Black people. <br /><br />All I do is report my opinion on the truth about the dysfunction I see in the Black community. I go in on the men too. <br /><br /><br />Now this other anonymous poster sounds like they're trying to get some brownie points. From what I see Black men do have themselves together. Many of the men I talk to are well-educated, have good jobs and are highly intelligent. The problems I hear from them regarding Black women are actually a reverse from 20 years ago. They can't find a good woman because she's too busy being involved with Ex-cons, drug dealers, has VD, mental health issues, drug problems or is a single mother. <br /><br />These men tell me that they worked long and hard to establish themselves and Black women want them to be a garbage man and clean up the messes of Pookie and Ray Ray and don't want them to build a family with them just be their janitor. <br /><br />Shawn Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-17669428782936725412014-03-05T07:49:59.966-08:002014-03-05T07:49:59.966-08:00How do you know who bought your books, you ask the...How do you know who bought your books, you ask them their color or something?. Your version of the truth does not apply to me, that is why it alienates me. It is your blogs that alienate me with your language of calling and labeling black women as a whole, foul words, and verbal attacks. You never say, some black women do this, or some black folks do that, you say all. I know you like to say if it offends you then it must be about you, when for me it just means I don't like what you said. Can't speak for anyone but myself and I how I think and feel. I am nothing like the women you talk about so that is why it alienates me. That is your version of what you see, that is your truth, that is not the truth for the majority of the women I know, that I am related to, and that I have associated with over the years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-69511571902397700722014-03-05T05:46:45.887-08:002014-03-05T05:46:45.887-08:00On another note I also find when I speak the truth...On another note I also find when I speak the truth Black women still buy my work. And they have no problem enjoying it. Shawn Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-78976571813572705512014-03-05T05:45:17.445-08:002014-03-05T05:45:17.445-08:00I'm sorry that I won't have your suppoort....I'm sorry that I won't have your suppoort. <br /><br />But here's the deal: I haven't gotten many sales from Black women throughout my career. Most of my sales came from White and foreign customers. <br /><br />I find it sad that the American Black woman is so fragile that she can't take constructive criticism and refuses to listen to any narrative that promotes personal responsibility. <br /><br /><br />Again, I am not going to pander to Black female readers for sales like Steve Harvey and Tyler Perry. I feel their kind of work enables the dysfunction that has destroyed the Back community by NOT holding Black women accountable for their irresponsible and egregious behavior for the last 50 years. <br /><br />My mission is to create positive works about the African-American experience And to achieve that positive growth we have to acknowledge the problems going on with both Black men and Black women. If hearing the truth alienates you, then that's how it is for you. But the truth is the truth and it's going to hurt. <br /><br />Shawn Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712216572467743626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5121130217304877410.post-21571668485826746002014-03-04T10:50:34.729-08:002014-03-04T10:50:34.729-08:00I know this particular blog is not about the numbe...I know this particular blog is not about the number of books you have sold. But because it is a more current blog, and you mention how someone made a swipe at the number of books you have sold I felt it would be an appropriate place to make my comment. I believe the reason why your books are not as successful as you want them to be is because you alienate the very audience who would probably buy your books. And that is Black women. Women period, are more avid readers than men, and are more likely to buy books, or borrow books from the library. Women are more likely to buy fiction, whereas men, when they do buy or read books, it is most likely to be a how-to-guide (i.e. a book about how to build a tool shed in the back yard). I am an avid reader of different types of books, some by African-American authors, fantasy and fiction, don't really like sci-fi, I have books considered as classic tales, I have contemporary books, lots of political books, but not political books written by Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, or Bill O'Reilly. Why? Because they alienate me with their opinions and how they see things. They alienate me not because I am calling them racists, but they alienate me because I don't agree with how they present their opinions. I support their every right to voice what they think, because we live in America. I don't like what they say and how they say it. So I don't buy their books. So...that is the reason I would not buy your books, because the language you use on your blogs alienates me. I am not trying to be mean. I consider myself to be an average consumer, meaning that I don't buy overly expensive stuff, I do not buy labels and my cell phone is a flip phone, Lol!! I read some of your blogs because the internet for the most part is an open forum and I pay the cost of the service, so it is here for anyone to read. However, my support ends there, because of the reason I stated. Sorry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com