Passion

My passion would be African Americans. I love our art and way of love. I especially love our skin color and hair, I may joke and complain about my hair and color but I truthfully love it. I go on Pinterest every night looking for African American art or photography. I am not a homosexual or anthing but I love to see African American women being photographed or painted because I like the story that's being captured. I always felt like if your an African American women the world is against you, If your anything darker than a penny, there is nothing beautiful . Well I never felt that way, I'm passionate about African Americans, African American art and skin colors, and photographed art of African American women.

This picture is "hard" because it signifies that African American women are strong warriors. I really felt this captured my personality, I connected  to this picture.

Who Am I?

Who Am I? I've answered this question about a hundred times and I still don't know if it's true or false. I don't know who I am, I just know my likes and dislikes. I know what others say about me and I know what I think of myself but, there are still some things I'm still unsure about. For example. Am I really that unfriendly? Am I really annoying? Am I too loud? Am I ugly? Am I attractive? Do people find me to be an actress? Do people find me as creative and different as I do myself? These question I will never know, but I do know that I like Biggie and  Tupac. I love graphic crew-neck sweaters and converses. I love to sing as if I could and draw with deep thoughts and an serious expression like I'm Picasso. I love to eat anything that doesn't involve peanut butter or fruity gum. I love to take long walks in the winter because it's quiet. I love a depressing, adventures, spontaneous, plot-thickening, cry-your-eyes-out book, I love a book where I could imagine myself as the character. I love to fell emotion for everything books and art. I feel as though when I'm listening to music, when there's a sharp high-note that I'm that girl singing her heart out. I put my soul into my music, books and art work. I am lazy, I rather sleep all day and watch old Disney movies

I hope to be someone great though, I don't consider being famous great. The richer things of life is to live life to fullest. I don't do drugs or drink to realize life gives you an natural high. I am not an adrenaline junkey, that does not tickle my fancy. I'm goofy and silly but some times very serious. I've always bee told, "Tahera is a wonderful student, with a vivid vocabulary and imagination. However, she's a completely different person when she's upset." I never understood how I person could say that, Everyone is different when their upset. I just verbally express that, I am very blunt and I consider my self bold.

I guess the point of this blog is to state who I am but I don't know, It could be my alter ego or the fact that I'm reading this is my head, imagining Ms. Gilpin reading this out loud. It could be the multiple people in my head telling me what to write, who knows?

Beginning of school

I you happen to read this soon Ms.Hegeman, I'd like to make a suggestion. I feel like our class watching "Boyz N The Hood", was not really a lesson, We've seen it so many times before. I feel like since I've seen "Higher Learner" only twice, that we should watch it in class. It tackles racism in America after the civil rights movement in the late 80's and 90's. It shows two sides to the story German decent and African-American (black). Both sides of "White" people and "Black" people and how we portray each other.  I feel like it'll give a more vivid understanding on everyone else point of view in America. If you have trouble, The rapper Ice-Cube is in the movie. That can be a Google search for you. I hope you take my suggestion into consideration. -Happy Holidays, see you soon.


-Tahera B.

CRR?: Today in Ms.Hegeman class we were asked to write about segregation as a topic of bullying. I get get tired of writing essays on segregation and racist views. I believe as African Americans we already know,see, and live through racism through our lives. I think we should do more connections through other cultures and ethnic places. African Americans aren't the only ones who get separated,divided,discriminated, and verbal abused. Since we as class mates know that we're going to be looked upon as unequal to a standard,we should look at other things. 

Tahera ? (FC)

Ummmm.... Where should I start? Ah. I'm Tahera, I'm a very loud,rude.vibrant but also mean little person. I call myself little being as it may, that I am 16 years old. I guess my attitude fits the New York life-style, everything about me is New York but in the early 2000's ; Late 90's way. I enjoy the simple things, being outside , dancing, music, creepy cool weird things. I'm very misunderstood, which is fine; I love to surprise people with my random personality features. I live in Harlem, although its no Lower Manhattan, it is vibrant and full of life. All types of people in Harlem, all different people but the same in a way. I feel like I live throughout life in a view of a camera. I look at things as if there were more meaning to it, I don't know what I want to be when I graduate, Nothing really is set in stone; Though I might be a social worker, I'm good with handling other peoples problems then my own.....  I'm kind of boring on my spare time, I don't do much besides read. Ah! Yes , I love to read;Anything with a good plot and twist will have me reading for hours at a time, I love it. Also, Art is one of the biggest things in my life. All the things i can't express, I see it through images that portray myself. Poetry, Music, Visual Art and Dances , all those things make up me.