BOBBEE BEE: A WORLD WITHOUT COLOR

by Eric D. Graham

Colors.
Colors.
 Colors.
All Brother.

Could you imagine a world without colors.
No RED.
NO Black.
No Green.
All the true revolutionaries in the room know exactually what I mean. Because, if there was a world without colors,
I could not count a jar full of jelly beans.

And The Incredible Hulk couldn't be MEAN.

Because The Incredible HULK
Couldn't turn GREEN.

And if there was a world without COLOR,
it probably would be really scary.
Because I could not text you,
this poem on my Black Berry.
See, what I mean.

In a world with NO COLOR
You couldn't rock your over sized White Tee's-
And girls couldn't wear their TIGHT Blue jeans.
See, in a world without color

You could not even cheer for your favorite sports teams
Cause there would be
No Washington Redskins or Boston Red Sox
Or Cleveland Browns or Cincinnati Reds
And NO Green Bay Packer fans with yellow cheese on the top of their heads.

Hey dude, you need to listen to every world I just said.
Because, it's something everybody needs to think about.
Because, if there was NO color,
Would it really matter if there was a BLACK MAN in the WHITE HOUSE ? And if there was a world with NO color would there still be RACISM in the DEEP SOUTH.

And would Flavor Flav take those GOLD Teeth out of his mouth.
See, if there was a world with NO color, there would be no need for flat screen color-TVs. Or Rap videos on BET.


Don't get MAD at me.
See, if there was a world with no color, I could throw away my grandmother's black and white TV from 1963.
Do you Remember the Times?
Michael Jackson made it plain with just one line ?

Because it really does not matter if you are WHITE or BLACK.
But I still don't understand why he MESSED up his NOSE like that.

Doesn't he know that the BLACKER THE BERRY the SWEETER the JUICE?
Man, Michael Jackson must have forgotten his ROOTS.
See, in a world with NO color, America would be through.

Because nobody would have to Pledge Allegiance to the RED, WHITE, and BLUE.
And maybe Sean Bell would still be alive just like ME and YOU.
Because he wouldn't have gotten SHOT 50 TIMES by the BOYS IN BLUE.

See, if there was NO color what would you DO?
How would you think?
Would a Girl BE A GIRL
 If She didn't wear PINK
Cause Roses are RED and VIOLETS are BLUE
But in a world with NO COLORS, how would you say I love you?

See, in a world with NO COLOR,
I think, I would still ask the Lord to protect us?
Because in a world with NO COLOR,
Would Rosa Parks still have to sit at the back of the bus?
Could I still get down like James Brown
And still Say It Loud!
 I am Black!
And I am Proud!

See, a world with NO color would probably get dull after awhile?
Because honestly,a world without color would actually cramp my style.
Because, I'm quite VERSATILE.
But in a world with NO COLOR,
I could not wear my GREEN GUCCI GATORS. Or eat me a box full of rainbow colored Skittles
Or my Now-or LATERS.

See, in a world with NO COLOR, I think, this is something you should know.
Because RED means STOP
And GREEN means GO.
But in a world with NO COLOR, there would be alot of traffic jams.
Because there would be no traffic lights.
See, a world without COLOR just doesn't seem RIGHT.
Because in a world without COLOR,
There would be NO need for CRAYONS anymore.
I mean a BOX of 64,
With the built-in pencil sharpener.
See, a world without color, would be much DARKER
And I'm NOT COLOR BLIND.
Besides, I need my MAGIC MARKERS.
So, I can paint a pretty picture, and COLOR in between the lines.
Because I'm Artist.
Can you Believe this?

In a world without COLOR, I could not play my BLUES records
Over and over until I remember every line.
And press rewind.
Until I can paint a beautiful picture
In the back of my MIND.
But in a world with NO COLOR, this doesn't make any sense.
Because in a world without color, I couldn't listen to PRINCE.

Sing about his "little" RED CORVETTE.
But I'm NOT finished yet.
Because in a world with NO COLOR, I could not even hear PRINCE Sing PURPLE RAIN.
Now, that's INSANE!!
But if there was a World with NO COLOR, would that mean there would be NO GANGS? NO BLOODS, NO CRIPS, NO LATIN KINGS.
Maybe a world without COLORS is a Beautiful thing?
by Eric D. Graham e-mail lbiass34@yahoo.com for comments and remarks

BOBBEE BEE:THINK ABOUT THIS

BOBBEE BEE: YOU CAN VOTE HOWEVER YOU LIKE!!

BOBBEE BEE: WE ARE WHAT WE THINK

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with an impure mind
And trouble will follow you
As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.
We are what we think.

All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with a pure mind
And happiness will follow you
As your shadow, unshakable.

How can a trouble mind
Understand the way?


Your worst enemy cannot harm you
As much as your own thoughts, unguarded.But once mastered,
No one can help you as much,
Not even your father or your mother.

from the DHAMMAPADA, translated by Thomas

Please read all of our children's books in the series of Bobbee Bee "The HATER"as well as our weekly cartoon that appears on BLACK ATHLETE SPORTS NETWORK every Monday on http://www.blackathlete.com/

BOBBEE BEE FIND YOUR NAME IN THE HALL FAME

LEADERSHIP , GOVERNMENT, AND SCHOLARSHIP

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1. The Honorable Louis Farrakhan (Winston-Salem State)

2.) Stockley Carmichael (Kwame'Ture) (Howard University)

2a) Kwame Nkrumah (Lincoln University (First President of Ghana)

3.) Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Morehouse College)
4.) W.E.B. DuBOIS (Fisk University)

5.) Rev. Jesse Jackson (North Carolina A&T)

5a) Jesse Jackson Jr. (North Carolina A&T)

6.) Booker T. Washington (Hampton University)

7.) Medgar Evers (Alcorn State University)

8.) Rosa Parks (Alabama State)

9.) Marian Wright Edelman (Spelman College)

10.) Dr.Johnetta Coles (Spelman College)

11.) Mary MccLound Bethune (Barbia Scotia)

12.) Andrew Young (Morehouse College) Former UN Ambassor

13.) A.Phillip Randolph (Bethune Cookman) Labor Leader/Civil Rights

14.) David Dinkins (Howard University) former Mayor of New York

15.) Alex Herman (Xavier University) Former US Secretary of Labor

16.) Douglas Wilder (Virginia Union) Former Governor of Virginia)

17.) Dr. Nathan and Julia Hare (Langston University) Black Think Tank

18.) Ron Brown (Tennessee State University) Former US Secretary of Commerce

19.) Rev. Calvin Butts (Morehouse College) Preacher; Activist

20) Kweisi Mfume (Morgan State University) former director of NAACP

SPORTS AND ATHLETICS

1.) Best Running Back Walter Payton (Jackson State)(Chicago Bears)

1a) Best College "Running Back" Richard Huntley (Winston-Salem State)

2) Best Wide Receivers Jerry Rice (Mississippi Valley)(San Fransico 49ers)

2a) Oronde Gadsden (Winston-Salem State) (Miami Dolphins)

2b) Yancey Thigpen (Winston-Salem State) (Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans)

3b) John Stallworth (Alabama A&M) Pittsburgh Steelers

4b) Charlie Joyner (Grambling State University) San Diego Chargers

3.) Best Basketball Coach Clarence "BigHouse" Gaines (Morgan State) WSSU

3a) John Chaney (Bethune-Cookman) Temple University

4.) Best Football Coach Eddie Robinsson (GRAMBLING STATE)

5.) Best Quarterback Doug Williams (GRAMBLING STATE)(Washington Redskins)

5a) Steve McNair (Alcorn State University) Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens)

6.) Best Tight End Shannon Sharpe (Savahnah State)(Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)

7.) Best Basketball Player Earl "the Pearl" Monroe (Winston-Salem State)

7a) Willis Reed (Grambling State University) NBA Hall of Fame

7b Travis "Shotgun" Grant (Kentucky State) Won Three National Championships

8.) Best Streetballer Earl "The GOAT" Manigault (Johnson C. Smith)
9.) Best Tennis Player Althea Gibson (Flordia A&M)

10)Best Sports Commentator (Steven A. Smith) (Winston-Salem State)

11.)Best Female Sports Archor (Pam Oliver) (Flordia A&M)

12.)Best Player Coach Avery Johnson (San Antonio Spurs/Dallas Mavericks)

13.)Best Defensive End Michael Strahan (Texas Southern) New York Giants

13a) Ed "Too Tall" Jones (Tennessee State) Dallas Cowboys

14.)Charles Oakley (Virginia Union University) (Chicago Bulls/New York Knicks)
15.) Ben Wallace (Virginia Union University) (Detriot Pistons/Chicago Bulls)
16.) Rick Mahorn (Hampton University) (Detriot Pistons)
17.) Fastest Track Star (Wilma Rudolph)
18) Best Basketball Dribbler Fred "Curly" NEAL (Johnson C.Smith) Harlem Globetrotters

MEDIA , MUSIC AND TELEVISION

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1.) Best Movie Director Spike Lee (Morehouse College)

2.) Highest Paid Actor Samuel Jackson (Morehouse College)
3.) Hightest Paid Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey (Tennessee State University

4.) Best News Broadcaster Ed Bradley 60 Minutes (Cheyney State)

5.) Best Radio Show Tom Joyner (Tuskegee University)

6.) Highest Paid Hip-Hop Music Executive Shawn P.Diddy Combs (Howard University)

7.) Best Hip-Hop Lyricist (Common) (Flordia A &M University)

8.) Best Female R &B Singer (Eryka Badu) (Grambling State University)
9.) Best Female Jazz Singer (Nancy Wilson (Central State-Ohio)

10.) Best Male R&B Singer (Lionel Richie) (Tuskegee University)

11.) Best Gospel Singer (Yolanda Adams) (Tennessee State University)
12,) Favorite American Idol (Ruben Studdard) (Alabama A&M)
(13.) Best Actress Phylicia Rasheed (Howard University) The Cosby Show
(13a)Lynn Whitfield (Howard University)
14) Best Chreographer/Director Debbie Allen (Howard University)


WRITERS


1a Amiri Baraka (Howard University)
1b Langston Hughes (Lincoln University)
2. Best Author Alex Haley (Alcorn State University) Roots & Autobiography of Malcom X
3. Noble Prize Author Toni Morrison (Howard University)
4. Best Magazine Susan Taylor (Lincoln University) Essence Magazine
4aBest Magazine Earl Graves (Morgan State University) Black Enterprise
5. Funniest Comedy Director/ Writer Keenan Ivory Wayans (Tuskegee University)
6. James Waldon Johnson (Clark-Atlanta) Negro National Athem
7. Best New Cartoon Series (Eric Graham) (Winston-Salem State University)
8. Best Spoken Word Artist (Gil-Scott-Heron) (Lincoln University)
9. Best Writer Ralph Ellison (Tuskegee University) Invisible Man
9a Nathan McCall (Norfolk State) Make Me Wanna Holler
10 Best Publiher (Robert Johnson) Ebony Magazine

BOBBEE BEE's DEFENCE MECHANISMS

The traditional (Freudian view) is that a defence mechanism is a weapon employed by the Ego (reality principle) to protect from anxiety, conflict, shame, depression, and other types of painful experiences. The psycho-dynamic counsellor treats defences with respect, acknowledging that most of them were developed in early childhood. Below I have listed Eight defences mechanisms utilized by Bobbee Bee and his friends:
1.Denial

Denial is refusing to face up to something about either themselves or what is happening in their lives. It is an “unconscious” defense mechanism which refuses to acknowledge thoughts, emotions, needs or wishes that can cause anxiety. For example, the President Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal: "I didn't have sexually relationship with that woman!“Hear no evil, See NO evil, Speak NO Evil”

2.Displacement

Displacement is another defense which involves the redirecting of feelings and impulses from the original source to another object, person or situation. An example, is when a person feels angry with their boss but is unable to express it, on arriving home their angry is displaced on their spouse. This is a classic case of Domestic Violence!
3.Fixation

Like (regression), fixation is a defence which relates to the earlier developmental stages. The term is used to explain when an individual gets stuck at a certain stage or fixed in their outlook, demonstrating failure to progress from one stage of development to the next. For instance, 'a mother/father fixation is used to describe when an adult is highly reliant on nurturing, approval, or guidance from the parental figure (mom's boy; daddy's girl.) This fixation can also appear in the transitional period between adolescents and adulthood which causes 'role confusion' because the individual has failed to resolve certain issues during that period of development. For instance, many child stars in Hollywood have a difficult process moving from child actor to adult film star.

4. Repression Repression is at the root of many other defenses as a means of blocking an unpleasant experience from memory; “pent up thoughts”. The psycho-dynamic understanding of the term is when anxiety-laden thoughts, feelings & experience have been totally forgotten, hidden away in the deep recesses of the unconscious mind. This usually occurs when a child has been sexually abused. On a cultural and historical level, however, the forgotten truth of slavery has "collectively" damaged the psyche of the African-American community.

5. Regression:

Regression is another defense that refers to a person who resorts to action that has provided security in the past. In psychoanalytical theories the implication is that anxiety or stress cause the individual to retreat from reality into an infantile state or pattern behavior. For example, an 11-year old begins to suck their thumb or using baby language. In light, regression can be seen as a type of distracting device or a refusal to go forward at the point in time until unresolved material held within the psyche is satisfactorily addressed. Some have labeled this the "Peter Pan Syndrome."

6. Rationalization:
Rationalization ,in the psychoanalytic theory, as a defense mechanism rationalization conceals the real motivation for the individual thoughts, feelings, or actions. Irrational, obscure, and confusing material is “rationalized” made sense of, by the client, as a defense against the therapist probing, disapproval, or interpretation. For instance, President Bush and his cabinet tried to justify attacking IRAQ by claiming that they had “weapons of Mass Destruction”7.Projection
This is the defense of attributing to other feelings or aspects of self which can not be directly owned. Projection takes the onus of responsibility from the one who projects by placing (often negative) attention on the other person where unconscious urges can be safely identified. An example of projection is when one person accuses another of being, angry, unhappy or bad tempered, when it is the speaker who is secretly feeling the emotion. The anxiety-provoking feelings are externalized by dissociation from the self and by reallocation to another person. The late great Barry White simplifies this seemingly complex theory by singing "Practice What You Preach". Many Preachers (especially in the Catholic church) as well as politicians have utilized this defence mechanism (Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker (PTL), former governor of New Jersey James E. McGreevey, Ted Haggard)
8. Idealization
Idealization is a form of denial in which an object of attention (parent, partner, sibling) is presented as “all good” to the therapist, making ambivalent feelings toward the other. So instead of declaring feelings of jealousy and hatred towards the sister who excels at everything she does, the client says how clever and marvelous she is and how well the two have always got along; rather that stating their father was cruel, bullying, megalomaniac, the dutiful daughter says that he was kind, considerate father whom she adored when the client talks about the person in exaggeratedly glowing terms, this may be a signal that opposite emotions lurk beneath the acceptable one. The "ALL BAD" representation of illicit emotions of hatred and fear towards the other person is too dangerous to acknowledge and has therefore been replaced, and repressed. The greatest example "Idealization" is the creation of DEATH ROW Records by the "notorious" Suge Knight.

Information obtained from Aileen Milne a trained counsellor who runs her own private practice with additional details by Eric GrahamFor information about our cartoon character as well as our books and presentations contact: Eric D. Graham PO Box 172 Magnolia, NC 28453