Remember Iyanla Vanzant, the motivational speaker and prolific writer who gave us such titles as One Day My Soul Just Opened Up and Acts of Faith?
For those who still don't know who she is, Iyanla is the black version of Dr. Phil with a side of Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou all rolled into one person.
Well, like millions of other Americans, Iyanla got one of those exotic loans - yes, even those with money got suckered - and lost her house. On top of that, due to catastrophic illness and tragedy in her family, she also lost almost everything else. Her daughter was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and like many black folks (includng myself), Iyanla had to take on the added responsibility of taking care of her daughter, her daughter's bills and a grandchild. She also went through a divorce, and her daughter died.
We've heard a lot about the pervasive greed serially committed by those n charge of companies like AIG. And we've been bombarded with people like Rick Santelli. If you recall, he's the nice fellow who went on a televised rant a couple of weeks ago and castigated many of those who have recently lost their jobs, healthcare, homes or all three.
For those who subscribe to Santelli's point-of-view, I suggest you read Iyanla's story. For those who don't feel like Santelli, I still encourage you to read what happened with this woman and how she went from "Oprah favorite" to starting over.
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Our prayers are continuously for Ms Vanzant. If anyone knows who I need to go through to speak with Ms Vanzant or how I can email her please inform Inger Stevenson @ www.princessesofpower.org.
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Nice story, but why did you have to bring race into it? You mentioned "like many black folks...", well many white folks experience loss of their homes and tragedy just like Ms. Vanzant did. Many white folks have to take care of sick family members and take over their bills while working and maintaining their lives. It is not just a black thing, it is a human thing.
Perhaps "white" folks do experience life-altering, impacting blows, but when we as a people go throgh this time and time again, generation to generation and then this is all you have to endure, seems like our load is more to deal with. Get a life and let the "white" folk fight for themselves.
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