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[AKA2D '91]

jfleischman@MiamiHerald.com

SETH BROWARNIK/OCEAN DRIVE
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal wants to divorce Shaunie, his wife of nearly five years. "The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken," says his petition, filed Tuesday by attorney Ira Elegant.
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal wants to divorce Shaunie, his wife of nearly five years. ''The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken,'' says his petition, filed Tuesday by attorney Ira Elegant.

The O'Neals have four children together -- Shareef, 7, Amirah, 5, Shaqir, 4, and Me'Arah, 1. Shaq has a daughter, Taahirah, and Shaunie has a son, Myles, from previous relationships.

The family lives on Miami Beach's exclusive Star Island. They bought an $18.8 million estate in the summer of '04, at the time of his trade to the Heat. It is for sale -- No. 32 is asking $32 million.

Shaq, 35, and Shaunie, 32, wed Dec. 26, 2002, in a lavish ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Shaq, then with the Lakers, gave Shaunie a ring with 17 carats of diamonds.

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[jitterbug13]

I refused to believe this!!!! No no no no no no. *shakes head* No no no no no no.

[AKA2D '91]

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sp...rce_0905.html#

[CrimsonTide4]

Oh.snap.

He's filing for divorce from her? So she outdid him and his appearance in Superhead's book? (an inference/interpretation) This is going to be hella interesting.

[Steeltrap]

I'm sad about this. I liked Diesel and Shaunie as a couple.

[NinjaPoodle]

Glamour editor: Afros are unprofessional

http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEnt...ogEntryID=2184

August 27, 2007 10:05 AM


Posted by Kym Platt


A Glamour magazine beauty editor told a women's luncheon of a Wall Street law firm, Cleary Gottlieb, that Black female attorneys should avoid wearing "political" hairstyles like dreadlocks or Afros, because these hairstyles are seen as unattractive and unprofessional.


To make a long story short, the Black lawyers in the audience and many in the blogosphere have voiced objection and outrage at the beauty editor's comments; with some folks calling for a boycott of Glamour and others stating that fashionably conservative law firms are few and far between and more and more law firms are embracing a wider concept of diversity.

What I don't fully grasp is why a beauty editor is commenting on naturally occurring hairstyles in the Black community. Afros and dreadlocks are not necessarily political statements but they are hairstyles achieved by many people of African descent (with the right texture of hair) simply by keeping their hair the way "god" intended it to be. If I cut my hair it grows into an Afro, even with out picking it out, and then if it grows longer and I don't brush or comb it, it will grow into dreadlocks, a very natural process.



"Whether you let your hair go natural or straighten is a very touchy subject," says one black female partner at a New York firm.

It seems as though the Glamour editor is saying that professional Black women should chemically straighten their hair. This has been a controversial topic since Madame CJ WalkerMadame CJ Walker invented the relaxer.

I believe Black women should not straighten their hair, but I also support Black women (and men) having the freedom to express themselves stylistically in any way they choose. I can explain, ad nauseam, why Black people altering their hair to look more white, more professional, more beautiful(?!), is not only problematic but reflective of internalized racism and self-hatred, but at the end of the day, Black folks should be allowed to do whatever we want… wear blue contact lenses, straighten our hair, bleach our skins, etc. I just don't want to participate in this kind of white-fashion play, and I definitely don't think white beauty aesthetics should be forced upon us.

Personally, I just don't think a Black woman with straightened hair is hot. I prefer Black women with locks, and Afros, and braids (of real hair), to processed coifs. And, I also prefer to wear my hair naturally. I haven't relaxed my hair since my (white!) mom forced me to for my 12th grade yearbook picture in 1991.

Anyway, who is the Glamour beauty editor that thinks Black women wearing "political" hairstyles are unprofessional? Gawker believes it's this Jewish woman by the name of Suze Yalof Schwartz. It seems as though Ms. Schwartz has some sort of personal obsession (fetish?) with Black women's hairstyles. Gawker has stated that Ms. Schwartz is their new nemesis, and now she's also mine.



By the way, Ms. Schwartz, I have two Jewish female friends (not lawyers) who chemically relax their "Jew 'fros" maybe you do too? This might explain why you would advocate such blatant displays of self-hatred.


Be Love,
Egyirba

[EyesOnThePrize]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Oh.snap.

He's filing for divorce from her? So she outdid him and his appearance in Superhead's book? (an inference/interpretation) This is going to be hella interesting.

Yeah, I'm super shocked that filed on her!

I wonder why his petition notes so many things about financials and hidden assets. Shaunie was creating a nest egg on the side?!?! LOL.

[eduakator]

I'm not mad if she was banking $$.

[delph998]

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

jfleischman@MiamiHerald.com

SETH BROWARNIK/OCEAN DRIVE
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal wants to divorce Shaunie, his wife of nearly five years. "The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken," says his petition, filed Tuesday by attorney Ira Elegant.
Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal wants to divorce Shaunie, his wife of nearly five years. ''The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken,'' says his petition, filed Tuesday by attorney Ira Elegant.

The O'Neals have four children together -- Shareef, 7, Amirah, 5, Shaqir, 4, and Me'Arah, 1. Shaq has a daughter, Taahirah, and Shaunie has a son, Myles, from previous relationships.

The family lives on Miami Beach's exclusive Star Island. They bought an $18.8 million estate in the summer of '04, at the time of his trade to the Heat. It is for sale -- No. 32 is asking $32 million.

Shaq, 35, and Shaunie, 32, wed Dec. 26, 2002, in a lavish ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Shaq, then with the Lakers, gave Shaunie a ring with 17 carats of diamonds.

www.miamiherald.com

No flippin' way!

[AKA2D '91]

Kim Porter and Essence:
http://www.essence.com/essence/themi...658986,00.html

[delph998]

Originally Posted by eduakator

I'm not mad if she was banking $$.

But what about the sacredness of marriage? Money doesn't buy happiness or companionship. And it would also be nice for those kids to grow up in a two-parent home. It's just sad to see so many marriages crumble.

I guess I'm off my soap box. I don't know. This saddens me

[thesweetestone]

Congrats to Halle!

I hope that she has a girl.

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Glamour editor: Afros are unprofessional

http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEnt...ogEntryID=2184

OMG!!! And here I am, going to a job fair tomorrow, Afro puff in all!! Although my hair is very well kept and I know how to look professional, is this the "real" thought process? I went to a job fair last year and there were several black female attorneys rocking natural hair. Be it that they already have their jobs and I'm trying to get in the door, I'm nervous that people view my hair negatively.... This article is distressing....

[Ideal08]

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs....S01/709050368/

I'm BEYOND angry about this. BEYOND angry. A black woman left her kids in the closet with food, drink, and entertainment while she went to work; THEY ARE ALIVE, and she faces 15 years in prison. This chick "forgets" her child, the kid DIES (a horrible death), and doesn't even get charged. BS. All day long it's BS. You can call it race, you can call it class, I call it BS. She forgot. Ok. How do you work in a SCHOOL and forget about a CHILD? I can't go 8 hours without thinking about my manfriend and he's GROWN. So how you forget about your child? Do people seriously drop their kids off at daycare and then don't think about them until it's time to pick them up? Stopping to get donuts threw you off your routine? So you never stopped to get gas? You've just never stopped in the morning? But you stopped to get donuts and then forget you had just put a kid in the car BEFORE you stopped to get the donuts. It's BS.

If it's not, I need for ONE GreekChat mother to tell me about the time she just forgot all about her child.

And when did forgetting stuff get you off the hook? If I get stopped for speeding, can I say I forgot I what the speed limit was? Can I walk out of a store without paying and say I was so overwhelmed with work I just forgot to pay? Can someone just leave their kid at home and say they forgot to take the child to daycare? When did "I forgot" become a valid EXCUSE?

[MzJ25]

Originally Posted by Ideal08

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs....S01/709050368/
If it's not, I need for ONE GreekChat mother to tell me about the time she just forgot all about her child.

And when did forgetting stuff get you off the hook?

I have been hearing about people forgetting their kids in the car a lot lately. I have a two year old son and there has never been a day that I forgot to drop him off with the sitter. There has not even been a day that I don't call my sitter and make sure he's doing okay. I personally don't see how it's possible. My mom and I tried to come up with several scenarios that would cause her to forget and we didn't come up with anything that was reasonable. In the case of this woman they let her off the hook because they said the child was not really neglected, she just simply forgot. I think this is BS. It doesn't matter if your child is neglected or not, you still left him in a hot car for 8 or 9 hrs with the windows rolled up and for that you need to pay. When your life becomes so busy and hectic that accidents like this happen,i t's time to sit down and re-evaluate your priorities.