February 2, 2005
__________________
Dear Deanna!
W B lack H istory M
Ask ö
Last year, I learned I had a
sister in a town where my dad
cheated on my mother. I had to
go without things because he
never had any extra money. I
was shortchanged because he
was secretly paying child sup
port my mother didn’t know
about. As an adult, I stopped
dealing with him because I felt
he was so wrong for having a
baby out of wedlock. How do I
heal? -R an d y ; San Bernar
dino, Calif.
IS
Dear Randy;
to be a better person when
y o u ’re released.
Dear Deanna!
My girlfriend’s attractive, nicely
shaped and has a great person
ality. I don’t understand why
she wears so much weave. Her
natural hair is nice and long but
she still glues, sews and patches
all that fake hair in her head and
I can’t stand it. She said she’s
tired o f me complaining about it.
How can it make it clear that I
want her weave less? —James;
Chicago
Dear James:
Start by reaching out to your
father and share your feelings
and explain why you kicked
him to the curb. O nce th at’s
done, put it in prayer, hope for
the best and keep it m oving.
As for you— becom e com m it
ted to being a manly role model
for your m other, your sister
and any wom an you deal with.
D on’t m ake the sam e m istake
your dad m ade— rem em ber
real men d o n ’t m ake babies
unless th ey ’re m arried.
Men often com plain about hair
w eave because they c a n ’t run
tified against me and now I’m
their fingers through it. If the
doing all these years. It’s killing
w eave looks nice and can fool
me. —Big G.; Central Correc
som ebody you have nothing to
tions Facility (McCloud, Okla.)
gripe about. You d o n ’ t need to
Dear Big G.
m ake anything clear except
T h an k G od th o se o ffic e rs the co m p lim e n ts w hen the
d id n ’t shoot you in the back as w eave looks good, and if it
you w ere running. If you were looks bad to you, hand over
dealing with dope you d e the cash for the beauty salon.
served to be caught and pun Leave the issue alone, because
ished. W hen it com es to drugs, like the hair w eave, y o u ’re an
your flesh and blood will turn a c c e s s o ry th a t can be re
on you in a second if they can placed.
Dear Deanna!
Me and my partner were deal get out o f the drama. Since
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ing drugs but when we got caught, police brutality has been on
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the police claim I had the dope. the rise, patrol cars have cam
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My partner threw the crack out eras and your incident should S. LaCienega Blvd. Suite 1283
of the window and we tried to have been recorded. Drop to Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Website:
run. The police say they found it your knees in prayer and use www. askdeanna, com
in my pocket. My homeboy tes- your jail tim e to think and plan
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