(YGB) Young Black Girl

As you all know I am a Myspace Junkie. I'm always looking for uplifting and positive people. Well I came across this Myspace page that is for young girls and as a mom I thought it was powerful and strong for young girls today so I had to share this with you all. Ihope to oneday meet Nefra Johnson.

Please read and I hope you all join her myspace page. and website It only take 1 person to speak the words but it take a million people to broadcast the words that are spoken.

Please share the knowledge.

Words hurt, don’t they? If they don’t, what’s all the Don Imus fuss about, anyway, right? Some believe words hit harder, and do more damage, than receiving a punch from a heavy-weight champ.While negative words, and the people who consistently spew them – Shock Jocks, rappers, various public figures and celebrities (read Alec Baldwin) – have taken center stage in the media recently, there is one person who aims to redirect the focus to positivity – positive words to be exact.Nefra Johnson, owner and creator of the website, beaybg.com – the letters stand for BE A YOUNG BLACK GIRL – says the website is the “Positivity Place” for young women and girls of color.“This website was born out of my desire to do something to combat the barrage of negative messages received 24/7 by young women and young girls of color. As a black women and mother of two young girls I felt it was my duty and responsibility to create a safe, positive haven where girls can take a break from the negative music and videos that have become so popular.”Beaybg.com sells a line of t-shirts emblazoned with positive affirmations that target young women and girls of color.“Words are very powerful,” says Nefra, who launched the web site shortly after Don Imus made his racist remarks on air. “The media always starts with, and sustains their focus on the negative side of a story or issue,” say Nefra, “My website is doing what no one else is, replacing the negative with positive. If negative words started all the uproar that we see now, let’s inject some positivity into the mix and see what happens.”With sayings like, “I LOVE MY HAIR… HOWEVER I CHOOSE TO WEAR,” and “I AM GOING TO BE A POLITICIAN WHEN I GROW UP,” the message of beaybg.com’s t-shirts is clear – Negativity has no place here.CBS Radio Shock Jock Don Imus started a firestorm of controversy when he referred to the black women of Rutgers University female basketball team as “nappy-headed hos” – Imus was fired because of those comments.Since Imus’ comments, the focus inevitably turned to everyone who directs negative verbiage toward women of color – and according to the media that means rap music and the hip-hop culture.With the hip-hop now in the media ‘cross-hairs” – a development that prompted rap impresario Russell Simmons and the Rev. Al Sharpton to cast blame on the recording and radio broadcasting industries – the dialogue no longer includes Imus’ racist comments, but rather the “in-house” degradation blacks do to themselves.According to Nefra, not enough is being done. “Whether it’s Don Imus getting fired or Russell Simmons try to ban the words B****, N***** and H* or Al Sharpton marching on record companies or the media focusing on the negative aspects of hip-hop instead of white racists and their comments, the national dialogue and focus lives with the negative. We’re here to change that.”“Words got Don Imus fired. Words have rap music receiving heat and criticism. I wondered when something was going to be said or done that focused on something positive, you know, a change of direction. I got tired of hearing the same arguments week after week. So I empowered myself to do something in the other direction.”In addition to the thirty-one t-shirts that make up the “POSITIVITY TEES” line, beaybg.com also offers many things intended to raise the self-worth and self-esteem of young black girls.“We have a black woman quiz, positive books, a forum, current news, school and scholarship information, photo galleries, health and business info and positive music and videos, all geared to young women and girls of color and most importantly, it’s all positive!”If you would like additional information about beaybg.com, Young Black Girl or Nefra Johnson or a copy of this release contact Steven Richard, Media Director, Young Black Girl, Inc. or visit beaybg.com.

About Young Black Girl, Inc.Two month old Chicago company, Young Black Girl, Inc. (YBG) is the parent company of beaybg.com. Nefra Johnson is Founder and President of YBG. YBG’s mission, carried out through the efforts of website beaybg.com, is to uplift and empower young women and girls of color here in the U.S. and countries abroad.

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