>When Niambi said that I had
>to laugh because what she
>said did hold a lot
>of truth IMO. I think
>Niambi is a person that
>picks her word very carefully
>and appears to speak kinda
>slow because she's watching people's
>body language as she talks.
>I think Niambi is a
>people watcher. I think she
>is just really aware of
>how inconsistant some people are
>in their interactions. They may
>say one thing but do
>another. They may act one
>way with the LC's then
>another way with the hg's...stuff
>like that.
>
>Niambi has trust issues amongst other
>things, but I noticed her
>bonding with Kim. When Kim
>left I felt like Niambi
>retreated a little bit. Almost
>like she may need to
>be careful about getting close
>to people since they're gonna
>leave. Also the house had
>A LOT of turbulance. People
>were coming and going. So
>to me I just kinda
>felt like she was trying
>to get her bearings, because
>there was so much going
>on around her.
>
>I don't think Christie quite understands
>how she may come across
>or how Niambi may be
>perceiving her. I don't know
>Niambi's history of interactions regarding
>white women. Just like I
>don't know Christie's history regarding
>black women. But there is
>something there because when Christie
>got into the camera and
>said what she said and
>the way she said it
>regarding Niambi and the "angry
>black woman" statement, in that
>moment to me Christie reduced
>Niambi down to her skin
>color and it really signified
>some thing to me about
>Christie.
>
>Even in her "excitement" when Niambi
>was talking about Christie, and
>saying, "She's been here what?
>Two, three years?", Niambi didn't
>say anything regarding Christie's skin
>color.
>
>Christie is the oldest hg and
>I don't know if it's
>just the "top dog" thing
>going on with Christie or
>something else. What I do
>know is that "something" is
>going on between Niambi and
>Christie. That was evident from
>the group earlier in the
>week when Niambi told Christie
>something to the effect that
>that was Christie and not
>her.
>
>So something has been brewing and
>I guess we'll see...

~Stands and applauds~

VERY good post...