Así que con la intención de dejar claro lo orgulloso que se siente de sus raíces e intentando explicar que lo que se dijo en la serie de la cadena ABC es sólo un argumento de la comedia, que debía ser tomado con humor, el actor comentó lo siguiente…
“Hola mi gente. Parece que algunos de ustedes se sintieron incómodos con una línea que dice mi personaje en #Workit. Comprendo sus sentimientos”, comenzó diciendo para después agregar…
“El programa es una comedia y está destinado a ser visto en ese contexto. Soy Boricua de pura sepa. Estoy orgulloso de nuestra cultura, siempre he tratado de mantener la imagen positiva de mi hermosa isla y de nuestra gente en mi carrera y mi vida personal. Pa’lante mi gente”, concluyó el actor de 40 años.
Jabari Stewart; Promoted Bone Marrow Donation [Correction 2/8/06]
The Washington Post January 30, 2006 | Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb Jabari Akil Stewart, whose captivating smile and engaging personality helped raise funds for leukemia research and awareness of the need for bone marrow donors, died from complications of relapsed leukemia Jan. 8 at Georgetown University Hospital. He was 22. web site bone marrow donation
In 2004, Mr. Stewart was a “patient hero” for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, putting a public face on the cause of blood cancers. That year, he and his brother Maani, then 15, shared their stories of battling their different kinds of leukemia during the annual Bobby Mitchell/Toyota Hall of Fame Golf Classic, which raised a reported $500,000 for leukemia research.
The brothers spent the day hobnobbing with Hall of Fame basketball player Oscar Robertson, former Washington Redskins Bobby Mitchell and Sam Huff and dozens of other athletes. Mr. Stewart’s leukemia was in remission at the time.
Mr. Stewart, whose cancer was diagnosed in 2002, also inspired others to work on his behalf. Last year, more than 230 new donors were added to the National Marrow Donor Program’s registry from bone marrow drives sponsored for Mr. Stewart by Bethlehem Baptist Church in Alexandria, of which he was a member; students at North Carolina A&T State University; and family members in Pennsylvania.
Born in Washington, he was given a name that in Swahili means “brave and intelligent one who uses reasoning and logic.” He grew up in Alexandria and attended Edison High School until his family moved to Manassas. He graduated from Forest Park High School in Woodbridge, where he played point guard on the basketball team.
Opinionated and willing to share his viewpoints at an early age, Mr. Stewart served in 1998 on a USA Weekend magazine teen panel hosted by Tipper Gore, who was a mental health policy adviser to the Clinton administration.
Mr. Stewart, who had participated in previous teen panels sponsored by the magazine, answered questions about teenagers and self-image, including how one teen magazine portrayed sex among teenagers.
“They give a perfect example of how sex is becoming more acceptable,” Mr. Stewart, then 14, said in 1998. “Really, there’s no reason to be having sex as a teenager, but the media try to show you it’s becoming more and more acceptable among teens.” He also remarked that teenagers who are brought up in households where they are given attention and allowed to speak develop self- confidence. “The most positive influence is your parents,” he said.
A talented student-athlete, Mr. Stewart received a four-year academic scholarship to North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, where he majored in computer engineering.
He became ill at school in his sophomore year and hoped at first that he just had meningitis. He learned later that he had a form of leukemia. His younger brother’s cancer was then in remission.
While on medical leave from college, Mr. Stewart held a seminar at Forest Park High School to introduce varsity basketball players to electronic college searches and online college applications. He also did bone marrow donor recruiting.
At Bethlehem Baptist Church, he served as youth worship leader and on the young adult usher board.
From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Stewart worked with the Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as an intern in the information technology division. He also worked as a cashier at Best Buy for two summers to save money for college. in our site bone marrow donation
Among his high school honors, he was a 2002 USDA 1890 National Scholar.
Ever the sports enthusiast, Mr. Stewart enjoyed fantasy football with his team, the Hustlers, in the fantasy league Thicker Than Water with his father, brothers and other relatives.
He also whiled away hours on his computer playing video games and on Facebook, the online interactive student yearbook.
Survivors include his parents, Robert and Florence Stewart, and brothers, Abdulla Aziz Stewart and Maani Adisa Stewart, all of Manassas; and his maternal grandmother, Mary Alice Chivis Keys of Harrisburg, Pa.
Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb
A través de su cuenta de Twitter, Amaury Nolasco quiso referirse a la polémica que se ha generado luego de que su personaje en la serie ‘Work It’, a la no le ha ido nada bien desde su estreno, hiciera un comentario que ha sido considerado como discriminatorio. “Yo soy puertorriqueño, debo ser bueno vendiendo drogas”, fue la frase que despertó la controversia y que ha sido considerada como un insulto hacia los paisanos de Nolasco.
