Do other races really want to know how it is to be black in America? Do some black people really want to know? I've pondered on this for a few weeks now and tonight I guess we will see and I can only base this on the conversations to be had in the up coming days. I will be listening to the Q100's and the 95 The Beats as well as the usual talk radio shows just to see if any non-urban stations will make this series a talk point. Even though I will DVR the show I will be rushing (not speeding though) home to watch it live just hoping that it will not be censored to death. I want them to talk about the real profiling that we are subjected too. The "catching a cab downtown" issue and most importantly let's talk about how some black people hate black people too (they will not watch anyway). I want people to speak up on how we've been programmed to wear masks when we go out in public in order to "fit in" or make "others" feel as less threatened as possible. Let's talk about why my daughter goes to school and is focused on education and her diction and vocabulary is superb yet she is ridiculed by other black kids and told over and over that she's acting "white" what is that? That's really a rhetorical question because this has been going on for decades I got the same thing when I was in school and like I tell my daughter these are kids of those ignorant kids I attended class with. When does it end?
I will save some of my thoughts for after the series airs, but until then I want you to listen to this kid Sergeant Willie Pete. I like most first heard him in his heated rant about Lauren London and her ignorant comments in King Magazine about liking thugs especially the fictitious character O-Dog from Menace to Society. Well he has over 400 other post and the one I've found most interesting so far is the one about how we have to wear that mask and people not understanding why. It's a lengthy listen, but a very interesting to those they may not live this mask life that most of us do.
BLACK SUBURBANITE - Putting On The Mask Part 1 of 2
BLACK SUBURBANITE - Putting On The Mask Part 2 of 2
Let's go CNN make us proud!!
to be continued....
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I definitely was wondering if this was only a self important thing myself. As I'm hearing it, some people think it further perpetuates stereotypes. I on the other hand, enjoyed part one and look forward to the second part tonight.
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