Okay, I'll Say It...

Dedicated to the memory of Sean Bell...Respect... ...VOTE...Fight,
Fight the Power, You've GOTTA Fight the Powers That Be!

Before I offer a
negative I will offer a positive, because that is the proper way to do
things. It may not be what I really WANT to do but it is what I HAVE to
do. Okay, here it goes...I will applaud CNN for the effort of having Soledad
O'Brien present their two part series Black in America. That is as far
as I can take it. I was anticipating something VERY different from what
was presented. That is where I made my first mistake. They did not tell
me to expect anything, I conjured up in my mind what I THOUGHT would be
included in such a piece. I was THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED with the woman who
cannot find tomatoes in Harlem. Please do not let me jump through the
television and slap the taste out of her mouth! What about the
successful family with the son whofound himself on the other side of the law? Doesn't want to talk about it and they don't??!! Please
give me a break! All of the poor folk had to bare their souls, why did
he get a pass? I found Michael Eric Dyson's part COMPLETELY unnecessary
. We really need to let that one go. For Real. Were all of the people
who we saw all related to the Rand Family? We started and ended part one with them, I just wondered if that was the thread.
Now, following one family, THAT would have been interesting to see
how each life choice was determined. Seeing the different outcomes
...hmmm...there may be something of an idea here. If you use it, you
MUST pay me! I think we as a community know many of the issues, I would
have liked to see more of a balance that presented success in the inner
city. More thoughts about this series later. What do YOU think? One last note regarding yesterday's post. Upon further
consideration, the portrayal of Cindy McCain in that awful cartoon was
the ONLY one that even had a glimmer of a hint of the truth. Even at
that, it would be as vile to actually go with something like that as it
was for the rag mag to actually run their cover. Peace, ciao and write
on...