A Couple Things VII
Whenever I do these "Couple Things" posts, it drains me of my self-control allotment for the day and I usually end up doing self-destructive things for the rest of the day, like eating a whole pizza, drinking 3/4 a bottle of whiskey or watching 10 consecutive episodes of West Wing on Bravo until I finally fall asleep at 4:37 a.m. But I'm gonna keep trying.
However, many of the quick hits in this post are things I'd love to novel-blog about, but I may not get the chance. If some of my blogger pals read some of these and have been thinking about the same things or it sparks some interests, please post something on it...i'd love to hear a perspective.
--- 45 bodies found in a New Orleans hospital?! Yo, my stomach is turning and heart is beating faster right now, just thinking about the scene once N.O. dries up. It'll be the worse horror movie ever.
--- I work with a really smart guy here at the Times. His name is Michael Kruse. He's just a real sharp guy w/ a knack for sniffing out news. What sets many journalist apart is the ability to recognize when a story is being presented to them.
Well he filed a story on this white supramacy group, the National Vanguard. One of their current missions is to direct attention to the host of poor white people in Missisippi and Alabama that have suffered from Katrina, since Katrina has almost morphed into a "Black America" tragedy.
Ironically, I can feel some of what they're saying, since this is usually what happens to black people. Their plights and suffering gets overlooked.
But of course, this group goes about this in a way rooted in hatred and bigotry, so there message gets muted unless you're a skinhead or fourth generation racist.
But check the website, peel away their racism, bigotry and hate and see if you can't sympathize whith how they feel. These groups are usually made up of poor, disenfranchised white people who are misguided and feel America has forsaken its own to pander to Nigger Needs. Katrina's media coverage can do nothing but enhance these feelings. I mean, even I want to know about some of the people in the Delta. Up to this point, I haven't seen or heard as much. This is a good things, since America finally accorded some fellow-feeling and genuine angst to a plague effecting mostly dark faces, but I think we may have gone overboard. You know how liberal media outlets can get some time. Maybe the sympathy outstretched to my people in the Nola passed right over my white brothers in the Delta.
See...i have no self control. I'm stoppin there, cause I'll type for 20 more minutes. Ex to the next.
--- Did anyone besides me really get the full impact of that NBA All-Star benefit in Houston this weekend? EVERY super-duper star was there. KG, Kobe, Bron, Mac -- EVERYONE!!! Did you see how they were dealing with the people in the Astrodome? It was like they were making a return trip to the hood. No other league in America dances with the hood like that. They were huggin kats, laughin, throwin footballs. It was a great thing to see and let's you know just how much the hood identifies with NBA players and vice-cersa. Which, sadly, is why the NBA suffers much of it's media criticism. If those dudes could work a Fortune 500 banquet like that, it'd probably be rivaling the NFL for American sports supremacy.
And also, don't think for one moment that the NBA dudes would have come out in such full, starbright force if Katrina would've ravaged Helena, Montana. That's probably a bad thing...no, it is a bad thing, but it's a real thing. Katrina struck a chord with them, because they saw themselves in the people huddled in the Superdome and "looting" grocery stores. For many of them, it's how they grew up and they felt a duty to play in that game -- a duty.
And that's what people need to realize about the way America usually behaves. Senators, Congressmen, CEOs, they don't see "themselves" in the poor, especially not poor blacks, so when certain things go down that really decimate black communities, be it crack or gun violence -- the duty isn't there. Duty is really important when it comes to motivating urgency.
I gotta applaud my NBA niggas though. I just hope that at some point, people can start behaving this way -- immediately -- across the board.
--- great to see Bonds back at the plate.
--- the Little Brother album drops today. if you can, go kop. It will most likely be about as good as Kanye's, or at least in that realm of good music. But meanwhile check my boy Gee's comment on my previous Lil Brother post. It tells of just how sad BET hasn't gotten. For more info, check this rumor about BET programming. It makes me vomit.
--- Some blog ideas I hope to post soon: Me and my TivO. Barry Bonds, OJ and the black community. My Scary Moments at some of Florida's Backwoods Bars. Where Have You Gone BET?
However, many of the quick hits in this post are things I'd love to novel-blog about, but I may not get the chance. If some of my blogger pals read some of these and have been thinking about the same things or it sparks some interests, please post something on it...i'd love to hear a perspective.
--- 45 bodies found in a New Orleans hospital?! Yo, my stomach is turning and heart is beating faster right now, just thinking about the scene once N.O. dries up. It'll be the worse horror movie ever.
--- I work with a really smart guy here at the Times. His name is Michael Kruse. He's just a real sharp guy w/ a knack for sniffing out news. What sets many journalist apart is the ability to recognize when a story is being presented to them.
Well he filed a story on this white supramacy group, the National Vanguard. One of their current missions is to direct attention to the host of poor white people in Missisippi and Alabama that have suffered from Katrina, since Katrina has almost morphed into a "Black America" tragedy.
Ironically, I can feel some of what they're saying, since this is usually what happens to black people. Their plights and suffering gets overlooked.
But of course, this group goes about this in a way rooted in hatred and bigotry, so there message gets muted unless you're a skinhead or fourth generation racist.
But check the website, peel away their racism, bigotry and hate and see if you can't sympathize whith how they feel. These groups are usually made up of poor, disenfranchised white people who are misguided and feel America has forsaken its own to pander to Nigger Needs. Katrina's media coverage can do nothing but enhance these feelings. I mean, even I want to know about some of the people in the Delta. Up to this point, I haven't seen or heard as much. This is a good things, since America finally accorded some fellow-feeling and genuine angst to a plague effecting mostly dark faces, but I think we may have gone overboard. You know how liberal media outlets can get some time. Maybe the sympathy outstretched to my people in the Nola passed right over my white brothers in the Delta.
See...i have no self control. I'm stoppin there, cause I'll type for 20 more minutes. Ex to the next.
--- Did anyone besides me really get the full impact of that NBA All-Star benefit in Houston this weekend? EVERY super-duper star was there. KG, Kobe, Bron, Mac -- EVERYONE!!! Did you see how they were dealing with the people in the Astrodome? It was like they were making a return trip to the hood. No other league in America dances with the hood like that. They were huggin kats, laughin, throwin footballs. It was a great thing to see and let's you know just how much the hood identifies with NBA players and vice-cersa. Which, sadly, is why the NBA suffers much of it's media criticism. If those dudes could work a Fortune 500 banquet like that, it'd probably be rivaling the NFL for American sports supremacy.
And also, don't think for one moment that the NBA dudes would have come out in such full, starbright force if Katrina would've ravaged Helena, Montana. That's probably a bad thing...no, it is a bad thing, but it's a real thing. Katrina struck a chord with them, because they saw themselves in the people huddled in the Superdome and "looting" grocery stores. For many of them, it's how they grew up and they felt a duty to play in that game -- a duty.
And that's what people need to realize about the way America usually behaves. Senators, Congressmen, CEOs, they don't see "themselves" in the poor, especially not poor blacks, so when certain things go down that really decimate black communities, be it crack or gun violence -- the duty isn't there. Duty is really important when it comes to motivating urgency.
I gotta applaud my NBA niggas though. I just hope that at some point, people can start behaving this way -- immediately -- across the board.
--- great to see Bonds back at the plate.
--- the Little Brother album drops today. if you can, go kop. It will most likely be about as good as Kanye's, or at least in that realm of good music. But meanwhile check my boy Gee's comment on my previous Lil Brother post. It tells of just how sad BET hasn't gotten. For more info, check this rumor about BET programming. It makes me vomit.
--- Some blog ideas I hope to post soon: Me and my TivO. Barry Bonds, OJ and the black community. My Scary Moments at some of Florida's Backwoods Bars. Where Have You Gone BET?
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