Black People...Seriously.

I'm not saying any names...
BUT
Recently when speaking to a friend of mine about Jamie Foxx's television special, it was brought to my attention that there are black people in AMERICA that are under the impression that it was good for him that it didn't turn out fantastic because he decided that he only wanted to use black artists. I know...run on sentence. I'm sorry. But I cannot believe that there are black people WHO ARE ARTISTS in AMERICA who did not support his choice. Do you know where you are? Do you know WHO you are? For a black artist (who is only going to get hired when white Hollywood decides they need some color in a cast) to not be tremendously happy that someone of Jamie's caliber would stand up and say he only wants to hire his people IS RIDICULOUS. (And really - who knows if this whole Jamie Foxx conversation even ever took place with the network - but if it did, the point is WE BLACK FOLKS are really getting something twisted). Of the zillion movies and television shows produced, not only in Hollywood, but on EARTH every year, how many of those producers and actors are concerned with an eclectic, black mixed cast? Sorry to say the majority are not. And on a sidenote - THEY ARE STILL DOING BLACKFACE TV SHOWS in Bangkok, and who knows where else. In Japan, they sell these little troll looking "ken" dolls with bushy hair and call them...guess what? Afro-kens. Yup. Back to my point...The fact is, during pilot season most of my black friends had less than 5 auditions altogether - white friends at times had FIVE PER DAY. Why are we concerned with making sure we employ people who are less than concerned about employing us? Really, it's so we can be ACCEPTED. What the f*ck. Accept yourselves!!!! This point is not just for black folks either...If you're asian and you have an opportunity to do a project where you get to hire anyone you can, HIRE ASIANS FIRST...look out for your f*ckin' people, people. Seriously. This is why we keep losing. This is why we are still called "the minority" when we are the majority. This is why any non white country is still called "Third World"...as far as I know...I live in the same world as white folks. This goes for all cultures who are underrepresented in Hollywood and have a plethora of talented people. STOP BEING CONCERNED WITH WHAT WHITE FOLKS THINK and trying to employ the already employed when your folks are sitting somewhere broke waiting for their opportunity to never come. THEN she says "well what if a white person could have come and done a better job" (speaking of Jamie Foxx's music special again)...WHAT!!!!? I don't even have the finger power to break it down into little digestible bits. BUT I will say that because this is music we invented there is no reason that the thought should have formulated itself anywhere in her cranium, nor should it have had the audacity to seep its' way through her lips. And really, I don't care what ANYBODY's opinion is on the matter...Elvis was never king and never will be. I will agree that some people reign supreme at beings thieves...but that's about as far as I'll go with that. And for all you Elvis fans that think he was king...check your history. Please. And do me a favor and DELETE MY ASS from your friends list. We are the only culture that looks out for everybody else's people before we look out for our own! Why do we do that? Really...we have to stop. My other friend just told me a while back on Showtime at The Apollo there was a tap dance competition...one white group and one black group. The white group had about 15 dancers, and the black group had 4. They were BOTH great...what do we do in this situation? It's the Apollo...there's principalities in this people...and sometimes (ESPECIALLY NOW) we have to just SUPPORT OUR F*CKIN' PEOPLE! You vote for your people no matter what! Especially if they're equally as good. But what do our folks do? They vote for the white group...YUP...on SHOWTIME AT THE F*CKIN' APOLLO...trying to be accepted. Because you know, white folks live in Harlem now and watch Showtime at the Apollo, so we have to make them feel welcome...Do you think the man who recently told me to "get the fuck out of his neighborhood" was trying to make me feel welcome? I tend to think he was not. (I could be wrong - that could be the way he welcomes everyone). We soooooo don't support eachother. Seriously. And just because we support eachother doesn't mean we can't support other cultures and other people...it just means we support ourselves FIRST...we are the ONLY culture who has not yet figured that out. That is why we still rent, and (formerly) poor immigrants are our landlords. I know...I'm rambling...but people PLEASE support YOURSELF first and everybody else later. Get your mind right. Seriously.

Assimilating ass motherfuckers.


Think what you want because in the words of Smokey - "I don't give a f*ck."
Carry on;-)