LOL….Craig REALLY didn't know what he said…but I damn sure do. LOL

Honestly, listening to Jessie Jackson is like experiencing a time warp. He and Al do have that uncanny ability to paint black folks on to a canvas of “Victimhood.”

Cuz, the folks that knew Michael are too upset right now to make statements…Time jumped the gun.

But but but ….Rev Inc is getting PAID when he comes on…so…he doesn't decline.

I understand what you mean, but then that is the entire point of classcism. If we stop and think about this for a second, it is the same ol same ol…child abusers are typicall abused children. It is the same psychology. For blacks however, it is worse, since the absolute worst thing you can be in America is to be black. So, no matter how much money you have you can't escape being treated like scum simply cause you are black.

It is like a friend explained to me once. If white people had simply made the distinction between blacks with education and wealth being different (based on class) than blacks who were poor and illiterate just like they do about white trash, then there never would have been a Civil Rights movement in this country.

The affluent and educated classes regardless of color would have been joined at the hip about crime and property rights. Both would have had property to protect and a legal system that deferred to their monetary status.

They didn't. They continued to use race as a barrier. So, for many blacks the only way to separate themselves by class was within their race.

It would be no different from the Kennedys being Irish and knowing no matter how much money they had the society was going to treat them as drunks and discriminate against them simply because they were Irish. Then the Kennedys would have had only one recourse and that would be to fight for civil justice while at the same time separating themselves socially from the havenots.

That is how it is in a capitalistic society. Class rules.

Except in America, where being black meant you were still excluded.

Oprah is wonderful, but she still is not inviting folks from the hood to any of her mansions, to ride on her private jet, nor to her backyard parties. Instead, she gave her BFF the money to travel with her and go out to parties with her and entertain as much as her!!

Agree with all you said about the liquor folks..black folks are just good for marketing..to bring them dollars.

That is why the artists who promote that ignorance to our youth need their asses strung up and tarred and feathered. When people have no respect for their own culture and especially our children they are just worthless. They are as much of a scourge on our communities as the KKK and predatory lenders.

wrb,

That's what you see. I don't see that at all.

And even while Oprah is one of the richest, and well-known women in the WORLD…Hermes still did not want her buying their wares..

L'oreal does NOT want to sell to Black and Brown folk, and photoshopped Beyonce's complexion to the point it created outrage…

and we do not even need to up the liquor manufacturers who shun urban music artists (who are some of the richest Black Americans) and those same artist have made these companies billions by promoting them in song.

I guess I'll have to read the book…..this Black class-cism mess is somewhat fascinating.

But then again Michaels fans don't really need public statements to validate what he meant to them

What does the term ghetto mean to you?