The Field Negro asks a very interesting question:
"Why is it that the unemployment rate for black folks with college degrees is twice that of what it is for their white counterparts? And higher, even, than whites with less credentials?"
I think the answer is very simple, "he who has the jobs, hires who he wants to hire."
Most white people are still uncomfortable with too many black people around. Beyond that, when times get tough, people look out for their friends.
The real answer and opportunity is for black people to launch businesses, to team up with one another and create our own economy.
No more "I can't get a loan" excuses.
You know my story: I started my full-time Internet business years ago with less $300. What you may not know is that I recently hired a single black mother to do some back office work for me. I would have never found her if a major corporations had not laid her off. My attitude is, thank you ********** for training her so well!
This is not the entire answer, but I do believe its a beginning.
How can you turn what you know into a business?
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You've probably heard about the Georgia man who 'gangsta' slapped a child in Walmart. It's all over CNN right now…
Rick Sanchez asks "What would you do about a screaming child?"
Wrong question, Rick.
The right question is, "What would you do if an angry looking white man with a twitch smacked your children four times right in front of you?"
Every Black woman I know would have *#!*&@*! the *%#*@#*! …
Bail money?
I'm just saying,
- Jerone
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Tiger Woods A Sex Addict?
I wasn't going to comment on what's going on with Tiger. That's because I don't really know what's going on. Neither do most of the tabloid news hoes dishing up the dirt.
But the headline promoting a recent clip from the Early Show demands a thoughtful and balanced reply:
"Tiger Woods May Be A Sex Addict"
I'd be funny if this were Saturday Night Live or some other comedy show, but this is the Early Show…
Cedric probably coulda gotten away with this, but coming from CBS — this and all the other "we gotcha now" pieces disguised as news — ain't funny.
According to their "expert", sex addiction can be defined as "living a double life"… as "when someone is portraying themselves one way publicly and living very differently on the side, in secret".
After all this "clinical" defining, the anchor brings up drugs but quickly follows with "we're not diagnosing him." The expert gets a clue to cover his sweet-looking rear too, echoing that he doesn't know for sure either but there certainly is "smoke." Read: there must be fire.
(Are all these guys trained by the same person?)
Next, he brings up about Tiger telling the girl to hide her number on caller ID… and ends with "we've lost one of our heroes".
Sex, drugs, and we've lost a hero in just under 3 minutes.
Unbelievable.
I don't know about sex addiction, but I do know classic, and very normal "player" behavior when I see it. Every player I know is living a double life. That's what players do. If you're getting some on the side, you're going to do everything you can to cover your tracks!
And this "street angel, house devil" thing, that's 99% of the celebs I meet.
Most of this is the media doing what it always finds a way to do… and that is… pull a n**ger back down to earth. If he didn't know, he knows now: us in America still hanging black men for looking at white women, one way or the other.
Think about it, would you ever see the name of your favorite "player" politician with the words "may be a sex addict" after it. Not a chance.
So is Tiger Woods a sex addict? Probably not. Player? Definitely.
Okay, now my personal message to Tiger. As much as I hate how the media is handling this, you did this to himself… On the real, marriage is a sacred trust, one we are bound to honor. I can't defend wrong. First, you need to repent. Then, kick all them hoes to the curve, get a black preacher on your side, call Howard Rubinstein in NY and hire an expensive, media-savvy lawyer. Listen, a good black women would've worked this out… she or her brother would've beat you a**, but in the end you would still be married and, at some point in the future, celebrated as a new kind of hero for getting your home right. (an important life lesson)
One more thing: did you notice how they picked a picture with his eyes looking blood-shot? Is that a subliminal message that he's drugging too?
Insane.
P.S. On second thought, this may be a cleverly formulated media spin to make him a victim of these women. If he is a sex addict, how could he control himself with all those women throwing themselves on him? He can't be held responsible for this… You think? If this victim thing works, he will no doubt earn a "double Platinum" player card, lifetime "getto" pass and Woolly's "Slick Willie of the Year Award" — either way, he needs to repent… and get that lawyer!
Filed under I'm Just Saying, Insane by Jerone Johnson