CNN “Critically Aclaimed Special”

About this CNN special.

I appreciate how CNN open the eyes to the world to the reality of the black community.

But I didn’t really learn anything that I didn’t know, coming from a very culture knowledgeable person.

Yes we all know about the drugs, the single parent, the staggering number of blacks incarcerated and the result of that, the education choices of many, and the influence of hip hop and the outlook of black males.

But they just showed the extreme flaws of my dearest people.

And trust me, this I know about.

They basically just opened the world’s eyes to the worst part of ourselves, giving blacks the worst look ever.

Pushing the stereotypes that the people already know and degrading us.

This is just how I feel, not sure if anyone else feels this way.

Just adding fuel to the tank of embarrassment.

I hear people saying how great it is, how much the learned, if you actually learned something from the special, besides percentages, you are a fool.

Know more about yourself and your people.

/vent.

~ by abstractreece on July 27, 2008.