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So, I missed the 8pm showing of Black in America 2. I was out doing my part to bring the truth, the light, and the American way to minorities at a major university.
Yes, Panama is a teacher on the side.
As I currently sit and watch the last episode, I must admit, though its depressing as all hell, BiA2 has done some good. And you know how much I love to highlight the good, great, and Beyonce things that exist in this world. I mean, what the world needs now, is love, sweet love, that’s the only thing that there’s just to little of. Continue reading
I’d love to venture deep into my soul to discuss how deeply moved I was by CNN’s Black in America 2 presentation, but much like the first one, it just wasn’t that deep. In fact, I didn’t even expect it to be. It’s CNN. I only watched it because I know people expected me to watch it because people expected me to say something about it.
I do this for my culture.
And just in case you weren’t sure, we’re still Black. Same sh*t, different toilet. Continue reading
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Last week, CNN aired a special entitled “Black In America”, a two-day documentary about the state of Black people in our adopted homeland of America.
And despite my lack of actual expectations in regards to what CNN would actually be able to accomplish, I still found myself to be disappointed. Essentially, CNN aired:
Black People For Dummies.
Dummies = white people.
(And um, not that I think white people are dummies. Naïve? Yes. Dummies? No.)
I found this documentary interesting for a few reasons, and none of them positive. For one, if you actually gained insightful information from this documentary…
…you need to read more. Point blank. Period.
Similarly, I don’t actually understand their point or whom they were actually trying to reach with it. For instance, any white person that actually watched it probably already knew the stuff they were talking about or at least had a clue. Hell, any white person that actually watched it was probably interested enough to care about Black people…so they’re probably empathetic-ish to the Black cause and therefore know that stuff.
With that stuff = being Black can blow ass at times.
For second, most white people probably didn’t watch it anyway. It was on CNN, and what with all the commercials I keep seeing about having to go digital in 2009, much of middle America probably didn’t catch CNN with their bunny-ear antennas. Or better yet…
…most white people probably just didn’t care. I could be wrong on that one.
In fact, I’d actually be happy to be wrong about that but really, I barely watched it and I did only because I didn’t want to be the one Black person who DIDN’T watch it. Basically, I just didn’t want to NOT be apart of the conversation.
And I’m Black.
For third, most Black people don’t have cable so they weren’t exactly watching it though. I do assume that similar to Tyler Perry movies, a lot of churches and stuff had “Black In America” viewing parties…and they did have T.D. Jakes up in there.
Anyway.
Ultimately, I just don’t understand what their point was – if there even was one. It wasn’t enlightening…if anything, they lightly touched on the successes of Black middle America. Even the successful people that were profiled (Asst. Superintendent in Arkansas, Michael Eric Dyson, etc.) weren’t immune from the regular f*cktasticness of the rest of the Black community.
Was it supposed to inspire? Or to shine a light on the failures of Black America? Was I supposed to feel pride in being Black? Probably not because it wasn’t really positive. But after watching it I didn’t even feel anything. Was it depressing? Not really. It wasn’t anything I didn’t already know. But then again, why just put more stuff out there that adds nothing to the conversation.
You can’t actually do justice to the question about being “Black in America” if nobody actually ASKS anybody…
… “what does it mean to you to be Black in America?”
When you just lightly touch on varying issues, desperations, and almost-successes of the Black community what are you actually trying to accomplish?
Maybe I read too much or maybe I expect too much where I shouldn’t expect anything. But for some reason, I expect people (CNN) who decide to undertake something so complex to approach the situation with a little more respect than to merely touch the surface with no real attempt at any depth. Granted, discussing what it means to be “Black in America” would require about 27 years and two weeks to give due diligence to the subject but still…
Perhaps you got the point and I’m just slow. But good people of VSB.com, did you watch Black in America, and if so, what did you get out of it?
By the way, I’ll be talking about this all week…today, I pulled a CNN…I just lightly touched on the topic. Tomorrow, I’m pulling a Panama Muhf*ckin’. I’m digging deep.
-VSB P aka THE ARSONIST