Walt S.I. article eviscerating Charles Barkley and his embrace by the media
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. Glad Walt is able to make a career out of it. Dude has a gift with words.
This is part of it. If you are black and have no issue with criticizing black people in public they will have no problem putting you on TV
Raven Simone
Wendy Williams
Stacy Dash
Barkely
Etc
I just don't believe Barkley is conscious of how out of touch, wrong and ignorant he sounds on a lot of these issues. He's just emboldend by his popularity
We're saying the same thing..
I'm just using this to show why the need for entertainers to speak up doesn't really benefit movements.
Pitfalls0117
Invokana Trump
Vicious, righteous, eloquent (and well read) as fukk. Keep it up breh, we'll all be reading
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Glad you moved on from that "looking for a savior" post angle you were on.
Carolina Slim
Superstar
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
You think those screams come with wanting fool entertainers to open their mouths?
really?
I think we are smart enough to know who is who. Why strip us of that?
Your right, reading what i said again i shouldn't of used the word "WE". Got it
Lord_Chief_Rocka
Superstar
You are both right.
I actually agree with Crimon here
We shouldn't be asking famous people to always speak up.
1. Because they might be c00ns
2. They may not have the knowledge/intelligence
3. Some people just aren't comfortable talking about important issues publicly
Lord_Chief_Rocka
Superstar
Y'all nikkas are acting like the black community doesn't constantly ask famous black people to speak on these topics
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
so you find fault in folks sayingYou are both right.
I actually agree with Crimon here
We shouldn't be asking famous people to always speak up.
1. Because they might be c00ns
2. They may not have the knowledge/intelligence
3. Some people just aren't comfortable talking about important issues publicly
"hey you with a world wide platform to speak on our plight. Say something!"
for real? That's a FLAW?
One thing you are forgettign is that after the 60s and 70s where black entertainers that were intellectuals flooded the airwaves, the media response since that time was to replace them with those who agreed with their beliefs.
Our criteria with who we want to speak for us has always been fine. Don't point at us.
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Patrick Kane
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Lord_Chief_Rocka
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It's not necessarily a "flaw", but asking rappers, athletes, actors to constantly speak out is assuming they actually know about these issues well enough to speak on it.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Bro....we always asked those of means and intellect to speak for us.
You're turning us into fools who ask any and everybody to speak on our behalf.
It's the media t decision to ignore those of us that bring quality thoughts to the table. Its as if you're blaming us for Barkley being given this platform and not the media for ignoring those of us who are much more knowledgeable than Charles.