I'm so proud of the Jena 6 and all the other Black students that took a stand and rejected the racist acts that ridiculed the memories of their ancestors and tried to demean them in this day and age. I'm proud that they fought back. We do so little fighting back, so much so, we don't even want to acknowledge that there is a problem. We just close our eyes and hope we never come in contact with such adversity. We just hope this kind of thing doesn't cross our path, and if it does, we've got the infallible plan of side-stepping any way of becoming involved. Ah, but the fight truly is in the hands of the youth, isn't it? It always has been. I'm proud that this group of youths were conscious enough to recognize the travesty of the actions of those white kids. Although I could not make it down to Louisiana, I'm glad to know that a great many Black people would not allow the Jena 6 to languish in jail without representation. I, of course, will be wearing my Black and sending my meager donation, but this time, I just couldn't make it out. Sorry. I'm glad that Michael Basdin heard the call and mobilized so many people to caring. He broke the barrier of apathy that has surrounded our communities of late, and I am eternally grateful. Funny, I really couldn't stand Michael Basdin at one time. It's amazing that the universe can unfold heroes in the most unexpected places. This just shows that our current "leaders" aren't as effective as our leaders to come. You can't wait for a permit or press conference to fight injustices now-a-days. Any one of us can make a difference. Any one of can allow ourselves to be guided to do things we never thought possible or thought too large to endure. It is, of course, easier to do when you already have millions of listeners and microphone. But it takes a special individual to use that power to mobilize people to forming a new movement. I mean, hey, you could be a Wendy Williams or Miss Jones. I haven't listened to Miss Jones in ages, so I don't know what position she took behind this story, although I'm almost positive she made a mockery of the situation. But Wendy Williams sat behind her mike and professed that there was no room for marches in her life. She continued to denounce the upcoming march and has denounced past marches as ineffective. She said no one would be there. She said it wouldn't make a difference. She said Black people do not stick together. She was bored every time she had to talk about the Jena 6. She spoke with such authority and conviction and I could hear the fight pore out of every listener she reached with her toxicity. When she predicted that Don Imus would not be fired and tried to discourage her listeners from participating in that march, she didn't even acknowledge how wrong she was. You would think she would take the back seat on future predictions since she obviously could not gauge what is truly important and impactful, but no. Her margin of proof was based on some dumb-assed protest she had against Hot 97 when Puffy had her fired. 10 people showed up for her and she was surprised. She's delusional enough to think that her show is actually socially relevant. She thinks more people should have supported her. Supporting her is like supporting gangsta rap; it's a guilty pleasure with a good beat, but if it goes away, who would it hurt. It's disappearance would sooner be a blessing, wouldn't it? Same with her. Michael Basdin seemed the same. His light-weight conversations and over-exuberant delivery annoyed me to no end. No longer, my friends. Basdin is the man, I only wish he would stop calling himself "Bad Boy" 'cause he's a Man. That's a "Baaaad Man"!
