Random Question/Rant of the Day

Why can't "we" be happy for each other? It's amazing that in my 31 years, I have felt more racism and prejudice from my "own people" than from "them". While in college, it was my black friends who laughed when I said I wanted to become an attorney. In law school, it was mainly the black students who were upset when they found out I had good grades and landed a firm job. It's black people who call me "booji" because I can (gasp) drive a nice car and live in a nice house, instead of choosing to live with my mama and have the nice car. It was my black secretary who disrespected me and treated me as if I was inferior and mistakenly given a law degree and bar membership. WHY? I just don't get it. Why is it ok for "them" to have educations, large bank accounts, nice homes, and goals/ambitions BUT when "we" want and earn these same things, we're trying to "act white" or we're not "black" enough. My husband's cousin sarcastically refers to us as the "Huxtables" as if that's a bad thing. I just don't get it. I am proud when I hear that one of us is a doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur. Travel Diva's brother attends an Ivy League college and I told everyone as if he was my sibling. I was so proud. I just don't get it. It's the 21st century and we still have the old slavery mentality. The reason for my rant is because my ex-secretary who I finally dropped after 7 excruciating months together is still obsessed with me. It's like it angers her that a black woman from Bmore could actually be an attorney. Every day I hear about some stupid comment she has made about me. She doesn't like me because I actually wanted her to .....gasp....treat me with the same respect as she gives to the white partner who walks around telling everyone she's "stupid". She can smile in her face and kiss her-ss because she's supposed to get respect BUT for me, she recently questioned the "ranking" of my law school and was "surprised" that the manager of the litigation department exclusively provides me with his work. WTF???? I don't care about her because she's just a disgruntled middle-aged woman who's just hatin' BUT what I do care about is that there are millions like her. Now, I have to tell/teach my kids that they will likely face prejudice by not only "them" but "us" too. That's just sad. Very, Very sad.

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words

I love this couple..... It's about time that we see a "positive" black family in the media.

Whether he's our next president or not, I love them. I don't know about you BUT I'm tired of seeing and/or hearing about the poor struggling single mother with five kids, no job, and no daddy around for her kids. Or, the triflin' brotha locked up again because he won't pay his child support, sold drugs or got "caught up by the man". Hey, these people exist BUT they are not the only type of Black people in this country. Now, some of us don't care that the black family is virtually extinct and that's your choice BUT I care. This picture says so much more than I can write..... It's about DAMN time!

Joker of the WEEK Nominations

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney - For singing "Who let the Dogs out?" to a crowd of African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida and asking a young child about "bling bling." He's about 10 years late on his stereotypes and ridiculous slang.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick - For not only having an affair with his chief of staff and lying about it under oath, he also was allegedly holed up in a hotel with another woman (Carmen Slowsky) enjoying a whirlpool bath and champagne just last week before attending an MLK prayer breakfast.

Former President Bill Clinton - For playing the race card yet again and comparing Obama's potential win in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson's victory and for losing the endorsement of his BFF Ted Kennedy to Obama.

Bobby Brown/Sisqo - Two Words: Gone Country.

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WINNER - JOKER OF THE WEEK

Congrats to GW for narrowily edging out Bill Clinton for a Joker of the Week win last week. Golf Magazine came in third.

Who will this week's winner be? Well Mitt Romney, who asked a young black child about bling bling and sang who let the dogs out to a group of African Americans looks like a solid contender....

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Ummmm, What?

I hope Jamie is looking this way for a role because the Samuel Jackson-Shaft look is not hot.

And Mama Sean John shows once again that money cannot buy class, style, taste and/or age appropriate clothing.

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They Tried to Make Her Go To Rehab..

Finally! Amy Winehouse checked into rehab today. Methinks the recent video of her smokin' crack surfin' the web might have been the straw that broke the camel's back. Detox and a long shower are in order.

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Detroit Mayor Caught Lying and Cheating - Is Monagamy Possible?

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was recently caught in lies. The married mayor and his married top aide/mistress lied under oath during a whistleblower lawsuit last summer. They testified under oath that they did not have any type of romantic relationship. Kilpatrick actually was indignant at the suggestion. Well, after looking through over 14,000 text messages (sent on city issued pagers), the Detroit Free Press discovered that Kilpatrick and his aide had exchanged some fairly provocative messages indicating a romantic and sexual relationship. The less explicit texts include:

• "I'm madly in love with you." Kilpatrick to Beatty.



• "I hope you feel that way for a long time. In case you haven't noticed, I am madly in love with you, too!" - Beatty to Kilpatrick.



• "I've been dreaming all day about having you all to myself for 3 days. Relaxing, laughing, talking, sleeping and making love." - Kilpatrick to Beatty.



• And, did you miss me, sexually?" Beatty to Killpatrick. "Hell yeah! You couldn't tell. I want some more." Kilpatrick to Beatty.



• "This is one of those little things I had to tell you. Last night when I was laying on your shoulder in the car and you held my face and sang whatever song it was, that felt so good. It was just one of those little moments when you just made me fall some more," - Beatty to Kilpatrick.

One particular night in '02
"Can I just come and lay down in your room until you get back?" Beatty to Kilpatrick.

"Yes," Kilpatrick replied.

The next morning:
"They were right outside the door. They [the mayor's bodyguards] had to have heard everything..., So we are officially busted! LOL." Kilpatrick to Beatty.

I feel bad for their spouses having to go through this kind of public humiliation. It's bad enough they've been betrayed, but to have it play out publicly. Horrific. Cheating is so common place that it's left me to ponder, is monagamy possible? And I mean monagamy for the longhaul - not one slip up.

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I Wish I Could Get This Close to LL....

Damn...
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"D'OH" - A Pair of Fools Mistake Bread For Cash

Two robbers, Benjamin Jorgensen, 38, and Donna Hayes, 36, were sentenced for robbing the Cuckoo Restaurant in Melbourne, Australia. They "thought" they were stealing $26,000 in cash when they grabbed a sack, but in actuality, they had mistakenly grabbed a sack of bread.

To compound matters, during the bread heist, Jorgensen accidentally fired his gun and shot Hayes, his accomplice, in the butt.

HAAAAA. Before sentencing them to prison (Jorgensen (7 years) & Hayes (8 years), Judge Roland Williams called them a "Pair of Fools." Agreed.

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Random Question of the Day

I was listening to the radio this morning and the host reported that he was "surprised" by a recent poll which showed that most women would choose a million in cash over Halle Berry's body. I am perplexed. Why is this surprising? If I had to choose between securing my family's financial future and having a body like Halle Berry, I would hands down choose the money. I've accepted that I will never look like Halle and I am ok with that. I have learned to love myself just the way I am--well, minus the preggers and post- preggers tummy. BUT, I have not accepted the fact that I don't have a large reserve in the bank. Hey, what would you choose? A million bucks or a body like Halle?