Black Tie Lounge

It's crazy how so much time has passed. I mean this comment in relations to dag near so many aspects of my life. Let me take a minute to talk about myself and my life rather than talk about mainstream issues. Speaking of mainstream issues America how do you feel that your President is black!!! I finally got a hold of the Kat William's DVD "It's Pimpin' Pimpin." The guy is vulgar as crap but the stuff he talks about is true. [I've come to learn that comedy is completely performance and that people don't honestly talk like that from day to day.] But back to Kat Williams, he was saying if we were going to vote for a black man--Obama was the cat to vote for. This is so true!! Finally an accurate representation of what a black man can be, what a black man is, and what black men should strive for. Let me get off my soap box. Kat was saying that our people need a minute to just be proud that we have a black president. If you look at all the past presidents an...

I've been meaning to blog all day. So now as I look up articles for my Diversity Issues in Public Relations course, I've decided to take a break and speak. Barak Obama is our 44th President and I'm excited that it has finally happened. A black man has made it to the White House. Think about what this says about America's international reputation. Think about what this says about possibility in America. I have a few issues that I want to address: (1) the Christian population and (2) the reality. My roomate and I, actually my roomate is looking at facebook profiles and notes about Obama being president. Apparently a lot of Christians are mad that Obama is President. Let's just say many of the profiles we have come across are appealing to the notion that God was on the side of McCain. Are you kidding me? Why does it have to be like that? This brings me to the question of whether or not churches should be political. Well its important for the church to be involved in po...