Black Tie Lounge

I'm going to fight the urge to utterly pass out right now to talk about the Troy Davis trial. My cousin calls me, which is crazy because we have spoken all of a few times this year--not because of personal issues but more because of convenience. Either way I'm glad he did. Knowing how, socially conscious I am he asks if I was following the news about Troy Davis . At that point I never heard of him. To make a long story short, in 1989 he was convicted in the State of Georgia for killing in a trial based largely of eye witness testimony. From my understanding this was a case that had been tried and appealed on numerous occasions. Since his conviction 7 of the 9 original witnesses have sense recanted their testimony stating that they were coerced by cops to give a false testimony. Davis was sentenced to the death penalty. A federal judge was asked to consider significant evidence of Davis' innocence but rejected such evidence. The Supreme Court would not consider the cas...

I'm no relationship expert. I definitely can't claim to even come close but I peeped this video and as hilarious as it is it sparked a few things in my mind. Now that you've seen it and probably laughed your tail off, here are my thoughts. I am convinced that the conversations surrounding the topic that "there are no good black men" coupled with the subsequent media coverage from news, books, and magazines is really an agenda to silence and drown out the positive ways that hard working, morally driven black men actually contribute. I really think that the media plays on this idea of black men being no good. Do any of you remember the ABC special about how 42% of black women are not married? I believe that Oprah also did a special on a similar topic. I know these are only a few examples but why is it that this topic persists in the media. C'mon 42% of all black women. I promise you there were millions of black women that were not asked to participate in that ...