THE HOOD SCHOLAR

Ok. It's 4:04AM. I am reading the new posts of blogs and websites I follow. I come across a clip from Bill O'Reilly. His opinions of Jay-Z's statements at a public venue were justified. Jay-Z and Young Jeezy made some of the most racist and inarticulate comments at possibly the worst time in history. I don't judge Jay-Z or Jeezy. However, to be so economically savvy. They played checkers during this chess game of life.

Using the word 'black' to describe people of dark skin - the educated, the ignorant, the rural, the urban, the African-American, the African-Caribbean, the African, the African - "filling the blank" - will and is going to create a major problem. Yes, we do have a black president. However, he is from Hawaii, raised by a white family, Ivy-League educated, married, married to an Ivy-League educated black woman, fathering two children.

If blindfolded and asked to picture a successful black man in your mind: Would he look like Obama? Be named Obama? Is he more likely to be an entertainer?

I think I will conduct a survey during the summer.

Anyways, peep the clip. It is really crazy.