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FORMER BASKETBALL PLAYER CHARLES BARKLEY, SAYS BLACK PEOPLE ARE BEING BRAIN WASHED/HE SAYS SOME BLACK PEOPLE THINK ITS BEST TO ACT LIKE THUGS AND IDIOTS, THAN TO BE SCHOOL EDUCATED,AND NOT BE CRIMINALS///HE SAYS IF BLACK PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED AND SPEAK WELL, SOME BLACK PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE NOT BLACK ENOUGH,I AGREE,,MY OPINION/RAP MUSIC, GLAMOURIZES COMMUNITY SELF DESTRUCTION, GANGS, PIMPS, PROSTITUTION,DRUGS///BLACK CHURCH, PREACHERS ARE NOT LIKE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING,,THEY RATHER BE TELEVISED, MOTIVATED BY GREED, MONEY, LUSTING FOR WOMEN/THERE IS A NEW SHOW CALLED BLACKISH I HAVE NOT SEEN, JUST THE COMMERCIAL////THEN THERE'S THE BLACK MEDIA,TV SHOWS, TYLER PERRY//IYANLA VAN ZANT , SHOWING A BLACK MAN WITH 34 CHILDREN NOT CARING FOR ANY////CHARLES BARKLEY SAYS BLACK PEOPLE HOLD BACK OTHER BLACK PEOPLE,STOPS BLACK SUCCESS///WE CONFINE AND DETAIN OURSELVES,AMIDST THE WHITE MAN SCHEMES ,PLOTS TO CONFINE AND DETAIN US./////HAS ANYONE SEEN THE NEW SHOW CALLED BLACKISH, I REMEMBER TYLER PERRY, MEET THE BROWN'S/////.ON OPRAH WINFREY'S CHANNEL ,OWN CHANNEL, I SAW THE GREAT CICELY TYSON, TALKING ABOUT HER LIFE//DONT KNOW IF ITS ON YOUTUBE//////SHE IS INTERESTING, GREAT AND TALENTED.////

Others have said that Cornel West has become seduced by celebrity and is more interested in the spotlight than the halls of academia. I tend to agree. He's always schmoozing and suckin up under the guise of civility. People talk about Al Sharpton because of his ghetto vibe. But I take his critics with a grain of salt because they hate the messenger as opposed to his message which is very often spot on. As far as Cornel West's disappointment with Obama goes, does he really think that the obstructionist Republicans would allow Obama to get done what Cornel is whining about him not doing? Obama should be pitied instead of attacked. He is the pathetic object of ridicule and has been rendered impotent by Republican racists and Democrat wussies. I forgive Bill Maher because he makes fun of pomposity and is no worse than blow-hard conservative talk show hosts. And of course, his dismissal of religion resonates with me. Religion is at the core of all the conflict in the middle east. Islam reeks with misogny and vindictiveness, still out to avenge their loss during the Crusades. Back in this country, Christianity enables all the bigotry and hypocrisy that exists here. Am I on fire, or what? Obviously, we don't agree on these subjects, Troy, but I had no problem with how Boardwalk ended. I wouldn't go so far as to say it was sublime, but I found it satisfactory.

By Dorothy Givens Terry As an African-American author who is trying to get her middle grade/young adult novel traditionally published, and as a parent of an avid reader, I knew I needed to be at the Publishers Weekly’s (PW), “Salaries and Diversity in Publishing” seminar in New York City. The seminar pegs off of a PW diversity in publishing survey, the results of which appear in the magazine’s October 13 issue. The magazine article and the subsequent discussion, hosted on Oct. 16 at Random House’s headquarters, were eye-openers as I learned that the lack of diversity within publishing may explain the lack of diversity on my daughter’s bookshelf. The racial composition and the number of people in the audience at the seminar were, in themselves, very telling. Read more at http://colormereading.wordpress.com/

That big-mouthed buffoon, Charles Barkely, who'd be workin on a garbage truck were he not an overgrown freak who could play basketball, needs to shut up. Black people already know what the problem is with their race, and we don't need self-apponted spokesmen like him and that candidate for dementia, Bill Cosby, lecturing to their fellow Blacks. These lucky millionaires with their shady personal lives do nothing but provide sound bytes for right-wing conservatives like those twits over at Faux news, who are the problem not the solution for Blacks like Dr. Ben Carson who they've brainwashed into thinking he's something other than a lawn jockey. I've watched one episode of Blackish and found it mildly funny. But I got the impression that if you see one episode you'll see them all because it's a one joke sit-com based on the ongoing premise that upscale blacks are conflicted when it comes to maintaining their roots. So what else is new? Time and time again, harry brown, you compare today's hypocritical preachers to MLK as if he was above reproach. The thing that made Dr. King so outstanding was not that he was perfect but that as a flawed womanizer who drank Scotch and smoked Salem cigarettes, he was not egocentric or motivated by greed. He was a servant to his people and one of his goals was to prick the consciences of racist white people, something he was not totally successful at. He was not a saint but is now a martyr, revered not for his virtue but for being courageous and brilliant. Yes, actress Cicely Tyson has led an interesting life that has run the gamut from award-winning to ass-whippin at the hands of that cruel genius, Miles Davis.

The world is in such turmoil at home and abroad. It's the little things that are making a mockery of the most powerful country in the world; the individual acts of murderous terrorists which have such an impact on millions, and the possiblity of mass panic represented by a few cases of Ebola. Or how this entire country could be crippled by a breakdown of its electrical infra structure or its water supply. The British Empire saw the handwriting on the wall, and gracefully retired from its world leadership role. An arrogant America continues to indulge its self-appointed role of policing the world in spite of being hated for trying to foist on others the democracy it doesn't practice at home. I watch Bill Maher's show last night, and I find myself in agreement with him on many issues. He says the doctrines of Islam are more evil than those of other religions, whether all sects are as violent as Isis or not. He quoted other sources who agreed that peaceful Muslims tolerate Christians but live vicariously through the war being waged by a fearless Isis. Kinda like white people who don't belong to the Ku Klux Klan but who have no problem if it thwarts Blacks. Cornel West was a guest panelist on Bill's show and it's clear that, where Obama is concerned, West is not a member of the loyal opposition or a constructive critic, but more akin to a scorned suitor. I've always believed that he is a bitter ol coot nursing a bruised ego because the President hasn't paid homage to him by inviting him to the white house or sought his counsel. I am not a big fan of Obama but I am pushed into his corner every time I hear West's petulant ranting that has to give aid and comfort to Republicans. West was silenced when a white panel member observed that whether the country is in worse or better shape when he leaves office is a determining factor in judging a president, and that Obama's overall record will favor his legacy. In the meantime, I continue to struggle with the intense hate that right-wing conservatives fill me with. I am constantly arguing with them on line, vexed by their sense of white entitlement. I am also not a big fan of how Blacks continue to be their own worst enemy but white racists make me rise to the defense of my people. This Sunday is the final episode of Boardwalk. It will be very interest to see who's left standing. Maybe Nucky and his wife will just say "screw it" and finally consummate their marriage...