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@Pioneer1Well, if you're going to generalize about why polygamy is innate when it comes to black males, i will observe that not all black women are trying to look like Beyonce! It you would bring yourself up to date, you would look around and see that just as many black women are currently using their hair to make a statement, and they wear it in natural styles or opt for natural looking extensions. In fact, most black women alternate their hair choices, because - that's what fashion and glamour are all about. And it's not like African tribal women don't powder their woolly black hair with red henna and other colorful shades. @Troy@Pioneer1The fact that Beyonce is a successful, independent woman is certainly what inspires all black women. She does it her way and more power to her. She refers to her on-stage persona as "Sasha Fierce". At home with her 3 kids, she is Mrs Shawn Carter and is seen wearing her hair in its natural state which is shoulder length, wavy, and brownish in color. (The pop culture vulture accepts your thanks for this pertinent information.)

Most people don't understand that under our system JAIL isn't supposed to be a place of punishment. That's what PRISON is for. Jail is only supposed to be a place of BRIEF confinement until you have your trial and if you are innocent you go free and if found guilty you await your sentencing. But so many people have been filling up the jails that it's caused the system to be backed up and people are having their constitutional rights to a "speedy" trial violated by having to spend such a long time in jail. Not to mention the conditions OF most jails.

yeah poor, often innocent, people languish in jail sometimes for years awaiting trial. uffer the most dehumanizing aspects if jail including beatings and rape raped because they don't have a few hundred dollars for bail... @Chevdove i'm beginning to think this fire wall was more of a headache than a benefit. I don't know why trying to edit post you already made would trigger this. Would you mind just leaving the file unedited?

I heard about this story a while back on P.O.V. Is the first name correct? It's very sad, but it's only one of MANY examples of how the criminal justice system as well as the mental health system has not only failed the urban AfroAmerican community, but it also shows how short-sighted and selfish so many well to do AfroAmericans are. There are thousands of wealthy, educated, and powerful AfroAmericans in the New York area who could actually DO SOMETHING about the inhumane conditions in Rikers and other facilities there, but they refuse to even get involved. They allow these "ethnic" White police officers, lawyers, and corrections officers do whatever the hell they want to do and keep silent.....so I blame them even more.