We're Losing the Battle!

Being an eternal optimist, I always try to see the good in people, society our leaders and so forth. But when I hear a story like the recent beating death of a 16 year old honor student at the hands of mere children, it almost makes me question God. To watch, with the rest of America our young brothers acting like savage animals and brutally murder a child while other children in the background chant, "get him" was more than my heart could bare. I am blessed to have a nephew that is 16 years old and I love him more than he will ever know. I think of him almost every day and I pray for him whenever he crosses my mind. In my own cautious and worrisome way, a dreaded thought crossed my mind. I thought of him walking from school and being randomly attacked and beaten by a number of other young men. And while the brutality is ensuing, he thinks to himself, these questions. Why? Why aren't the people standing by doing anything? How much longer will it be before someone stops this? Am I going to die? And then to himself praying that last prayer you consciously say to yourself right before you black out. No one could ever imagine the level of fear that could ever be endured...no one. I thought of what was so unthinkably wrong with our society when anyone would think for a moment that this is acceptable behavior, but yet I watched as many of them walked away like the act that had just been committed was commonplace. Who had failed their community?, who had failed them?, who had failed the young man that was killed? In my own brutally honest and sometimes offbeat way of response, I said to myself, that we all had.

Ironically, just a few weeks ago, I had seen the Minister Louis Farrakhan speaking on the state of Black America as a response to a caller and was so fortunate to find it on youtube. I want to share it with you, in hopes that we as men and women, would become the leaders that we are and were meant to be. Mentor some young child or group of children, stop and talk to some lost soul, volunteer in your community, anything that you can do to lift US up. Because if we don't, not only do we lose the battle, we lose the war.

JANET!

When I tell you, Janet Jackson has more beauty comebacks than any other woman I know. Just a few months ago, when she issued a statement on behalf of the Jackson family at the BET awards regarding Michaels death, she looked chunky, tired and lifeless. But look at Janet now! It's in the genes y'all.

(whispering) You know they say, she has some ribs removed! (LOL) Don't believe that foolishness.

Is Ebony Magazine For Sale?

In the latest issue of Newsweek Magazine, a report said that the 64 year old Ebony Magazine is up for sale. A spokesperson for Ebony, Wendy Parks issued the following statement: "As we've indicated previously, we are exploring a range of options to support our core media business,". Ebony which has been a premiere source of entertainment that caters to African-American, news, entertainment and politics has had its struggles even before the death of former founder and CEO, John H. Johnson died, but even more so in recent times, primarily due the the expansion of online media leading to declining revenues. I love Ebony, I grew up on Ebony. My only hope is that it doesn't end up falling into the hands of some media conglomerate and end up like BET. We wish the Ebony Magazine family all the best.

I'm Back! (Spread the Word)

I'm back like the fall y'all
to give you my all
I've been away for a while
like a runaway child
but my mind is back right
and I'm ready to blog from sun up til' night
to make you smile, think and cry
because you're probably wondering why
I haven't blogged in a minute
I'm honest...my heart wasn't in it
dealing with some things I had to work out
some issues one day, I'll tell you about
but as for now, it's all good
but I never doubted you understood
that sometimes it just be's that way
and never to use a stale cliche'
the truth will always set you free
so please don't prematurely judge me
from my heart to your heart
I'll always give
the WYLD truth, by which we all should live.

WYLD STYLZ