just another poly-trickster who happens to be black

I feel bad for President Barack Obama with respect to our current
economic conundrum. Obama has the support of most blacks, so much so
that it seems many just accept what he says without question. It’s
almost as if some people see him as a savior or equal to Jesus Christ.

I don’t; I see him for what he is -– a regular old politician who just
so happens to be president and black. From an economic perspective, I
listened to his promises and read what he wrote and I did not believe
he would do what he said back then — and I believe it even less today.


Back then, we didn’t have a bailout for Wall Street banks, which all
those dumb a— senators (including Obama) signed off on and passed under
the auspices of ‘fixing our economic woes.’ The bailout gave these
financial institutions approximately 50 percent of the United States
gross domestic product (GDP is the total of goods and services produced
by the country in a given year), without any strings attached or
requirements — supposedly to ‘free up credit markets.’

From his eloquent statements, I assumed that Obama would not support
the reckless spending that was reflective of the last eight years, but
his actions indicate otherwise. Obama talks about reigning in spending
but his policies are just as — if not more — reckless. Nontheless, I
am inclined to give the president the benefit of the doubt.


I want Obama to be a success, and I want him to have the best interest
of everyone in mind when he is formulating policy. But from his actions
and appointments thus far, it appears he cares more about folks inside
the Beltway, the big spenders of Wall Street and Ivy Leaguers than
regular folks like us.
Torrance Stephens, Ph.D., is a writer-blogger living in Atlanta.
His blog is rawdawgb.blogspot.com

just another poly-trickster who happens to be black

Uncovering Biggie’s Impact on the Community

With
the release of the film Notorious, longtime fans everywhere for the
most part, rejoiced. At last, their fallen hero had an opportunity to
have his story told—by a black writer and director no less, who was
just as committed to the story as they were.

For many, Biggie was more than a rapper. He represented a lifestyle, a
mentality that pervaded the minds of ghetto youth who for too long, had
their voices overshadowed by society politics and misconceptions of
what they were and could be.

But while many young people were drawn to Biggie’s vivid lyricism and
larger than life persona, not many people take the time to reflect on
what the Brooklyn born rhyme slinger was really saying. By and large,
Biggie’s story-telling was very carnal and basic—and his internal
demons are brought to life in Notorious.

While his legacy and message are glossed over by his fans and not fully
examined and analyzed, the film manages to touch on the truth of what
Biggie’s songs represented, allowing viewers to get a fuller picture of
the man that he was, and ultimately hoped to become. Before his
untimely death at just 24 years-old, he’d realized that he wanted to do
more with his music and his life and began actively working to change.
Before the transformation was completed, however, he was murdered.

Let’s hope that in the future, when Big’s life is observed, his
contradictions are highlighted as dominantly as his phenomenal talent.
That’s the only way he can truly be remembered and appreciated for the
man that he was, and strived to be. –rogue marie

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