My homegirl Cordless (heh) just forwarded me this article on the DL male phenomenon among Black men and how it's been co-opted by white dudes. It got me thinking about how Black folks used the term bad, to mean that something was good. Now that shit is true in more ways than one.
It's as if embracing the worst that humanity has to offer has become mainstream & profitable. It's good to be a hoe at 16 and younger. It's good to be a stripper. It's good to have sex with men and deceive the woman you come home to each night. It's as if common sense and decency is passe. Not to sound like a Republican prude smuckbag or anything, but folk just don't do the basics to be considered apart of the human race. Also three words: Flava of Love. The chicks on that show make me want to disavow being Black and a woman (of course I can't stop watching *sigh*).
Basic chivalry is a thing of the past. I can't count the number of times that I was damn near knocked down by dudes jetting in to the trains and buses in this city. Or how many times I've seen pregnant women & old folks go seat free. All of this combined makes me understand how folk like the Unibomber develop. The craptacular nature of some folks just builds up and they wild out and it sorta makes sense. Except not really. It really makes me hate people in general including dummies like the misanthrope that Unibomber-types become.
Luckily, I have been lucky enough to have met folks who make me have some small hope for humanity. Thankfully, they aren't poster people for douchebaggery and that gives me a tiny glimmer of hope for the world.
A very tiny one.
Later..............
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