| I watched television this morning, a local newstation had a commentary/documentary on a few folks the commentator deemed worthy of high praise. One woman, who was ok, invented airbrush cosmetics. Another woman who was on was a head of the Oxygen channel with Oprah, listening to those women tout about their success and what is means to women, why women are stronger corporate figures blah blah blah....I had to think, why is it so easy to make such statements? I can only imagine Ted Turner going on and being hoisted into high esteem for saying "Men, WHITE men, are the backbone of corporate success, they're smarter, work harder blah blah blah", you won't ever see it. The only man, one man, a man who runs his own advertising business, was black. Yup, not one white man amoung 5 or 6 people this woman wanted to praise. The black man used ALL the right PC names, all starting with M "Mother, Malcom, Martin" you know the rest. After all these years, you still hear them banging the same drum over and over. Who are they kidding? But, in light of all that I have stated here, my spirits are not down, my pride is not shifted, my feeling of self worth not changed, even though I can honestly say I know exactly what it means to be a minority sitting in my living room, watching television, taking in what is "socially acceptable". |