Mac v.s. Book

"Hey lil mama. Say why don't u come give a nigga some time? Lemme pay yo rent and pay yo bills. Lemme show u what it feel like to be my bust it baby. I can take you to places u can only dream of going." Now tell me, does this dialogue sound familiar? Of course! It's your typical dude tryna be a "Mac." What happened to the brotha who went by the "Book" to get a lady? "Escuse me miss, but I couldn't help but notice your beauty from across the hall. My name is [your name] and yours?..Nice to meet you. Well listen, I recognize you don't have to give me this time to talk to you and you can probably be doing more constructable things, however I'd love for you and I to talk more and get to know each other--do u have a number I can call? (Regardless of what she says), Well thank you for your time, you've definietly made a smart investment and so have I. Hope the rest of your day is as beautiful as you are!"

Was Justice Ever Served To This Case?

encoUragement

Now everybody has had those days when you turn over at 6:37am too look at the alarm clock and just.....stare at it. How the hell am I gonna make it through this day? What am i gonna encounter? Who am I gonna cross paths with? You feel like you're tuned out from the world and you're mind is in a humdrum state. Like a bag of ChexMix...you stick your hand in there and dont know what you'll come out wit. A pretzel?...chip? When yo dream of being that supervisor or CEO of that fortune 500 business has been distorted. When all the sudden you listenin to "breakaway" by kelly clarkson and yesterday you was feelin "arab money" Well sometimes you just need to hear a small voice say, "i see you"or "keep it up." It really makes a difference! So if you readin this and you feel on edge...consider this your small voice.

Why is an Intelligent Black Man a Foreigner to Society?

NO INSULT INTENDED TO ANYONE.

I'm Black. Yes this is true. I am intelligent. This is true too. Do you ever wonder why white people [not all] are shocked when an intelligent black man opens his mouth to speak? Now I have absolutely nothing against white people--I'm surrounded by tons of them here at Arizona State for crying out loud! But as a young black man growing up in today's society [and for many years now] we've been known to have most likely been the suspect who was involved in the "grab n run" robbery, or that dude everyone turns and looks at when the cops come in the classroom with the k-9 in search for a drug bust. Unfortunately, when one black man messes up, it seems like all of us are supposed to fall into the domino effect. When every other word is supposed to be "nigga" and pants sizes are supposed to hang below the waist is natural, something is wrong. However, what about when a brotha like myself walks into a professional place of business with my Yves St. Laurent shirt tucked into my slacks with the fresh stacys and a tie that says determination? Why do jaws drop when I pull up in my BMW with a license plate that reads "HARDWRK"? And when I open my mouth to speak, you hear well articulated words with meanings that you have to go home and look up in your webster's dictionary? Why is an Intelligent Black unheard of? I guess I'm an alien!