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Hampton University White Queen

Hampton University crowned their first non-black Miss HU Queen.  Nikole Churchill, a 22-year-old from Hawaii whose mother is Italian and father is from Guam was crowned Queen despite the objections of some of the student body.

What do we expect when we begin to embrace diversity at HBCU’s?  We have already seen a white valedictorian at Morehouse College. 

I am waiting for some real controversy, how about the first Asian quarterback on the football team.   How about the first Q-dog in the NASA space training program, that’s newsworthy.   And my personal favorite the first Drag Queen to be crowned.   I can see it now. Congratulations to 22 year old Jerome Bailey aka, Inita Tuck, Miss Texas Southern University Yams Regional Homecoming Queen at Large. 

RZA Turned Philospher

The RZA, aka Robert Fitzgerald Diggs from the Wu Tang Clan has now turned philosopher in his new book “The Tau of Wu”.  When did things shift that you no longer needed any formal training or education and basically becoming a rapper was the short cut to any vocation. 

The other ugly part of RZA turned philosopher is the patronizing manner he is being handled with mainstream media. 

I am accustomed to rappers, slash models turned actors but we have to draw the line somewhere.  My best friend has a PhD in Philosophy.  I watched him study, research, write and defend his dissertation which was a long and intense journey.  We have to validate educational and vocational pursuits.

Next it will be rapper turned Proctologist.  Do you really want Lil Wayne behind you sloshing syrup juice on your backside during a prostate exam?  Wait, given the fact that I was recently traumatized by my own big Nordic gay doctor that may not be a bad alternative.  See earlier “Man Exam”post. 

Do I want Flava Flav as my dentist with all that gold in his mouth and that damned clock hitting me in the face?  But I must admit the thought of Lil Kim as a school principal is kind of fierce.  I can see her stomping down the hallways in 6 inch Prada’s and fur yelling “You better get to your homeroom bitches I’m the Queen Bee”. 

Spike Lee Tyler Perry Smack Down

Spike Lee puts Tyler Perry in the hot seat when he is interviewed at the “14th annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference”.  Spike Lee compares the images from shows like “House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns” as contemporary “coonery and sambo” images.  I have tried to watch “The House of Payne” and my conclusion was the title stemmed more from the audiences experience rather than the story line. 

Spike Lee says that Tyler Perry’s characters are not uplifting and positive roles.  I guess he is comparing Perry’s character to his riveting, solid portrayal of an educated Black Renaissance man, in his character, Mars Blackmon in “She’s Gotta Have It”. 

Tyler Perry fires back on 60 Minutes and says that he is “pissed off by Lee’s comments” he goes on to say that “he would like to read the criticism to his fan base”.  This is an interesting argument.  I am pushing something that could be damaging but I will have the consumers of that product speak in support.  I wonder if that would work for crack dealers. 

We have seen this before.  “The Color Purple” was nominated for about 12 Oscars but did not receive one largely because the NAACP boycotted the film because of it’s depiction of Black men instead of saying this is one woman’s story.  The fight has never been about one movie representing an entire cultural experience.  The real fight is that there are more films made by other view points to have a richer exploration of that culture. 

I propose that both Spike Lee and Tyler Perry have a title fight in Las Vegas where the proceeds would go to supporting up and coming filmmakers.  The only catch would be the fight would have to be between their alter egos.  It would be the Madea and Mars Mixed Martial Arts Smack down.  My money is on Madea.  Although we might find out they both fight like girls.

Drunk Lazy Man

A Minnesota man was charged with DWI while attempting to leave a local tavern in a motorized La-Z Boy chair. Now we all have been over served at one point and even maybe been accused of being less than pro-active but this is the extreme. This is the ultimate couch potato.
The man hooked up his chair with a lawnmower motor, headlights and even a mirror for rear viewing. You will not find this at IKEA.
MTV is thinking of launching a new spin off show called “Pimp My Tasteless but Comfortable Furniture”.

Latino in America

“Latino in America” will premiere tonight on CNN.  Yes, our favorite mocha, mistress of the media, Soledad O’Brien will revise her role as ethnic investigator and explore Latin culture in America.  The show will premiere after a rerun of “Black in America” and “Asian in America” will immediately follow. 

There will be an international version of “White famous people in Africa adopting children”, “American men exploring the sex trade in Taiwan” and my personal favorite “Native Americans vacationing in Europe while counting their money from mainstream American gamblers”. 

The real exciting news is that Soledad is working on a subculture series.  Look out for “Puerto Rican Drag Queens in Jersey”, “DL Black men in Atlanta” and “Christian, lip stick, lesbian, kick boxers who grew up on the South Side of Chicago but now live in Berkeley”. 

Cougar Town

ABC’s new show Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox is a new show about older Divas that like younger men. The cougar concept is not a new one. Some of the more famous Cougars are Cher, Madonna, Demi Moore, Terry McMillan and honorable mention to Elton John. Madonna’s latest infatuation, a young Latin heart throb she met while cruising band camp is the latest example of cougar conquest.

These are not your grandmothers’ cougars, who back in the day would hitch their scoot about to a passing car of young tenderonies at Cougar Country Safari. Today’s cougars are built and fierce. If you think about it, sexually it works because men are the most randy when they are younger and women reach their sexual peak when they are older, so the combination is well, explosive.

A friend asked me if women who date younger men are called cougars then what do they call men who date younger women. I replied, without missing a beat, they’re called predictable.

So all you cougars and cougar supporters, sharpen those claws, work the tall grass and pounce on that fine young antelope when they least expect it. Meow!!!