#162. Being "Black in America"

Black people have a number of reasons to celebrate life in 21st century America. A president has been elected - receiving more than 96 percent of the national Black vote - that looks like them (although he doesn't sound like the majority of Black people).

Black people have countless organizations that work to support and augment Black people in their pursuit of happiness, from the NAACP, the United Negro Fund, 100 Black Men, and well, this entire list here is dedicated to Black peoples advancement in the United States.

Since Pre-Obama America was repudiated in the 2008 election, Black people now exert control over the United States in ways unimaginable to their ancestors:

"News Corp. is forming an external diversity council in response to pressure over a New York Post cartoon that critics said compared President Barack Obama to a dead chimpanzee.

The cartoon appeared in February. News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch published an apology in the Post, but civil rights and community organizations demanded further action.

NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said Wednesday that News Corp. had agreed to form a “diversity community council” that will meet semiannually with company executives."

Black people will never be happy with just being the "diversity gatekeeper" over FOXnews, or even President of the United States. They want to be in charge of everything, not just the United States Post Office, Department of Labor, NASA and the Surgeon General, Attorney General, etc., etc., of the United States (all of the those mentioned are run by Black people).

Until every Fortune 500 company CEO, every major Division 1(Football Championship Series) College Football program head coach, every NASCAR driver and every Academy Award winner is Black, then and only then will Black people stop being angry about being "Black in America".

I'm sure you have heard of this CNN program, "Black in America":

"Black in America is a multi-part series of documentaries hosted by reporter Soledad O'Brien on CNN. The series is about various issues regarding African-Americans which includes panel discussions on issues facing the African-American community, and a look at the culture of African-American families, men and women.

It featured exclusive commentary by music mogul Russell Simmons, Grammy Award-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco, comedian D.L. Hughley, award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, and actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg."

Black people live in nation that gives them everything; has created a system of racial preferences to promote Black people over other racial groups; they live in a nation that does not tolerate discrimination in any form - from hiring practices, to firing practices; and how government contracts are awarded.

Black people get preferential treatment in applying to colleges and even have a program dedicated only to enhancing developmental talent in highly Black people populated areas for bringing more Black people in baseball - called Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities or RBI:

"Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) presented by KPMG is a youth outreach program designed to:
1) Increase participation and interest in baseball
2) Encourage academic participation and achievement
3) Increase number of talented athletes prepared to play in college and minor leagues
4) Promote greater inclusion of minorities into the mainstream of the game
5) Teach the value of teamwork"

It has been said that we live in a "post-racial" world, thanks to the election of Barack Hussein Obama, but recent events withstanding, it is apparent we live what Black people stated as they helped home a white family in Akron, Ohio:

"Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by dozens of teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family."

A "Black world" is a good moniker for describing the United States of America in 2009, and yet Black people don't have enough to even satiate their wildest demands and dreams, thus the need for "Black in America 2".

Two different programs revolving around the same theme: the continued suppression of Black people at the hands of white people. CNN doesn't like to utilize empirical evidence too much, as the basis of its show is rested on false premises: Black people in America live a wonderous life that their fellow racial comrades in Africa could only dream of and yet, Black people will always be resentful of being "Black in America".

Stuff Black People Don't Like includes, ironically, being"Black in America", for until everyone is black in America, Black people will find something wrong with this country.