Video: CNN - “Black In America” Part 1

CNN’s documentary of being “Black In America” began yesterday. I happened to like what was shown. My biggest and only gripe with the documentary, which is shared by others, is that there was no balanced. I just didn’t feel like the other side of the story was told. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely identify with what they’ve shown, but what about those who watched the show and became even more depressed after seeing just the evils. Even though the issues present were definitely issues that needed to be publicized and discussed in the forefront, there was no balancing act. As a viewer, what I saw that was depicted were a devastation of my race. Like we are for the majority diseased, poor, destroyed, baby making machines. There are lots who have succeeded in this. And I think they focused on that end very little. The only happiness that I saw was when the black family met their white cousins. * shrugs *

“It must be 2 siiiiiiiiiiiiides.” — Shawty Lo

I love Soledad O’Brien and Anderson Cooper (shout out to Channel One) but dammit…

I felt if say Fox News would’ve done anything different, they would say, “AND IT’S ENTIRELY BLACK PEOPLE’S FAULT.”

And I happen to like CNN. Shouts to Roland S. Martin. I used to clash with him on ZS, but he makes a lot of sense lately. I just hope Part 2, “The Black Man” doesn’t get butchered.

Part 2 tonight at 9. Watch if you can. If not, do not worry. Worldstarhiphop will most likely have it up on their site tomorrow just like they got this first part.

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