yung and dumb....

Wassup subscribers? I'm currently studying the new Nas album like I'm doing a thesis on it. The consensus: Nas continues to get better with each new album and all credit goes to S dot for that. He revived the focus and the dormant skills that were displayed so long ago on Illmatic. We'll get to that for another post. My main reason for writing today's blog is the following statement taken from a radio show interview with Yung Berg:


“I’m kinda racist…I don’t like dark butts…You know how some women prefer light skin men or dark skin men,” said the “Sexy Can I” rapper during an interview with radio show “Lip Service.” “It’s rare that I do dark butts – that’s what I call dark skinned women…I [don’t date women] darker than me.”

He then tried to justify later by saying he was being sarcastic on another interview, but then somehow went back on it to say he'd never dated a dark skinned woman but almost in a sense that he had no control over that. Besides the fact, that as a man he's going to go for his and honestly it's all about preference. We all look for what we find beautiful for whatever reasons, some are based on the influence of man, others are inherent. My question is why is that brothas tend to be the only ones to justify it by disparaging black women. Wilt Chamberlain did the same thing stating he didn't like black women, so then someone asked the obvious question, "So you hate your mother and your sisters?" Just the fact that they justify it by pointing out their reasons just goes to show that it's not inherent, it stems from this self hate that continues to this day stemming from this country's history of its viewpoints on black skin. Robert DeNiro, Roger Ebert, and David Bowie, Robin Thicke are all married to black women and many actors have dated black women including Jeff Goldblum, Bill Maher, Chuck Norris and others. Do you think any of them went about disparaging white women and saying the reason they can't mess with them is they're too pale or hair to thin? No, they do it because they want to, there is no agenda. Unfortunately, our men choose to give ridiculous reasons for exclusively dating white women or the lightest skin they can find including one classic fool I heard on NY radio. He said the reason was because she always dinner ready, put his feet in his slippers, turned down his bed, and put his toothpaste in his toothbrush. Just at the sound of that, I'm sure he was no loss to any sistas. The sad thing is, from personal experience, if you're worth that, black women will do it too, but they'll do it for a man taking care of home, not an idiot concerned with playing games. Unfortunately, the statistics show that because of men like that, the 35-45 available black men (single, working or in school and not on drugs or in jail) for every 100 black women means little opportunity for sistas to find a good man.

However, if there is one thing I've learned, is that God never plays the odds and knowing that, one can trust He'll bring the one when you're ready and you'll be more than pleased. In the meantime, those fools who choose to disparage our beautiful women will find themselves regretting it eventually. If you're a black queen waiting, be patient and continue praying. Your time is coming, just prepare yourself in the meantime. Trust me, they are some quality men out there, despite what you may find in the meantime. Hopefully, Yung and others like him will smarten up soon but like one of Nas' songs on the new album says: n***as never die, we just have to revive the brother and sisterhood. Be a part of the revival......

S.o.T.P. : To be Young, Gifted, and Black

I'm out, next time: Nas' album review.....

Peace and hair grease.....