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You're a Playa Only Because You Be Playin Yaself


August 10, 2007 | Tags: Hip Hop, Flavor of Love

I've heard a number of different arguments that seem to take the heat off of why black folks aren't responsible for the nonsense currently assaulting my eyes and ears on a daily basis.

Some people will lead you to believe that the TI's are running this rap shit and force emcees and reality show hoes to act a damn fool for the camera (and to some extent, this is correct).

Other people will lead you to believe that white people are keeping this stuff on the air (and to some extent they're correct too).

But any person of African descent is fooling themselves if they can say with a straight face that anybody OTHER than us is keeping the cycle going.

We are the only (or one of VERY few) cultures that degrades our own and will turn around and fight folks to the death for the right to do it (hey, I don't care for Al Sharpton, but he has some valid points). Long gone are the days of white actors dressing up, pretending to be us. We'd have a foot to stand on if black face was the new black, but the black faces on TV acting a donkey... are actually black faces!

At the end of the day, we green light this stuff and anybody telling you otherwise is lying to themselves. Black Americans have always been trend setters. Don't believe me? Answer the following questions:

1. How successful would your favorite (commercial) rapper be without a co sign from "the streets?" [1]
2. How long would 106th and Park have lasted if the audience was all white? [2]
3. Would Flavor of Love made it past a pilot episode if the majority of the women were  white?
3a. Would Flavor of Love even been conceived with said concept?

The answer to all these questions is as follows.

1. Not very
2. Not long
3. No
4. Hell no! Flav wouldn't even be allowed in the building

According to an article  that  appeared on Blackenterprise.com, Last year’s season finale of Flavor of Love was the highest rated show in VH1's history. VH1’s Charm School was the no. 1 show in black households for the first week of July, according to Nielsen reports.

Let me run that back: VH1’s Charm School was the no. 1 show in black households for the first week of July, according to Nielsen reports.

We are starring in and supporting our own toxic behavior. The  hour glass on blaming white people is running low. If we stopped watching and co signing foolishness, the rest of the world will fall in line.

That's how it's been, that's how it always will be.

[1] the rappers that do make it are the exceptions, not the rule
[2] I'm not sure if this is still valid, but  106 and Park, at one point in time had higher ratings than TRL






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