I missed the first half-hour of CNN's Black in America series. I actually intended to ignore it, but an old friend forwarded some email he got (I actually don't know that he reads P6)
Did you know that companies in the US have said they would hire a white man with a felony record and no high school education BEFORE they would hire a black man with NO criminal record and a 4-year degree?
On July 23 at 9pm and July 24 at 9pm, CNN will premier a series, 'Black in America with Soledad O'Brien' and I personally challenge you to watch it WITH your children, especially your sons, if you have any, uninterrupted. The aforemention statistic and many others will be revealed during the series.
I had the privilege of meeting with Soledad O'Brien and actually SEEING this premier on Monday, and what I saw brought tears to my eyes and anguish, frustration, and a sense of helplessness to my soul.
On Monday the series will focus on Women and Families and Tuesday is dedicated entirely to the plight of the Black Man in America .
I beg and plead with you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch and internalize what you see and hear; no matter HOW disturbing the information revealed...you can (and will) thank me later.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/black.in.america
Of course, this is old news around these parts. Still, skipping it might be an error, since this WILL be what a vast swath of America thinks being Black "means." So I taped one of the replays, and the hour of Anderson Cooper that followed. And tonight's episode on Black men is queued up for the recorder.
Meanwhile, Spence live-blogged part one, which I will read, but not until I watch part one myself.
Another thing I missed...folks are reviving the attempts to get some investigation of LaVena Johnson murder. Ugly case. Electronic Village has the best roundup I found today.
