25 Things Blacks Still Don't Wanna Hear...

1. We suffer from internalized racism, religious indoctrination, depression, and denial;

2. We think critical thinking is reading ghetto drama books;

3. We got mad skillz with gadgets but can't relate with one another in a manner that's intimate and real;

4. We don't hold our local leaders accountable, and they only come around during re-election time;

5. We still prefer light-skinned sistas over dark-skinned ones, especially in our music videos;

6. We think wearing locks is a fashion sense when it's supposed to be a poltical statement;

7. We need to walk with a pit bull in order to feel important;

8. We're afraid of telling our young boys (and a few grown ass men) that wearing your pants low enough to show your behind is not only tired but sad;

9. We don't attend parent/teacher conferences;

10. We forget that Obama is still a politician, and therefore can't and won't address our issues as directly and immediately as we'd like him to;

11. We'd rather look good than feel good;

12. We don't see hyper-masculinity as a cry for help;

13. We think the empowerment of sistas means disempowering brothas;

14. We don't support our own photographers and other artists, but get upset when they get love from outsiders;

15. We don't question the contradictions of the Church;

16. We make fun of africentric Blacks to avoid PSP (post-slavery psychosis);

17. We think Reggae and Dancehall music are one in the same;

18. We think street culture is Black culture;

19. We'll buy an $80,000 truck rather than spend $10 on a self-help book;

20. We think ethnic and fly is a contradiction;

21. We stand on street corners because we have nothing productive to offer our neighbors and selves;

22. We celebrate the myth of Langston Hughes, but not the man himself;

23. We'll support a singer who likes urinating on girls to the point where we'll even buy the video, but we think same sex marriage is digusting;

24. There's a war going on between Blacks and niggaz;

25. We can't handle the truth.