So, about Thursday night.
The Boss Ladies went to Reggie's Rock Club for Redbull's Sound Select showcase and confirmed their love for rising "Pearl Gawd" Martin Sky. The show was ridiculously live with Martin Sky, Tree and Cris Crack opening for Mystikal.
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Since the unfolding of the national horrors of Mike Brown and Eric Gardner, many media sources have held forums, live Twitter chats, and town hall meetings discussing race relations in America. NPR’s Michel Martin held a live Twitter chat on March 31st, entitled #FearandRace. The journalist focused on discussing the issue of fear at the basis of racism. The conversation began at 12:30 ET. While I do believe Martin’s efforts were valiant, I am so tired of talking. You see the conversation of race hasn't just exploded. Twitter users aware of #BlackTwitter have been talking for years. Folks, like me, have been having conversations with our counterparts for some time. And after huffing and puffing, the house of racism has yet to come tumbling down. Talking about race is the cheap antidote; it also is the less effective cure, because if we have not rearranged the structures that began the conversation, all we have done is identify a problem with no solution at eradicating it. If all this country needed was a stern conversation, we wouldn't be tweeting #BlackLivesMatter. This country loves to talk about Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. But when King was done talking about his dream, he was acting to make his words mean something. The civil rights leaders were not just holding town halls; they were marching, protesting, and boycotting their way to voting rights, desegregation and equal rights. We have not lobbied our politicians enough; we have not boycotted enough; we have not rallied together enough. Oh, but we sure have talked enough. In fact, let’s look at the numbers. In a study on African American’s use of technology, the Pew Research Center concluded interesting facts about blacks online. Blacks make up a larger percentage of Twitter users than white users. African Americans make up 40% of users between the ages of 18-29. We’re talking a lot, but the conversation is only that just talk. It’s time to stop just tweeting and acknowledging that whites are afraid of black people. It’s time for our words to be few and our actions to be plentiful. We get so hung up on the fact that we can talk to people across the nation that we forget to forge relationships with people in our own backyard. I’m all about solutions. So you know I, by no means, would spend my time writing an article without giving real-time ways to affect some change in your neighborhood. 1. Support Black-Owned Business
2. Volunteer in communities outside of your own
3. Lobby your local politicians and community members
4. Stop talking!
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