Essay 130

Your fifteen MultiCultClassics Minutes of fame are up…

• According to a recent report in The Economist, “The Department of Justice estimates that one black man in three will go to jail at some point during his life — more than five times the rate for white men.” Also, “in 2002 blacks were seven times more likely than whites to commit murder.” Hope the proofreaders at the British publication were smoking crack during the writing of that story.

• Here’s another quote from Kanye West: “Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves.” Damn, this guy must have worked in advertising.

• Look who we’ve got our Hanes on now. Law enforcement experts are seeing a new trend in gang gear. Colors are out. Plain white T-shirts are in. Wonder if it was all inspired by the commercial with Michael Jordan and Matthew Perry.

• Police are still on the lookout for the person who shot Suge Knight in Miami. Despite the teeming party crowd, no one seems to be willing to offer much information. The suspect was a Black male wearing a pink T-shirt. Which means it probably wasn’t gang-related (see above). And the last brotha in Miami wearing pink T-shirts was Philip Michael Thomas.