Essay Forty-Six

Presenting Bobby Brown and a New Edition of MultiCultClassics Minutes…

• Bravo is scheduled to debut its special series, Being Bobby Brown, in late June. But the new reality TV show will probably not match the real-life drama delivered by Brown. This week, Brown’s entourage was involved in a brawl that left two people with stab wounds. Not sure what’s more pathetic: being in a knife fight with Bobby Brown’s entourage or being in Bobby Brown’s entourage.

• Thurl Ravenscroft, the voice of Tony The Tiger, has died at age 91. Wonder if any minority candidates will be considered for the Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes role. Note to auditioning committee: Bobby Brown is available.

• The NFL received good grades for its racial diversity in a study conducted by the University of Central Florida. However, the league only garnered a D-plus for gender. Any sports fans disagree that a woman would do no worse than Ryan Leaf? Additionally, the gender grade is an improvement over last year’s DD-plus given after Janet Jackson’s Superbowl performance.

• Mexican President Vicente Fox met with Jesse Jackson and refused to apologize for making a racist remark about Blacks in America. Then he met with Al Sharpton and refused to apologize. Somebody please send Bobby Brown’s entourage to kick the old Mexican’s ass.

• Fox later received a call of support from Bill Cosby.