I could get in a lot of trouble for this, but who cares? Certainly not me. People fought merger tooth and nail, because of various issues (I say because they lacked vision). Now, people are fighting the stadium idea as well (for those same reasons). We can’t be Mayberry and Chicago. We have to choose. In Mayberry there was one stop light. One sheriff. One deputy. One telephone operator. All Andy did was lock-up the town drunk, Otis. If you want to live like that, fine, move to Poe-dunk, KY (no offense to all my friends from ‘poe-dunk’, ky, y’all are very nice people...of course it kinda begs the question since you all moved to Louisville to get away from poe-dunk, but I digress.). Merger, the stadium, 4th Street Live, the influx of new hotels, Waterfront Park and various other advances in our community are to attract young people, tourists, conventions, and corporations (collectively and more easily called M-O-N-E-Y). The Brain Drain is real. (If you don’t know what that term means, nobody is really concerned if you stay or go.) Ask any successful Black woman in this city and she will tell you the Brain Drain is real and alive. The pool of marriageable Black men in this area is abysmally LOW. Of course, according to Newsweek is low for all Black women (Article by Elise Close in 2003 called “The Gender Gap”), but here it seems crushing. I’ve lived in a larger city, where there are tons of black lawyers, doctors, engineers, senior computer analysts, and business executives. Girls, let me tell you: it’s NICE. I mean it’s wonderful. I could have a date every weekend if I wanted. (Of course, many of these men are whores, but that’s besides the point, because most successful with status are whores, most men period are whores, but I could be just really cynical.) I know tons of successful black guys from Louisville, they just don’t live in Louisville. They live in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, LA, etc, sheesh, some even live in Cincinnati. I’m not saying I have to have a professional. But dammit, why should I want any thing less: I’m one. I have nothing against blue collar workers (except for the dirt under their fingernails). I just don’t have much in common with them. Uh-oh, I sound like a snob. Guess what, I am.
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The views of this single, Black girl are her own and not representative of the whole Black race, so don't go up to your Black female co-workers tomorrow saying stoopid stuff. And nobody is picking on the Black man or blue collar workers. (But if your feelings were hurt too bad.)
2 comments:
I just happened to be checking out the Louisville newspaper website and I saw your name. As one of those young professional brothers from Louisville who moved to Cincinnati this made me laugh. Professional black men and women just need to do a better job of creating venues for interaction. If the only place there is to meet is during a Derby cookout, things will be rough. We just have to be more proactive. Also, check out the statements from Spike Lee that are on the front page of the website. That is real talk.
Was born in Louisville, left when i was 9, now live in Atlanta. Have sister that's a graduate of UofL and moved back to Louisville. She has the same problem. That's because black women DON'T expect more of black men. The problem isn't only in Louisville. Here in Atlanta, there are many many more professional black women than men. My stepdad divorced my mother who has and MBA. He's a certified mechanic...and attracts Lawyers, Doctors, Sergeons and the like...because there are that many men to go around. Here in Atlanta there are pleanty of professional black men and they play like you said, because the women let them. When they finally do marry...they marry within their enclaves out in SW Atlanta. The professional black women from out of state...that's another issue. Don't think that it's just in Louisvile it's a national epidemic and isn't going to change untill we except of black boys what we expect of black girls. Unfortunately as you're 30ish that isn't much for you. However, if the girls in HS would stop dating the thugs and give the nerds attention...I believe things would change OVER NIGHT!!
The mantra should be...I only date boys on the Honor roll!:) I only date boys that finnish High School and have ambition.
Here's a little secrete for women.
Men want to impress you and we do almost anything we can to do that. If you demand things or men and STICK together we will change.
Meaning men aren't changing now because the view is...If she doesn't want it...Shaniqua will...after I upset Shaniqua I can go back to Jenny....Then after that I can get that professional woman that just wants some company PERIOD...:) My Sisters...WAKE UP!!!!
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