Blacksploitation

I got a ad in the mail the other day, which must have been some bizarre demographical error, but the add was for a Black Book Club... As in the ethnicity, or Afr. Am. or whatever it is I am supposed to say now. Regardless I was actually put off by this. Why you say? The same reason I kinda have a problem with BET, or Ebony for that matter.

All these mediums simply increase the wedge that I was under the impression black leaders have been trying to erase. Or maybe I am out of the loop. I thought that we were all going for the idea that people are the same no matter what their skin color. Apparent;y these magazines and book clubs say differently. They seem to say that black people not only have different tastes in books, but that only a Black Book Club is able to cater to their specific needs. Same with magazines, and TV channels. All of these things do nothing but state to a person--"YOU ARE DIFFERENT."

Of course the motivation behind all these enterprises in NOT some noble spirit that seeks to provide for "their" people. Let us be CLEAR on that. The motivation is MONEY. They are telling on part of the community BUY OUR PRODUCTS!! YOU HAVE TO!! YOUR SKIN COLOR DEMANDS IT!!! I mean... talk about blacksploitation...

Like I said maybe I am wrong and out of the loop. Maybe we have all given up on the pretense of trying to combine races into the idea of equality. Maybe catering to the "black" vote as opposed to white vote is still happening. Maybe we should drop all pretenses and re-institute black schools, since white schools and white school teachers will never be able to understand the black nation since they don't watch BET and subscribe to Ebony or read "black" books...

who the hell have we been kidding all these years?