Why did they choose her?
While doing my usual thing of watching the almost perpetually depressing evening news while eating dinner, I posed what I find to be a very interesting question. When a tragic crime such as a shooting, stabbing etc. happens in a urban area, “Why do they always choose Boomquesha or someone with a ghetto name to interview on what happened?” I’m all for getting everyone’s account of what happened so that everyone watching can be informed, but damn, thats who they pick? There could be 10-15 decent looking people who look like they have something interesting/intelligent to say at the very least on site when the news crew arrives and more than 90% of them could probably give a well articulated statement on what recently happened and it still wouldn’t make a difference. They choose the person in the neighborhood who’s probably the shabbiest, with the most off the top hairstyle and with the least favorable hygiene. Do they do this for ratings? Do they do this purposely, as to say that this is the best person in the “hood” to give the scoop on whats happening? I just don’t get it and may never will. In a world where there are so many stereotypes about what people in the hood look like, dress like, and talk like, this is further fueling people’s misconceptions of life in the “hood”. I yearn to one day at least when I’m watching, see a news crew put someone on the air from the hood to give their account of what just happened and they not sound like the village idiot. In the meanwhile I will never understand their motives behind what I currently see them do and still pose the question: Why did they choose her?
You mean you really don’t understand why they chose “the best person suited to portray urban america”? It’s because it all a part of keeping urban america believing it’s who we are, have been, and will always be. Why would the media portry us as who we really are? Prime example: how many beautiful classy women do you see in hip hop/rap videos and how many “video hoes” do you see in those same videos? If they actually choose the people we really are (the majority), so many will see that your girl, Bomquisha, is the minority. We rise out of “the hood” easily, with just a little hard work, dedication and sacrifice; but we all know that one a racist society’s biggest fears is an educated black society. Need I say more?
An educated black society is exactly what most fear in a racist world. Think of all of the black leaders they took from us during the 60’s and 70’s when were more in tune with our values as a people. I just think that it is tiring to see our people exploited on a consistent basis regardless of their status level in society and no one making a big deal about it.
I agree with you on that matter. But the real question is, why do we continue to name our kids names that are referred to as ghetto from our own people? No, we dont have to name our kids Susan or Jane, but we can give them names that will enable them to have their resumes reviewed one day and land a job.