"They Know Something's Wrong.....

but nobody will say it."

That is the sentiment hip-hop artist David Banner is professing in his newest single. The Mississippian addresses the recent, but not uncommon, violent deaths of none other than young black males. Banner specifically highlights the killing of Derrion Albert, the 16-year-old honor student who's assassination took place in broad daylight. Honestly Albert's story would have gone unnoticed - out of sight and out of mind - if it hadn't been for the video footage of his death. The same footage that scored multiple hits on YouTube and your local news circuit. And yet, the media forgot his story for the failure of hosting the Olympics. And I believe Obama has yet to address the issues in his hometown.

But the issue isn't just confined to Chicago. Days later the media storm continued to rain with the story of Kevin Miller, a Queens black honor student on his way to McDonald's; his mother's reward for finishing his homework. In the wake of trouble, he attempts to evade a fight, only to be struck by some punk's bullet. A suspect has yet to be found. Miller's family, like Albert's, struggles to finance an appropriate burial, Jackson and Sharpton have their PR parade, and the camera fades to black to focus on a family bent on gaining reality TV stardom.

Maybe the third time is the charm? How ironic.

Twenty-year-old Jasper Howard, a junior UConn star cornerback with a child on the way, escaped the dangers of his Miami neighborhood, only to be stabbed to death at a Homecoming party last weekend.

Now, do we have the public's attention? Do we have our own attention? Do we realize we can no longer blame "him" or "them?" Do we know we can no longer react? Can we see that Obama is not going to save us? (And he shouldn't have too.) Have we, as a people, ever relied on any other man to solve our problems; to secure our freedom; to teach our children; to love one another; to know black is beautiful; to know we are somebody?

Than why do we do it now. Something's wrong and we are the only ones that can fix it.

Unnecesary Harrassment for Pointing Out Someone's Wrong Doing

Hey everyone. My name is Inisha McCorvey and I want to make an announcement. There was an incident that occurred yesterday afternoon before the homecoming game that really upset me and I want to vent about it a little bit. The dorms I stay in are co-ed but on my floor it's women only and the floor below is men only, however we are allowed guests of either sex in our rooms. I personally don't have a problem with that but I do have a problem with the men using our bathrooms. My R.A. even posted a sign saying women only. But apparently we have people who either don't know how to read or are just inconsiderate and childish to follow these simple rules. I think it's a bunch of little freshmen girls who think that because they think they are grown and are away from Mommy and Daddy that they can do whatever they want. NEWS FLASH PEOPLE: THIS IS OUR BATHROOM SHARED BY EVERYONE ON THIS FLOOR, NOT JUST ONE RESIDENT!!! It's disgusting, unsafe, inconsiderate, and uncomfortable to go in and out of the shower in a towel or robe and there is a huge guy in the bathroom acting like this is his personal bathroom at his house or something. I'm not calling anyone's boyfriend a rapist but at the same time, I don't know him, what he is thinking, or what he is capable of. It's already bad enough we have to share the bathroom with 20-something odd other females who some either don't wash their hands after wiping their ass, leave fur balls in the shower drains, or leave their used feminine products on the floor instead of in the trash been above the tissue paper. That is sick and nasty. So the incident I'm addressing is yesterday my cousin tells me she had to wait to take a shower because two guys were occupying them. So when I go in there and take a shower no one is there but a few minutes before I get out I hear male voices. At this point I'm pissed and I'm not taking this anymore because this has happened before. So I grab my things and cover myself tight and I approach the two guys. I said "Are you suppose to be in here?" They said "Yea, we think so." I said "No, this is a women only bathroom and you're suppose to use the one downstairs with the guys because It's uncomfortable coming in and out of here and there are dudes in a women only bathroom." They claimed they were sorry but I didn't believe them and walked out. An hour or two goes by and I happen to leave the room for something when I notice on my door on my writing board that someone wrote "dirty sluts." My cousin had left the room already so she didn't see it. But when she came back she seen I had a few choice words of my own on the board. She erased it saying don't stoop to their level which she is right about. However, when she left again someone wrote "I love black dick." Now I don't know about you but I find that racist. (Out of the 56 girls on this floor, there are 6 black females and my cousin and I are among them. Now if we were white like almost all of the girls on this floor would "black dick" have been written. I don't think so. I love and accept everyone of all races, ethnicities, and cultures so I'm not trying to make this into a race thing other than the comment that was made towards me and my cousin.) Now, my cousin and I keep to ourselves so we don't associate with anyone on our floor and because of this, no one has ever written anything on our board. I have an idea of who it is because I seen through my peephole the girls and one of the guys I said something to in the bathroom earlier walk by my room. They looked at the sign and one of the girls ran her hand across my response back to them as if saying "\Whatever. Who cares what she says." Plus I heard male voices coming from the other side of the hall where I suspect those girls live. I would very much like to have a floor meeting and call these people out and get to the bottom of this because we are all adults. And just like how I came to those guys nicely (even though I had a little attitude in my voice) and spoke to them as an adult, then they should show me the respect and come to me like an adult if they have a problem with what I said instead of being childish and writting harrassing racist comments on our door as if we are not going to find out who it is. But all I'm saying is, I'm not tolerating harrassment nor racism towards me or anyone especially since my ancestors fought so hard so that I wouldn't have to tolerate it. No one has to. This is an issue that needs to be addressed more and needs to have something done about it immediately. Because I know for damn sure that these females don't know me and they will not be disrespecting me, my cousin, or anyone else because someone was fed up with their bullshit and called them out for what not only myself but other people felt was wrong.