Chrisette Michele has a new song called Black Lives Matter.... Amanda seales responds to apology

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Damage control

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

James brown had picket lines outside his performances. This is why I laugh when heads say we are too hard on our own.

Niqqas went HARDER back in the day of they thought you were c00ning

That a James Brown autobiography?

 

[Dontay Flaco]

This women is outta her rabbit ass mind!

 

[director_of_bands]

typical female behavior

 

[froggle]

that's the Floetry girl

 

[dontreadthis]

that's the Floetry girl

no, one of them left the group and Amanda Diva replaced her and they still went by Floetry.


and on Chrisette, I don't think she's necessarily a c00n but an extremely naive, airhead, everything is gonna be fine, type chick who truly believed that her performing would bring forth dialogue and "healing"...

 

[SchrodingersStrapped!]

Black Fans Matter

This shyt transparent as fukk, that Trump bag must have been light

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

This is playing out like a comedy skit

 

[Elle Seven]

Here's the thing though, she got dropped and out of nowhere she drops this song in the mist of all the antics she had done over the course of the Trump inauguration. I'm like this, if she would have just said "I did it for the money", I would have respected her than her copping pleas with that rambling nonsensical gibberish called "No Political Genius". My question is why does it take for somebody to fukk up after so long to finally be woke, yet fail to see the damage done within their way? With that money she earned from the gig, she could have done a bit of investing to ease the moral wound that she have done within herself (fund books for a local high school, do a side business enlightening young black women to be stronger in this selfish world, etc). But nope, she decided to downplay the negative aspects of her doing by doubling down on her own short change relevancy.

Such a shame because she like countless others during the Neo Soul movement could have saved the music from becoming the mess it is now

To answer your question, if you'll notice, for the average person, problems and pain tend to be great catalysts for change. It doesn't always have to be like this. A person could simply make the decision to do better and apply consistent, focused effort at achieving the results s/he wants to achieve. That being said, though, a lot of people are so comfortable in their habits and resists the discomfort that always accompanies trying to fully break and change a habit, it's just easier to keep doing it until something fukked up happens and you can't ignore it anymore (i.e. think of someone who know he needs to stop eating badly not taking his health seriously until he ends up having a heart attack or something). So, I'm not excusing the behavior, simply pointing out the tendency of most humans to do that.

Ms. Michelle is a black American female and the particular mistake she made is going to have long-term consequences, I know, given our stance in the reality that is WS in America. Regarding why she didn't just say she did it for money, I imagine she still would have been called a c00n for that as well. I don't see any legitimate way she could have justified singing for this man's inauguration that we would have deemed truly acceptable because of how fukked up Trump is.

I guess what piques my interest about it all is that the average person, right now, is probably doing something they don't want to do for whatever reason they deem necessary, and, in their mind, they are trying to justify it. Once they are able to justify it, then they work on trying to convince others the validity of what it is they're doing. I imagine most would say the difference here is Ms. Michelle's actions hurt the collective, while an individual will only hurt him/herself. I don't think that is true though, either....but that is an entirely different post.

Lastly, though I understand the anger a lot of us are feeling, I wonder if we would consider another perspective as well. The elder Neely Fuller, from what I remember when I used to listen to him, made a point about ALL black people being fukked under the system of WS. This means the black celebrities we call c00ns are getting it just as hard as we non-celebrities are; perhaps what we are witnessing with people like Ms. Michelle and Steve Harvey is some kind of way to cope with it. I do not know for certain. The reality of it is, though, that none of us want to endure the fukkery that is WS, and perhaps, for some of us, getting fame and money provides some sort of buffer (or an illusion thereof) from it all.

 

[killacal]

Tap dancing for an open white supremacist, when black men and women are routinely being gunned down in the streets by police with impunity, negates you ever being taken seriously again.

Facts
She made her bed she can dyke in it

 

[James Dean]

This is hilarious

 

[Elle Seven]

A heelturn like this doesn't show a genuine understanding of the mistake she made, only that she wants to move past it as quickly as possible. If she came out like, "Damn I fukked up y'all, pray for me while I figure this shyt out" and came back humbly, not that she is woke all of a sudden, it would come across WAY better...

This is just an objective question, but how does one like Ms. Michelle prove to the masses she has a 'genuine understanding of the mistake she made'? I'm sincerely asking. What would that look like in terms of her actions?

Luckily for her spiritual growth, she will not be able to move past this as quick as she might hope, and that is alright, because there is a lot of opportunity for growth on all levels when your ass is uncomfortable. I wish her well and believe, if she can press forward, she would come out much stronger on the other side from this.

That being said, though, be honest - would we take her seriously if she offered an apology of 'damn, I fukked up' and 'y'all pray for me'? Is this not what we often see and have come to expect of celebrities when they fukk up...that an apologies of sorts will be forthcoming and s/he will be in the business of trying to mend his/her public image? I guess I'm point is she'd probably be damned either way. Apologies are but on thing someone can offer to right his/her wrongs, but actions speak much, much louder and much more sincerely. It should be her actions which tell how sincere she is, not what she says. I'm not saying that what she is doing with this song. I'm simply saying that is a principle with anyone - let your actions speak for themselves.

It is interesting you ended your post with 'it would [have] come across WAY better' because it supports my point it is just about appearances in the mind of most.

 

[Black Lightning]

 

[Elle Seven]

Not at all but she got to take her lumps for that shyt, if she's real about being woke now she will be forgiven THROUGH HER ACTIONS.

c00ns are a very serious and dangerous problem in the black community. To think u can openly support a white supremacist and then just slide back over to the black side when white people inevitably turn on u is something the that we cannot tolerate anymore. c00ns are destroying us from the inside out right now, it's gotta be dealt with or we're doomed

I agree wholeheartedly with the bolded.

After reading the second part of your post, another question has suddenly come to my mind - does the average black person see what is referred to here as 'c00ning' as a mental illness?

Didn't James Baldwin make the statement about being perpetually enraged as a direct result of being black in this country?

Is rage an emotion the body can sustain indefinitely without some kind of consequence to the mind, body and spirit? This is not a rhetorical question; I'm really asking. Maybe there are some medical professionals on here who can speak to this point. This is something I have thought about often though.

Anyway, if some people develop into 'c00ns', are they sick? And if they are sick, how do we support and help them? There are some black folks somewhere right now, raising their baby in a way that will make them likely to be 'c00ns'. The child is not at fault, but as an adult, that person will then need to change. Will we be willing to help this person or should s/he just be considered collateral damage? I guess a simpler question is, how do we deal with 'c00ns'?

I realize this has nothing to do with Ms. Michelle specifically, but your comment really gave me some food for thought, so thanks!

 

[Elle Seven]

I think you can learn, but you also have to understand that the tons of black people that were vehemently against her performing for Trump PRIOR to it happening, they're still probably annoyed after the fact too.


And maybe even moreso now because we all told her not to do it but she didn't give a fukk about what everybody thought then, but now after she cashed her check and because I guess her career is stalling she's trying to pander to get some fans back? Like the saying goes "When people show you who they are, believe them". It's gonna take time, and alot more than a pandering ass track to get people to trust your intentions again.

True, a lot of time. If her intentions are sincere and she has had a real change of heart, that will sustain her in making the changes she needs to her life overall, and she should be okay with it.