I come to you now, with my second post in as many hours, with a late-breaking news item brought to my attention by Litsa.
The following billboard is located in the Soho area of NYC, just blocks from the downtown Planned Parenthood offices:
Um, what?! How dare they use this gorgeous, young, gifted, and black child to create sensationalism that is demeaning to black people of all backgrounds--and during Black History Month, no less!!!
You know a blacktress is down with PPNYC (you can check out some stand-up I did for a benefit for them on Youtube)--they help the uninsured keep their down-theres so fresh and so clean, clean, and I'm not hatin' on anyone who makes it happen.
The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb?! Um, clearly "Life Always" doesn't get out much. Let me bring them some truth.
The Most Dangerous Places for an African American in 2011
- A rally held by one of the 100+ Ku Klux Klan chapters (also known as "klaverns") in the United States.
- The US Penitentiary System
- Massachusetts and South of the Mason-Dixon line.
- A Justin Bieber concert (Well, this is dangerous for anyone, really. Those teens go into a crazed mental state y'all. Come at you foaming at the mouth, all fists and elbows, like a whirling dervish.)
- A home in which a fire arm is kept.
- A deserted alley at 3am. (Again, not racially specific)
- The backwoods of Australia, on Australia Day--or after a cricket match. (trust me)
- A middle or high school anywhere in this country (but yes, it does get better!)
- The offices of "Life Always"--largely because an internet search comes up with nothing. It would seem that these cowardly masterminds exist in a realm beyond space and time--or, at the very least, a realm where no one wants to be held accountable. A dangerous place, indeed!!!
