WHAT BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO DO NOW
by Tavis Smiley

What Black people need to do now, not worry about stem cell research or cloning, cause they ain't thinking about using any one of them on us.

What Black people need to do now, invest in businesses in Harlem while Clinton is still there and then sell it before Hillary moves his behind back to Manhattan.

What Black people need to do now, support Iyanla and Ananda the way that white folks supported Rosie.

What Black people need to do now, stop wearing Capri pants when your ankles look like you been kicking white flour.

What Black people need to do now, is realize there is a difference between being Ghetto and being tasteless, there is a difference, y'all.

What Black people need to do now, recognize that Spike Lee's and Keenan Ivory Wayan's true legacy might not be in filmmaking but in discovering talent and granting opportunities. I challenge you to look at their resumes these guys have put forth for Black America and White America to consider.

What Black people need to do now, be afraid right now of the next Eminem.

What Black people need to do now, don't let white America hold Jesse Sr.'s infidelity against Jesse Jr.'s burgeoning career, can't let that happen folks.

What Black people need to do now, is keep supporting FUBU, Sean John and Phat Farm, I think this plan is working.

What Black people need to do now, somebody please find Starr Jones a man.

What Black people need to do now, after the Gospel Slide, we need to stop it right there y'all, we done gone too far now.

What Black people need to do now, recognize that Jill Scott might be the Maya Angelou of our generation and hope that white folks don't try to steal her from us.

What Black people need to do now, stop aspiring to Harvard while good schools like [Albany State University], [Clark Atlanta University], Howard, Hampton [and Tougaloo] are still open.

What Black people need to do now, wonder why every color M&M's have gotten a commercial except the brown ones.

What Black people need to do now, is stop calling our two year old kids smart and cute just because they know the words to the nasty songs on the videos.

What Black people need to do now, stop going on job interviews dressed like you are going to a party.

What Black people need to do now, stop trying to win money on those survival type games on TV. Just like in the movies, we are always the first ones to get voted out. Get real, y'all.

What Black people need to do now, they need to know as much about investing in the stock market as we do about all the characteristics of the Zodiac signs. Ask average Black folk what the NASDAQ is, they don't know nothing, but tell them you're a Scorpio and they will give you the low down!!!!

What Black people need to do now, need to get their bank accounts and credit cards out of the red instead of walking around with all their teeth covered in gold, especially if you're still riding the bus and living at yo' Momma's house.'

What Black people need to do now, need to stop naming our kids after liquor and expensive cars, I've had enough of that.

What Black people need to do now, need to stop getting mad when their boss tells them to get off the phone at work and you've been on a two hour personal phone call, 'why you mad about that?'

What Black people need to do now, need to learn how to dab just a little cologne and not the whole bottle.

What Black people need to do now, turn down the volume on our TVs and CD players so we can stop walking around talking so loud all the time.

What Black people need to do now, stop spending 40 to 50 million dollars to build a church and you walk outside on the same street stepping over homeless folks. Can I get a witness!!!