Your homework for tonight.

Ayy yo,

I strongly urge each and every member of the entire BAF congregation family and any of its other resident lurkers to log off of Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace tonight and watch Soledad O'Brien's yearly news magazine entitled, "Black In America" on CNN at 9pm EST. 

Tonight Mrs. O'Brien will tackle two very important topics in our community: "Almighty Debt" - What the recession stole from black America & Money 101: Controlling debt.  I don't know about you but that sounds like enough to make all of us stereotypical folks wanna put down that big plate of greasy chitlins, douse our favorite crack pipes, and stop brutally beating our baby-mamas for at least and hour or so.  Right?

Black in America also promises to take us on an in-depth look at The black church and The Black Pulpit.  I'll bet after hearing that Bishop Eddie Long is at home right now calling up one of his boys saying, "Dayum-it to heyll, Boo-Boo!  I just know she's gonna try and put our situation on blast, Baby..."

Check it out tonight. 

i definitely want to peep it out.  not sure if i can actually catch it tonight, but i know CNN will play the heyll out of it all weekend...;)

That's cool. 

I wish that they would replay some of the older ones they did in the past.  The one on education last year was really good.

The series would make a good program marathon on a Saturday.  I don't know how many have been done in total, but with all the crap run over 24 hr marathons, this would be a good informative change. 

Oh yeah.  No doubt.

I definitely agree.

DEBT is a major issue in our community.  It seems to me that regardless of our income bracket, far too many of us live based on the minimum payment system. 

Hopefully this will teach some of us to work towards financial security as opposed to the accumulation of stuff.  We've got to learn what debt is really costing us.  If we did not pay out so much in interest we could actually afford much of that stuff we waste $$$ on.  Deferred gratification pays off over the long run. 

  Amen, my sista.  Amen. 

Looking at some of our folks and their spending habits will make you wonder just how 'n da heck do they not see how much money they are actually wasting by trying to accumulate more and more flashy items, high gloss junk, and frivolous non-sense.  Sneakers that cost "Lil' Man-Man" $190 and weekly beauty salon trips and treatments for "Lil' Tryshockqwaneekwa" at $80 a pop makes no dayum sense at all to me. 

when I saw the teacher in the weave salon in Chris Rock's 'Good Hair' that was paying into a LAYAWAY program for weave........ I just shook my head - WE need to do better!!!!

as for debt - yep - been there - done that... TWICE - filed chapter 7 at age 22 behind not understanding debt.  then ended up BACK in a pickle at 32 behind being a single parent and home owner with no child support, trying to fund my bachelor's degree and heck - just life! however - I JUST dug myself out of that mess thru a debt repayment program and lemme tell you - I will NOT go back without a fight! LOL

I will definitely tune in!

Yes Mr A.  I will definitely be watching, or recording tonight.

Way to go, my sista!