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Why do black celebs waste their facebook pages sharing ignorance?

2,662 views · Published 7 October 2014 · 10:37 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: The Dr Boyce Watkins Black Excellence Channel · 2014 · People & Blogs

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I recently wrote an article applauding the rapper Lil Boosie for engaging in forms of commentary that he felt would enable African Americans to make better decisions.  The commentary had its issues, but I was impressed that he was seeking to share something other than the ignorance that comes out of the mouths of many rappers today. 

Boosie now stands out from the crowd of black celebrities who use massive social media platforms to do nothing but share jokes, silly videos, memes, bible verses and meaningless banter to millions of black people who would use information that will help them to fight their oppression. 

Don't get me wrong, we all love jokes.  In fact, I try to laugh about something at least 100 times a day and find that laughter is one of the many life bloods that make us human.  But one thing we cannot do is continue to believe that life is nothing but a joke.  

Rather than chasing the next party and using social media as a chance to engage in meaningless behavior, it is my hope that some of our most prominent black celebrities will use their platforms to share business advice, information, and education to the people who support them so much. 

Part of the key to maintaining racial oppresion is to keep black people uneducated, distracted and misinformed.  When you are a black celebrity with 20 million facebook fans who does nothing but share meaningless ignorance 24 hours a day, then you are as guilty of racial oppression as the worst klansman in America.

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