Once the unparalleled leader for the cause of Black America, now the mere residue of Hollywood immorality; the NAACP is nothing more than a liaison between star-struck Black nine-to-5vers and post-vaudeville sambos. Every aspect of Black culture was represented at the Image awards; however, it was to a sad extent.

From the politics of Kweisi Mfume and the agenda of the NAACP, to the religion of T.D. Jakes, to the entertainment of everyone else, this is Black America at its strength and it is a scary sight. This Black America is the epitome of left-wing liberal policy, materialistic idol worship, and slapstick, stereotypical drama based on an "American" agenda.

Unwilling to speak up and protect Black America against the social stigma of homophobia, NAACP leaders are playing the gay rights card very carefully. They do not want to seem anti-anything so they have all but cast the vote of Black America as pro-gay rights. Even though at most only 40% of Black America actually vote their way when they vote at all, their word is taken as the word of all Black America by the mainstream media and the rest of the United States.

Shame, on the Black clergy who smile widely when white politicians visit their churches on a seasonal basis. They preach and persuade their congregations to vote for the "lesser of the two evils," which are the ones who promote gay rights, abortion, government dependency, sex education, and birth control, and all other contradictions to the very Bible they read from each week.

Blasphemy spills from the Black preachers who walk highly among men esteemed as mortal saviors before the biblically ignorant. They promise prosperity through the words of the Bible then turn and sell these words only to gain prosperity from the buyers. How fine are the lines of false prophesy. Yet, faithful members hold dear to the warning from their pastors not to speak against the "man of God." How deceptive an admonition.

Lasciviousness spreads like a virus throughout the minds and bodies of pretentious Hollywood puppets who compromise the meaning of Blackness for fleeting riches, and they stand, audaciously, and thank God. They miss the entire concept of the blessing.

In the abyss of this Black media "peepshow," the meaning of Black culture is defined and recorded for history. It is practiced by our children, revered by them, and no one can seem to stop it or even has the desire to try. This is the future of Black America. As long as this "Image" lives on, the soul of Black America will disintegrate into the rot of American culture.

© 2004 by CR Hamilton