A Bitter View

So when the media inadvertently implies that the NBA is too thugged out for them I turn away and pay it no mind since it doesn’t interest me, especially since I barely watch sports nowadays. The fight that happened did make me want to watch and see what the fuck went on. I wanted to see what made Artest snap like that. I didn’t see the Ben Wallace incident I could get that footage (but it will soon) but I can’t say that the throwing of the beer wasn’t in need of a chin check or even a bitch slap. Frankly I couldn’t say I wouldn’t have done the same thing in his shoes, yet what people claim that self control has to be taken needs to cut the shit because evidently they have not had their manhood & dignity tested. Black folks go through that every day, in certain neighborhoods, most of time from our own just to see how rough & rowdy the other can be. It's all game. What comes to mind is when Ice-T was on Chris rock show talking about how brothas come from the hood/ghetto and once they receive the fame and money they try all their life to reach; the hood doesn’t totally leave them. A brotha will try his best to set a positive example but don't test him because he will knock the shit outta you. His penalty was a suspension of the whole season with no pay. personally I think this was absurd but then to show zero tolerance the need to make an example of the main perp was neccesary. I also considered that since brothas dont think when it comes to situations like this we're action personified (trust me, im using my best restraint not to say niggas instead) We dont consider how much we have to lose which was proven in artest's case. What ever he has now, hes about to lose due to the fan suing him while laughing his ass off telling all his co-workers the next day "I got decked by Ron artest! I'm gonna get PAID!" all im saying is as black men we need to know when to fight what we can win on all levels. We gotta THINK! Do I feel embarrased & ashamed? Not really. He's gotta helluva battle ahead of him though.