https://youtu.be/SbXmEkB-pUA

According to Entertainment Writer NEKESA MUMBI MOODY of The Associated Press – Michelle “…Obama got arguably the night’s loudest ovation as she came on stage and declared “Black girls rock!” – the slogan and name of the organization founded by Beverly Bond. It is designed to uplift young black girls, a group that often has difficulty finding positive and reaffirming images of themselves in the world…”

For the entire AP story — Click Here

For more information on the organization BlackGirlsRock, Inc. Click Here

HERE’S THE REAL QUESTION: Within all the controversy of Racism today — does it feel like there’s a double standard going on?

As one YouTube commenter wrote: “…Imagine a white first lady getting up in front of a crowd and saying…. ‘White girls rock!’ Your president thinks you rock too!”

If such a thing did happen, do you think there would be any cause for offense, and would we hear from the offended?

It is easy to understand, that the reason behind the event was to accentuate the mission of BlackGirlsRock, Inc. which is “to promote the arts for young women of color, as well as to encourage dialogue and analysis of the ways women of color are portrayed in the media.”

Now, remember, we can’t even enjoy the Disney movie ‘Song of the South’ on DVD because Disney has it locked up in the vault. Banned, because it portrays life on a southern plantation in the days of slavery, featuring the black man Uncle Remus (who, by the way, everyone dearly loves), all based on the fear that the movie’s premise is in some way offensive to the black community. So, if race consciousness is going to be the cause of something like that (along with many other such things), then in this ever so incessant race equality conscientious society that we have become — for the First Lady of our country to come along and specifically (and emphatically) indorse and hail an organization which identifies itself with such a blatant (in your face) race baiting title as “Black Girls Rock,” well…….., that sort of thing just seems laced with a gross and rotten amount of double standard is all.

Aside from the fact that not all black girls rock. For example, watch this and pay particular attention to the other black girls standing around filming and participating in this. I would say that these black girls don’t Rock at all – but rather the opposite.

https://youtu.be/u-DXrnieMsM

By the way, there are a great number of Black Girls who do indeed Rock. So do a goodly portion of White Girls, Hispanic Girls, Indian Girls, Irish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, German, Middle Eastern, Russian, Brazilian, Mediterranean, Etc., Etc.!

Oh, and we get that you’d like it if we garnered a little more understanding about the concept behind “Black Girls Rock,” and maybe appreciated the good intentions driving the movement. I’d even say that you’d be perfectly correct in this manner of thinking, except— if you’re going to be on the side that claims, and brutally enforces political correctness, especially when it benefits your cause, then you’d better yourself be politically correct and meticulously fair across the board, especially if you’re the President or the First Lady!

Here at TomZom, we abhor racism even in the least degree!

-TomZom