Points in time...

017.2015
A six year old girl kill's herself with her jump rope
She left a note ...
Felt she wasn't wanted
She was sorry
How is it that a six year old child feels sorry for anything

Another girl ...
Four years of age cry's to her mother
A classmate refuses to be her friend
Just because she's black
What does a parent say to that

You can be Annie in a movie but not your not good enough to endorse products sold at Target

Doc Mc Stuffins father has taken on a non-traditional role
It's a cartoon but...
Does it affect the way my daughter sees me in my role as a
father
The movie Selma was snubbed and not nominated for best film
Again the truth is brushed aside

Remember ...
Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X
College courses were developed around these movies
Hasn't the industry learned anything by now  

DC comics is bringing Vixen, a super heroine of color from the justice league to the silver screen
Still no strong male figure of color in sight
Simply an oversight or a calculated effort
 
Raven Symone' tanned to be darker and more attractive
She was told don't get too dark
It's too hard to get the proper lighting on a dark person

Painting down is the new term for blackface
It's alive and well

Kordale and Kalob got a Nikon deal for just being family
Or...
Was being of color & gay the most important factor

Bill Cosby will never be the same
but one has to ask...
Why now?

I picked these points in time to state...
the more things change
the more they stay the same