Comments on: Michael Jackson’s lasting gift to black ‘citizens of the world’ http://urbantravelgirl.com/2009/06/28/michael-jackson%e2%80%99s-lasting-gift-to-us-%e2%80%98citizens-of-the-world%e2%80%99/ thoughts on black women living globally through international travel Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:16:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: urbantravelgirl http://urbantravelgirl.com/2009/06/28/michael-jackson%e2%80%99s-lasting-gift-to-us-%e2%80%98citizens-of-the-world%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-115 urbantravelgirl Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:17:53 +0000 http://urbantravelgirl.com/?p=254#comment-115 Hey there, LaShawn -- thanks for checking in! You know, if more of our so-called black "superstars" remembered that not only are they representing us to Americans but to the WORLD, perhaps they'd be a bit more thoughtful in the "art" they create. Case in point: some of those rappers on Sunday night's BET Awards. Is THAT sex-obsessed profanity what we're exporting around the globe? Lord help us all. Hey there, LaShawn — thanks for checking in!

You know, if more of our so-called black “superstars” remembered that not only are they representing us to Americans but to the WORLD, perhaps they’d be a bit more thoughtful in the “art” they create. Case in point: some of those rappers on Sunday night’s BET Awards. Is THAT sex-obsessed profanity what we’re exporting around the globe? Lord help us all.

]]> By: LaShawn Williams http://urbantravelgirl.com/2009/06/28/michael-jackson%e2%80%99s-lasting-gift-to-us-%e2%80%98citizens-of-the-world%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-114 LaShawn Williams Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:21:16 +0000 http://urbantravelgirl.com/?p=254#comment-114 "form their impressions of America—and most certainly of AFRICAN-AMERICANS—from the musicians, actors, and more recently politicians we set upon pedestals."-->WE MUST NEVER EVER EVER EVER FORGET THIS!!! THANKS FOR REITERATING, MAUREEN! LOVE THIS PIECE, BY THE WAY! =) “form their impressions of America—and most certainly of AFRICAN-AMERICANS—from the musicians, actors, and more recently politicians we set upon pedestals.”–>WE MUST NEVER EVER EVER EVER FORGET THIS!!! THANKS FOR REITERATING, MAUREEN! LOVE THIS PIECE, BY THE WAY! =)

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