I Heard a Joke Once

I heard a joke once.

Man goes to doctor, says he's depressed. Life seems harsh and cruel.

Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain.

Doctor says "Treatment is simple. The great clown, Pagliacci, is in town. Go see him. That should pick you up".

Man bursts into tears. "But doctor", he says, "I am Pagliacci."

Good joke.

Everybody laughs.

Roll on snare drum.

Curtains.

Pretty Girls

Recently, Wale has been getting alot of criticism on his new video, Pretty Girls. Most of the criticism is about the choice of women selected for the video. I haven't seen it yet but apparently almost all of the women are light skinned and about one or two are darker. The message that women are receiving is that dark skinned girls aren't as pretty....

So?

Some men aren't attracted to dark skin girls. Are you going to hate them for that?

Skin tone is a characteristic just like any other (height, weight, hair type, color, etc).

If you are going to ridicule one man for having a specific preference about a single characteristic, then you must ridicule everyone including yourself. If a woman was to make a music video, i'm sure it would feature alot of muscular dudes. Women aren't generally attracted to scrawny guys with bird chests. If you have the right to get mad at us for not liking dark skin girls, then what prevents us from getting mad at you for not liking scrawny guys? Wale's criticizers are being extremely hypocritical. Getting angry because somebody doesn't like them. You can't change somebody's likes and dislikes but most importantly, you can't be mad because god gave them those specific preferences.

Snow at Morehouse