How To Meet Black People...

I was up late this evening, surprise surprise, watching TV and the usual 9:45-10 commercials started up. You know the one's I'm talking about, they make you believe that you can be a nasty, lazy slob, layin' all up in your bed but somehow, if you call 1-800-single skanks, you'll meet the love of your life, have meaningful conversation, and discover how to initiate world peace, all for only $19.95/min. How sad.

I digress, so I'm watching late night TV and up comes another one of these D-U-M-B commercials, but it's on during the Wendy Williams show, so it has to be geared toward my people, right? Picture it, a young, black woman sits at a table looking a little lonely and the announcer says, "Are you black? Do you want to meet other black people? Black people who want the same things that you do? Well then, you need to log onto our new site, blackpeoplemeetdotcom". Ok, so there are several things that trouble me right off the bat here, but I'm going to stick to the most troubling. Let me start with this first, very perplexing thought that came to me. What would possess you to ask a black person if they would like to meet other black people? Odds are that, if you're black, you've met at least one other black person in your life, even if it's just a cousin or "GranMama". Next, let me say that, prior to showing the viewer the web address, the announcer simply repeats it several times, "Log onto blackpeoplemeetdotcom, black people meet, black people meat..." Disturbing right? What is this commercial really advertising???!!! YUCK!! (said with much disgust.)
Lastly, do the people who started this site really believe that it's that difficult to meet other intelligent, successful, computer-literate black folks, outside of a Tyler Perry movie?!?!? Like, what would you call a successful black person in the zoo (since we are a rare species, right?). I mean, if you looked at the little plaque that describes them in their natural habitat and gives you the phonetic pronunciation of their scientific name, "Origin: African; Region of Migration: Orange County; Diet includes: Anything from Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles (although they won't openly admit to it), however, since gentrification, sushi is preferred". I asked my daughter that question and she said, "Mom, that's so wrong!" HELLO, that's my point. It's no wronger than blackpeoplemeetdotcom or the word wronger.... Right??? Oh well, I guess I'll just go to bed and hope that I can meet some black people tomorrow

(PS my white friends, it's okay to laugh)