The Blah Reputation
The
black male role models’ reputation has gone from extremely positive to Blah! No sugar coating, just plain Blah! Bill Cosby, Robert Kelly and Chris Brown
unequivocally fall into this category. These
men were all famous actors, producers, dancers, singers, comedians and/or
songwriters for decades. Yet, their
reputations have gone to Blah over alleged and convictions for sexual assault, underage
sexual acts, battery and a list of other charges depending on the male in
question. Society is so divided and
confused, Blah fits perfectly!
Let’s
start with Bill Cosby’s summary. He
began his career in the 1960’s as a stand-up comedian. Later going on to become an actor, musician,
author and producer. Many remember
something they have seen, read or watched involving Mr. Cosby. He had 5 children and one marriage (Camille)
while obtaining a Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate Degree. The allegations of sexually related incidents
began in 1965. Since then, more than 60
women have come forward accusing Bill Cosby of either drugging them, performing
sexual acts on them or both. In 2010,
there was an allegation and investigation into sexual battery, assault and a
host of other related charges against Mr. Cosby. Only to later be charged and convicted in 2018
of 3 counts of aggravated indecent assault.
Blah!
Robert
Kelly or R. Kelly began his career in the late 1990s. He has won Grammy awards and other
world-renown recognition for his career as a singer, record producer,
songwriter and basketball career. His
first situation began in 1994 with the alleged marriage of R. Kelly and underage
Aaliyah. Following the controversy, he
married Andrea in 1996. They had 3
children together. In 1997, Mr. Kelly
was convicted of battery. The next year,
he settled out of court for $250,000 in a case involving sex with an underage
female. The infamous sex tape and child
porn allegation were dropped in 2002.
Recently Mr. Kelly has been accused of having a sex ring in his home
including forcing girls to stay in his home to perform sexual acts. Blah!
Lastly,
Mr. Chris Brown has the biggest Blah Reputation. He started his career at age 15 in 2002. More success followed for Chris while
furthering his career as a singer, rapper, actor, dancer and songwriter. The trouble began publicly in 2009 with the conviction
for felonious assault. This was due to
the beating up of Rihanna after a televised award ceremony. In 2011, Mr. Brown had an outburst and
destroyed property at the Good Morning
America studios. Chris Brown seemed
to be on a downward spiral after the incident at GMA. He had a fight with
Drake, altercation with Frank Ocean, a misdemeanor in Washington D.C., kicked
out of rehab in 2014, probation violation; alleged assaulting and holding a
female hostage in his home and his latest was a judge granting a restraining
order against in from Karruche Tran in 2017.
All this while having a daughter named Royalty.
Why have
these men fallen in the Blah Reputation category? Is this a result of too much power? Fame? Narcissism? Despite what it is Mr. Cosby, Kelly and Brown
have created bad blemishes for black men in history. See the confusion society has with these men
and their reputations? The biggest
question: Are they remorseful for their
actions they’ve been convicted of? Well,
all three men continued to do concerts or other show appearances throughout
some parts of their trials. The men
would speak on the current situation negatively including the mocking of witnesses
at times and/or laughing for the cameras when questioned about the
allegations. The understanding of the
repercussions of their convictions has not been realized by any of these
men. How are our young men supposed to
look at these “role models” now? Some peers of these individuals have written
them off as bad seeds, sex addicts, or much worse. Society has its separate opinion of
Blah! One last thought: Considering all the negativity going on in
the world today, Is Revelations among
us?
Peace and Love
#Love is the Key
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