Put Your MOUTH Where Your MONEY Is

Al Green - Gotta Find a New World
Gil-Scott Heron - Home is Where the Hatred Is
Sun Ra - Angels and Demons at Play

We live with supremacy EVERYDAY. The proverbial 800 pound gorilla. The bad smell that hits you on the way in and, given enough time, you just GET USED TO. We have grown so accustomed to the ambient level of supremacy in our country, we fail to notice it's daily effects. We even fail to notice our very own complicity in supremacy's master plan.

We've grown so accustomed to supremacy, we only respond to the blips on the radar screen. The Michael Richards. The Mel Gibsons. The Don Imuses. The Duke lacrosse team. The blips on the radar screen. The drops in the ocean. The grains of sand on the beach.

As a result of Don Imus' drop in the supremacy bucket, advertisers have pulled sponsorship of his radio show. Do the corporations that pulled out (nullus) of Imus's show truly condemn the actions of Imus? Are they willing to make a REAL difference in the most vulnerable communities in America? Or, are they willing to use Imus as a distraction, a scapegoat? Will they use the Imus incident as evidence of their "diversity" or will they put their MOUTH where they put their MONEY?

• Will DITECH DOT COM step up to assist minorities who need low-interest loans to buy their dream house? They were quick to step up to condemn the usage of the NEW N-WORD = nappy-headed-ho.
  
• "GENERAL MOTORS obviously does not condone the comments Don Imus recently made." Does this mean we should expect GM to provide us with affordable cars that do not contribute to the epidemic of urban asthma? Does this mean GM will hire more minorities to fill their high-tech and corporate positions?
• AMERICAN EXPRESS, will you provide low-interest loans to promote and assist minority business-owners to open their own business? You demonstrated your commitment to diversity by dropping your sponsorship of Imus. I assume that means that you are more than willing to help out the plethora of minorities who need financial assistance to get through college.
  
• STAPLES, you have opened up storess in Harlem, started the Staples Soul program, AND dropped your ads from the Imus show. Can we now expect that you will provide full-coverage health insurance, dental insurance, and day care for ALL of your employees, including your cashiers and stockers?
• "PROCTER & GAMBLE's purpose is to improve the everyday lives of the world's consumers." Dropping their ads from the Imus show has done nothin' for me. Can I assume P&G has more in the works?
• GLAXO SMITH KLINE dropped their ads from the Imus show and people STILL can't afford their medicine!
  

American corporations have shown that they are the experts of talkin' the talk. Now we'll wait and see if they can WALK THE WALK. I don't know about you, but I'm not holdin' my breath.