We Fall Down

All over news broadcasts and social media famous people are being brought to their knees.

Scandal after scandal after scandal.

Jussie Smollett!

R. Kelly!

Michael Jackson! Again!!!

And there are a host of others. But this post is about how there seems to be a conspiracy theory that "the man" aka white people, are deliberately targeting famous black men. 

Black icons.

To prove their point, they're saying that famous black men are arrested, and their reputations destroyed in ways white men who commit the same or similar offenses are not.

People have mentioned Woody Allen, Harvey Weinstein, Elvis Presley, etc. All white men who have allegedly committed offenses that the country denounces, yet, have not been crucified in tv interviews and had their artistic contributions to the world eradicated from various forms of media display.

What I know for sure is that the disparity in punishments doled out to blacks and whites is a real issue. 

I believe that wholeheartedly. 

But I don't want to take the heat off the offenders. Whatever their race. 

The fact still remains that if an offense has been committed, there's a price to be paid.

And another fact remains: whatever it is we do, regardless how heinous, we can turn our lives around.

We can pick ourselves up from the depths of despair and work our butts off toward making a positive change!

I believe that wholeheartedly.

As humans, we fall down.

But the truth is, we don't have to stay down. 

We can get up.

Jussie can get up.

R. Kelly can get up.

Michael Jackson's professional legacy can get up.

For a saint is just a sinner who fell down...

And got up.

I believe that wholeheartedly.