Rico The Opinionist

Dr. Francess Cress Welsing who wrote “The Isis Papers” told us years before her passing, that there would be days like this and here we are. It’s blantantly staring all of us in the face and WE still seem to be either in disbelief or caught off guard. What Jaden Smith is doing and continues to do is a contractual agreement. He’s been in a few gender bending clothing ads for white fashion companies before this one. His father, Will Smith, describes him as being brave. Remember, his dad when he was the age that Jaden is now, starred in his first movie, “Six Degrees of Separation” where he got his cheeks clapped by a man, who just happened to be white. Now, his son has grown up to move in the space created by his dad where he now is gets his preverbal cheeks claps by white entities in these cross dressing clothing ads for women.  The agenda is not only real. It apparently gets passed down. What continues to be baffling is the agreement with this agenda by so many supposedly heterosexu...

I Completely DISAGREE with Billy Porter portraying James Baldwin. James Baldwin was a human rights activist who fought against white supremacy on behalf of black people in his speeches, his writing and his actions. He just happened to be gay. Billy Porter is very ill cast for his Biopic. He has none of the essence nor could he pull off the cadence of a great James Baldwin. Billy Porter is not a good actor. His voice is trash.  He’s trash.  He’s being used to push a false narrative of homophobia in the black community of which he is “proud” to do. Billy Porter is just a flaming sissy who does ANYTHING to stay relevant in Hollywood. James Baldwin was a man of deep thoughts and deep compassion for justice for Black people. Whoever cast this guy has no interest in showing the actual major of James Baldwin. Instead, they will minor in him being gay and possibly show him in some Lee Daniels, P Valley inspired graphic sex scenes with white men, which will be to Billy Porter’s delight...

As a little boy and a young man growing up in north Memphis, Hollywood and Springdale, I NEVER followed the trends of the streets nor did I ever subscribe to the Nigga mentally. I was economically poor, but I was rich in dignity, self respect and class. We were on food stamps and Welfare, but my mother fed me the right moral food and took great concern in my well-being.  So, all of these excuses about #JaMorant being young does not fly with me. Displaying this look and this behavior (when you have millions) of eyes 👀 on you every day is indicative of a breakdown in his upbringing or the people whom he surrounds himself with. Whether he knows it or not, Ja is an influencer to thousands of young people. I just wish he would finally start using his wide spread influence over the youth in a more positive way. Many of the youth and young adults in the city of Memphis already feeds on a steady diet of thuggism. Also, going by the rainbow colors in his dreads, the youth and young adults ...