tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post2329692948488216857..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Riiiiiiiiiiiiiggggghhhht . . .Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-67347845270176866462014-11-21T19:00:39.854-05:002014-11-21T19:00:39.854-05:00True. Folks will line up to see him but he will be...True. Folks will line up to see him but he will become more and more irrelevant. It's amazing how a person becomes a "brand" and people flock to see her/him, no matter how tired or dated the act is. Thankfully, awareness is being raised--for instance, no matter what the grand jury decides in Ferguson, MO, awareness of the impunity with which cops kill black kids--Richard Pryor made the tragedy of it funny back in '79--is increasing. Black folk and many white folk have known about it for a long time, but it's getting out into the larger society now. The intellectually and ethically challenged will continue asleep, spouting "opinions" and platitudes and talking points. But change is slowly coming. With the Internet and social media, it can't really be any other way.Don Quixotenoreply@blogger.com