WISee - May 08 - D2Nott

What I See - May⁰⁸ by D2Nott

Wait! What? Who’s that? Why should I care what he has to say?

The opportunity to let the world know what is on my mind has brought me to this very day to put the pen to the pad and speak as if we were face to face. It's kind of hard to start a fire and try to hide it. Not realizing what an opportunity I’ve had, but doing well and improving by the strokes of the keyboard. The camera’s not on me, so what the hell. Guess it is just another part of maturing; moving forward.

For those that have read in the past, for those that are new to the column, and for all that take the time to read this column regularly, thank you. But hang on; I am going to try to shift directions. I have been hiding some of what I really feel in between the spaces and punctuation; being careful about what I say, but not getting so far out there that I expose the emotionally jarring parts of What I See.

There are more want-to-be rappers than there are Black college graduates.

Starbury's Sneakers Will Flop from the "Best Damn Sports blog

Stephon Marbury's discount designer sneakers will be an example of good will defeated by societal inhibitions.

Last week, the Knickerbocker launched a clothing line which features his new signature sneaker, the Starbury One. The sneakers, which don’t seem dissimilar to other basketball shoes, will be sold for just $14.98. He claims that his line, despite the cost, will be just as fashionable and durable as the more expensive name brands and even promised to play in them throughout the NBA season.

More black men in jail than at college in US - Buzzle.com

More black men in the United States are behind bars than are in higher education, according to a new study by a Washington DC think tank.

Following a boom in prison construction and an increase in the numbers of people being incarcerated for non-violent crimes, there were 791,600 black men in American prisons and county jails in 2000, and only 603,032 enrolled in colleges and universities, according to the Justice Policy Institute, which favours alternatives to imprisonment.

"If we were saying that more white, middle-class men were being sent to prison than to college, the president would have to declare a state of emergency," said Vincent Schiraldi, the organisation's president.

The study shows a five-fold increase in the number of incarcerated black men over the past 20 years. In 1980, 143,000 were in jail and 463,700 in higher education.