COGNI.VOL...

Ive been thinking about this for a while now but someone else's blog sparked my brain again.

i realized a long time ago that black people are probably the most marketable race in america, shit..maybe the world!!
Now just hear me out. Allen Iverson, Michael Jordan, Lebron James Kobe Bryant got people buying their shoes for 125+ dollars a pair. Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete from endorsements and he plays golf, which [i can safely say] is a white mans game. You got Diddy and Jay-Z turning crumbs into cookies on top of the world and shit. We lead a certain life that makes the world take notice in some sort of way. We know what to do in the spotlight and we have an affinity to draw a crowd, we inspire. Even though whites and everyone else won't say it but their actions says it all. Ive lived with about 7 white boys and ive seen the affect that black artists have on their lives and i was VERY SUPRISED. Before that one year i thought white folks listen to toby mcgwire or hank something, james blunt lol.
A majority of hip hop sales are made possible because of the white people that buy the C.D's [ i heard Ludacris shouted white people out for getting him where he is in a recent concert]. People in general buy the expensive sneakers with Jordans likeness as the emblem. People marvel at our athletic prowess and wish to do what we could do. We even have the most publicized President a person of my generation has ever seen. Barack Obama and his family are followed like they are celebrities, his daughters have dolls in their likenesses! Barack and Michelle's romantic getaways are very publicized down to the location lol. its crazyy Im not sayin that its fucked up that people arent giving us the overt respect and admit that we are super marketable cuz the very fact that they are placing some of us in the spotlight to make all types of money is a form of respect. Lets face it we have a huge stake in what goes on in pop culture

.... i dont feel like typing anymore... Its just that sometimes i think that some of these sports like baseball and nascar need a black person as one of the faces in order to increase their popularity and ultimately their profits. I mean look at what Allen Iverson did to basketball, i mean he didn't make it the crazy worldly phenomenon it is now but the attitude of these basketball players that make them somewhat marketable goes back to Allen Iverson. His braids (not anymore) and the crazy tattoos set the tone, not to mention his i dont give a fuck attitude.

OK now im bored...