i think black people can not afford to bicker and down one another in the popular media (be it truth or not), certain elements of the community love to see us call each this or that, it just confirms their own hateful attitudes. Bryant shouldn't have downed Ebony he could have discussed that with them privately (and if my fellow Howard Alumni applauded his comments it was probably because it was so darn hot out and they wanted him to get his butt off the stage *having flashbacks. As mentioned before there are not enough magazines focused on us to meet every need in our communities, folks want to see celeb stuff and that is what sales, i say if you want a serious black magazine start one. ebony can't and shouldn't have to be everything to black people, shoot none of us are