I'm just too embarrassed when we...(not for the sensitive)

[EchoGyrl]

Hi Ladies,

I and my entire famiy are stuck home with the flu, so I've been on GC ALLL DAY (via my bed and laptop, of course!)

Anyway - I was in mixed company at the doctor's office last week. The office is in a predominantly white neighborhood, and I was the only African-American there. On the television was the "Maury Show" with his infamous DNA results episodes. All it showed were ill behaved African-American women who were seeking out the father of their chiildren...and most of them were WRONG. One woman had been up there FOUR times and still had not found the father of her child. As an African-American women, I was SO EMBARASSED because I felt like everyone was looking at me as each result was read. They just kept shaking their heads and trying to clandestinely look my way as if they were waiting for me to pull out my cell phone and call the 800 number to request an appearance. When I told my mom, she teased me and called me pompous (pot calling the kettle...), but I couldn't ignore that. I finally got up and asked the receptionist to change the station as this was TOTALLY insulting and I found NOTHING entertaining about it. She gave me no problems and turned.

I like Maury the person (well from what I've gather from his career), but this is a complete disservice to our community and culture. I REALLY think this show should be cancelled if that's all they can come up with to entertain college students, seniors and stay-at-home moms (the demographics of those usually home during this time to watch such). I'm all for simply turning the channel when I don't wish to see something on TV, but in this instance, it's not just MY eyes that concern me. This feeds into many of the prejudices we're fighting today.

Going to take my TamiFlu...