Over the last few months, black America has seen some of its most privately held conspiracies being blown up by the media. The controversy has ranged from Senator Obama's pastor, Rev. Wright's incendiary sermon to Alicia Keys' rant about the government and 'gangsta' rap. So with the dubious Friday the 13th approaching, the question has to be asked, why is the black community so rife with its own set of myths, conspiracy theories and well, let's just call 'em "Urban" urban legends?
Sure some of it is driven by word of mouth, some by the media and others given life by internet chain letters, but nevertheless, this infamous list has more traction than you may believe...
In honor of all the paranoia associated with the 13th, we just had to pull together the biggest collection of far-fetched or otherwise conspiracies in the African-American community and called it a day at 13 (not a coincidence). And don't lie! We know you were in on more than a few of these ... "Well I heard ..."
1. It is sad to say that these myths stems from some truth. Of course, blacks are affected many ways by the way society perceives him or her; my question to all of my sistrans and brothans is when are we going to stop using the myths as an excus to stop striving for more.
chaquanna vasquez at 9:44AM on Apr 1st 2008