Simply Cheris. . .

The shooting of Travyon Martin has people talking about race and Wednesday night, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee, Mecklenburg Ministries and Community Building Initiative hosted a discussion on Martin. What needed to happen here was a real-life discussion on the racial issues in Charlotte. Because this city has some serious underlying racial issues that no one talks about in mixed company. Tonight was a chance to do that and no one did it. Last night's event was supposed to talk about broader implications of the Martin case , including: Why is what happened so disturbing? Could it happen here? What should happen now? What we got was a PC discussion on race, a rehashing of the reported facts in the case and a group discussion where someone said they're afraid to adopt a black child and more proof that our local elected officials really don't give a damn about what's happening in Charlotte. Before I get into the meat of the program, I have...

The head of the GOP Michael Steele is having a hard time. Not because he signed off on a meeting at a bondage club or because the members of the GOP would rather be led by Rush 'I'm leaving but still here and healthcare reform was passed' Limbaugh, but because he and President Barack Obama are black. Excuse me, but when did you become a black man? I'm not one of those people who believes that you can't talk about Obama because he's back. He's a politician, we're going to have issues with him. But Michael Steele is a token. He knew that when his black ass was offered the job as the head of the RNC. So to hear him utter this bullshit: Stephanopoulos, offering up a question from a viewer named "Myron" via his blog , asked, "Do you feel that, as an African-American, you have a slimmer margin for error than another chairman would?" "The honest answer is yes," said Steele responded. " Barack Obama has a slimmer mar...