NBC NEWS, African American Women: Where They Stand Night 3- Rehema Ellis Redeems Herself - It Wasn't Bad

So tonight was Night 3 of NBC Nightly News series African American Women: Where They Stand.

Here is the video for those of you who missed it ( Y'all know how I do things around here):

Hat Tip to Prometheus 6

Redefining black relationships

Okay Rehema. You redeemed yourself tonight. Rehema Ellis gave us(not us in particular, but bloggers in general) a shout out tonight on NBC Nightly News. Brian Williams had Rahema come to the Nightly News set and Brian and Rahema noted the strong response to the series and that folks were not all ecstatic about it.

I think tonight's was the most “original” piece that NBC has done this week. Sure they regurgitated the same old “Black Women Will Die Old Alone” propaganda, but they managed not to blame us and say we were being to picky and the women that they interviewed weren't irritating in the way that the group they interviewed for the interracial dating panel tapped danced all up under and through my last nerve.

Awesome shout out to Black women who are adopting in historic numbers. I actually thought they were gong to talk about how Black women interact with each other. They highlighted the fact that as a result of the Concubine Conspiracy, entire generations of Black children won't know what it is like to grow up in a two parent household.

But I didn't leave the piece feeling doomed. It actually had a hopeful, poignant bent to it tonight. Rahema looked on the verge of tears. YES I AM GOING EASY ON HER TONIGHT. Y'all know I don't like bullying and I have a soft spot for the underdog and we've given Rahema hell this week. She deserved it after that Monday night debacle, but tonight's piece was much better IMHO.

But I have the feeling that Mara Schiavocampo is about to bring us another bout of “Ignorance personified”. This is what she said on the Daily Nightly, the NBC Nightly News Blog:

And on Friday, I'll be posting a video version of a roundtable discussion on hip-hop's effect on Black women, featuring Irv Gotti, Melyssa Ford, Kevin Powell and Kendra G. Trust me, it's not to be missed. SOURCE

Oh don't worry Mara, we wouldn't miss it for the world. Melyssa Ford and Irv Gotti... Oh I can't wait. My foolishness meter is going berserk right about now.

My only major irritation tonight was that NBC gave a shout out to "Soul Mates" aka “Poor
Little Spinster Sistas”. My friend watched that movie and said it had her despondent and in tears. Don't do it to yourself. Do not watch "Soul Mates " alone. Just. Don't Do It.

Read the rest of our posts about this NBC series.

Comments

[SheCodes]

I am definitely rooting for Rehema. I went to her blog and posted an apology for blasting them about Monday's show (I was still in shock about the 2 min 36 second length at that point).

Maybe I should invite her to call into our Roundtable. (er, but not via open letter, lol)

[g-e-m2001]

I know she made me feel really bad because our "observations" were a bit pointed.

shecodes invite away, just let me know when she is going to be on. You can take over guest booking for the roundtable. I mean you already invited barack obama. HAHAHAHA! DId you actually send that to his campaign?

HA!

[SheCodes]

YES I DID... LOL

The Bible says "Ye have not because ye ask not'.... you won't believe the things I've accomplished, just by simply being audacious.

As Attorneymom would say: Selah.

[JJ]

Oh I watched Soulmates. It didn't have me in tears but pissed me the @#&$ off.

I was supposed to blog about it. Still will. That damn thesis and all...

All in all pretty good piece this go 'round.

[Content Black Woman]

I agree tonight's piece was better.

Regarding that Soulmates movie, I won't watch it either. Sometimes we just got to be about the business of just being who we are where we are and not stress about the rest. I've been dating a good brother for the last three weeks. Even if it doesn't lead to anything serious, I am having one hell of time with a good brother who is real, makes Black men look real good and treats me like royalty.

In the words of India.Aire...there's hope!

Until tomorrow.

BTW, Gina, we should be making NBC Nightly News advertisers very, very happy. Any chance of getting them to be one of the sponsors for next summer's conference?

Peace.

[Attorneymom]

(Record scratch right here) Shecodes actually apologized to a person she beat up. LOL.

Selah.

[SheCodes]

^^^

I'm not a fighter, Attorneymom! I'm actually a very nice person with a big heart. I teach Sunday school, for heaven's sake...

But I have never backed down from a bully, an Internet Ike Turner, or the Black Thought Police... and I never will.

[rjweems]

I don't know y'all, I have to disagree. Well actually, I have mixed feelings about last night's "Where We Stand." It started out on the achievement gap between black men and women, the surge in black women businesses and the economic achievements of black women, and ended up a melodrama on the sad state of black male-female relationships.

I love sitting around talking about love, marriage, and children as much as the next woman, but I don't like or expect "documentaries" to end with the same "sigh" and hand-ringing as me and others do when we sit around the kitchen table discussing these topics.

I applaud Rehema's decision to adopt and commend the others for righteously raising their children alone, but gosh couldn't one dang positive, hopeful, thoughtful, uplifting nugget about black love and black family life have come out of this segment!

Spike my Kool-Aid. It's gonna be a long week.