Remember when the internet was all abuzz about Tommy Hilfiger going on Oprah saying something to the effect of 'I don't make my clothes for black people'... absurd I know. No one could refer to a transcript or video footage but I had that repeated to me throughout college as I sauntered around campus wearing red, white and blue. Folks believed that right, and they had no proof to back it up. I even knew some folks who lied about seeing it.

After that day I knew we were headed for trouble. I knew that this gentlemen, who served us in the Armed Forces, used his GI Bill to go back to school and was currently working in computer systems was a logical person but for some reason, he believed in the illogical lie that has seeped into the mouths of trusted journalists like Lou Dobbs.

Now I am not 100% sure as to why this theory has spread like wildfire. I have my thoughts but I won't pass judgment because I really don't know the motivation. But what I do know is that this is sickening and its making me physically ill. I can't stomach this nonsense because I know it stems in fear of the unknown... which is the framework for our current state of ignorance.

Times have changed America... and not just with your president. America is black, brown, yellow and red; gay, straight, lesbian and bi-sexual; its the New South and the Rust Belt; co-housing and condos; but most of all, it is different. And I know I am preaching to the choir here but it doesn't mean that it shouldn't be said. So I ask that all who read this to take the time to educate your friends and neighbors as to watch change is - tell them it isn't scary but it is inevitable.