JayZ is a hip-hop mogul who could not bring himself to stop referring to Black women as female dogs despite being married to Beyonce and the father of a beautiful daughter. JayZ's latest album "Magna Carta the Holy Grail" became instant platinum on release. JayZ is having a "beef" with Harry Belafonte who feels that JayZ is not making use of his social status and wealth to properly advance Progresive causes. In response to Belafonte's crticism, Jay replied that his mere presence is "charity". He also said that since Obama was the first Black President, that Obama should be left alone when he speaks on any issue. All Blacks take their political cues from JayZ. The author confirms this by saying that Blacks agree with JayZ.

The comments about charity and Obama being above criticism led to an article that chastised Blacks for placing Obama in a culture of celebrity and failing to question the President. Given all the trials and tribulations facing the Black community, we should be in the streets protesting. Regarding JayZ's "charity" statement, it does not appear that just his presence is all that is required. The article notes that JayZ founded the John Carter Foundation to help fund college-bound-at-risk youth; he gave one million dollars to The Red Cross' Hurricane Katrina aid fund and helped gain attention to the water crisis in Africa committing to build 1,00 clean water pumps on the continent. He used ticket sales as a tool to encourage hip hip fans to the need to act on global poverty. Obviously, JayZ does not really think that his presence is the only "charity".

It should be noted that the President did not say that he should be above criticism, JayZ said that the President should be above criticism. When Obama voiced support for Gay marriage, Black Conservative preachers had no problem criticizing Obama. Blacks did not run to the streets en masse to oppose Obama;s position, because their opinion on the issue was shifting. Ten years ago only 27% of Blacks supported Gay marriage. Times are changing. According to the author of the article Blacks should have criticized Obama just because it was the thing to do.

Obama's cuts in grants effecting minority college students displeased HBCU Presidents, students and their parents. The Black Caucus also criticized Obama cuts.A change in the program was recently announced. We await confirmation that students will actually benefit from the changes.Protest occurred it just wasn't televised.

The Fair Sentencing Act reduced the disparity between crack and powder cocaine. The Act was passed by Congress. Eric Holder recently announced that mandatory minimum federal charges would no longer be used for non-violent drug offenders. This came after years of protest about the impact of drug charges on the Black community.

Rather than reflexively criticizing the President and Eric Holder when the GOP attempted to suppress votes in the 2012 Presidential election, the Black electorate voted in historic numbers.

The article charges that Blacks blame the Republicans for everything, including the lack of job creation. this is amazing given that the GOP House did indeed, block the jobs bill crafted by the White House. The author of the article lacks perspective.

The article also points out the "attacks" on Cornel West and Tavis Smiley that are personal and do not stick to the facts. The author says that personal attacks are unacceptable. To gain guidance for how to form a proper argument. My starting place was a July 22,2013 interview of dear brother Cornel West by Amy Goodman on "Democracy Now!". West begins the discussion which occurred after the Zimmerman acquittal by stating that President Obama had no moral standing to make a judgment on the case because Obama is a global George Zimmerman. Next we are told that Obama will not address the flaws in the criminal justice system.West says Obama has re-niggerized the Black leaders. The leadership is all on the Obama plantation. Wattree can learn much on how not to formulate personal attacks from Cornel West.

In summary, the article takes a ridiculous statement from a hip-hop mogul who has all the baggage associated with being a hip-hop musician including the profanity, misogyny and corporate ties, as a take-off point to criticize the Black community for not being hard on Obama. JayZ joked about "charity" but actually does do charitable work. His actions put the lie to the idea that he believes that on his presence is charity enough.

The article would have you believe that Blacks have been distracted by a "beef" between JayZ and Harry Belafonte. Untrue. The article suggests that "personal" attacks divert attention from the real battle. Untrue. The author of the article seems ignorant of the obstacles that the GOP create to prevent job creation.

Other than the fact that the article is short on factual data that Blacks are distracted from the important issues, it was an excellent article.