We Are Letting America Crucify Our Greats

Justin Patton
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read

When it comes to Black America, most of our greatest artists, entertainers, and visionaries get crucified by the media, and we let them. When I say we, I mean “we”, as in black people. At the rate we are going, we will boycott all of our greats until we do not have any.

There’s Bill Cosby. I’m not into debating whether he is innocent or not, because all I know is what the media has given me…

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Justin Patton

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Spoken word artist and writer. Living my life and writing about it along the way, it just might inspire somebody. IG: @iamjustinpatton

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