What would you do?

So, this year I decided to take back my life and basically just do me.  I decided that I could achieve this by returning to school and pursuing my dream, getting into the entertainment industry.  It's been tough because like many people who are "artists", I am a perfectionist.  One thing that's been hammering at me is, what do I want to do when I finally get my degree?
I have several ideas, but can't seem to narrow it down, I want to write, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to be a producer (maybe I should change my name to Jackie) Jack of all trades, but I digress.  Since school began I have been without television because let's face it, it's extremely distracting, so I'm kind of oblivious to what's going on in the rest of the world unless it pops up on my MSN homepage.   So, keeping with my theme, The price of being a celebrity, I am briefly going to touch upon Donald Trump.

Now I was completely unaware that the Donald was behind this whole birthers movement or that he was adamant about President Obama providing proof that he was indeed a real US citizen.  What? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/donald-trump-obama-birth-_n_854267.html

Always one to call a spade a spade, I wonder if this wasn't borderline racism, because yes, President Obama is black, but he's always made it known that he was a human first and color was just secondary.  He's a black man reared by a white grandmother and mother with an Asian sister and from Hawaii.  Correct me if I'm wrong but, isn't America supposed to be the melting pot, doesn't the United States promote itself as the land of freedom, equality and opportunity?  Then why is there an issue about his place of birth, because let's keep it real, if he didn't fit the criteria would he be in The White House.  The Powers that Be are like Santa Claus, they made that list and checked it not twice but probably 20 times.

I don't hide behind my color, it is what it is, I've always wanted to be viewed for who I was and not the color of my skin and I often wish that everyone was blind so that we couldn't use color as an excuse.  But, unfortunately, it is something that thrives in American society.  Just last year, I am was so sick of filling out paperwork that asked for race (by the way the race is human, it's not the color) that I decided that I wouldn't fill that part out.  I just put other other.  Getting back to my point, those of us in the entertainment industry experience new things on a daily basis and we set the tone for how the public responds, because we know what it's like to be different.

I appreciate the likes of Wanda Sykes, David Letterman and others speaking up and out regarding Trump's antics.  http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979303497.  But it begs mentioning, yes even the president is a target.  When you choose to become a public figure, you open the door to EVERYONE, and that includes them coming into the kitchen and sitting at the table.

The good news is this, President Obama didn't really exchange tit for tat, he merely produced the requested document and now what does Donald Trump have to say?  Trump even had the audacity to get upset with David Letterman for stating that his remarks smacked of racism.  What's that saying?  If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

There are so many more things to worry about; hunger, lack of jobs, homelessness, etc.  Well, it goes without mention if this is what it takes to become a public figure, what would you do?  What are you willing to sacrifice to become  a celebrity?

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