Good Riddance

Today, Orenthal James Simpson was sentenced to 15 years in prison for various charges including...well, let's not kid ourselves here folks, the is really just a revenge sentence that many people (white people) feel that O.J. dodged back in 95' for the murder of his wife and her "friend".

I for one will not be missing O.J. I was one of many, many a black folks that did a proverbial back flip when O.J. got that not guilty verdict. Like many have stated, this was a kick in the ass to the system that had manipulated evidence and sent thousands of innocent black men to prison. I don't think that anyone cared about O.J. Simpson, per say, but he went from football hero/Hertz spokesman to a representation of black justice.

So what did O.J. do after his release? Did he go to inner-city schools to educate the youth on the value of getting an education? Did he reach out to up and coming athletes to school them on how the NFL and NBA manipulate young men just like them to fill arena seats? Did he do anything whatsoever to contribute to the community that threw their support behind him after he'd spent the bulk of his career ignoring them, and trading his black wife in for paler, blonder model? NOPE. He went back to the golf courses and the country clubs. He did manage to learn one lesson though...this time, he made sure that his replacement white girlfriend was a brunette and not a blond.

So to the Uncle Tommin', suitcase jumping, white woman loving, If I Did It writing buffoon known as O.J. Simpson: au revoir, and don't drop the soap.