Tony Pierce has an interesting response to a flamer on his Blog. This quote stood out for me. I wont go into why, anyone who knows me, knows why...

someone asked the panel if we were blacks first, bloggers first or if we tried to distance ourselves from race since here in the blogosphere that was an option.

clearly i spoke into the mic:

i am a black man who blogs.

It is important for me to be honest about who I am. When I talk about OJ I'm talking about it from a black man's perspective. If I'm going to enter into the discussion on my blog, it is important to be transparent. This is a black man talking about this. A kid who grew up with OJ as a hero. Interestingly though, most people who see me don?t' see a black man and read me don't think that. So it is important to remind them. - 3/14/05

i didnt give the popular pc line that i was a blogger who just happened to be black because the klan didnt just happen to string up our ancestors who just happened to be slightly darker of complexion. which back in the day i would have been just as strung up or just as enslaved or just as unable to learn to read or write or travel around america as any other black man.

I happen to dig Tony's blog. For a variety of reasons. I also happen to be jealous of the guy... in a good way... He lives in Los Angeles. He hangs out with some cool people, and he has readers who buy him shit... Nuff said! I don't pretend to always understand him, or what he writes. A lot of it appears to be an inside joke, but I think that is what makes his blog so appealing to his "faithful."

One thing I definitely like is that he does not give a shit what other people think about him, something I wish I could do more of. Until the idiots at Sonnex lost my blog, ISOU was on the way to gaining the kind of readership Tony has. There have been times when I just wanted to say screw it, its hard building something back up after losing over a year of work. But people like Tony motivate me to keep going.

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