The lack of critical thinking skills in the black community is epidemic. It is evident everywhere you turn…people not really thinking anything through, believing every Internet rumor, falling for every scheme a Nigerian can send in a poorly spelled email. We sit brainlessly watching sporting events, Basketball Wives, The Game, Love & Hip Hop, Real Housewives…the list is endless, but the motives are not. The “establishment”…the one we used to fight against…is now using the media to distract us from what is important to save our community and make a real change, and we are willingly letting them derail any notion of a fair and equal society by not paying attention.