am I in the elite black?

I grew up in a very small town and I lived in a community that was considered to be wealthy. I never thought of myself as being in the elite class of african americans because I didn't consider my parents money to be my money. I was tought to work hard for what you want, and with dedication anything is possible. I still consider myself to be middle class, but I know that if some were to visit the street where my parents, grandparents and other relitives reside then some may call me elite and the stereotype me for it.
I did have to endure some of those stereotypes growing up. I was call bougie, uppity, a "house nigger" and a lot of other names that made me look at race and class in a completly new way. I was sent this video from my cousin who reside in a very wealthy community in Atlanta and is a lawyer. She has also had to face stereotypes that come along with being in the elite class of african
americans.

was it a double standard??

I saw this article on the examiner.com, but the media has been covering it since the moment it happened. Read the article and then I'll share my thought.

For those who haven't heard Adam Lambert raised eyebrows and inspired some complaints to ABC during his performance of "For Your Entertainment" when he had one dancer kneel at his crotch and a bit later in the same performance grabbed the keyboard player by the hair and smooched him. This happened on Sunday, 22 November 2009, at around 10 p.m. when the show was about to end.

According to MTV's Hollywood Crush, Lambert these questionable acts were improvisations and totally unrehearsed. In the original choreography, he was only supposed to look meaningfully at the male dancer, but decided to grab him by the head and shove his face into his crotch or near enough to mimic oral sex. Near the end, he also grabbed Tommy Rafliff and gave him a kiss. What's to complain about? Did people complain about Madonna and Brittany Spears?

That was on MTV in 2003 and Madonna also kissed Christina Aguilera. Also on MTV, were a set of dancers simulating fellatio. Three men and three women of the group Afroborike tried faux fellatio to impress the judges on the last season of Randy Jackson presents "America's Best Dance Crew." Even the judges weren't sure if it would be allowed to air on TV. But, of course, this early September incident was men having women perform on them even though theoretically, it should be three times worse. Shane Sparks asked for a slo-mo and noted that while moves like that are often watered down for TV, he respected Afroborike for not backing down. MTV isn't exactly network TV, but ABC is.

Even more recently than that was on ABC itself on "Dancing with the Stars." Did Derek Hough really not realize how questionable that move with Joanna Krupa would look during the mambo marathon? He brought it back for the salsa routine. Jimmy Kimmel had fun with that pose. Having former Playboy playmates does mean that ABC is treading dangerous waters, particularly when they interview Hugh Hefner about Krupa.

Both DWTS and MTV's ABDC had earlier time slots. Where were the morality police then? The Parents Television Council called the show "tasteless" and "vulgar" and worried about the effect it would have on American teenagers, particularly teenaged girls. You'd think with a guy doing it to a guy, the PTC would be more concerned about teenaged boys.

For Lambert, the fallout was ABC's "Good Morning America" canceled his performance, but the video of his performance is a hit and he's gotten interviews from many other media sources and he was on CBS' "The Early Show." Good for him, but whatever the reason for his bad behavior shock approach to performance, he does raise a good point. Is there a double standard?

I saw the performance when it first aired on TV, and I can honestly saw that my mouth was open the entire time. I did not know much about Adam Lambert and I am not a fan of his music, but I was shocked by the level of sexuality in his performance. Maybe I'm more modest than most, but I did think that his performance was over the top. I didn't have a problem with the sexual acts being performed with other men, but I did have a problem with them being televised. I was babysitting my 11 yr old neighbor and without any type of warning Adam Lambert comes on doing a lot things that I found inappropriate. I don't think it was a gender bias because he is a homosexual, but I think he lacked a level of class in his performance.