Mary Mitchell

It does appear to be about perception and class. People who have only a "media" view of black culture, would naturally have concerns about caring for our children. While its hardly a surprise to hear that black nannies don't want to work for black families. Until we change the perceptions, light skin vs dark skin, innercity vs suburban, as well as the wording when referring to each other, things will not get better.

I think black middle class people can be just as nice of an employer as anybody,but it is just that we as blacks do not want to see each other advance. There is still that self hatred that is keeping us from being unified. Black on black crime for our youths are very easy to do,because blacks see each other as the enemy. I wish we could get past our worse enemy,self hatred

I think that a lot of upper middle class black people, especially woman are arrogant and demanding. While this maybe true of some white families poor blacks are less willing to put up with this type of behavior from people who are supposes to be 'brothers and sisters'. I doubt that Sen. Barack Obama and his wife would treat others so poorly.

I just would like to say that although I have been reading the Sun Times since high school, and all through my working years in Chicago, and although the paper has said and done some things I did not agree with personally, I will have to say that while I was in Chicago this weekend attending an affair a the Westin in Rosemont, Il. , I just happen to pick up the Sunday Sun Times, and I see this big picture of Michael and Juanita Jordan on the front page, and the headlines stating "D I V O R C E". I really resented that picture and the way it was spread across the front page like it was. What was the new woman thinking who now writes in place of "Kup". I forget her name, but to me she has "N O C L A S S, to let this happen. How can she say she was a friend of Juanita's and let them paste her personal situation on the front page like some sort of freak show? I guess her job is more important than her friendship with Juanita. Juanita is a home girl who made good in life..She still is doing it as far as I am concerned. We true southsiders do have our issues, but to blast out personal business like it was everybodys else's is not how you treat a Home girl from this part of town. Divorce is hard enough, and with the way this story was handled, it was too much even for me to bear. I say "shame on you" , lady, I think her name is Stella or Tella as she has done. How would she like it if her personal life was plastered on some newspaper big as all get out? I wonder did she think of the children and all they will have to endure from this article? Kids are cruel and this is something you as a kid do not need to see plastered on your locker when you return from school. How dare her invade the kids space like that. I know the kids will adjust from this, but why make it a hurry up adjustment, instead of a "time to heal adjustment. All I know is with friends like Tella, I do not need enemies.

Marshall

Let me start by saying that while I admire Mike's performnce on the court, (except for the blatant shove of Bryon Russell in the finals) I am not a fan of his and am certainly not biased in his favor.

Juanita should not a full share of the loot. She has been on the gravy train, spending money, all due to Michael. She has chauffers, housekeepers, nannies, maids, etc. and cannot in my estimation make the usual claim that spouses can make about being partners or enablers in the families' financial success. She has not hit a jumper, taken a blow to the head from Laimbeer or done anything to facilitate earning that great fortune. If anything, she has been spending money the whole time she has been with Mike.

Juanita was a gold digger looking for an NBA player to marry. I understand that she used to run with Reggie Theus until $$$ Mike came along. In my estimation, "She got a good one" while she was on board, and now it's time to step off.