Things Minorities Should Not Do In Public

Minorities, please do not sing in court, you're making a spectacle of yourself at a moment when your level of seriousness is paramount and can decide whether you will spend time in jail. Why do you think Legal Aid provides clothing vouchers for you to dress properly when you appear before a judge? Still, even though you may be dressed to the nines, the fact that you break out into Sunday-morning spirituals, albeit with a beautiful voice, will not help you.

You are also making a mockery of our justice system. How is a judge supposed to make a fair decision when all they can think about is a chain-gang? Further, do not look for a record deal at the moment when the blades of justice are swaying above your head. Instead, practice what you would say to the judge before a mirror. If your hands start flailing just above your ear, or if you hail the good lord's name under your breath, if you have to take a second to take deep breaths followed by a "wooooooh," if you start tapping your weave, stop, and start all over again.

And why are calling on God? Do you know where are? In the land where God has forsaken thee and thy kind. Remember slavery? How about Hurricane Katrina? God ain't gonna help you, but some common sense on how to comport yourself in court will.

When you have gotten to a point where you can discuss your grievance without having a motown moment, then, and only then are you ready.

Minorities, please do not sing in court because they will just think that justice is a game that they can play on you, just so as you have come into the environs of justice doing.