Why I Stopped Watching Basketball Wives

OK, let me put away some more childish things - I'm going to put away "Basketball Wives" and join in on the call to have shows like that one taken off the air. It sends the wrong message about black women. I don't want my nieces to grow up and think that is an acceptable way to communicate - it's not the way grown women should behave, it's not putting our best selves forward - in fact, the brothers who used to deal with these babes are probably sitting together, high fiving one another saying 'Glad I got out when I did," or “See, I told you she was crazy...”

As crazy as The Real Housewives is, Basketball Wives is that to the tenth power. They can't go back to any high profile places – they've been kicked out of casinos in Florida, restaurants in California, and resorts around the planet. Yes, they've taken their drama international, so people all over the world expect a group of black women to bust out into a fight. So the next time you cross the pond, you can expect people to start putting away the good china - right in your face. It's humiliating to be lumped in with such a crowd. They put the ghetto in ghetto fabulous, they put the project in project bunnies, and the hootch in hootchie mamas!

Now, I will admit I got a few new catchphrases off the show. But the bottom line is that it makes it is a distraction. “You're the only Bible some people will ever read,” was the #1 lesson at Mary Kay, and it seemed trite at the time, but it translated into not leaving the house until you were in a Mary Kay frame of mind – kind, considerate, ready to give a sincere compliment to any and all. It's hard for me to imagine that these women have anything other than a punching bag to go home to, but in fact three of them run very successful businesses.

It's unfortunate that Shaunie has to wonder whether or business associates look at her and think she's a “ghetto hot mess”. Wonder no further my sister, that's exactly what they think. The question you need to ask is “Are they going to continue to think that way???? Good-bye Basketball Wives, I'm going to use that hour to make some money!