Are Tyler Perry Films Bad for Black America? Dr. Boyce and Toure Discuss on CNN (Video)

I am very fortunate to have been blessed by God to be a member of a family of 9 sisters and 4 brothers and had a very responsible loving and kind father and mother. I was taught Right from Wrong and given the rules of the game as a very young boy. I was also given the value that the love of God and how his grace could impact my life if I excepted him as my savior and not men. I was raised in the city of Chicago and remember when street gangs used zip guns made from wood or toy pistols. My FATHER made the rules and there was no such thing as not following one of those rules. My fathers rules brought me to the age of 21 and prepared me for being a husband to my wife of 44 years now and I believe a great father to my 2 sons because like my father I made the rules and there was no such thing as not following my rules either. I am 67 years of age now and I do not know what the inside of Chicagos jails look like nor any jails in the many countries I traveled to during my military career. I am not a angel but I had the right beginning so I was a responsible adult.
The people that view entertainment and cannot interpet it as pure entertainment have a personal problem of there own. Even Mr Spike Lee produced some junk that affected the lives of many young black boys and girls that did not have a great beginning to life. 800,000 of them are in prison. The educated and disciplined citizen should not have a problem with movies made for entertainment because they should be over it by now. It is just for fun. The problem is with the less fortunate who don’t have 2 brain sells working because if they did they simply would not be locked up or on there way down that dead end street
By the way YES the entertainment sector influences the actions of the out of touch young kids. You are a liar and the truth is not in you if you don’t believe that.
Our citizens holding those PHDS and Masters degrees in education should be working on a facility to reducate and educate those poor loss souls while they are locked up so they have a chance for a productive life if they are ever released. Black men especially and black women need to quit beating each other down and use there talent and intelligence for more productive reasons. Most  of you should be ashamed to be troubled by a 200 year old tradition in America that by the way is never going to change.

If by chance you haven’t noticed the current President of the UNITED STATES IS A BLACK AMERICAN. Do you think those that don’t approve of him give a dam about you or your PHD or MS degree. Real men like your President, yes I said a real man is trying to send a message to the intelligent People in America that should have you so busy you wouldn’t have time for the nonsense I see written in this forum. Tyler is just like Spike and all other who are enjoying the American dream because he has talent that people pay for. Your jealousy can’t change that. Do something more constructive with your time. This is my comment.

I think anyone who has actually watched any of Tyler Perrys movies or plays will know that they have been nothing but an inspiration for the black people. Tyler movies has touched so many peoples hearts and minds. This is just another way to try to attack a brother with a good cause. Shame on You Black peoiple for your jealousy never ceases

C, that’s our problem as African Americans.  We can’t celebrate our sisters and brothers that are doing something more or better then the next person.  Soon as a black person hits the top, our own wants to put them down.  These haters will never get us anywhere as a people.  All other nationalities stick together, what is wrong with the blacks.  Wake up people, we could be awesome if we stuck up for each other and stick together.  Just another plot for the enemy to bring us against each other. So so sad.

Are you people out of your minds!  Or is this controversy needed to keep people reading your blogs.I’m beginning to think you say things to incite, just as newspapers and TV media sensationalizes to sell papers.  Tyler Perry is one of the most successful film makers the black community has ever produced and you ask that question of him? Why? Why do we always have to campaign against people we don’t like?  Why can’t we just not like and support them? Tyler Perry is in no way shape or form responsible of the negative images of blacks, and if you were to take him off, it wouldn’t stop, because that’s not the solution!   All of his characters aren’t baffoons!  All of his portrayal aren’t women in drag!  There’s something about this continued attack on Mr. Perry that does not make sense!!  How can he be bad for black America when Martin Lawrence not only did the same thing, he has a comedy show of stereotypical characters?  On the Steve Harvey show, Steve Harvey puts on wigs and exaggerates his characters to the point of buffonery.  Tom Joyner has a morning radio show (where he featured a Soap Opera).  Did anyone ever listen to the obviously exaggerated black voices on that show?  If whites had done it, we’d be yelling.   But because we like Tom Joyner, we found it funny.  We can find such characters daily, on TV, if we look. Why would we continuously harp on the most successful black man  when he could help get more blacks in the industry?  And what about Basketball Wives?  Where’s your campagin against that?  Even Flavor Flav didn’t get the kind of scrutiny Tyler Perry is now getting.  I feel like Chris Rock,  “I love black people, but I hate N……rs.  Everytime black people get something going, N******rs mess it up!