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Another day, another Jada Pinkett Smith potent Facebook post. The actress/director, mother, wife and all-around superwoman typically uses her Facebook page as her own forum. She often writes thought-provoking posts, saturated in personal experience and pop culture. Her latest post focuses on Hollywood’s hottest stars facing constant criticism from people like me who write about them, or you, who comment on them on a daily.

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I typically despise the type of posts that pose multiple questions. I find them lazy and requiring the reader to do all the thinking. However, Jada’s post poses the types of questions that cause self-reflection. Instead of breathing out a sigh of “ugh, here she go,” I walked down the corridor of my thoughts, racking my brain to see if I’ve forgotten how to behave like a grown woman.

I am a critic of Rihanna. In fact, I’m paid to criticize her, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t consider her a human being who deserves understanding. However, that’s where the disconnect lives. I don’t understand what Rihanna is going through or how she copes with her issues because I’ve never been a 25-year-old millionaire who’s life is constantly a part of public consumption.

So many of us are so good at explaining how these starlets should behave because from the comforts of our own couches, we’re professional advice givers, psychologists and the like; towering high above the seemingly trivial paparazzi snapshots and Twitter insults. Jada’s post comes with great timing. There’s no time like the present to learn that judgment is the least of our worries when it comes to these superstars we watch. We should be worried about what is takes for them to maintain their high-pressure lives.

Check out Jada’s post below:

Are we bullying our young artists?

How can we ask for our young stars to have a high level of responsibility if we are not demonstrating that same level of responsibility towards them?

This last week, I had to really evaluate the communication in regard to our young artists in the media. I was trying to differentiate cyber-bullying from how we attack and ridicule our young stars through media and… social networks. It is as if we have forgotten what it means to be young or even how to behave like good ol’ grown folk. Do we feel as though we can say and do what we please without demonstrating any responsibility simply because they are famous? Is it okay to continually attack and criticize a famous 19 year old who is simply trying to build a life, exercise his talents while figuring out what manhood and fame is all about as he carries the weight of supporting his family as well as providing the paychecks to others who depend on him to work so they can feed their families as well? Does that render being called a c*nt by an adult male photographer as you try to return to your hotel after leaving the the hospital? Or what about our nine year old beautiful Oscar nominee who was referred to as a c*nt as well? Or what about being a young woman in her early twenties, exploring the intricacies of love and power on the world stage? And should we shame a young woman for displaying a sense of innocence as she navigates through the murky waters of love, heartbreak, and fame? Are these young people not allowed to be young, make mistakes, grow, and eventually transform a million times before our eyes? Are we asking them to defy the laws of nature because of who they are? Why can’t we congratulate them for the capacity to work through their challenges on a world stage and still deliver products that keep them on top. We all know how hard it is to keep our head above water, even in the privacy of our own homes let alone on the world stage. Imagine yourself, at their age, with the spotlights, challenges and responsibilities. Most of us would have fallen to the waste side before we could even get to a crashed Ferrari, a controversial romance, several heart breaks, or an Oscar nomination at NINE. We WISH we could have had the capacity to accomplish HALF of what they have accomplished along with ALL these challenges they face. But…maybe THAT’S the problem…we WISH we could have or even…we WISH we could.

Happy Sunday.

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