
I have never been a fan of Chris Brown but I respected the young star for what he had accomplished. Any fool could see he was quite talented. He could sing, dance his ass off and he even surprised me as in actor in This Christmas. Some thought he’d be the next Michael Jackson. A bit ambitious even before he assaulted his girlfriend but hey who could really say what would have happened. When the story broke last month I’ll be the first to admit that I was a bit jaded by the overcoverage. I felt that it was some lover’s spat blown out of proportion but I started paying more attention to it after TMZ released a picture of his girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna’s beaten face. I was angered that someone could do that to someone else. Regardless of who they are this type of abuse angers me. I am a survivor of an abusive home and it was our family secret. My father was abusive towards my mother and eventually as I got older we would get into physically fights as I tried to protect her. So this hits home to me. Physical abuse is never acceptable and should never be tolerated.








