Team Mayer No More

It would have been enough to just to say that he didn't prefer black women. I could have lived with a statement like that. I, too, have my own discriminations. I prefer intelligence to stupidity, wit to asininity, brutal honesty to circumlocutions banter. In that light, I understand John Mayer wanting to get the word out. Perhaps, he wanted to appear edgy and off-center, a tad on the wild side, for Playboy. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

John Mayer, who I've always found cute, has torn his draws with me. That's a saying I picked up from my mother among others that are not so printable. I am no longer a diehard fan. Today, I took my CDs and John Mayer t-shirts and other items to CD-Exchange. In the future, I don't plan on purchasing anything that has to deal with him. Perhaps his white-supremacist member can pick up the slack. Can you believe that he compared his naughty-bit to David Duke? What was he thinking? Does he NOT understand political correctness? Or is it that he understands, but doesn't care? Or maybe he's a cute, but not too bright one?

John Mayer can have his Brad Pitt discards, his Cocaine who-whos, his blonde alleged sex kittens. They don't hold a candle to Kimberly Elise, Taraji Henson or ME. Perhaps he should consider the possibility that we beautiful black women of the world, don't want him either. After all, he's no Will Smith, no Jamie Foxx, no Shemar and he will never compare to our beautiful, meticulous LLCoolJ or Denzel Washington.

It's no secret that his sales have been waning. The market is full, saturated with his kind. When I hear him on the radio, I'll change the setting. When he's on TV, I'll find something else for my TiVo. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. The best thing that John has done in awhile was his guitar rendition of "Human Nature" during the Michael Jackson tribute. That was almost a year ago. And then there was his Borat suit while boating with Brad Pitt's ex. Enough said.

While there is no shame in expressing one's preferences, a celebrity on the fritz should know better. Didn't he learn anything from the Dixie Chicks? Charles Barkley? Mel Gibson? Does he not realize that there are those of us who happen to love our dark skin and mellow laid back music as well. Most adults don't care what celebrities think. Their influence over anyone older than 25 is questionable. If they happen to latch on to causes that we adults believe in, then so much the better. Perhaps we can use their celebrity to further our agenda. While filming as movie here in Oklahoma City, Jessica Alba discovered the length and breathe of our patience with celebrity antics. Many of us Oklahomans are still not pleased with her just apologizing for defacing our property, while we would have had a fine for spitting on the sidewalk.

Consider this sour grapes if you will, but I must say that in my music collection, John Mayer will not be missed. I have Foo Fighters, Five for Fighting, Shine Down, Nickelback, Train... My list of cute, reasonably young white boys that have a guitar and a voice is endless. And if they aren't enough for me, I still have my standards from way back - Sting, Elton John, George Michael, Peter Frampton... There's even Hootie and Terrence Howard. So Mr. Mayer, who only cycles through my iPod once a week at the most, can continue to dream with a broken heart while I do no such thing.