Reported by Malcolm Morrow

The trend of having inarticulate Black people reporting the happenings of the day on the local news continues with Michelle Clark a.k.a. “The Kapooyow Kapooyow Lady.” Clark was telling her local news station in Houston about the hail storm that caused considerable damage to her apartment complex and also provided insight on how the sudden change in weather made her feel.

Of course, there’s no fault in Clark’s reporting but it’s interesting that this type of personality keeps going viral. Why does the media love to throw inarticulate Black people in the limelight? As usual, we’ll probably be seeing a lot of Ms. Clark and her fifteen minutes of fame being remixed and re-edited into a myriad of video concoctions over the next few weeks. This website seemed to be giving Clark backhanded and sarcastic compliments; for example, “Channeling great onomatopoeia skills, Clark then told the reporter that the hail hitting her roof sounded like: “Kapooyow! Kapooyow!,” the article reads. The author continues: “As a former television producer who has experienced many hours on the street trying to find interesting people to say interesting things about various news stories, I’d like to salute Clark and present her as a model for you all to copy. Next time you see a lowly cameraman, sound tech, and a guy/girl holding a microphone, please do your best to be simply awesome. Thank you.”

How do you feel about the media’s response to Michelle?

Malcolm Morrow, a Your Black World Network contributor, is a senior, criminal justice major at The University of Southern Miss