Remember in Basketball Wives season 3, cast member Meeka Claxton was the victim of Tami Roman’s “pop to the face” while the ladies were in Italy? Meeka has written a blog questioning where the outrage was when she was attacked.
I thought pressing charges was wack? Oooooh, I get it…it’s wack when it’s not you!
Meeka has to acknowledge a few things about her particular situation. First, we watched her put herself in the postion of clearly trying too hard to become part of the circle. Picking up on their backstabbing bad habits and love of “basketball wives” earrings. Her being a tad messy from the gate, may have caused people to feel a bit indifferent about her circumstance.
Second, Tami was almost a folk hero in season two (the one prior to Meeka’s) people related to her struggles and wanted to see her win. They knew she was rough around the edges but felt she was on her way to getting it together. Meeka appeared to give as good as she got. That’s not an excuse, just an observation. At that point, Tami still had the sympathy of the viewers.
I was actually in full support of Meeka’s lawsuit against Tami. She didn’t take the situation as seriously as she’s now asking us to. Kesha sat like a wounded baby bird while Tami berated her, she ran each and every time an altercation started even if she wasn’t the target. Sometimes, you have to be as real with yourself as you’re asking others to be.
So Meeka, there were people that were on your side when it happened to you. But your selective amnesia on your actions that season might have a great deal to do with WHY that support seemed lacking.
On the bright side, it established a pattern which has now reached the point that viewers are demanding a change. She should understand that in Keisha’s fight lies hers as well.