>Not sure what Sharpton has to do with this, but, yeah, he's an ass too.
the video is supposed to be in Sharpton's voice. I think what Sam is not getting is that there is a difference between talking about racism and enabling it. When you say "magic Negro" in a discussion about a film made in 1962 which broke down barriers in that it showed a black man god forbid talking to a white woman, the word Negro is not necessarily inappropriate. It is not inappropriate for Spike Lee to note in coining the phrase that the wise old black man is a recurring theme in American films. I think I agree with Lee that this is a stereotype based on race. But merely referring to the concept is not racist. Nor is the author of that article particularly liberal from what I can see. Now, to air something that repeatedly uses the phrase out of that context seems quite different. Obama is *not* a magic negro as defined by Lee, since he is a main character in his storyline. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro The fim clip is rather like a ten year old boy yelling bad words and saying it is OK because someone else said them first -- in some other context. Rush playing it -- well, it's at his audience's intellectual level. >Is it necessary to break out the blackface accents and use the word Negro to >> make the point that he is an ass??? But hey, now we will have a subthread >> about why I hate Rush and baby Jesus. Rush is just another ass. It is >> possible to think that someone is an ass without hating him, though Rush >> apparently doesn't realize this. He's just feeding ignorant energy into >> blowing up a hot air ballon that would shrivel up without the attention he >> gives it. > > >Rush most certainly realizes it. He also realizes that two things fuel his >#1 radio show: controversy and entertainment. This spot provides both. > >Sharpton and Limbaugh are two of a kind is what I think, and hell, they seem >> to need each other. But what good does either of them do any of us? >> >> Dana > > >Good question. Not much...not much good at all. > >-- >Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
