yawn On Dec 30, 5:14 am, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > MSNBC Host: It Wouldn't Be 'Funny' If Someone Called Me 'Tamron Hall > the Magic Negro Anchor Lady'http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/116104/ > Tamron Hall slams Kate Obenshain for defending Chip Saltman's > controversial Christmas > greeting. Today on MSNBC, > anchor Tamron Hall hosted a segment discussing RNC chair candidate > Chip Saltsman's Christmas greeting this year that contained a CD with > the song "Barack the Magic Negro" on it. During the discussion, Kate > Obenshain, vice president of Young America's Foundation, defended the > song, calling it "a parody." But Hall, an African-American, quickly > interjected, saying there is nothing "funny or amusing" it: > > HALL: Well let me tell you this -- if someone referred to me as > "Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady," I would never see it as > anything funny or amusing. > > Hall later told Obenshain, "you're not going to win a lot of people > over calling them 'Magic Negros.'"]Transcript: > > HALL: So Kate, you were the former chairman of the Virginia > Republican > Party. What do you think of this song and the title?OBENSHAIN: Look, > I > agree with Jamal that it was a huge mistake by Chip to send this out. > I think it was foolish for somebody running to be the face of the > party and the chief strategist of the party.I will point out though > that the magic negro first appeared in the “Los Angeles Times” as an > editorial, and it is a parody. It is, I mean, the appropriateness of > Rush Limbaugh running this show — this song is — it is a perfectly > appropriate thing to point out absurdity through use of the absurd. > He’s basically criticizing Al Sharpton and this columnist for saying > Barack Obama wasn’t black enough. Now, was it appropriate for Chip > Saltsman to send it out? No, it was foolish. We need for our > conservative leaders to be clearly articulating those principles that > bring a broad spectrum of individuals to the republican party, > something our candidate for president wasn’t able to do.SIMMONS: I > will quibble with one point that was just made. I don’t think there’s > anything about this — if you actually watch the video, its not > defending al sharpton or ridiculing someone for making fun of al > sharpton. They’re sort of throwing al sharpton in the pot along with > barack obama.OBENSHAIN: They’re not criticizing Barack Obama. This is > a parody of Al Sharpton and others who would say Barack Obama wasn’t > black enough. The absurdity of saying that this man shouldn’t be > president because he’s not black enough. That is what the parody is > all about. It’s not criticizing Barack Obama at all but –HALL: But > you’re calling him a Magic Negro!OBENSHAINE: That is what the > columnist called him!HALL: You know, I’m trying to be open-minded – > I’m not saying you, you’re saying it’s a parody –OBENSHAIN: Listen to > the song!HALL: I can hear it and I have read it.OBENSHAIN: Read Rush > Limbaugh’s explanation for it then and recognize that it is not > mocking Barack Obama. This is why it’s so foolish for Saltsman to do > it.HALL: Well let me tell you this — if someone referred to me as > “Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady,” I would never see it as > anything funny or amusing. I do agree with you, there is a way to > parody things that might be, you know –OBENSHAIN: On a radio show, on > a radio show, not for the candidate for the republican national > committee chair. I agree with you completely it was foolish for > somebody who needs to be reaching out to African Americans, to women > to individuals from all backgrounds.HALL: Yeah, you’re not going to > win a lot of people over calling them magic negros.OBENSHAIN: It was > a > foolish thing to do.SIMMONS: Judging by the election that we had this > past November, I think there are also probably a lot of non african- > americans who wouldn’t find this to be an appropriate song.OBENSNAIN: > It’s not appropriate to send out.HALL: Ok Kate, I think that’s the > best note to end it this on because I don’t want anyone to think that > you are defending it.OBENSHAIN: I’m defending Rush Limbaugh.HALL: > Kate, Jamal and Tamron and Jamal, we all agree that the magic negro > song is just not right. > > Tagged as: racism, gop, rnc, msnbc, tamron hall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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