Reid, Rage, & Race
Wrote a piece touching on the Harry Reid “controversy” and the Negro “backlash” for Aol’s opinion site, Sphere.
Updates here are to come, but in the meantime, gon’ read, please: click here.
I am especially proud of me for managing to work in a Snagglepuss reference in a political piece. I consider that a gift.
iman
January 12, 2010 at 11:17 pm
i like the word negro. i say it three times a day; keeps my teeth white.
Cinthia Walker
January 13, 2010 at 1:00 am
Saw an editors note pop up on my AOL about your writing… goodstuff… Googled the cynical ones.. LOVE it….and your “About me”…. Are you single?? (LOL) no seriously…
CB
January 13, 2010 at 1:45 pm
great piece!! Let us know when Sphere lets comments back so we can comment there as well. And thanks for calling out Ward. Makes my skin crawl
Taj
January 13, 2010 at 1:47 pm
LMFAO @ Iman.
Know what? I think taking a moment to talk about race isn’t as bad as you think it is. Especially considering in a few decades, minorities will be the majority, in which the American racial make up will shift completely. This means the majority should be represented honestly in the media more to begin with , and depicted more honestly. Its hard to do that with conventional beliefs still looming around. America is horribly racist in comparison to other first world countries. We still cling to primitive beliefs and discriminate in the closet. Its a problem that needs to be addressed in intellectual discussions, to change the racial attitude in this country. Nobody’s doing shit about the economy, global warming, the “war on terror”, or healthcare any time soon. Obama is dragging his fucking feet on policy. I think a few poignant talks and research need to be initiated in order to change these attitudes. Mind as well, why we fucking wait for shit to get done.
Taj
January 13, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Sorry for the rant. <_<
Michael
January 13, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Hi, Cinthia. Thanks for your kind words. So glad you found the site. Yes, I’m single, but…
CB. I’m glad I’m an admin so I can spot the email and you know who you are. Hi, my Soopa.
Taj, yeah, I personally just don’t find discussions about old white men saying politically incorrect things like most old people do to be all that productive in any discussion. I said these are distractions from having real discussions about race, as in the speech delivered by President Obama back during the campaign.
Debating the use of the word Negro and agonizing over stupid phrasing from politicians are equally pointless to me. I stand by that.
Thanks for checking the piece out, everyone!
napptacular
January 13, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Did Harry Reid’s references to Obama’s “light skin” increase unemployment or prolong our stay in the Middle East? Did his utterance of the word “Negro” cause foreclosures to skyrocket through the roof while bankers pockets’ got fatter?
No. This is such a non-issue. Michael, excellent piece. Thank you for getting us on the right page.