Gala wrote:Ticomaya wrote:Do you think white people get a pass in today's society, or with the media?
Comparatively speaking, white people get a pass in today's society.
When Rush Limbaugh opined several years ago that Donovan McNabb was overrated and treated with kid gloves because he was black, black leaders asked for his head on a platter, and he was fired by ESPN. The list of white sportscasters, newspersons, talk show hosts, etc., who make similarly dumb racial comments, and whose resignations are promptly demanded by the race merchants Jackson, Sharpton,
et al, and who are subsequently fired or sanctioned, is lengthy.
Yet when Dusty Baker stated black ballplayers play better in the heat of the sun, there was no such outcry -- he was not fired. When Bryant Gumble said about the Winter Olympics years ago, that it looked like a GOP Convention because there were so few blacks, and therefore it couldn't have the worlds greatest athletes -- he kept his day job. Michael Irvin commenting about Tony Romo's athletic ability, inferred there must be some black blood lines in his family -- Irvin did not lose his job. The list of black commentators who make similarly dumb racial comments, and who do NOT face public humiliation, outcry, and who did not lose their jobs as a result (including Sharpton and Jackson), is similarly lengthy.
Double standard? It sure seems that way. There is no question we have a long way to go to achieve Dr. King's dream.
And that's all I have to say about that.