The dangers of working on TV…
I’m sure that some of you have heard about the little kerfuffle going on about Brian Kilmeade\’s \”pure genes\” comment on Fox & Friends recently. It came up in a discussion about genetic predisposition to various ailments (heart disease, cancer etc.) All the libs that heard it are shouting “racist” (as they typically do in situations like this) – some are making fun of the fact that he kinda stuttered or hesitated while making his statement and calling him a moron and a nazi (again, as liberals typically do in situations like this). This episode however is extremely useful as an instructional tool on the dangers of working for the media, especially on a network that has conservative leanings. What Brian said was effectively the following: Swedes generally marry other Swedes, whereas Americans (read “white americans”) are more likely to marry someone from a different genetic background. As a result, the Swedes are more likely to have “pure genes”, and therefore are less likely to carry genetic predisposition to a wide variety of ailments. Now, on the surface (which is where most liberals usually hang out in the knowledge pool) that might appear to have some inherently racist overtones. If you delve a little deeper though, you start to see the logic behind the statement. To explore this further, I would like to visit the historic and present racial makeup of both the USA and say, Sweden, Norway or perhaps Iceland.
In the 1600’s and 1700’s the United States played host to an abysmal episode in the history of mankind, the slave trade. This however introduced to this country yet another variation to the ever expanding gene pool that was North America. At that point, there were already persons from just about every area of Europe, and the indigenous American tribes from different areas of the continent. As the US advanced through history, all of those bloodlines mingled (even as many of them were persecuted and driven out of their homelands). Today, the US is one of the most diverse countries in the world as far as genetic makeup. I would wager that there are genes from just about every human population on the planet floating around somewhere between Atlantic and Pacific.
Now, if we look at the historical background of Norway, we don’t find that same level of genetic mixing. Norway didn’t grow labor intensive crops that encouraged the importation of a low cost, slave-based workforce. Not only that, but Norway doesn’t share a land border with a country, much less a continent that has a significantly different genetic makeup from that of the typical Norwegian. For example, how many Mexican immigrants (legal or illegal) do you think enter Norway in a given year? Are there any reservations or pockets of tribal societies left in Norway? Has Norway ever experienced a large scale wave of immigrants from Asia to it’s West Coast? On all counts, no. So, relatively speaking, Norway would be a homogeneous collection of individuals. Sure, there are variations of hair color, height, etc., but in terms of visible ethnic differences, virtually nothing.
Ok, before I go any further, let me stop before any libs reading this get really wound up to say the following: The recent history of the human race has shown an ever increasing tendency of groups to intermingle in a global sense. In the last hundred years, travel has become cheap, easy, and much more rapid. Not only that, but the economy is global in reach now, and people are routinely transferred to offices located in different parts of the world. I am aware of this. Yes, there ARE people that live in Norway that aren’t decended of blonde-haired, blue eyed Scandinavian stock. But, before you call me a bigot or racist, see if you can give me a recommendation for a restaurant in the “Little Havana” section of Oslo. If you can, I’ll stand down. In the mean time I’m gonna go look for a good Ethiopian restaurant in downtown Reykjavik. I’ll probably need to order a pizza though, it could take a while to find one.
The point is this:
There are plenty of idiots out there that love to watch people that they disagree with and then “shoot off” at the mouth without considering what is ACTUALLY being said (the two that come to mind most readily are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson). Most of them probably also thought that “Change you can Believe In” was a slogan to get behind. Note, none of them asked “Change to what?” Those of us that actually look a little further into the background of any situation, usually have a better view on the realities of present and future. If I worked on TV, I might stutter a little too if I was about to say something that most people were too ignorant to understand.
Is that a prayer or a pot-induced ramblefest?
The Reverend Joseph Lowery (one of our race-related fixtures here in the ATL) decided to take the opportunity to turn the inaugural prayer today into a bigoted, mocking joke.
‘Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get in back, when brown can stick around… when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man; and when white will embrace what is right. That all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen. Say Amen’…
Ok. let’s look at this line by line and examine it closely. First, what happened to all this ‘We are all one people”, kumbaya love that our president spent the previous few minutes establishing??! black? brown? yellow? I thought we were all Americans… Sounds to me like the good reverend is stuck in the same gear he’s been in since MLK was a man struggling for a cause and not just a holiday.
When was the last time that a black man or woman was asked to sit at the back of a bus? Can you imagine the hellfire and hatred that would descend on anyone even ACCUSED of asking that in this day and age?? Hey Lowery, open your eyes for a second (mid prayer) and notice that the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS A BLACK MAN. He’s the one standing next to you. Tall guy, reasonably good looking, surrounded by men in dark glasses with guns. Ok, now carry on praying….
I can only assume that the ‘brown can stick around’ line is a reference to hispanics. Isn’t ‘brown-town’ a bigoted slur? Does ANYONE that wants to be taken seriously call hispanics of any background ‘browns’? No, they do not. and the ’stick around’ bit? Again, I have to guess, but it sounds like he’s referencing illegal immigrants.
Sure they can stick around… when they get the appropriate legal documentation. Just like any other color illegal immigrant.
The whole ‘when yellow can be mellow’ thing is lost on me. What the heck does that mean? Is he indicating that asians as a rule aren’t ‘mellow’? Better question: why the heck is that even important? This ‘prayer’ is becoming a jive-talking joke. If I was asian, this rhyming load of garbage would leave me anything but mellow… and still we decend further into the race-dividing madness…
‘when the Red Man can get ahead, man‘… no, he didn’t. Did he? Red Man? He’s GOT to be kidding right? Obama’s being punked for sure. Lowery sounds like a stoner! Hmmm… maybe that explains the ‘mellow’ part… Pardon me, but this is the United States of America. Anyone who is willing to put in the work can ‘get ahead, man’. Again, excuse me Reverend. I hate to interrupt, but take another look to the man who is now the President. His dad wasn’t part of his life, his grandmother raised him, and he didn’t have a silver spoon in his mouth when he was born. That doesn’t even take into account the fact that calling Native Americans ‘red-men’ is just degrading… How many times have tribes protested the Washington Redskins for their name alone? Oh, by the way, there is a monument of one of these ‘red men’ currently being carved in a mountainside in south Dakota that is bigger than any monument for a single ‘white guy’ on this continent. It’s been in the works since the 40’s. That may not be ‘getting ahead’ but it sure isn’t a bad start… More power to ‘em.
Did Lowery write this prayer for LBJ’s inauguration? It certainly sounds like he dusted off something that was originally penned in the ’60’s. And now for the clincher: ‘and when white will embrace what is right‘ WHAT!!!!!!!????
This is the point when I hit apoplectic RAGE. How dare you accuse me of ‘not embracing what is right’, you bigoted, shriveled-up race pimp! This is absolutely outrageous! In this day and age, when millions of “white” Americans voted for a black man for president, this doddering old fool of a pulpit stool still wants the nation to believe that white folks have yet to embrace what is right?? (For the sake of argument we are assuming that ‘embracing what is right’ means treating black people as total equals). This man is a smear on the legacy of MLK. To endure the blatant, blinding hatred that he did; to live to see a black man as PRESIDENT and to still cling to his segregation-induced disdain of white people… how sad. This was a day that was to be celebrated throughout America as ‘the day that racism died’… and this old man can’t get past his own bitterness. I take personal offense at his implication that I, as a white man, have yet to embrace what is right. Who does he think he is to judge me? I will go further to say that the good reverend ought to look to the plank in his own eye.
Well, all that to find out that… drum roll please… it WAS penned in the ’60’s! A good portion of the -ahem- ‘prayer’ was taken from an old protest chant…
So, this man Lowery, who was ostensibly brought up on the dais (let’s face it folks-only because MLK was assassinated) to represent the history of racism that is now conquered, puts forth an old protest chant as a relevant prayer. Sick. A solemn occasion to give thanks to God Almighty for blessing this nation with a 44th peaceful exchange of power and this idiot plays the race card…AGAIN. There was no prayer. God was never even addressed in all honesty. If I was Barack, I would publicly shun this man. He obviously will never get past what happened in the past. He will never allow himself to believe that a white man or woman can look at him and not want to reach for the nearest fire hose. Lowery needs to shut up for eternity. He has earned the absolute derision of this nation.
‘…all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen. ’…