Racial Double Standard?
November 21, 2006
Right when you think the closed minded ignorant racist is becoming a thing of the past, he somehow finds a way to rear his ugly head, slapping you right back into reality. If you have not heard about the Michael Richards tirade, search YouTube (I refuse to link to it). Though it disturbs me that one of my favorite Seinfeld characters would do something so despicable, what intrigues me the most are the people arguing a “double standard”. Check out the Digg post, the most dugg comments are the ones talking about a double standard, so I assume a lot of people agree.
For example:
Digg Post:
(As of Nov 22 168 diggs)
Funny how rap albums calling African Americans exactly the same thing are on the top of the best selling albums lists. Double-standards?
Digg Post:
(As of Nov 22 143 diggs)
While it’s clear he’s got some issues.. I find it quite a double standard that it’s ok for blacks to be racist with comedy, but if a white person says something racist, it’s not ok and he should apologize..
Now to be completely fair a lot factors play into the promotion of Digg comments, timing is a big one, but this is something still worth discussing.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Dr. Martin Luther King J.R.
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