Last night Oprah hosted a "townhall" about the Imus issue. It's great to see her bring attention to issues of race. I applaud Oprah. But where was she when Hot97 aired the Tsunami Song about "screaming chinks," or when Adam Corolla did his "ching chong" parody of the Asian Excellence Awards? How about when JR Gach did the piece about "slant-eyed gooks?" How about that part in the movie Dodgeball with the opium-smoking Chinese people throwing human heads? Why were all her panelists either black or white? Why is this sounding like it's never happened before? Or that it only happens to black people? Racism is not a new issue, and racism is not just black and white.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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