Friday, June 13, 2014
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Two Black Superstars with Two Radically Different Racial Attitudes
On June 3, 2014 Don Lemon, black CNN newsperson
(estimated net worth 3 million dollars), interviewed Morgan Freeman, black
superstar (estimated net worth 150 million dollars), asking whether race plays
a role in income distribution to which Freeman responded:
No. No, I don’t. You and I,
we’re proof. Why would race have
anything to do with it? Put your mind to
what you want to do and go for that. It’s kind of like religion to me, it’s a
good excuse [emphasis added] for not
getting there.
Black commentator Jamelle Bouie of slate.com responded in a
flash with “What Morgan Freeman Doesn’t Understand About Race,” dismissing the
actor as a person who has “played the omnipotent old man for so long” but who
has “a dubious view of income equality.”
Notice that Bouie managed to insert the term “old” to emphasize that
Freeman’s opinions have no credibility.
Perhaps Bouie prefers another esteemed black actor and reputed
former Black Panther acolyte, Samuel L. Jackson (estimated net worth 170
million dollars). Jackson’s racial
attitudes are recorded for all to see and hear in Todd Larkin’s video documentary
entitled, The N Word wherein he said
I have to let people know that … I’m an actor, I’m a nice guy,
and there are a lot of things that we can get along with. But the first thing
you need to know about me is … I’m a nigger.
And they look at me like, what?
And I go. I’m not just, you know,
a really nice colored fella. I’m a
nigger. And they go, “What? Sam, I really don’t understand”
I’m one of those guys you really, really, really don’t want to
mess with. So… I’ve done things that,
you know, people go to prison for, I guess, or, I’m really, you know, not gonna
just punch you in the face. I’m going to
do some niggerly shit to you [Big laugh].
Never have I found anyone—white, black, or any shade in between—who
has criticized Samuel L. Jackson's remarks.
You see, Jackson’s attitude and rant are fully in accord with the “politics”
of racial intimidation and racial division.
If Jackson were white, minutes after release of the N Word documentary
there would have been outrage so massive that Sweet Sam never would have worked
again.
Next time you have the chance to view a video or visit a theater featuring Morgan Freeman or Samuel L. Jackson whom will you choose? You can be sure that Jackson will be happy to
take advantage of your business and your money before he does some “niggerly
shit to you.” Freeman, on the other hand, truly is a free man---free of racial animosity and possessing the personal courage to speak his mind without fearing reprisal from the racial identity thought police. Morgan Freeman deserves my support and yours.
(Estimated salaries were
obtained from celebritynetworth.com)
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