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“I don’t understand why so many people are reticent to discuss race in this country. We are not a post-racial society,” Janeane Garofalo says. “We are not post-misogyny either.” - comedian Janeane Garofalo
Yeah, the truth hurts. This myth of the post-racial society was blown away by the epic amount of out-and out race-hatred (never mind anything like dog whistles) during the 2008 campaign. And, of course, the misogyny against Hillary Clinton was just as bad (remember that Hillary nutcracker that was up for sale?) Anyway, here’s a clip of Joy Behar’s show on Current TV, with guests comedian Janeane Garofalo and political blogger Craig Crawford discussing whether racism is fueling incivility and disrespect for the office of the president (under this particular occupant). Ya think?
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We’re talking about people who not only have a lot of prejudices stored away, but they’ve also lost the concept of common courtesy. I’m appalled that so many of them seem to be from the South. My mother was from the South, and she taught me different.
Of course, it doesn’t help that there are elements among the political class who condone that sort of behavior — hell, they encourage it. Appealing to the lowest common denominator has always managed to bring in the votes.
From the “You lie!” guy, to the Supreme Court justice talking during the State of the Union speech, to the guy interrupting the Presidents speech the other day, to the continuing blatant racism of Teabagger republicans and their supporters…
It’s pretty damn clear we still have a BIG problem with race in this country. What’s worrying is how most people are forgiving of this behavior.
Sharing, but twitter is down so that will have to wait. Nothing like moving into new digs to jam up business.
PS. This is tired yes. But the revelation of Meghan McCain smoking pot with her books ghost writer Michael Black? was great journo!