Truthseeker420
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I posted last night about Bill OReillys tirade against African Americans which he cloaked under a very thin veneer of concern about the welfare of the black community. While OReilly posited his unsubstantiated, off-the-top-of-his-head solutions for poverty, crime, drugs and the other plagues of the ghetto, the underlying message of his Talking Points commentary last night was really, Why I dislike and distrust African American concerns and why you should, too. But somehow, Fox News African American contributor Juan Williams a sometimes intelligent guest in opposition to race baiting on Fox missed the deliberate hostility and ugliness spewing from OReilly and embraced it as an overdue voice of reason.
Of course, OReilly had a point that teen pregnancies, drugs and single-parent families are big problems in poor communities. Ill even grant that he may be right that African American leaders dont stress these things enough. Since Im so busy watching (lily-white) Fox News, Im more familiar with antipathetic, OReilly-like interpretations of what African American leaders say, rather than the actual words of the leaders, themselves. But does OReilly really think that pontificating about what African Americans should be thinking and feeling, while rancorously maligning their integrity, sends any kind of constructive message? Or was he merely pandering to the racial resentments of his audience?
Apparently, to Juan Williams, the answer was the former. He somehow missed, or maybe even appreciated, OReillys acrimony and vitriol.
He agreed loudly when OReilly said, I believe many of these civil rights activists dont, dont want to solve many of these complicated African American problems. Williams replied, In fact, when you look at the record, what have they done? They turn away from these issues.
But the truth is, OReilly did, too. Other than wagging an accusing finger at the black community for not thinking and doing as he thinks they should, OReilly offered up nothing in the way of evidence that hes right. He pointed to no programs that have been proven effective in combatting drug use, held up no measures black communities may have already adopted to combat violence (such as The Interruptors, e.g.) for other communities to emulate and no constructive solutions for avoiding teen pregnancy beyond demanding that President Obama and other black leaders produce a public service announcement.
Read more at Juan Williams Hearts O?Reilly?s Tirade Against African Americans - NewsHounds
I guess Juan gets to stay in the house tonight.