So, the former U.S. Education Secretary, turned conservative talk radio host, has inconsiderately linked crime with black babies, huh? Hmm. There are so many ironic twists to those sentiments that it is hard to grasp a retort. The first form of irony comes with the fact that Bill Cosby, a black man [for those still wondering] shares those same Bennett sentiments. And, while many black folks were vexed with Cosby‘s comments, the comedic entertainer, turned part-time activist still commands a nice five-figure speaking tab--most of which are done in front of predominantly black audiences. Only in America. The second form of irony is this..., One would think that an Education Secretary would have enough “discipline” to use their platform more discretely. For example, one day I was dancing with a white female co-worker at a CNN Retreat, when I kept my composure long enough to NOT tell her that she smelled like a wet alley cat, rolled in damp loose-leaf paper on a urine-filled New York City backyard street. I, instead, used my platform more wisely. When we finished dancing, I used her to hail a cab going to Harlem. He would never stopped for my Freddie Jackson looking ass, I don’t care how good I looked in my K&G suit. As I digress.
I really did not find Bennett’s comments offensive at all; probably because he really felt that way--and this is America. You know, the home of the free.., which includes speech. What I did find offensive is the fact that no one was willing to openly ask William Bennett why he, and his alley cat smelling colleagues, feel the way the do about black babies or black people in general. Are you ready for more irony? If someone intellectually, challenged Bennett’s thought process, they would probably find that some black people [not just Cosby] feel the same way as Bennett. Then, once all the hated emotions are set off and exchanged; some real conversations could take place. We would be able to actually move the country forward--racially speaking, of course. After all, capitalism would still come with a price tag--usually poverty. We nstead, brushed this issue aside or chalked it up to a drunken stupor with a slow radio delay and everyone goes back to their not-so-neutral, but very prejudice corners of the globe.
Ready for more irony? If I had a national platform and stated that if we killed all of the white babies, we would wipe out corporate crime (Enron, World Com, etc..) would I be wrong? Would you be mad at me? What about if stated that if we killed all the white babies, world peace would no longer be an impossible dream. If we killed all the white babies, women would never have to settle for small penises anymore. Hmm. Just think, no one would ever twist their ankle doing the electric slide. There would be no more 3-point lines in the NBA. Vanilla Ice would only be an option at Baskin & Robbins. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would still be alive and John F. Kennedy would still be dead--remember we are killing all the white babies (even the so-called friends of the black babies). Just think, they’d actually be a Black person on Meet the Press every Sunday morning. Jazz would still be Jazz and Kenny G would be dead. Now come on, even some white people would celebrate that one.
In the end, we are all here, for better or worse. So we should put all of our differences on the table and move the country forward. If not, rent Crash and go back to your neutral corners.
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Ray Lewis
