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Fox News: Sterling And Bundy Prove That Racism Is Dead – Except For Black Race Hustlers!

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on April 28, 2014 · Flag

For all those worried how Fox News would take two vile racist rants in the news in one week, you can relax now. Fox wants you to know that the shockingly racist comments of both Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy are great news for America! You see, the outpouring of disgust and contempt are proof that racism is no longer a problem. That is, except for the black people who don’t see it that way. Just pay no attention to the blatantly racist comments found right there on the Fox Nation website.

O’Reilly’s Talking Points Memo suggests Snoop Dogg and Sharpton are the real race problems in America

In his Talking Points segment tonight, O’Reilly acknowledged that both Sterling and Bundy are “finished in the court of public opinion.”

“Here’s the headline,” O’Reilly announced about Sterling. “It’s primarily his problem, not the country’s problem. He’s shameful but does not represent anyone other than himself.”

But for some reason, O’Reilly felt it very important to make African Americans villains in this story, too. “Not all the reaction to Sterling was appropriate,” O’Reilly said sternly. Apparently, some didn’t get the Dos and Don’ts memo from Fox on the proper way to react.

Exhibit A: an outraged, curse-ridden clip of Snoop Dogg, whom O’Reilly pointedly called by his real name:

So let me ask Calvin Broadus something. Do you really think that helps the cause of anti-discrimination in the United States? Or are you just trying to get publicity for yourself? I think we all know the answer.

If you ask me, that begs the question as to how playing the clip of a black rapper – someone the elderly, overwhelmingly white O’Reilly Factor viewers almost certainly have no interest in – helps that cause either.

O’Reilly continued: 

There are bigots in every country. There are bigots of every race. For example, what are we to think of the thousands of people who go to hear Louis Farrakhan rants against whites and Jews? But those folks represent a very small portion of the African American community. Same thing with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. …So it’s not fair to draw any general conclusions from Wright or Farrakhan or Sterling or Bundy. They are just misguided individuals. Nevertheless, the anger they engender is real.

This country has come a very long way from the days when denying Americans opportunity because of their skin color was acceptable in some places. Now racists pay a huge price.

It's ridiculous to equate either Farrakhan or Wright with Sterling and/or Bundy. But did you notice how O’Reilly painted Sterling and Bundy as pariahs while painting Farrakhan and Wright as popular?

But back to etiquette for African Americans:

Finally, there will be people who seek to exploit Sterling and Bundy. Right away, Al Sharpton began threatening to boycott if Sterling wasn’t dealt with the way he, Sharpton, thinks he should be. Instead of allowing the National Basketball Association to investigate and issue a ruling – which it will tomorrow – Sharpton exploited the situation immediately, trying to bring attention to himself. Really sad.

Great Van Susteren likewise exultant about Sterling and admonishing toward Sharpton

In her “Off the Record” commentary tonight, Van Susteren said:

I’m glad the LA Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, got caught. He got outed. …I want racists out in the open so they can be condemned and not sneaking behind closed doors. …So good. I’m glad Sterling got caught.

And one other thing. This is not the time for some to grab what Sterling said, which is horrible, and run with it. Yes, racism exists, yes it is terrible, it is awful. But racism can be a two-way street. We need a good dialogue, an honest one but that means not throwing gas on the fire. Rev. Sharpton, are you listening?

Charles Krauthammer announces affirmative action “gives advantages” to African Americans

Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer discussed the situation with O’Reilly and came to a similar conclusion about our country’s “remarkable success” eradicating racism. To Krauthammer, Sterling and Bundy – along with Paula Deen – represent an older generation of white folks “literally dying” out. Or, you might call them Fox News’ base.

Krauthammer added:

Look, this is a country with affirmative action… where the big fight is whether you should give advantages to people who 50 years ago were instantly disadvantaged and legally disadvantaged. If that isn’t a reflection of the sea change, then nothing is.

Not that O’Reilly noticed this hint of animosity. He went on to ask Krauthammer about racism “on the other side.” As if “the other side” is thrown in when discussing black or liberal wrongdoings.

Black racism, O’Reilly said, is “tolerated because the white power structure basically set the agenda and so yeah, we understand why Louis Farrakhan is mad and says these terrible things. Reverend Wright, on and on.  How do you deal with that?” Implying that this is a problem, unlike Sterling and Bundy, no?

Bernard Goldberg calls the Sterling story “the good news about racism in America”

On The Kelly File, Megyn Kelly marveled at the condemnation against Sterling: “How about that, Bernie? Have you ever seen such universal condemnation so swiftly?” she asked.

Goldberg replied:

…So he’s not proof, as some would have us believe, he is not proof that racism is alive and well in America. He is proof of precisely the opposite, that racism is on its last leg. The American people have turned Donald Sterling into an outcast.

Now, look, are there some racists in a country of 310 million or so? Yeah, lurking in the shadows, yes. And that’s also good news. Because they’re lurking in the shadows. Not too long ago. Not a hundred years ago in this country, bigots didn’t lurk in the shadows. They said what they said out in the open and they certainly didn’t apologize if they hurt anybody’s feelings.

…We should be celebrating the American people and how they’ve reacted to Donald Sterling and his ugly remarks.

To his credit, Goldberg did not take the opening Kelly handed him when she “asked” if “people are out there” seeing the situation differently.

Racism is alive and well in Fox Nation

But whether Sterling is good news because now bigotry is out in the open (as Van Susteren said) or is now “lurking in the shadows” as Goldberg said, the truth is it’s common among the Fox Nation readers. And tolerated. Here are a few comments our contributor Aria found last night on these two threads about Sterling (the screen grabs have been slightly elongated to make them legible in our narrow column):

 

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There are plenty more where those came from.

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Simon Smith commented 2014-05-01 23:12:31 -0400 · Flag
Have you heard anything in the left wing media on Shaq mocking a disabled guy in the last couple of days. Of course not. Will he be asked to leave the NBN and be held to the same standard as Sterling? We all know that answer. NO.

http://hiphopwired.com/2014/05/01/shaquille-oneal-trey-burke-waka-flocka-slandered-mocking-disabled-man-photos/
Richard Santalone commented 2014-04-30 11:21:36 -0400 · Flag
@ Bob Roberts Say what you want about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but keep this in mind: unlike Bully O’Lielly who dodged the Vietnam draft thanks to his rich and well-connected dad getting him teaching jobs (i.e. draft deferments), Wright HAS put his a*s on the line for this country IN A COMBAT ZONE — in other words, he is NOT a dyed-in-the-wool PFC (Privileged Fascist Chickenhawk) like O’Lielly is.
Lakeview Greg commented 2014-04-29 14:44:15 -0400 · Flag
Well, the party’s over for some. The NBA commissioner just banned squawking idiot from the NBA for life and now he has to sell his team.

I’m betting tarnished Sterling will be a guest on seannie poo’s show in the not too distant future.
Bob Roberts commented 2014-04-29 13:28:55 -0400 · Flag
Gotta love O’Loofah getting in a backhanded slap to President Obama by lumping Rev. Jeremiah Wright in with Bundy and Sterling. O’Loofah just had to go there, he couldn’t leave well enough alone by just talking about Bundy and Sterling. To satisify his aged, white audience he had to equate Farrakhan, Wright and even Snoop with those two old racists. I don’t even think one of his viewers knew that was Snoop.
Sandman2 commented 2014-04-29 12:26:20 -0400 · Flag
How did Rev. Wright get lumped into Bill’s list? I remember when Bill used to say “don’t point to bad behavior to justify bad behavior.” Unless I, Bill O’Reilly, am doing the pointing apparently.
truman commented 2014-04-29 11:51:50 -0400 · Flag
As long as the Fux Nation exists, and Jabba the Ailes directs Fux Noise, white racism will continue to flourish in the cesspools of racist hate.
Gee Gee commented 2014-04-29 10:02:24 -0400 · Flag
Sterling may be a racist AND a realist. He knows some of his friends will be mad to see his girlfriend with Blacks. He knows in public how to behave, thats how you get NAACP awards. He gives away tickets, hires some minorities he can tolerate and make some strategic donations. In private, he knows there are still people HE cares about that don’t like black people unless they are performing a task for them.

They understand using blacks and Latinos for sex and sports (singing, telling jokes, etc…), but socializing with “them” is still a no-no. Who do you think was calling him to complain about the pictures? He was embarrassed for his image among his racist peers. The harm comes when the private feeling of his peers affect the lives of innocent people. HIs peers are the rich movers-and-shakers of America, his fellow billionaires.
Antoinette commented 2014-04-29 05:35:29 -0400 · Flag
Given their own history of race baiting, these Fox “News” frauds are in no position to lecture others on the race card.
Bemused commented 2014-04-29 03:48:03 -0400 · Flag
I actually agree with Bill to the extent that the almost universal outrage caused by Bundy and Stirling’s remarks would simply not have occurred during the late ’50s, early ’60s. During those years, skin color was the only thing that made “white trash” feel they were not at the very bottom of the social ladder. An ignorant illiterate cracker or redneck could take comfort in feeling superior to educated non-whites and the truly sick among them would take cowardly satisfaction in beating up isolated blacks or burning down the house of old black women. These are things that happened in my own home town in Central Florida before racism became synonymous with backwardness and ignorance.

As President Obama said recently, a lot of progress has been made towards making that sort of talk a no-no in polite society, but we’re not yet at the end of that road. FNC’s desperate attempt to backtrack and deviate is an excellent proxy indicator of the extent to which even conservatives are aware that racism is not “cool”.
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Who knew Fox had a dos and don'ts list for African Americans on how to handle racist rants?








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