On MSNBC, Sub Host Dyson Defends Chris Rock Mockery of July 4th
Substitute hosting MSNBC's The Ed Show, Georgtown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson defended comedian Chris Rock's recent lambasting of July 4 as "white people's Independence Day."
Dyson even invoked a quote from 19th century abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass expressing similar sentiments, missing the point that, in modern times, all Americans benefit from America's existence as an independent nation. By contrast, during the years slavery still existed in 19th century, it was more reasonable to complain that actual slaves were not benefiting from independence. Dyson rationalized:
What Chris Rock alluded to is hardly new. In 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a speech, "The Meaning of July Fourth For the Negro." At the outset, he praised the fathers of the republic. "They were statesmen, patriots and heroes. And for the good they did and the principles they contended for, I will unite with you to honor their memory."
He continued:
But later in the same speech, he addressed the reality of his time. "I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary. Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me."
Guest Dr. James Peterson of LeHigh University praised Rock:
Chris Rock is always abrasive, but he's always sharp, smart and intellectual. And people need to let a comedian be who he is.
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I agree with Chris Rock! We
Submitted by tcm14 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:48am.
I agree with Chris Rock! We should free the slaves! He's convinced me!
Color me
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 4:58am.
Surprised!!
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
And purple with a streak of
Submitted by Sude23 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:09am.
And purple with a streak of megenta...
What's fascinating to me is
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 6:37am.
What's fascinating to me is that, in modern America, Chris Rock and MED have had the benefit of more set-asides, handouts, and quotas than any other category in society. Yet they still consider themselves to be victims.
Evidence that the leftist agenda is working all too well.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
If anything...
Submitted by toenail on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:03am.
...they are victims of the welfare state that has been created. They just don't realize it. So their anger and disappointment are misguided.
But,
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:36am.
don't you see? When you're a prog/lib there's no such thing as "enough".
Just like the answer to "how
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:42am.
Just like the answer to "how much in taxes should the rich pay?" is always "More."
Where would the left be
Submitted by c5then on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:45am.
If there were no victims?
Gotta have victims and gotta have classes to divide up everybody into.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Pity the poor black man
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:31am.
Yeah, that Obama, he's a real victim. Made millions off his ginned up biographies, got himself elected to high office on a platform of lies, deception and hatred. He's a real victim.
Or that poor, pitiful Oprah! If only she had been born in a Muslim African country, where she could have really been free and made something of herself.
This is all these people do
Submitted by Calypso Jones on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:33am.
Their 'news' consists of defending the idiocy of the left and themselves.
360,222 union soldiers lost
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:14am.
360,222 union soldiers lost their lives fight to give the negro his freedom. An inconvient number liberals and race baiters always seem to forget.
He's a "sub host"? I didn't
Submitted by celator on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:07am.
He's a "sub host"? I didn't know Subway had Maitre Ds now.
yet another media moron...
Submitted by lotr on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:11am.
...who probably pats himself on the back for his supposed "insights."
He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool.
What this idiot fails to comprehend is that Frederick Douglass was lamenting the fact that, in his day (circa 1860), the slaves were not yet "indepedent." Of course, all of that was about to change, as the American Revolution had pretty much set into motion the notion that "all men are created equal," a mere 80 years prior.
How anybody could not celebrate the Fourth of July, the American Holiday celebrating liberty, is simply beyond me...
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:04pm.
The black population will always always always always be on the bottom rung in America as long as they pay attention to and take seriously "black leaders" such as Jackson, Sharpton, this Dyson whoeverheis, and their ilk.
Always!! Always!! Always!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
As Martin Luther King, Jr. would say...
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:44pm.
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."
This is exactly what the "professor" is displaying, shallow understanding.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
chris rock-dyson
Submitted by theyjustcantstop on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 2:14pm.
this is free pr for these two,they get paid very well for what they say,the one that bothers me though is dyson,is on the government payroll.
if dyson,sharpton,jackson,and o'bama,really wanted to help the minorities they would tell you where the trillions of dollars,of tax-payer money that was earmarked for the war on poverty ended up, and stop this cycle,it would put them out of business,but it would help millions of minorities.
ask the next comminity organizer that comes to your neighbor-hood,house,church,about the allotments of tax-payer money,this money goes to all states,the poorer the state the more money you get,so has your democrat politician spent a larger,and larger amout each year on you,or on getting elected.
i'm white and conservative so being called racist is old hat,i'm wondering about all the liberal blacks,their now being catorgized as pro gay-marrige,pro lgbt,non christian,and now are racist,or at the least(uncle tom-ish) for celebrating the 4th of july.
the race-baiters are getting fewer,and the ones falling for their lines are getting fewer,but it will never be fast enough for america.