Sunday, December 13, 2009
"Black like me"
CNN is doing a feature on Disney's new movie with a black princess. Focusing as always on the idiotic "History Unfolding" meme: the First African-American princess-type character in a Disney movie, the first Openly Gay Mayor Of A Major City, the First Latina Supreme Court Justice, etc, etc. Degrading history to a category on the Academy Awards.
Interviewing a cute black girl who says "I like the princess because she's black like me." Everyone oohs and aahs, everyone Celebrates Diversity.
Now imagine a cute white girl saying on camera "No, I like the original Snow White because she's white like me."
Wouldn't make it past the censors, and the parents would be instantly clapped in jail for life. No trial needed.
All tribes are equal but some are vastly more equal than others.
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Later thought: CNN is factually wrong. The new mayor of Houston is NOT the first openly fag mayor of a major city. Sam Adams of Portland has already won that shameful Oscar.
And as far as I can tell, ALL mayors of major cities are GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ. Given this unspeakably shitty but apparently unalterable reality, I'd rather have them openly GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ than secretly GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ. Secrecy guarantees blackmail, as we saw here in Spokane with the secretly GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ Jim West. (I've probably missed a few letters in the Correct Fucking Acronym, since it adds a new fucking letter each day.) ¶ 1:46 PM
Interviewing a cute black girl who says "I like the princess because she's black like me." Everyone oohs and aahs, everyone Celebrates Diversity.
Now imagine a cute white girl saying on camera "No, I like the original Snow White because she's white like me."
Wouldn't make it past the censors, and the parents would be instantly clapped in jail for life. No trial needed.
All tribes are equal but some are vastly more equal than others.
= = = = =
Later thought: CNN is factually wrong. The new mayor of Houston is NOT the first openly fag mayor of a major city. Sam Adams of Portland has already won that shameful Oscar.
And as far as I can tell, ALL mayors of major cities are GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ. Given this unspeakably shitty but apparently unalterable reality, I'd rather have them openly GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ than secretly GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ. Secrecy guarantees blackmail, as we saw here in Spokane with the secretly GLBTQQIABCDEFXYZ Jim West. (I've probably missed a few letters in the Correct Fucking Acronym, since it adds a new fucking letter each day.) ¶ 1:46 PM
