Today the L.A. Times distinguished itself for the second time this week with a front page headline and article on L'Affair Sterling aka Greedy People Acting Trashy.
Drudge ran a headline a day or so ago that 49 US Senators had urged the Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team's name, citing the NBA's treatment of Sterling. Snyder has repeatedly refused. What the hell are US Senators doing? Fighting imagined discrimination is not part of their job description.
Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban was dealt a low blow when the media didn't include the other half of his statement about crossing the street. He also said he'd do it if it was "a white guy with a shaved head and lots of tattoos." Funny - that part wasn't what the media also included.
I began to wonder why "blackness and insults" is Today's Cause Celebre so I looked up the US population.
In 2010, these were the figures:
White 72.4 per cent which shifts to 63.7 when Hispanics who had put down "white" were removed.
Hispanic 16.4 per cent
Black 12.6 per cent
Asian 4.8 per cent
Projected for 2020
White 76.5 per cent
Hispanic 19.1 per cent
Black 13.4 per cent
Asian 5.9 per cent
If we really want to be fair, we should be searching the news for outrages done to Asians! No more Tail Wags Dog.
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