Monday, January 11, 2010

When "Negro" isn't a pejorative term

The light skinned Negro boy who rarely slips into the use of Ebonics unless there’s a political advantage and also happens to be our own Dear Dope accepted the apology of and then defended the nit wit who called him a "light skinned Negro" with no detectable Negro dialect. The Chief Negro didn’t even say the nit wit acted stupidly. I suppose that lament is reserved for cops doing their duty when the perp happens to be a Negro friend of the Dope.

We have yet to hear from the darker skinned Negro race baiting jobless and congregation-less Revs Jesse and Al. Once the nit wit – Land Baron Scrawny Harry – gets the ok from those two Negroes, he’s home free. Well maybe one or two sensitivity training classes – maybe a beer summit - with the Revs themselves, but really nothing to worry about.

This is beyond hypocrisy or at least takes it to a new level. We know what happened to Trent Lott when we tried to cheer old Strom Thurmond up at Strom’s 99th birthday party. We know what happened to Imus when he tried using common black slang to describe the Rutgers women’s basketball team. We know what happens to anyone with even a tint of conservative thought that dares to use the same words the perpetually offended use.

The best case was when America’s Anchorman, Rush Hudson Limbaugh mmm, mmm, mmm, parodied an LA Times column written by a Negro (don’t know if he’s a light-skinned or dark skinned Negro) that called the Dear Dope a “magic Negro” because the Dope relieved white guilt. Limbaugh played a satire of the column in a song called “Barack the Magic Negro” which was sung to the tune of “Puff the Magic Dragon” by a guy – Paul Shanklin – impersonating Al Sharpton singing through a bullhorn. Hilarious!

Well when the permanently offended got wind of what was going on they tried crucify Rush for calling the Dope a “magic Negro.” What they didn’t know and apparently weren’t too interested in finding out was that, it wasn’t Rush. It was some guy from the LA Times (which was in the parody!). When that point was made clear, did the permanently offended turn on the guy from the LA Times? Hell no. That guy is a black Lib and can pretty much call anyone anything he wants.

No doubt Rush will have a new verse of “Barack the Magic Negro” on his show today. It’ll be sung by the impersonator in the voice of Scrawny Harry, and since he doesn’t seem offended at all when a Lib calls him a Negro, may even have the impersonator use the Dear Dope’s voice to sing back up vocals.

Barack the light skinned Negro
Don’t use no Ebonics
He talk just like ol’ Whitey
‘Cause he learn him Whitey’s Phonics

His typically white Granny
Taught young Barack to speak
Wit out a bit o’ Negro slang
It took almost a week

Jesse say he ain’t a real black man
‘Cause Barack won’t do no rap
Barack just laugh at him
‘Cause he knows that's just some crap

Al Sharpton say he ain’t authentic
Big Al just wants to vent
Barack don’t give a $h!t
‘Cause he’s the president

Oh, Barack the Light Skinned Negro
Was slammed by Harry Reid
Barack forgave ol’ Harry
So he’d do the Dope-a-care deed

Shanklin will do a much better job.

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