There’s a long tradition of undercover muckraking that’s initiated many an important social change in this country. But this isn’t muckraking, it’s political theatre. The level of cynical deception in this “story” runs several layers deeper than anything I’ve ever seen before, tapping into some really nasty, subterranean veins of stereotype, prejudice and racism —- on everyone’s part —- to make what ends up being a completely distorted point. The fact that what should have been instantly seen as an obviously absurd proposition was taken at face value even by the US congress and the major media institutions of this country should inform us a little bit about how tenuous our racial progress might just be. This was a shameful episode deserving of more scrutiny than it’s gotten so far. Hullabaloo ☀
Monday 22 February 2010
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