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Friday, September 28, 2007

Since When Did Fox News Analyst Juan Williams Become A "Happy Negro?"

Fox's Bill O'Clueless Has Brothers Waging War On Each Other Instead Of The Idiot Who Put His Foot In His Own Mouth.

While our sistah here at Three Brothers has much love for Dr. Boyce Watkins, I don't know if I can co-sign on brotherman dissing Juan "Eyes On The Prize" Williams.

Boyce went on CNN recently to discuss the Bill O'Reilly's "Black Folks at Sylvia's Restaurant are just like other folks" remarks. Remarks that have caused all kinds of Internet buzz on blogs referring to O'Reilly as being everything from a prophet, to a double-neck White boy who's long overdue for a beatdown.

While it's clear O'Reilly is a talented journalist adept at being a media provocateur simply to keep those big checks coming in, he's either stunningly misinformed, brilliant, or just an unadulterated asshole. Maybe it's all the above.

Juan, however, is a stellar cat who totally gets it. Just listen to him on this clip:

Boyce, I think you owe this Black man an apology -- big time. While I'm good with you making your mark and laying it down on CNN, I hate to see us go for the jugular with each other when we're all trying to end up in the same place. There are too many other folks who deserve that "Happy Negro" label. Based on what I've personally seen and heard when it comes to Juan Williams, he ain't the one!

The Votes Are In: It's Time Fox News' Bill O'Reilly Gets The CBS Dan Rather Treatment

Bill O'Blivious

By Jayar Jackson

Conservative Fox News channel host and talk radio show host Bill O’Reilly illustrated some widespread racial ignorance regarding Black Americans and their lifestyle on his September 19 radio show. While discussing a recent and apparently inaugural trip to for dinner at Sylvia’s with Rev. Al Sharpton, O’Reilly shared with his audience surprising facts about the Black-run restaurant being like any other one in White neighborhoods. Listen to his outrageous conversation here.

While the media giant claimed no racial intent in his revelations about Black Americans, his unawareness to the fact that Black people are “normal” was blisteringly clear. The way he proudly asserted that Black people are BEGINNING to move forward in this country, owning businesses and not embodying the slow, lazy, illiterate and dumb stereotypes, showed that he felt he had stumbled upon some information unbeknownst to the world. Being the roving reporter that he is, O’Reilly felt the need to deliver this breaking news of responsible and cheerful Black life that so many others in this country just don’t see.

While the media giant claimed no racial intent in his revelations about Black Americans, his unawareness to the fact that Black people are “normal” was blisteringly clear. The way he proudly asserted that Black people are BEGINNING to move forward in this country, owning businesses and not embodying the slow, lazy, illiterate and dumb stereotypes, showed that he felt he had stumbled upon some information unbeknownst to the world. Being the roving reporter that he is, O’Reilly felt the need to deliver this breaking news of responsible and cheerful Black life that so many others in this country just don’t see.

Although these comments that border on insanity were delivered on national airwaves across the country, it’s not an Imus or racist moment, just a revealing one. I cannot conclusively say that Bill O’Reilly’s brain dives into hate or belief that the color of one’s skin determines success in life, and that his is superior. I also cannot say that he doesn’t believe this either, as these eye-opening experiences to common Black life exposed just how detached he is from it.

It is obvious that he definitely has sweepingly preconceived ideas about Black Americans; that a majority chooses to live a sub-par life due to a failure to use their own brains, and that civilized behavior is only prevalent in White culture. His use of the terms “respectful” in describing how Black people responded to him and “I couldn’t get over the fact” give you an idea about what he previously thought about Black culture.

Instead of racism, what we’re dealing with here is O’Reilly’s incomprehension of certain parts of the world around him. Sadly, he is not alone in these beliefs, but this ignorance doesn’t automatically make those that think like O’Reilly racist. We as humans generally have a fear of the unknown. This fear can lead certain people to the hate and revulsion that is racism, though. Like my boy Yoda from Star Wars so eloquently said, “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” Just ask the Jena 6.