The Left Has Found Another Racist

June 6, 2008 · Filed Under Media, Racism

Hardly a day goes by that the lefty blogs don’t label someone somewhere a racist. If you call Obama a liberal your a racist. If you think Rev. Wright is a kook your a racist. If you don’t vote for Obama it’s because your a racist.

So it’s not at all surprising that when Courtney Hazlett, a reporter for the Obama Network (MSNBC), referred to Spike Lee as “uppity” when talking on-air about the Spike Lee-Clint Eastwood feud, she too was quickly labeled a racist.

Tags: courtney hazlett, far-left, Media, MSNBC, Racism

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2 Responses to “The Left Has Found Another Racist”

Renee on June 6th, 2008 9:18 pm

She referred to Spike Lee as uppity. That term is an assertion of white privilege. Essentially she told him to get back in place. Coming from a white woman of privilege this language is unacceptable and she should know better. Language like this is exactly how racism is perpetuated. Discourse becomes reified and then internalized.
Chris Jones on June 6th, 2008 10:53 pm

I don’t disagree that it was a poor choice of words or that she shouldn’t have said it. What I object to is labeling everyone who misspeaks a “racist.” Calling someone a racist is a serious charge, but the left throws it around so flippantly.

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