Glenn BecKKK, African-American Studies professor

[marmar]

from thinkprogress:




Beck: ‘African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term. I mean, that’s not a race.’

Today on his radio show, Glenn Beck wanted to discuss the census. “Apparently the census has come out,” he said. Beck’s co-host then chimed in, “Yeah and there’s a little confusion because there’s three boxes you can check if you’re a certain race. … I don’t know what the race is because there’s three different terms for them. Black, African-American, or Negro.” Instead of having any consideration to take issue with the term “Negro,” Beck launched into a tirade against “African-American”:

BECK: African-American is a bogus, PC, made-up term. I mean, that’s not a race. Your ancestry is from Africa and now you live in America. Ok so you were brought over — either your family was brought over through the slave trade or you were born here and your family emigrated here or whatever but that is not a race.

Listen here: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/07/beck-african-american-bogus/

Previously, Beck has said that he doesn’t have “a lot of African-American friends, and I think part of it is because I’m afraid that I would be in an open conversation, and I would say something that somebody would take wrong, and then it would be a nightmare.” And recently on his Fox News program, Beck hosted a group of black conservatives and complained that some of them refer to themselves as “African-American.” “Why not identify yourself as Americans?” he asked, adding, “I don’t identify myself as white, or a white American.”

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Update: Media Matters has more on Beck's racism.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Stephen Colbert should introduce Beck to his buddy?!?

What a NUT BALL! :crazy:

[nolabear]

2. Mmm Hmm, and Beck can trace a straight line to the Caucasus Mountains, right?

Oy.

[NOLALady]

3. It seems "race"

is a bogus made up term.

http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm

But, if someone chooses to identify as an African American, Irish American, Native American or whatever, it's their choice.