Elon James sums up the Salon attack on Melissa Harris Perry: These Muthafuckas here need to stop it

[wndycty]

Really? Salon.com Writer Equates Respected Black Scholar With KKK

Written by Elon James White on September 29, 2011 10:35 am

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Last night I came across an article that I was so offended by that I reserved comment until I had a full nights sleep. I thought to myself that it was so insulting, so idiotic that it couldn’t be as bad as I was perceiving it to be. I needed to literally go to bed, take a mental break, and come back. That article was Gene Lyons “Obama’s Bridge too Far” on Salon.com. The article, a poorly thought out and terribly executed piece which wasn’t even cohesive as a whole should have been axed in the editorial process. But it wasn’t. Take a look.
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Lyons actually wrote that. To question possible racism is to be the photo-negative of the KKK. To dare question White folks who were nice enough to treat you almost fairly is to be the Black equivalent of the KKK. And to possibly question race is only helpful in gaining tenure–because you know. Blacks and tenure at colleges? We gotta play that race card right? And PHD’s find race in everything. It’s not that they might have studied history and race long enough that they actually understand the systemic problems within our society based on race and privilege–they just see it in EVERYTHING. Silly educated people.

Lyons compared the Scholar Harris-Perry to the publicly mocked known idiot Michelle Bachmann. How did Lyons think that was going to work out? You mock the concept that as a White man you might not always understand everything about racism, then you degrade a brilliant Black mind and compare her to a wilful White idiot who has said websites full of dumb shit. Oh yeah. You’ve just won me over. White Liberals are sooooooo not racist.

I’d like to point out that I know Dr. Harris-Perry. She’s been a supporter of my work and even appeared on my show. I also have worked with Salon, where Gene Lyons wrote this trash and they’ve allowed me a platform for This Week in Blackness. Fact is, my working relationship with Salon probably influenced this article. Because of it I deleted all of the instances of “Muthafuckas” in this piece out of professional courtesy. Referring to a place you contribute on occasion as “These Muthafuckas here…” is probably a good way not to contribute there anymore.

But seriously. These Muthafuckas here need to stop it.

Whoops.
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http://newsone.com/nation/elonjameswhite/salon-melissa-harris-perry-kkk/

[hlthe2b]

1. this has gone waaaay off the rails...

What started as reasonably thoughtful discussion.... I'm done (and disgusted)

[monmouth]

2. It would appear they are soooo fearful of a black person with a brain,

whether it be a male or female. Waay off the rails is right.

[roguevalley]

3. ditto. no matter what direction you go with this, you die.

[Luminous Animal]

4. Unbelievable. What a fucking ass.

[monmouth]

5. Question: Isn't Gene Lyons a movie critic? Also, Lupica of the NY paper

(Daily News or Post don't remember). Lupica is supposedly a sports writer but his hate for Obama curdles. What and why would Lyons be sticking his nose in the political arena? I'm probably wrong here but just thought I'd ask.

[hlthe2b]

6. Gene Lyons....

(wikipedia)

Gene Lyons is a liberal<1><2> political columnist and co-author with Joe Conason of The Hunting of the President: The 10 Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton, a documentary book published in 2000, with a supporting film. The book outlines a purported right wing campaign waged against President of the United States Bill Clinton leading eventually to the president's impeachment. It extends the discussion in Lyons' 1996 book Fools for Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater.

A winner of the 1980 National Magazine Award for Public Service for the Texas Monthly article “Why Teachers Can’t Teach,” he was an Associate Editor at Texas Monthly in 1981, and General Editor at Newsweek from 1982-86. He has written hundreds of articles, essays and reviews for such magazines as Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Washington Monthly, The Nation, Esquire, Slate, and Salon. His other books include The Higher Illiteracy (University of Arkansas, 1988), Widow’s Web (Simon & Schuster, 1993). Lyons writes a column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that is syndicated nationally by United Media. He lives on a cattle farm in Perry County, Arkansas.

[monmouth]

8. Many thanks for that info. I should have looked it up myself. Now I'll

go nutty trying to think of the name of the movie critic with the wild hair...LOL..

[hlthe2b]

9. I was trying to think of it, too... Was it Jeffrey Lyons?

[monmouth]

12. NY guy, glasses, used to have the wild hair back in the day. Lots of

personality and excellent film critic. Could swear his name is Gene. It'll come to me around ten tonight. Shall I call you?...Bwahahaha...

[hlthe2b]

15. ....

;) Someone down below said Gene Shalit and as I recall, he did look a lot like your description....

'Hope that's right so we can both get some sleep tonight...LOL

[louslobbs]

19. Gene Shalit?

Lou

[monmouth]

21. It was Shalit. I'm losing it I tell ya. Many thanks, always loved him

when I lived in Jersey..

[louslobbs]

22. I grew up in Dobbs Ferry NY and always used to watch him as well, you're welcome.

Lou

[Ship of Fools]

13. Wasn't it Gene Shallit (sp?)

[monmouth]

17. Yes it was. I just found it. My bad..n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. Lupica writes for the Daily News (the good NY tabloid)

He just wrote a piece declaring Cheney the worst VP ever and the most dangerous person to ever occupy the White House.

[monmouth]

14. This ws Lupica three days ago...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/09/26/2011-09-26_hes_waving_goodbye_to_second_term.html

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

23. Can't say he's totally wrong, and I don't see the hate

....disappointment, absolutely.

.....and Mitt Romney is laughable and yet it scares me that he may actually manage to get elected.

[monmouth]

24. Yes, between "fixing" and all the rest of it, it's a real possibility..n/t

[fishwax]

11. that's Jeffrey Lyons

Or perhaps Ben Lyons, his son.

:hi:

[monmouth]

16. GENE SHALIT!!! Now I can sleep tonight. Sorry I goofed....n/t

[seabeyond]

7. i am a huge fan of Dr. Harris-Perry. i have only heard smart from her. that is all. nt

[wndycty]

18. Kick

:kick:

[joeybee12]

20. So, Elton John decided to get his two cents in...I mean...

Oh wait, never mind.