Political Correctness - or Not

Why is it that we have become so politically correct – yet incorrect?

Before I go on - can I use the term black in reference to some people? I thought the politically correct term was African American (even though the person is not from Africa). My view is there is only one race - and that is the human race. Do people get treated differently because of how they look? Of course they do. "Pretty people" generally get more breaks in life than the rest of us. People are treated different because of skin color, weight, age (or appearance of age). Such is life - and life is not fair.

I saw an article today on Yahoo News that made me think of this.

“APNewsBreak: Smiley ends State of the Black Union”

OK, before I even start to look at the article, I ponder the headline. First of all, why is it OK for a guy to have a State of the African American Black Union conference? I mean, if you had a state of the pigmentationally challenged white union conference – you would only expect white supremacists or the KKK. This leads me to the only logical conclusion:

Tavis Smiley is a racist. That is the only logical conclusion that can be drawn from this. It is simple. If a non special sub-group of the human race that is light skinned and likely has European ancestors white guy hosted the state of the pigmentationally challenged white union conference, he or she would immediately be labeled a racist by all. Therefore – Smiley is a Racist.

Oh but it is ok, because he is a militant “an activist” and a PBS host. – It is OK to be such a racist because my tax dollars are paying his salary!

“Smiley, who hosts a nightly half-hour talk show on PBS, said he was inspired to start the conference because black issues were rarely addressed in the president's State of the Union speech or the national media.” – Excuse me? Why would any President be obligated to address “black issues” in a State of the Union address? It is about the nation – not some or any sub-group of the people.

…The 2005 conference generated the idea for the book "Covenant with Black America," about issues facing the black community. One of Smiley's fondest State of the Black Union memories is holding the book aloft at the 2006 event and watching thousands of people in the audience do the same — "just the fact that we did what we said we were going to do." Cha-ching! (I bet he loved seeing all those sold copies of his book) Yep the truth comes out. He sold his racism and apparently people have bought it. It is all about Smiley and him making money.

“That led to Smiley's critical stance toward Obama because of the presidential candidate's insistence that the best way to help blacks was improving the entire economy, rather than specific policies targeting black problems.” - Oh please! African American Blacks need special targeting? So I guess what he means is the world owes them special treatment?

So I am calling Smiley out - I believe he is a racist - and now he needs to dis-prove that "fact." I am not saying that there are not any black issues, as there are plenty. People like Smiley do not help anyone overcome any of these issues - he simply exploits the issues and the people with his whole book series. But hey - that is the American way - exploit the people because there is a crisis! (even if the crisis is made up).

Be safe!