These subliminal tongue-in-cheek racial-baiting comments 'cuts' both ways. Whereas I am ready to point out such comments from the lips of white people, let me call out hip-hop icon, Snoop Dogg. I caught the tale end of a recent Jimmy Kimmel NBA promotional television clip showing excerpts of the 1954 NBA Title game between Syracuse and Minneapolis. Of course, all players in 1954 were white players. At the conclusion of the TV clip, Snoop Dogg appears and begs the question, 'One might ask who won...then Snoop Dogg with smug indignation says, "Who cares?"
Snoop Dogg is no better than the white smart-mouth who would suggest, 'Who cares who won Miss Black America?"
The people 'in-the-moment' care and we should celebrate their achievements and appreciate their joy.
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