Bill O'Reilly's "Moral Instruction For Black People": Michael Brown Edition

[KamaAina]

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/08/13/bill-oreillys-moral-instruction-for-black-peopl/200425

On the August 12 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly attributed Brown's father's calls for justice to "talking through an emotional prism," adding that "many, many African Americans believe" that Brown was murdered "without knowing the facts." He wondered if the black community deserves criticism for viewing Brown's death as an injustice.

Salon's Joan Walsh aptly described how O'Reilly's response exposes his program as a "cable news show that sometimes doubles as an hour of moral instruction for black people." As Walsh explained, it was a lecture that smacked of "creepy paternalism," and one that "provides a window onto the worldview of aging authoritarian white conservatives." It's also a lecture O'Reilly has perfected.

The Fox host frequently attacks the black community for problems that, according to him, specifically plague black culture. He's staunchly denied the existence of racial disparities in arrest and conviction rates across the country, often attributing African Americans' over-representation in the nation's prison systems to "the culture" in "ghetto neighborhoods." "The culture" is also to blame for disproportionate poverty in the black community. O'Reilly's "solutions" often involve blaming black families and "young black girls" who became pregnant outside of marriage.

As evidenced by his response to Brown's death, even tragedies aren't off-limits. O'Reilly similarly argued that Trayvon Martin was killed because he looked "how gangstas look."

Remember, this is the man who ate at world-famous Sylvia's soul food restaurant in Harlem, and was amazed to see "those people" eating with knives and forks!

[pennylane100]

1. We should resond with moral instructions

for those who abuse felafels because they are unable to distinguish them from loofars.

[KamaAina]

2. DUzy!!