The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) abides by a strict moral code. They adhere to a higher standard of news broadcasting. And should you disagree, your complaints will be dismissed as low-brow.
You may remember a couple of weeks ago when BBC radio host Chris Moyles decided to do his impersonation of a “big, fat black guy” for Halle Berry. Berry’s unrelenting stance that this racist impersonation deserved punishment and an apology really won me a lot of respect for her. But Ms. Berry, in the end, is just another Black womyn - not the BBC’s high-brow target audience. So the BBC’s Board of Governors decided unilaterally that Moyles’ impersonation was, in fact, not racist and that Ms. Berry was simply getting riled up over nothing. Another case of the hyper-sensitive, hyper-defensive Black womyn syndrome, of course. White people sure know how to serve us some justice, don’t we? We’re experts on what is and isn’t racist. We should be, right? After all, we created it.
Moyles continued as a BBC host without so much as a single act of castigation from the higher-ups. When you know you have that kind of immunity, why change? Well, Moyles stirred up some more contempt this week by exclaiming that he was getting rid of a cell phone ringtone because “it’s gay.” I didn’t even know cell phones could be gay. I suppose that would explain why mine likes to pretend its a vibrator and dance in my pants.
But don’t get out of your seats, yet, folks. You don’t have to worry. Because the BBC Board of Governors declared that “Chris Moyles, when using the word, had meant no offence to gay people. He was not being homophobic in his use of the word.” Phew! I was worried for a moment that the BBC was allowing a racist, homophobic asshole to host their morning radio show. Turns out that those gays are just too senstive (yeah, there’s news). Good thing i was wrong. Now we can all rest assured that the BBC continues to uphold the highest of standards. Now on to some real news.
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I’m glad Halle Berry got all riled up over that. Somebody has to. It is insulting. Unfortunately, the BBC looks to see if anyone is upset before they apologize.
“Unfortunately, the BBC looks to see if anyone is upset before they apologize.”
The key word being ‘anyone.’ That has to be the right someone or somebodies. And obviously a Black womyn is nobody, since they didn’t apologize.
Ugh, I visit a celeb. gossip website daily where the (mostly young, white, female) commenters mostly insist that “the race card” is overplayed and that “that’s so gay” isn’t insulting to gay people. When the Halle Berry story was posted, the overwhelming reaction appeared to actually be that she doesn’t act “black” enough to suddenly stand up and claim racism. Apparently she’s a big ole race traitor to her black kin and therefore she doesn’t have the right to “reclaim” her black heritage whenever someone’s racist. Because she acts so white! Not black at all! God, it was absolutely vile.
Some ol’ shit different day.
“Apparently she’s a big ole race traitor to her black kin”
and i’m assuming that its White folks deciding who is and isn’t “Black enough” and who is and isn’t a race traitor. That’s what so great about being White, we get to decide everything:)
Yeah, mostly White. I say mostly just because I’ve seen some young Black women in this particular age group (teenage - early 20s) who seem to be quite judge-y about the same things - I think it’s the same phenomena as the “all my friends are boys” women that never turns out well in the long run.
But White can always be relied upon for some good solid scorn heaped upon an actress who was completely right about the asshole interviewing her.
Not only is she a black woman, she’s not even an Oxbridge graduate, nor has she been to public school! Of course she’s not worth listening to.
(BBC management brings all the prejudices to the yard)