April 04, 2006
The News According to NBC
According to Michelle Malkin, NBC's Dateline is looking for instances of bias toward Muslims, or at least people who look like them. Click here for details. Notice they're targeting NASCAR.
I live in Connecticut and work in New York City. On the streets I see many men wearing the little Muslim skull caps, turbans, women wearing hijabis and so on. Not once in the year and a half since I have been commuting to the city have I ever seen anyone being harrassed because of what they look like or what they are wearing. Not once. On the train I take, predominantly ridden by evil white folks like me, a man in a turban gets on the stop after mine. Again, I have never seen anyone bother him, and he usually sits just a couple of seats ahead of me.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen and never will. However, for NBC to go trawling for what is frankly a cheesy sting operation at NASCAR events and the like is, to me, reverse racism.
Why reverse racism? Because NBC is working off the premise that "white yahoos" who attend NASCAR races are more than likely racist. Why else would they target these events?
Perhaps NBC would be better serving their cause and the community at large if they posted their hidden cameras in different settings across the country, so as to get a better idea of what happens with the various walks of life that America offers.
Then again, by doing that they might not get what they're looking for.
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Before they were found out, they were probably going to keep trying until they found a drunk, obnoxious redneck, even if they had to buy the beer and create the provocation.
Just imagine..."Hey Bubba, How'd ya like to to be on TV? All you have to do is drink this case of Bud and...OMG, is that an Arab at a NASCAR race? Bubba, you better go find out what he's up to. We'll cover you."
After all, May is Sweeps Month, so they have to get ready.
Posted by: joe-6-pack at April 6, 2006 10:45 PM
