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Old 06-30-2009, 12:31 AM
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Michael Jackson and race issues

Watcing O'Reilly Factor. They are discussing whether or not covering Jacksons drug use and trials post death is racist. Lamont HIll of course thinks so but James T. Harris (talk radio host) does not. (Both are African Americans.) They showed a clip from the BET award shows where Jamie Foxx was stating we should be celebrating his life "this BLACK man-he belongs to us". WTF? What kind of talk is that????? Geez. That "racist" remark dropped him a notch in my book. Not wanting to start a race discussion but I just don't understand how remarks like that can fly. Someone said that no one ever talked about Elvis or JFK's troubles when they died. Well DUH, they didn't have the internet and all that stuff going on or they would have! My two sons know Elvis used drugs and how he died. What do people think of when they think of Jerry Garcia? Pot. Or Jmi Hendrix or Janis Joplin? Geez it's a part of their life and death as was Michael Jacksons trial, plastic surgery, etc... Reporting that in the history of his life is a fact, not racism.
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