UNROCK The VOTE: Celebrities Are Less Likely to Vote in Midterms, Just Like Us!
Posted: November 3, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Celebrities, Darren Criss, E.J.Johnson, Election, Lena Dunham, Lil Joh, Midterm, Natasha Lyonne, Rock the Vote, Whoopi Goldberg Leave a commentAt least five who appeared in the PSA — “Girls” actress Lena Dunham, comedian Whoopi Goldberg, “Orange is the New Black” actress Natasha Lyonne, “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” star E.J. Johnson, and actor Darren Criss — did not vote in the last midterm, records from Los Angeles County and New York City show.
Rock The Vote released a public service announcement last month with a parody of Lil Jon‘s “Turn Down For What” that featured public figures who explained why they planned to vote in the midterm elections, but according to public records, a number of them didn’t vote in the last midterm election. Read the rest of this entry »
Is ‘Black Friday’ Racist?
Posted: December 1, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Black Friday, Brainwashing, Joy Behar, Marxism, Politically Correct, Racism, Sarah Palin, The view, Whoopi Goldberg 2 Comments
Fearing punishment and social alienation, a nervous liberal ponders, “Am I a racist? Is it okay to say ‘Black Friday?”
There’s nothing like tuning into an episode of “The View” for a little exploration of social sensitivities in the modern American culture.
In keeping with that tradition, on Black Friday, a term used to describe the Friday following Thanksgiving, which is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season, the use of the word “black” to mark this occasion was a topic of discussion on “The View” for its potential “racist” implications.
Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, who has her own primetime HLN cable show, debated the use of “black” on the Nov. 27 pre-recorded broadcast. Goldberg, a black woman, took the meaning to be a positive and that there was nothing wrong with it used that way. Behar, however, was trouble with the word “black” used in conjunction with Friday, taking the meaning as a negative (emphasis added):
GOLDBERG: Oh, hello and welcome to ‘The View.’ Today is Black Friday, all day long,” Goldberg said. “And I’m going to stay black all day because of it.
BEHAR: Isn’t it a little racist to call it Black Friday?
GOLDBERG: Well, I would have called it African American Friday, but that’s taking something away from it.
BEHAR: But there’s a negative connotation to it? Or does it mean something else?
GOLDBERG: No, it’s like when you make all the money – you’re in the black.
BEHAR: So it’s positive?
GOLDBERG: Yeah. It’s in the black, so it’s a huge great thing.
BEHAR: A lot of times, like blackmail is negative, black sheep.
GOLDBERG: Black people.
BEHAR: No, not black people.
GOLDBERG: But it used to be, it used to be.