Drudge Report Rips Jill Scott White House Invite

Fri, 16 May 2014 18:47:00 +0000

The right wing 'Drudge Report' is criticizing Michelle Obama for inviting R & B artist Jill Scott to the White House poetry night. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i TYT Mobile: http://bit.ly/dNKfpf On Facebook: On Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyoungturks http://www.theyoungturks.com/membership FREE Movies(!): http://www.netflix.com/tyt Read Ana's blog and subscribe at: http://www.examiner.com/x-5445-Politics-in-Education-Examiner Read Cenk's Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur As anyone with even a passing knowledge of popular culture will probably agree, Jill Scott and Common are about as warm-and-fuzzy as you can get in the rap and R&B world. Much closer to B.o.B. than, say, Tupac. But when the news came out that Michelle Obama would be hosting a poetry reading and invited them to read, Sarah Palin lashed out, tweeting a link to a Daily Caller article with the words "Oh lovely, White House . . ." The article says: [Common] is quite controversial, in part because his poetry includes threats to shoot police and at least one passage calling for the "burn[ing]" of then-President George W. Bush. Never mind that he was squeaky-clean enough for Sesame Street. Now Matt Drudge has chimed in, posting a quote and link to an article Jill Scott wrote for Essence last year, "When my friend told me his wife was Caucasian, I felt my spirit wince." In fact, the controversy over Common reading at the event also included an interview he gave in 2005 where he called interracial dating a detriment to "self-love." Anyone who bothers to actually read Scott's article will find it goes on to thoughtfully examine her internal conflict before eventually writing: "I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me. . . My position is that for women of color, this very common 'wince' has solely to do with the African story in America." Both musicians' comments on interracial dating may still offend some people. . .who are easily offended. But more to the point of the Twitter beef, let's not pretend that interracial coupling is an issue near and dear to Sarah Palin's and Matt Drudge's hearts. Source: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/05/the_right_gets_racial_over_mrs.html

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