January 28th, 2016.
Is it just me or does anyone else find it odd how some individuals
of various racial groups can openly display racial favoritism for their own
race/ethnicity while those same individuals would likely be appalled if other
racial groups were to do the same? Case
in point: On tonight’s nationally-broadcast television show “American Idol” (Season
15, ‘Hollywood Week – Night One’ portion of the competition), a snippet-clip of
a contestant’s prior audition was shown wherein that contestant qualified to
continue-on to the ‘Hollywood Week’ portion of the singing competition. The snippet showed when Judge Jennifer Lopez
became aware of the fact that the contestant was a fellow Puerto Rican, she
immediately let it be known (before the contestant even sang a note) that she
was going to vote “yes” for the contestant to continue-on in the singing
competition – or so the snippet apparently led me to surmise the situation. So again I ask, why is it acceptable for individuals
of certain groups to be openly racist, prejudicial, and discriminatory – albeit
jokingly or not, when those same groups typically seem to vehemently deny other
groups from doing likewise?
Irrespective of what is right or wrong for public policy
along similar lines such as workplace/workforce quota systems, matters
displaying racial favoritism strike me as pure hypocrisy when displayed in such
a fashion as was displayed by Ms. Lopez on tonight’s “American Idol” show. Given such apparent and widespread occurrence
throughout our society – with other people and groups openly saying and doing
whatever they desire, is it still legal for one such as me merely to ask this
type of question? Or has the matter
become yet another of ‘political correctness,’ which surely looks to stifle
Freedom of Speech to prevent the asking of such a question as put forth herein?
AVT
PS. I blog that I am
asking this question “again” because this type of situation has occurred on the
show before. Figuring I would just let
it go, I have long since deleted any blog I may have posted about prior similar
instances. I am sure I could find those previous writings again and re-post, if anyone really was to care.
