Just hours after singer Taylor Swift was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, a hateful internet person began with the skin color stuff. Ms. Swift is just a white "tool," that kind of garbage.
It didn't take long for the bias virus to spread to a variety of media sites, which is where I saw it.
So when are the haters going to have their day in the court of public opinion? When will decent people condemn the skin color racket and demand the media stop promoting it?
I cannot answer that question, but I can say that you can vilify white people in America pretty much without consequence.
Taylor Swift is an extraordinary story on a number of levels, none of which have anything to do with the color of her skin. A middle-class teenager from Pennsylvania became the most successful entertainer in the world before her 33rd birthday. That's extraordinary.
Her music brings joy to millions. She earned the Time award and doesn't deserve to be denigrated because she's Caucasian.
Does she?
To you cyberspace savages, the answer is no to that question.
Racism comes in all colors, a perverse rainbow coalition. Yet, in America today, there is no sanction for those who insult and castigate white citizens. Our society rightly and legally protects minority Americans from hatred.
However, millions are denied those protections.
Brutally wrong. Incredibly divisive.
See you later for the No Spin News.