The latest example of this repugnant reality is the opposite ways two social icons - Kate Smith and Al Sharpton - recently have been treated.
Kate Smith may have been physically obese, but Al Sharpton always has been a spiritual pig.
Kate Smith sang one song, "That's Why Darkies Were Born," that also was recorded by Black singer Paul Robeson.
No one ever said "Boo!" about Kate Smith for more than half a century until a month or so ago.
Then contemplate the awful lyrics that Kate Smith was instructed to sing in an earlier day when she got a unique opportunity to star in an early "Talkie" during a brief era when Hollywood hired stars based on their skills and gifts, not on their complexion, hair, and the coveted BMI factor.
How can all her life's work be obliterated so instantly by the kind of Truth Squad that tears down statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, while elevating the race-baiting Al Sharpton to democracy's kingmaker?
The race-baiting Al Sharpton signed the White House visitors' book more than did any other visitor during the Wasted Obama Decade.
https://spectator.org/on-kate-smith-and-al-sharpton-the-metaphor-of-hypocrisy-for-the-new-age/
Kate Smith may have been physically obese, but Al Sharpton always has been a spiritual pig.
Kate Smith sang one song, "That's Why Darkies Were Born," that also was recorded by Black singer Paul Robeson.
No one ever said "Boo!" about Kate Smith for more than half a century until a month or so ago.
Then contemplate the awful lyrics that Kate Smith was instructed to sing in an earlier day when she got a unique opportunity to star in an early "Talkie" during a brief era when Hollywood hired stars based on their skills and gifts, not on their complexion, hair, and the coveted BMI factor.
How can all her life's work be obliterated so instantly by the kind of Truth Squad that tears down statues of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, while elevating the race-baiting Al Sharpton to democracy's kingmaker?
The race-baiting Al Sharpton signed the White House visitors' book more than did any other visitor during the Wasted Obama Decade.
https://spectator.org/on-kate-smith-and-al-sharpton-the-metaphor-of-hypocrisy-for-the-new-age/
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