I saw on the news that Trump invited comedian Steve Harvey to Trump Tower yesterday to meet with him and Ben Carson to discuss urban housing issues. (Yesterday appeared to be the second Negro Day at Trump Tower. The first was when Kanye West visited along with Jim Brown and some other black folks.) But back to Steve Harvey. What, exactly, is Harvey's qualification to speak on urban housing issues? Oh, right. He's black. Apparently, that's the only qualification one needs to address HUD issues.
In other Negro news, I read that the British Michael Jackson biopic starring Joseph Fiennes as MJ was shelved due to on-going criticism from the public about having a white man play Michael Jackson. Jackson's own children came out against the biopic which is interesting to me given that they're pretty white themselves. (I don't believe those kids are Jackson's biological children, but I understand that Jackson was the only father they knew so of course they're going to defend him as such.) But, let's be real here. Michael Jackson was pretty darn white when he died so having a white actor portray him on screen should not, in my opinion, have been a huge issue. I assume there were other issues with the portrayal that brought criticism, but Fiennes's race seemed to be the overwhelming factor that brought the biopic down.
And, lastly, I read that Biloxi, Mississippi years ago changed the name of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to Great Americans Day to honor. These city bigots just couldn't bring themselves to honor Dr. King, so they changed the name of the holiday so they wouldn't have to. Unbelievable.
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