MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews decided to speak for “all white people” and apologize for racism in the United States and was attacked by white people on Twitter for his efforts. Matthews was speaking with guests Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee chairman and MSNBC political analyst, and Val Nicholas, vice president and creative director at NBC News. After listening to the two men exchange war stories on being Black men in America, and drawing comparisons between their experiences and the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a clearly upset Matthews offered a heartfelt apology: “I’ll just tell you one thing,” the Hardball host told his two guests. “And I’m speaking now for all white people, but especially [the ones] who’ve tried to change the last 50 or 60 years. And a lot of them really tried to change, and I’m sorry for this stuff. That’s all I’m saying.”
NBA legend and TNT analyst Charles Barkley appeared on CNBC’s Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo Thursday afternoon and voiced his support for the 6 jurors who allowed George Zimmerman, 29, to get away with the February 26, 2012 murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. “I agree with the verdict,” Barkley told Bartiromo. “I’m sorry that young kid got killed, but they didn’t have enough evidence to charge him.” Though there was some “racial profiling,” in the case, Barkley said, “something happened that changed the dynamic that night.” Read more from Mediaite.com: [Barkley] also called out the media for not having a “pure heart” when it comes to race. “Racism is wrong in any, shape or form,” Barkley said. “A lot of black people are racist too. I think sometimes when people talk about racism, they say only white people are racist, but I think black people are too. I don’t think the media has clean hands.” Despite ...
While Bill Cosby is quick to criticize black people at any given opportunity, without the slightest bit of provocation, he refused to call killer George Zimmerman racist in an interview on DomNnate Radio Show, reports the Orlando Sentinel. “This racial stuff goes into a whole bunch of discussion which has stuff that you can’t prove,” Cosby said in an interview Tuesday. “You can’t prove somebody is a racist unless they really come out and do the act and is found to be that.” Apparently, in Cosby Land, profiling, stalking, menacing, attacking and ultimately fatally shooting a black child in the heart because he’s black and wearing a hoodie — so he must be a criminal — doesn’t qualify as being racist. Cosby said that the issue was simple: “the prosecution didn’t tell their story well, and they lost.” In a weird twist, Cosby claimed that he didn’t pay much attention to the trial because Casey Anthony was found guilty in the court of public opinion, but turned out to be “not guilty” in the e ...
