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No More Racial Sell-Outs

Boone Wrote: Aug 01, 2009 1:12 PM

In a movie titled "Report To The Commissioner," a black police detective played by Yaphett Khatto, complains that he had to be harder on his "own people" to prove to other cops that he was trustworthy. There can't be a dialogue on race until we eliminate organizations based on race/ethnicity or we all belone to one.

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No More Racial Sell-Outs

Rick Sanchez, a CNN anchor, provoked a tempest in a Twitter this week when he said he'd be a rich guy if he "sold out as hispanic and worked at fox news." The commentary on the episode mostly centered on whether working at Fox News Channel constituted "selling out," with left-wing bloggers defending Sanchez and conservatives weighing in on Fox's behalf. But the real outrage in Sanchez's statement isn't what he implied about Fox News; it's the whole idea that an individual is capable of "selling out" others who happen to share his race or ethnicity.