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| Village Voice complains about firefighters' skin color |
| 2001-10-04 |
The Village Voice stays true to form, serving up a cornucopia of anti-American inanities. Here, for instance, is Richard Goldstein, complaining about what we've lost in our "rush to unity": "Suddenly it seems like an act of impiety to point out that, in the phalanx of police and firefighters surrounding Giuliani on Saturday Night Live, there was hardly a black face to be seen. Or that, in the spectrum of opinion following this awful event, women were barely heard from, and so we were deprived of their perspective on the crisis ... If women were fully included in the national dialogue, it wouldn't be such a monologue. We might be able to process our feelings without sedating the culture." Guess his house isn't on fire if he's got the time to look. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 why is it anti american for someone to wonder if black people or women were not included enough? i dont see the connection - please explain. It was a great thing for american people to come together following the tragedy, but surely that doesnt mean that dissenting voices should shut up? |
| Posted by: Phitle Glaviter4997 2005-01-18 11:00:37 AM |