Actor and comedian Harvey Korman, who was a regular on “The Carol Burnett Show” and appeared in a string of Mel Brooks films such as “Blazing Saddles” and “High Anxiety,” died Thursday at age 81 at UCLA Medical Center, according to the hospital. Korman suffered a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, according to hospital officials.
It seems every time we turn around Sen. Obama is apologizing for something! How clever that he doesn’t have to make the questionable comments, and can try to appear to be above it all. That’s not going to fly much longer Senator.
So what is Obama apologizing for now? This:
Let me be very clear in saying that if I thought for one moment that Sen. Clinton felt entitled to the nomination because she is “white” I would drop my support for her in a heartbeat. Fortunately, I don’t have to do that because this is the biggest load of crap I’ve heard in a long time.
On this point, Father Michael Pfleger is wrong.
Is there “white privilege” in this country? You bet. Is it a good thing? Hell no. Is this the way to address it? Absolutely not.
There is no question in my mind that “white privilege” exists, and that some people do feel entitled to benefits simply because they are white. It’s also true that sexism exists, and that probably many of those same people believe they are entitled to power because they are men.
And there is no question that far too many corporations have benefited from the exploitation of both people of color and women. It’s been going on for a very long time.
There are racial problems that need to be addressed, just as there are issues of sexism that must be addressed.
We must not allow ourselves to fall victim to a divide and conquer strategy, and THAT is the problem I have with Father Pfleger’s message.
