Black Panther Leader Calls Talk Show Host a "Ho"

The internet, talk radio and cable news are still abuzz about the cultural conflict brought out with the Don Imus comments and firing. More opinions are coming out about the double standards of our culture and what is and is not allowed. I watched my friend Michelle Malkin sit in on the O'Reilly Factor the other night I was not expecting more evidence of the double standard of racial prejudice we have seen in recent days. O'Reilly was in Ireland receiving an honor from a philosophical society there and Michelle was hosting the program last Thursday.

There were two segments that make the point in different ways. Michelle was reporting on the Don Imus fiasco when she interviewed talk-show host Opio Sokoni. While acknowledging the role rap and hip-hop music played in the thinking that Imus' joke used common vernacular, he quickly turn to blaming the white man, even naming George Washington in the conspiracy.

Later she interviewed The New Black Panther leader Malik Shabazz regarding the charges being dropped in the Duke Lacrosse Team rape case. Fox News neatly provided video of Shabazz practically hanging the players in the court of public opinion. When asked if he would apologized, Shabazz was adamant that he would not and that District Attorney Nifong, a powerful WHITE college, and rich WHITE people were somehow at fault. He cites a ridiculous number of black rapes that no white man has ever been convicted of ( since the time of slavery even!) . Then he proceeds to call Michelle a "political prostitute". She cleverly had him clarify that he was calling her a "whore". He affirmed that he did.

According to one of Michelle Malkin's commentors on her site, HotAir.com, Shabazz is not very well informed:

"2005 US Dept of Justice Crime Statistics Report (published Dec 2006)
Just a couple experts to correct some of Shabazz's LIES.
Race of Offender - Rape/Sexual Assault
32.8% - White
48.5% - Black
15.4% - Other
3.2% - Unknown (offender not caught or ID'd)
73% of Violent Crimes against a Black are caused by a Black Offender
80% of Robberies against a Black are caused by a Black Offender
72% of Assaults against a Black are caused by a Black Offender
So more Rape/Sexual Assault Offenders are Black, and most Black crime is a result of Black Offenders.

Of course this is all just George Washington's fault, all the rich white guys faults, anyone but the Black communities fault. Certainly not Jesse Jackson, Al Sharp ton, or Shabazzes faults!"

Why is this kind of racism any different than Imus'? Is it because Shabazz is on a political show that he can call the host a political "ho" and not get called on it? And when will the white man be emancipated from the reverse racism surrounding the bad history of slavery ?

Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson , and Cynthia McKinney have been recent major players in the race card game recently. It is sad that every hardship a black man faces now is still somehow related to slavery or pre-civil rights segregation. It is also sad that a recent poll of black Americans found that most people cited their family members as more important "black leaders" than Sharpton and Jackson.

Most of this obviously comes from one's upbringing . People who grow up with bigotry in their families have had to consciously reject and refuse to pass on to to their own children. The people fueling Shabazz and Sokoni and others are blind to the double standard of black racism and are simply passing on hand me down values that no longer apply.