Yesterday I learned about the whole boondoggle involving the Golf Channel's anchor Kelly Tilghman using ... err ... what amounted to some unfortunate phrasing on how superhuman not-black-black person Tiger Woods' rivals should deal with him.
From wbztv.com:
They were discussing what makes Tiger Woods so good and so dominant in the sport of golf; and how it must get increasingly frustrating for other golfers who have to compete against Woods.Now, while I agree that the term "lynching" in reference to any black person, whether actual black or not-black-black, is egregious, I also don't think its worthy of Al Sharpton's wrath. We need to keep things in perspective here. Fuzzy Zoeller's fried chicken n' greens crack at the Masters = racist. Don Imus' "nappy headed hoes" comment = sexist, ignorant and racist. Bill O'Reilly's "mfer ice tea" explanation of how all black folks are, in fact, NOT savages = pathetic and ignorant. White chick just sort of rambling off the top her head, using lynching because she, like most white people, probably does not think of black folks on a regular basis, thus isn't tuned in to the large variety of things that become highly offensive when you associate them with a black person = stupid.
That's when Tilghman suggested one way for young players to deal with Woods would be to "lynch him in a back alley."
She's just stupid people. Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.
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