By Larry Elder, July 2, 2014
Comedian Chris Rock hosted the BET Awards show.
According to the entertainment publication, Wrap, Rock “skewered” Donald Sterling. Here's what Rock said:
Actually, Rock “skewered” us. That is, he ridiculed the part of the public “who are surprised that an old guy who doesn't like black people. Is that news?” Rock's perspective on SterlingGate -- that this is much ado about very little -- is almost identical to that of mine. Rock rhetorically asks, “What did he say?”
Rock's question is not unlike the very same question we asked when this matter became a national issue. As I wrote and said, Magic Johnson’s initial advice to Sterling was to “call your lawyer” and do a “deal with girlfriend” to “make this go away.”
People have calmed down. Rapper 50 Cent dismissed the whole thing as a spat between a guy and a girlfriend who “betrayed” him. Here's what Fitty said:
Meanwhile, there's the IRS Scandal; VA scandal; the disintegration of the Iraq; Bergdahl scandal; the continued underperformance of the economy; the surge of illegal alien children on our border…
Comedian Chris Rock hosted the BET Awards show.
According to the entertainment publication, Wrap, Rock “skewered” Donald Sterling. Here's what Rock said:
Actually, Rock “skewered” us. That is, he ridiculed the part of the public “who are surprised that an old guy who doesn't like black people. Is that news?” Rock's perspective on SterlingGate -- that this is much ado about very little -- is almost identical to that of mine. Rock rhetorically asks, “What did he say?”
Rock's question is not unlike the very same question we asked when this matter became a national issue. As I wrote and said, Magic Johnson’s initial advice to Sterling was to “call your lawyer” and do a “deal with girlfriend” to “make this go away.”
People have calmed down. Rapper 50 Cent dismissed the whole thing as a spat between a guy and a girlfriend who “betrayed” him. Here's what Fitty said:
Meanwhile, there's the IRS Scandal; VA scandal; the disintegration of the Iraq; Bergdahl scandal; the continued underperformance of the economy; the surge of illegal alien children on our border…
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