I cancelled my TV streaming service when Joe and Mika went to maralagoon to kiss trump's...ring. I called the MSNBC comment line twice to tell them why. I guess they don't care.
This says it all. The mainstream media created the monster and the nightmare. “Mainstream is just another word for ‘white supremacy’” is the bottom line. Thank you, Michael Harriot.
Thank you for the outrage about the White privilege talking points of mainstream media. It is infuriating that smug White pundits pontificate about Black lives and experiences with condescension and even derision. While MSM gets rid of prominent and knowledgeable Black persons in media to assuage a White supremacist felonpotus and his ramped up erasure of POC from history, culture, and government. The latest "slavery was not so bad and hardly anyone was a slave holder" propaganda is insidious, and deserves every rebuttal. That the history of slavery in the US is too negative for people to learn about, so it must be sanitized to assure White people that only they are worthy of ruling over corporations, education, government, and culture. Sadly, gross bigotry never stopped being a major US component of our nation's psyche. This trait must be resisted in all its manifestations.
I have only watched Morning Joe a couple of times. I do enjoy Willie, but most of the others left me speechless with rage. Really good to know that I’m not the only one. Thank you.
People like Harriot go through their lives pretending not to understand the most basic stuff. Whites like whites. Whites like whiteness. Whites don't like people who hate them for the (perceived or otherwise) crimes of their ancestors. This is not evil, or insane, or stupid. It is the behavior of any sane self-protective animal.
The notion that whites need to self-abnegate, in the way they did when social media broke for the "marginalized" (i.e., between the dawn of the smartphone and the dawn of Elon X), is one of those happy-place wishful-thinking beliefs that no longer comports with reality. Human beings should behave *in their own best interest.* The notion that whites should abandon power because their metaphorical great-grandpappies were bad guys is childish, frivolous, should no longer be treated as a serious idea.
You said it You’re a fucking animal operating off instinct and the immoral deeds of your racist rapist grandpappy. And grand-mammy, I might add. If, by operating in your own best interest, you mean degrading, dehumanizing, debasing, thievery and lying then what does that really say about your warped mind. I know plenty of white people who operate in their best interest everyday and are disgusted with what’s happening to and in this country. You sit on your shit stained perch and call Michael childish??? How ridiculously stoopid you sound. Get your head out of your shitty ass, get off your shitty wooden high horse, take some responsibility for what’s happening in this country, volunteer at an all white organization that is fighting to make this a better USA for ALL of us. If that doesn’t work for you then get a heart, brain & courage from The Wizard of Oz. I hear he’s handing them out to all who ask.
Thank you for this post. I always have enjoyed Michael Harriot's writing. I'm going to have to see if I can watch the Breakfast Club and Roland Martin.
I can’t/don’t watch any mainstream media unless there’s a hurricane or other natural disaster. Instead I get all my news from Crooked Media, The Bulwark and Meidas Touch, all of which are extremely white. Sigh.
I cancelled my TV streaming service when Joe and Mika went to maralagoon to kiss trump's...ring. I called the MSNBC comment line twice to tell them why. I guess they don't care.
Me Too. In fact, I haven't watched TV since the election.
I listen to Nicolle and some of the evening shows I like as a podcast.
I didn't cancel my service, I just stopped watching them. The show & any clips crossing my social feeds. Easy decison.
This says it all. The mainstream media created the monster and the nightmare. “Mainstream is just another word for ‘white supremacy’” is the bottom line. Thank you, Michael Harriot.
Thank you for the outrage about the White privilege talking points of mainstream media. It is infuriating that smug White pundits pontificate about Black lives and experiences with condescension and even derision. While MSM gets rid of prominent and knowledgeable Black persons in media to assuage a White supremacist felonpotus and his ramped up erasure of POC from history, culture, and government. The latest "slavery was not so bad and hardly anyone was a slave holder" propaganda is insidious, and deserves every rebuttal. That the history of slavery in the US is too negative for people to learn about, so it must be sanitized to assure White people that only they are worthy of ruling over corporations, education, government, and culture. Sadly, gross bigotry never stopped being a major US component of our nation's psyche. This trait must be resisted in all its manifestations.
As usual Michael Harriot is brilliant and right on point.
I have only watched Morning Joe a couple of times. I do enjoy Willie, but most of the others left me speechless with rage. Really good to know that I’m not the only one. Thank you.
This is exactly how I have been seeing things and hearing things. PERFECT 👏🏾💪🏾🎯
White stream media. Excellent piece. Thank you.
This isn't just Trump's doing.
People like Harriot go through their lives pretending not to understand the most basic stuff. Whites like whites. Whites like whiteness. Whites don't like people who hate them for the (perceived or otherwise) crimes of their ancestors. This is not evil, or insane, or stupid. It is the behavior of any sane self-protective animal.
The notion that whites need to self-abnegate, in the way they did when social media broke for the "marginalized" (i.e., between the dawn of the smartphone and the dawn of Elon X), is one of those happy-place wishful-thinking beliefs that no longer comports with reality. Human beings should behave *in their own best interest.* The notion that whites should abandon power because their metaphorical great-grandpappies were bad guys is childish, frivolous, should no longer be treated as a serious idea.
You said it You’re a fucking animal operating off instinct and the immoral deeds of your racist rapist grandpappy. And grand-mammy, I might add. If, by operating in your own best interest, you mean degrading, dehumanizing, debasing, thievery and lying then what does that really say about your warped mind. I know plenty of white people who operate in their best interest everyday and are disgusted with what’s happening to and in this country. You sit on your shit stained perch and call Michael childish??? How ridiculously stoopid you sound. Get your head out of your shitty ass, get off your shitty wooden high horse, take some responsibility for what’s happening in this country, volunteer at an all white organization that is fighting to make this a better USA for ALL of us. If that doesn’t work for you then get a heart, brain & courage from The Wizard of Oz. I hear he’s handing them out to all who ask.
I'm with you on this one. Blocked that pos.
Thank you for this post. I always have enjoyed Michael Harriot's writing. I'm going to have to see if I can watch the Breakfast Club and Roland Martin.
White males are under attack. Too much DEI.
Either this might be a cynical bargain to get clicks and eyes or it is earnest, both are dystopian.
I can’t/don’t watch any mainstream media unless there’s a hurricane or other natural disaster. Instead I get all my news from Crooked Media, The Bulwark and Meidas Touch, all of which are extremely white. Sigh.