“IDENTITY POLITICS” is the holy grail of the progressive movement. Whether its race, gender, sexual ordination, or a number of other subcategories, “identity politics” is how progressive (up until now) successfully won past elections, by pitting one group of individuals against another, black against white, male against female, young against old, straight against gay, religion against secular.
The descendants of ‘identity politics” which began in the turbulent 60’s are the anarchists of today burning down college campuses because those with a different point of view are attempting to speak.
And it’s within this backdrop that young, inexperienced pups like CNN host Don Lemon attempts to play the victimization “race card” while interviewing acclaimed Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, who knows a thing or two about real discrimination.
If anything this brief video clip perhaps best illustrates the disconnect between the generations, when it comes to the issue of race among African-Americans, it’s that same disconnect that immigrants first felt coming to America during the 20’s, 30’s 40’s and perhaps even the 50’s.
Lemon attempts to suggest that racial discrimination among African-Americans is by extension an economic issue, saying; “Do you think race plays a role in wealth distribution?”
Freeman momentarily taken aback by the question and seemed a bit bemused responded, “No. You and I are proof of it.”
Which apparently doesn’t satisfy the CNN host, as he tries again to illicit a response more to his liking, suggesting that some individuals might find it too hard to “pull themselves up by the bootstraps.”
Freemen’s bemusement instantly evaporates, and begins schooling the young progressive pup, by reminding him he was born over 70-years ago in a place called Memphis, Tennessee then stating “um, I had a long haul from where I came from to here…but here we are.”
Lemon interjects saying: “not everybody can do that.”
Freemen sitting back on his chair exclaims “BULLSH*T, everybody can!”
I always did like Morgan Freeman. He's a classy dude. You can give him a painted and polished turd shaped like a diamond, calling it "art", and he'll point blank tell you "That's a piece of ****" (literally, metaphorically, and aesthetically).
