The
United States Of Equality
By Mickey Z
27 January, 2007
Countercurrents.org
Two
black millionaires...I mean, two black men will be coaching in the Super
Bowl this year. "I feel very blessed that I’ll be able to
tell folks years from now that I lived to see Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith
coach in the Super Bowl," writes Tony McClean, a reporter for the
Black Athlete Sports Network. "I think of all the struggles that
have and still will be fought by African-Americans over the years and
I will tell them that yes, YES, this is an important moment. It will
be a reminder for us of where we’ve come and just how far we still
want to and must go. All I ask of you is that you appreciate the moment
and reflect on those who paved the way for us to enjoy this moment for
what it is."
Rumor has it that the NAACP
has disbanded.
Lest anyone think absolute
equality is limited to the realm of professional sports, have you taken
a gander at the latest Academy Award nominations? Will Smith, Forest
Whitaker, Penelope Cruz, Djimon Hounsou, Eddie Murphy, Adriana Barraza,
and few other non-whites are in the running for Oscars.
This just in: Al Sharpton
has retired to Florida (but will not remain silent in the face of any
Bingo corruption).
If you ask me, all this egalitarianism
has arrived not a minute too soon; that whole racism thing was getting
awfully annoying. Look what it did to Michael Richards. But things are
different today. First, Clarence Thomas colorized the Supreme Court
and now we have Barack Obama running for president. President George
W. Bush’s cabinet has included Colin Powell, Alberto Gonzalez,
and Condi Rice. (Condi, of course, is both black and a woman. If we
ever find out she’s disabled or gay, it’d be a civil rights
hat trick.) C’mon, even the judge’s panel on American Idol
is two-thirds black.
Jesse Jackson is applying
for Social Security.
As for the women of these
United States of Equality, I’d say Hillary’s pretty much
got it all covered...but let’s not forget Katie Couric doing the
whole news thing, Martha Stewart back and better than ever, and, of
course, Nancy Pelosi is in the House (literally). Toss in Oprah, Madonna,
J-Lo, Beyonce, and Rosie, and you’d have to admit feminism’s
work is just about done.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Gloria
Steinem has left the building.
However, all this success
is not without a dark side. It’s left us with this conundrum:
What’s a self-respecting liberal now supposed to do with all her/his
spare time?
Mickey Z. can
be found on the Web at http://www.mickeyz.net.
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