Okay, maybe I’m not as much of an Uncle Tammy as I thought, cause Sumner Redstone’s “the people” is sounding an awful lot like Ross Perot’s infamous “you people”.
Yes, Redstone is speaking of a marketing demographic and Perot was speaking of (and to) African American voters, but the distinction between the two is minimal at best: in each case, reasonably identifiable minority groups subject to serious discrimination are being wooed by (allegedly) straight white men whose interest in their socio-political well-being is dubious at best. Of course, Perot was just being ignorant, while Redstone seems more willing to call a spade a spade (pun intended), but still…
Am I having a bitter day? Or is there something to this? Tell me, ’cause I’m not in the mood to think today.
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