"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." So said Joe Biden about Barack Obama during the primary run-up to Obama's election. Not only was Biden not canceled, or even chastised, but Obama then went on to name him as his VP.
Jump ahead to today, when Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner is ejected from the Board of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame -- he was one of its original founders-- for saying something he believed in his heart: that Black and female artists were not as "articulate" as white male stars about the impact of rock music on their generation.
These days in America you dare not say what you think! Gee, I wonder where else that is true?
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