Walter Mosley on black understanding of anti-US rage.
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Maybe a good time to point out that many black men have Arabic names, and have had for a few decades now. That this is never mentioned even in passing by the media, sport or news, is indicative of something inherent in the media itself. An institutional timidity, that for all its pragmatic rationale is a form of genteel cowardice.
This is not unspeakable, it's fact. Black celebrities have names like Kareem, Muhamed, Latifah. Many non-celebrity black people have Arabic names.
If we don't talk about it, it's either because we don't care, or we're afraid.
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Maybe a good time to point out that many black men have Arabic names, and have had for a few decades now. That this is never mentioned even in passing by the media, sport or news, is indicative of something inherent in the media itself. An institutional timidity, that for all its pragmatic rationale is a form of genteel cowardice.
This is not unspeakable, it's fact. Black celebrities have names like Kareem, Muhamed, Latifah. Many non-celebrity black people have Arabic names.
If we don't talk about it, it's either because we don't care, or we're afraid.
