In a recent episode, The Daily Show went to town on JAY Z, accusing the rapper of being a hypocrite in the way of Barney’s reported profiling of young Blacks. What are your thoughts?
Jon Stewart took on the Barney’s racial profiling controversy on Wednesday night, and along with Senior Black Correspondent Larry Wilmore, tore into Jay-Z for refusing to address it head-on when he’s had no problem boycotting over other highly-charged racial issues. After joking that the “shop-and-frisk” may have just been a run-in with the “fashion police,” Stewart called out Jay-Z for not wanting to make “snap judgments” on this racial issue, involving a company that he happens to have business dealings with. This led Wilmore to cry, “Jay-Z doesn’t care about black people!”
Wilmore said it’s unfair to expect Jay-Z to boycott everything, “he’s not Al Sharpton with better rhymes!” He charged that Jay-Z has become “the man,” adding, “He is the danger! He is the one who frisks! He’s not Jay-Z! He’s Jay-Z Penney!”
But at least it’s a sign of progress, because as Wilmore pointed out, “white people have been watching their musical icons sell out to corporations for decades!”
