Melissa Harris-Perry Eating Crow Pie Today
Romney's son and daughter-in-law adopted a baby who happens to be black. I'm not a Romney supporter, but I don't care whether the baby has tiger stripes and a tail; people who adopt kids and who are good parents to them are to be commended.
Anyone who mocks them because the baby's color doesn't match the rest of the family is an asshole beyond compare.
Also, going after a politician is fair game. Going after his kids' kids -- including one born and brought into the family only recently -- well, that's lower that low, whatever you think of the person's politics.
Well, after a firestorm on Twitter and elsewhere, Melissa Harris-Perry apologized for her segment putting up the baby for mocking in which her panelists joked about the baby being the only black person in the picture.
Weird -- this tweet of hers:
@MHarrisPerry
As black child born into large white Mormon family I feel familiarity w/ Romney family pic & never meant to suggest otherwise. #MHPapology
She seems enormously passive-aggressive.
DaveG at January 1, 2014 8:43 AM
Somehow in all the shit about the Phil Robertson (Duck Dynasty) they seemed to overlook that one of his sons adopted a biracial child.
I agree with you Amy. Taking on the responsibility of parenting a child is a gift to the child. But it is also a gift to the new parents.
Jim P. at January 1, 2014 8:53 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/01/melissa-harris-.html#comment-4168437">comment from Jim P.But it is also a gift to the new parents.
Absolutely. My dear friend David and his wife adopted a Korean boy. Their lives are wildly more joyful for it. Oh, and he's a New Yawk Jew and she's Jewish, too. No, they don't match, but they sure as hell are a family. And a happy one at that.
Amy Alkon
at January 1, 2014 9:09 AM
That was no apology. That was blame. "It was your fault for misconstruing what I said." (If you believe she was misconstrued.)
Patrick at January 1, 2014 11:04 AM
Thanks, Patrick, for pointing that out. I agree. The tone sounded more like a passive-aggressive rebuke than an apology.
Ken R at January 1, 2014 11:56 AM
People like that are never sorry for being rude, nasty asshats. They're just sorry you're too stupid to see things from their point of view.
Sosij at January 1, 2014 1:07 PM
If that were her only tweet it would sound passive-aggressive, but it came after several tweets where she said she apologized unreservedly. (Not that I have a dog in this fight but her complete statement was unequivocal.)
Astra at January 1, 2014 1:33 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/01/melissa-harris-.html#comment-4168946">comment from AstraOkay, but it says a lot about the kind of person you are that you make fun of 1. a baby who will surely have Internet access in his life and 2., People who have adopted a child and welcomed it into their family, with Grandpa holding it same as he would a child from his genetic line.
I love people who adopt. Not that I believe in heaven, but if I did and if I went there, I'd give them cuts in front of me.
Amy Alkon
at January 1, 2014 1:39 PM
Because of genetics both my parents could pass for white. I couldn't and neither could my brother.
So fuck anyone who still makes a big deal out of someone having a child that doesn't racially match them.
Ppen at January 1, 2014 1:49 PM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/01/melissa-harris-.html#comment-4168971">comment from PpenAll we should care about: Are you a loving but appropriately firm parent? Does your kid have shoes? Do you take him/her to the dentist? Etc.
Amy Alkon
at January 1, 2014 1:53 PM
Just to say: RIGHT ON on Amy and commenters!! :-)
qdpsteve at January 1, 2014 5:28 PM
"Well, after a firestorm on Twitter and elsewhere, Melissa Harris-Perry apologized..."
Translation: The PR flack who maintains her Twitter account wrote an apologia and posted it. MHP herself was likely not aware it had been posted until after the fact.
Cousin Dave at January 2, 2014 6:51 AM
Huh? She was "born" into a large white Mormon family?
Either she was adopted into a large white Mormon family - or our understanding of genetics is seriously flawed.
Conan the Grammarian at January 2, 2014 10:51 AM
What a jerk.
Definitely grounds for the network to reconsider her employment, given the number of people who would love to have her job!
If you like that you're gonna love this quote:
"Hu Jintao was just going, "Ching cha. Ching chang cho chow. Cha Chow. Ching Cho. Chi ba ba ba. Kwo kwa kwa kee. Cha ga ga. Ching chee chay. Ching zha bo ba. Chang cha. Chang cho chi che. Cha dee. Ooooh chee bada ba. Jee jee cho ba." Nobody was translating, but that's the closest I can get."
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at January 2, 2014 12:32 PM
Gog, I'm with you on that one.
Cousin Dave at January 2, 2014 3:04 PM
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