When it Rains, It Snows

Big L - Ebonics
UPDATE: video of the awkward moment, jacked from the Rap Up

Peep this awkward moment from today's White House press briefing:

MR. SNOW: As I said, Sheryl, it's one of these things that the President has made it clear that he's going to have exchanges of views, but I'm not taking you in the room with them.

(Cell phone rings.) (Laughter.) Does Martha have a hip-hop ring tone? (Laughter.) Play that funky music, white girl. (Laughter.)

Q: A nice musical interlude from Martha, but, seriously --can we talk about this issue of consultation?

Did you know that black people are different from white people? Did you know that black people love hip-hop? That's what makes that moment so damn funny. White people shouldn't have hip-hop ring tones! The irony is killin' me.

Tony wasn't finished. He capped off his hip-hop comment, by reaffirming the difference between white and black people. He told Martha to play that "funky" music white girl. Oh, those black people and their ways of saying things!

History has a way of repeating itself. Until we do something about it, the administration and its comic-relief-crew-of-cronies will keep one foot in their mouths and one foot up our collective asses.