September 18, 2006

If Shitty Bands Can't Stop Genocide, Who Can?

Penn student and online Daily Pennsylvanian columnist Stephen Morse went to a rally against the Darfur genocide recently and posted about it on the DP's blog.

Morse was shocked -- shocked! -- that the rally was mainly attended by rich priviliged people who had the time to attend the rally. And he blasts American blacks for not attending.

My problem was the sea of white faces who were rallying in Central Park against the injustices of the Sudan. In every corner of the field I counted no more than 20 minorities among the tens of thousands of people who were packed into the park. ¶ I also observed (not scientifically, I must admit) that the majority of the crowd were Jews.

We can only assume that he went around Central Park checking to see if the males were circumsized to confirm this not scientific (he must admit!) hypothesis.

I approached each black person I saw throughout the day. The scary thing was that I saw but one person the entire day who was African-American, rather than an immigrant from Africa.

This event was a disgrace. It was not a unified America. It was a majority of Jews and some Catholics from their faith-based organizations, and a contingent of hippie liberals from Amnesty International. There were no Muslims there.

Ahh, see, he approached every black person and assumedly asked them why there weren't more black people at the event. Way to make them feel welcome! Not sure how he checked to see if there weren't any Muslims there, though. Maybe there was an anti-Pope rally across the street or something.

American Jews stepped up to the plate this summer to help their brothers and sisters in Israel. When will African-Americans do the same for their brothers and sisters in Darfur?

Well, at least he didn't write "brothas and sistas."

After an imam gave a speech Morse didn't like, it appeared that he'd get some salvation for the rest of the afternoon. Unfortunately...

Not even a performance by OAR to end the event could help the crowd overcome such harsh and dismal words.

You see, people? OAR is against genocide! Why didn't you get your free $15 bus from your Ivy League university's Hillel to attend?

Barely a dark face in the crowd [The Spin]
Editor's Note: This is headline is approaching "He lost a toe, but gained a thumb" status.
Update, 10:00 a.m.: Fixed (1) the bus cost $15 and (2) Morse's first name.

Posted by D-Mac on September 18, 2006 11:14 AM
Posted to Daily Pennsylvanian , Darfur , Jews , Penn , Stephen Morse , White People

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