Let’s take race out of this for a second. Let’s focus on the fact that this anchor committed the ultimate screw-up by not knowing (or remembering) who he was speaking with during this interview. Like, where were his notes? Did he run out of Post-Its? How in the world did he confuse Samuel and Laurence? I would find this equally offensive if the anchor mistook Robert Downey Jr. for Matt Damon; or Blake Shelton for Willie Nelson; or Aretha Franklin for Patti Labelle; or William Levy for George Lopez; or Ellen Degeneres for Melissa Etheridge; or Sandra Bullock for Julia Roberts; or Angela Bassett for Whoopi Goldberg; or Jackie Chan for Jet Li; or Kal Penn for Kunal Nayyar; or Bobby Flay for Emeril Lagasse. Okay, you get the point. Maybe Sam Rubin fell for the stereotype that all Black people look alike; maybe he didn’t. That’s debatable. What’s indisputable, however, is that the anchor broke Cardinal Rule #1 – know and remember who the hell you’re talking to. Once again, people are dropping the daggone ball. #WTH #HeneedsPostItsforhisnextinterview #superfail #foolishness
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:22:24 +0000