Harry and the black tyrants

Didn't get the chance yesterday to comment on these remarks by Harry Belafonte. Let's break it down a little.

"Hitler had a lot of Jews high up in the hierarchy of the Third Reich. Color does not necessarily denote quality, content or value."

As for the "Jews" remark, maybe Mr. Belafonte should direct his remarks to his fellow speaker at this rally, Mr. Dick Gregory. Here's what he once had to say about Jews:

"Every Jew in America over 30 years old knows another Jew that hates Negroes...and if we hate Jews, that's just even, baby".

And as for color "not necessarily" denoting quality, content or value? Is he saying that color alone sometimes does denote these characteristics? I don't think Martin Luther King Jr. would agree with that.

"[If] a black is a tyrant, he is first and foremost a tyrant, then he incidentally is black. Bush is a tyrant and if he gathers around him black tyrants, they all have to be treated as they are being treated."

There's a disheveled madman outside the Hollywood Bowl who spews things through a bullhorn who is more coherent than this. Black tyrants are tyrants first and blacks second? So why call them "black tyrants"? If they're black second then shouldn't they be "tyrannical blacks"? I'm confused.

And who are these black tyrants in the Bush Administration? That question was asked of Mr. Belafonte by the CNN reporter covering the story. Belafonte's response? "You".

When the reporter reminded him rhetorically that he was white, Belafonte abruptly ended the interview.

I guess daylight come and he wanna go home.