Juan Williams Book

Juan Williams builds off a speech by Bill Cosby asking the question why so many black Americans are still living like the were locked out from what America has to offer.

He touches on topics such as black politicians, teachers, civil rights leaders, and the transformation of rap music. This is the definitive tome of Juan Williams and now that he's fired we might be hearing from this guy.

David Garrow from Cambridge University says this book is, "Written in the tradition of DuBois and King, Enough is an impressively powerful and courageous book." I think it might be worth a look especially if you really want to decide whether Williams deserves this recent attention on his view points.

Juan Williams Fired

Juan Williams was fired from his job as an NPR news analyst today over comments he made on Bill O'Reilly's show earlier this week. Here they are raw and uncut.

BO: "Where am I going wrong here Juan?"
JW:  "I'm not a bigot, but when I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worries. I get nervous."

Despite his rambling propensity for running on, he was just speaking his mind. Why exactly do people's views and idiologies need to match up perfectly with their employers? Isn't diversity what every hyper-PC organization out there loves to portray?

Juan Williams Fired

On Tuesday of the week of October 2010 the Council of American-Islamic Relations issued a statement regarding Juan Williams. They would like NPR to address their feelings that NPR news jockeys seem to support the view that ALL airline passengers who look "Muslim," can be deemed security threats.

Well it appears today, NPR did address that issue by promptly firing Juan Williams. I for one am very tired of the political correctness that must be followed in public. I much prefer Maddow's real talk.

People are scared to fly on airplanes. It is not a crippling anxiety, but I suspect it will always be there. Just because the Council of American Islamic Relations will it doesn't make it so. People are people, so stop trying to tell us how to think.

Juan Williams Fired

Comments made by Juan Williams recently when sparing with Bill O'Reilly on TV Monday got him fired. In response to one of O'Reilly's questions, Williams started with, "I am not a bigot."

Usually that conjures up visions of the opposite, but in this case, I think Williams was just speaking his mind. I'm sure many Americans, regardless of their penchant for racism, feel the same way. As unrealistic these feelings are, people are unrealistic. Behind all that political correctness that has been shoved down our throats for decades, people have REAL feelings and thoughts.

To the bane of our employment status, sometimes they slip out in a very public way. Juan Williams, don't apologize for your feelings, many people feel as you do. As usual, people too busy causing drama and being hypocritical.