{"id":36330,"date":"2020-06-22T21:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=36330"},"modified":"2020-07-02T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T21:00:22","slug":"instead-of-hiding-out-on-vacation-kimmel-needs-to-answer-for-blackface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2020\/06\/22\/instead-of-hiding-out-on-vacation-kimmel-needs-to-answer-for-blackface\/","title":{"rendered":"Instead of Hiding Out on Vacation, Kimmel Needs to Answer for Blackface"},"content":{"rendered":"

As woke statue-toppling protests result in corporate rebranding of syrups and cereals and the cancellation of popular television shows, it\u2019s quite obvious that liberal ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel is hoping a summer hiatus buys him enough time for people to forget about his own minstrel showmanship.<\/p>\n

On several episodes of his old Comedy Central program \u201cThe Man Show,\u201d Kimmel wore extensive blackface<\/a><\/strong> make-up to mock basketball star Karl Malone. It could even be argued that Kimmel’s portrayal was akin to a minstrel show<\/a><\/strong> because of the ways he denigrated and humiliated Malone during the multi-minute segments.<\/p>\n

Claiming \u201cI just need a couple of months off,\u201d Kimmel\u00a0announced<\/a><\/strong> last week that he would have several guest hosts throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tweets critical of Kimmel from Project 21<\/a><\/strong> Co-Chairman Stacy Washington<\/a><\/strong> have\u00a0received<\/a> national attention. Suggesting Kimmel owes Americans more than just a break from his late night politicking, \u00a0Stacy adds:<\/p>\n

Instead of taking a leave of absence, as if we will just forget what he did, Kimmel should apologize for wearing blackface.<\/p>\n

Then he should host a week of interviews with black conservative thought leaders. Not lip service, but serious interviews where he takes the opposing view into consideration.<\/p>\n

Black people are not a monolith as liberals would have us believe. We have a diverse range of opinions. Our ideas should be respected, tested and offered to the public for serious airing instead of the routine vilification that Kimmel heaps upon us with his scurrilous representations \u2013 including his previous wearing of blackface.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The National Center\u2019s criticism of Kimmel and ABC has been double-barreled.<\/p>\n

\"\"More than a year ago, at the 2019 Walt Disney Company shareholder meeting, the National Center\u2019s Free Enterprise Project<\/a><\/strong> (FEP) raised the issue of Kimmel\u2019s exploits in blackface to CEO Bob Iger. Noting that ABC hosts had been critical of then-NBC host Megyn Kelly\u2019s comments that were considered to be approving of blackface, FEP Director Justin Danhof, Esq.<\/a><\/strong> brought up how Kimmel and \u201cThe View\u201d host Joy Behar had actually donned blackface. Asking about the company\u2019s stand on the prejudicial behavior of its own talent, Justin said<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Mr. Iger, with all of the pride that you place on racial diversity at Disney, and I am specifically recalling the pride that you expressed last year at this meeting and in many media interviews about the success and importance of \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d I find it puzzling that the company seems ok with Kimmel\u2019s and Behar\u2019s previous racist actions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Iger claimed Kimmel\u2019s inappropriate behavior was handled internally, which Justin noted<\/a> \u201ccould easily mean it was simply ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unless Kimmel returns a changed man, or takes Stacy\u2019s advice and doesn\u2019t run from the problem he created, it will mean Justin was probably correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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