Muni Long Bigotry

The Listening To presents Not the Headlines Extra. We hear a lot of accusations of racism in the news today, mostly from the left, accusing people on the right of systemic racism and discrimination. While systemic racism is a mostly imagined phenomena, there is the occasional social media video of some white person, usually a woman who comes unhinged on someone for whatever reason, and her prejudices come pouring out in the form of derogatory words. It's sad to think there are still people in American society who can't avoid lumping certain kinds of people together and assuming they're all alike. While it's the left who often accuses the right of systemic racism, it's the left who thought all black people would vote for Kamala Harris and other Democratic candidates. The left counted on systemic racism to support their cause, but it didn't work out as well as they needed this time. It's indicative of a shift in the realization that isn't as prevalent as the progressive movement wants us to believe. Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives proved to be no different from the quota programs that were initiated in the 1970s. The Supreme Court eliminated race as a measurement of qualifications for college admission. When you look at someone for the first time, there are certain things you naturally notice about them. Their stature, height, and skin color are probably the first three, unless there's some other noticeable feature of the person, like a third eye. You might notice eye color or other facial features as you continue looking at someone. You'll notice the clothes at some point, maybe sooner if the person is wearing a cowboy hat or a turban. There are many ways to get a first impression of someone. Piercings and tattoos have become more common too. For many people today, skin color might be something you recognize early, but not something you particularly care about, just like you don't judge people because of how tall they are. Unless a person is so tall that they spent their entire adult life banging their heads on door frames, you probably don't take height into consideration when forming an opinion about the person's personality, or if you like them, or if you think they're smart. All of that will be revealed, but you can't tell from a person's height or skin color or eye color or the color of their car. We're really all the same. Unless you're a woman named Mooney Long. Because for Mooney Long, the only thing that matters is skin color, and she has an aversion to doing nice things for people who don't have the same kind of skin as hers. You may have noticed that I didn't say the same kind of skin color. That wasn't by accident. You see, Mooney Long seems okay with people of different shades of color as long as there's some color in there somewhere. It seems the Grammy winning artist was asked by record company executives if she would want to write songs for other artists on the label's roster. It's not an unusual request. In fact, many would consider it an opportunity, if not an outright compliment. Writing songs for other artists have made many people very successful. Many songs were more successful when performed by someone other than the writer. To have your songwriting talents recognized by a record company might be a real feather in someone's cap. But Mooney Long turned down the offer to write songs for other artists when she saw the color of the other singer's skin. She refused to write songs for what she called non-melanated artists. In simpler terms, the black woman refused to write songs for white people. But by saying non-melanated makes it the most racist and bigoted statement I've heard this year. This woman clearly stated race as her reason for her decision, and her obvious disdain for the opportunity because of the race of the other people is the very definition of bigotry. Ironically, Mooney Long has a lot of issues with identity. She can't even acknowledge her own. The story on TMZ points out that Long was also triggered when a record company executive asked her to reach into her Priscilla Renea vault. She objected to being called by what the author of the story called her government name. Or what the rest of us would think of as the name her parents gave her. So while Priscilla denies her own identity, she judges others by her perception of how much melanin a person has. Clearly, racism and bigotry are alive and well in America today, as demonstrated by Mooney Long. The truly sad part is that a large part of America will applaud her for her racism and bigotry because she's not the one who is non melanated. Those supporters are the true bigots.