Spike Lee is a mute donkey for many reasons, his latest comment on Barack Obama just highlights that fact. (highlights added)

“It’s going to be before Obama, ‘B.B.,’ and after Obama — ‘A.B.’ — and some folks need to get used to this,” Lee said. “And I’m going to be at the inauguration — getting my hotel reservation now.”

…Lee said that like Katrina in 2005, the levee breaches now flooding the Upper Midwest were a sign of misplaced priorities by the national government. “That’s going to change, though,” he said. “We need a real Chocolate City,” an apparent reference to the prospect of the United States under Obama, who would be the first U.S. black president if elected in November.

The term “Chocolate City” has been used affectionately by African-Americans to refer to Washington and other predominantly black cities, and was the title of a 1975 album by the funk band Parliament. Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was criticized for racial divisiveness after Katrina for urging residents to rebuild a “chocolate New Orleans.”

So what’s so bad about that you say? Well let’s rephrase what he said to “We need to have a real black nation.” Now let’s flip it and pretend that Steven Spielberg said, “If John McCain wins we just really need a real White City.”

It’s amazing how racially insensitive you are allowed to be if you are not white. Don’t get me wrong, what Spike said wouldn’t bother me in the least if we (honkeys) could speak freely without having to worry about being labeled a racist. But that isn’t the society that we live in. If you dare open your mouth about anyone who is even tanner than you, you better be prepared to handle the storm. Ask Don Imus. 

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