Here's what I want you to understand: I am not making excuses for Henry Louis Gates real of imagined lack of composure. You know why? BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM.

The good negro faces in quiet dignity any and all racist and bigot assaults by the poor white boys and girls who, gosh darn it, don't know any better. The bad negro stands up for himself and fights back.

And that's usually the negro that ends with a police bullet in their back.

The fact is, too many white people cannot still deal with an uppity black man or woman. It's as if we blacks/latinos/blatinos were not allowed the same kind of ego foibles as white people because ... you know ... we have to live in deference of white people all the time, thankful that they choose to not gang up on us and lynch us.

So let me be clear about this question : DO YOU THINK A BLACK MAN HAS A RIGHT TO BE A PRICK IN HIS OWN HOUSE AND NOT GET ARRESTED FOR IT?

Am voting yes. Who cares how much of a dick Skip Gates was to the police officer? IT WAS HIS GODDAMN HOUSE. He had all the right to look at the cop at scream