I'm glad it's not just me.

Why don't you go look what was said before you start a thread?

Jeebus, I can barely find stuff on YouTube.

consider this source.

Especially with all of the truly laughable things of 2013 to choose from.

Though there is a certain irony of her ending with a teaser about an upcoming segment called "Was that racist?"

...it seems to me that the writer-up far exaggerates both the content and the meaning of what was said.

the family for having a black kid. It was, actually, all in fun with no malice intended.

Best line-- "Looks like the Republican Party."

IMO, the kids are (in the political sense) non combatants. Leave em alone.

And considering the racist history of the MORmON religion, I fear for that child's psyche.

The Obamas campaigned with Sasha and Malia in-tow, but have made clear (in particular -- Michelle has made clear) that the press is to keep their distance -- which for the most part, they have done. Chelsea Clinton is a target now because she is a grown woman in the public spotlight. As a child in the White House, she stayed largely out of the public eye. Ditto the Bush girls until they chose to become public figures. Untiil this child is of age to become a public figure, comments should pretty much be limited to "isn't he adoreable."

Back during the Clinton years. He was unkind to Chelsea.

Certainly if their only appearances are on stage at conventions or primary victory celebrations, then fine.

But if the children make their way to campain liturature or commercials to showcase what an All American family looks like, then the die is cast as far as I am concerned.

Laughing at adopted people because of their different race isn't cool.

You just don't use the race of an adopted kid for laughs. Kids are off-limits as far as I'm concerned.

I just kept thinking about the dog and other things Mitt and Mrs. had said over the years and felt really sorry for that child to be raised in that family. Sometimes money, privilege and whiteness aren't everything.

There's no pesky Mom showing up a few years later demanding her baby back... and it's an outwardly altruistic thing to do too...especially for a politician or future politician..

Surrogacy or private adoptions can sometimes go very awry..especially with super-wealthy families that could be extorted.

In any case, that little kid will be very lucky to have privilege, and will surely have a good life..so the end result is good

I think you are reading more into it than what was intended.

Look up the clip and watch it. The whole show was with comedians and was a comedy show for the holidays.

I watched the MSNBC segment. I thought the comment was in poor taste, but she said she was sorry, and that should suffice. It wasn't malicious. JMHO. YMMV.

us on the left owe no one a fucking apology for anything.

Ever again.

Beneath the quality of a Melissa Harris Perry show.

Mitt Romney is a walking joke. Adopted babies aren't useful pawns for making jabs at useless politicians. She used poor judgement. She should have anticipated that most reasonable people consider children off limits.

Mitt Romney didn't adopt this child. His son and his son's wife did. Typically, it takes a special kind of person to adopt a child, IMHO. It takes a schmuck to turn it into a cheap joke.

She simply didn't need to do it. It was unnecessary. And, it wasn't funny to me. Adoption is something to be encouraged. People who decide to adopt children from different backgrounds often have a real challenges ahead of them. It isn't something most people take lightly. In fact, you're often automatically placed in a unique group of people who the world gives permission to turn around and stare at when you spend time together as a family. What did her show do? They did exactly that on a grand scale. We could say Romney did it when he tweeted a picture of his family for the holidays. Oh...but the matching khaki family usually tweets a photo. So, it should've been a routine thing when this photo turned up. Since as liberals, this is supposedly the world we want. One in which, neither color nor gender gets a double take.

I'm in a multiracial family. In fact, so is Melissa Harris Perry. The fact that Mitt Romney happens to be in a sucky political party that has only bad ideas shouldn't mean that now his new grandson is fodder for jokes...justified because hey, it was "funny". And, since Mitt Romney's a republican, its acceptable.

In fact, here's another picture Melissa Harris Perry could have asked a caption for.



Most multiracial families want the world to see them simply as a family. These children's mother didn't run for President. Heck, it's not unusual for other family members to not even share the same politics as their spouses, parents, in-laws, etc. Although, that shouldn't even be relevant in this current situation.

As I said...tacky. I don't think she expected it to go this far. I'm sure it wasn't her intent. But, yeah, I found it offensive.

I somehow doubt that they would make fun of Sandra Bullock’s adopted child in the same manner.

Children should never be political or comedic fodder for trashy entertainment yuks.

This is mindless click-on-me, click-on-me crap from Yahoo which often mirrors articles from The Blaze or Daily Caller (but this one was from an entertainment site LA Wrap). The click-on-me article has misleading content most of the time. This panel that MHP had seems to be a comedic look at the year in political news. And one of the panelists (Dean Obedeliah I think) had a darkly comedic but valid point about the "diversity of the Republican Party" in talking about the photo. You'll hear much worse on Fox News.

And that article has 3000+ comments. Of course let me bring out the internet political comment generator:

"libtards"

"MHP is a bitch"

"Liberals are sooooo tolerant"

"libs are racist"

Yep there's gotta be a cycle of all that in the comments! Really though it is HARD defending MSNBC to right wingers who'll NEVER change their minds.

The Romney Clan is racist. So they have earned the privilege of being treated racially.

at Princeton, right?

How in the hell can she be racist against her own race?

This is in reply to the vile comments section on Yahoo.

..and advertisers need to let them know that. Their comment pages are always vile (even in sections like "Finance&quot

I never venture in there unless something like this comes up on DU. The comments section is a cesspool of everything that is ugly in America.

Melissa Harris Perry has apologized. Her apology was classy and hopefully will put this to rest quickly. And, to my mind, when people realize their own behavior is indefensible, I need not waste my time or effort trying to defend it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/melissa-harris-perry-romney-family-black-grandchild-apology-2013-12

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I am sorry. Without reservation or qualification. I apologize to the Romney family. #MHPapology

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I work by guiding principle that those who offend do not have the right to tell those they hurt that they r wrong for hurting. #MHPapology

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As black child born into large white Mormon family I feel familiarity w/ Romney family pic & never meant to suggest otherwise. #MHPapology
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I apologize to all families built on loving transracial adoptions who feel I degraded their lives or choices. #MHPapology
8:27 AM - 31 Dec 2013

Sarah Palin linked to an article about it and has Facebook "outraged" about the "liberal media" and how mean dems are. And they are all commenting on how wonderful and accepting republicans are and god bless her, Romney and Phil Robertson.

http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/16054-free-speech-phil-robertson-vs-melissa-harris-perry

"Regardless of my personal opinion, this is at least a defensible position. A person may or may not find something offensive, regardless of the objective fact that it offended others, and so not see the need for disciplinary action. Many instead invoked Robertson’s free speech rights. This is an untenable position from any angle. No one was sanctioned by the government, so no rights were violated. However, A&E also has free speech rights, employer rights, and contract rights, which precious few conservatives stood up for at the time.

It became even more clear Monday how transparent some of these arguments were. On MSNBC, Melissa Harris Perry and her show’s panel made fun of a family portrait of Mitt Romney and all his grandchildren, including an adopted infant who happens to be black. Twitter was set ablaze. Within hours, Fox News hosts were questioning her ongoing employment, and the RNC’s Communications Director directly called for her suspension. I’m guessing these people had a different opinion about Phil Robertson’s situation. Previous examples of this disparate treatment include Martin Bashir and the Dixie Chicks."