Barry makes me mad because he denies the white part of himself. I’d have more respect for him if he tried to confront the white aspect. When his behemoth wife told 60 Minutes that Barry could be shot at any moment at a gas station for simply being a black man, I laughed. Barry is about as black as I am. I am a first-generation Irish Catholic white woman. Therefore, Barry and I are on the same footing. Barry is a mess and so am I. The only difference is, I am not angry. Rather, I am grateful.
Barry is an angry man. If someone looked at me and thought, “Black man” in an instant, I’d be angry too. But he does nothing to correct that mistake, Barry’s whole world is about being the “angry black male”. Except he’s not. He’s a half-white, privileged, elitist, Hawaiian EMPTY SUIT. See, it’s just not enough to say “empty suit”; you have to know the history...
I agree completely.