Hill leverages his racism for money with Bill O'Reilly who I'm sure keeps him around as a source of controversy and thus revenue. He couches his core racism under a veneer of academia and a slimy personality, but this article shows just how hateful and clueless he really is.
But I guess this means it's OK to put out a list of "The Most Over-Rated Black People", and I know exactly who would be at the top of that list. And he'd have lots of company.
Anyone else notice that the subtle dehumanization of whites in this society is becoming a little less subtle each year?
I actually agree with this one, but not for the reasons given. It is more that he was a petty tyrant when given a chance to govern his own Carribean nation, and had to be removed by his peers. Basically, dude sucked.
I don't know about Little Richard, but there is no question Elvis ripped off black artists but passed himself off as an original.
Elvis sold ONE BILLION records. Not bad for a cheap imitation of Little Richard.
In contrast, Lamont Hill could not fill 20 seats in any lecture hall.
I nominate Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as well. (They oughta make #2 and #3.)
William Shakespeare is overrated but rappers are even rated? Rappers are the worst disembowlers of the English language ever.
Hill passes off Kyd, Middleton and Webster as superior to Shakespeare. LOL There’s not a single example cited from these shock-meisters that would justify such an assertion. Also who was writing better female roles than Shakespeare before the Restoration?
This was my Reaction to Hill's stupid Article:
Elvis Presley: The Man was a literally King and had more class than many of his peers and successors.
For Insulting Elvis Presley Mr. Marc Lamont Hill Please Go stand at the Intersection next to Graceland.
Ronald Reagan: The Man who did what your side said could not be done; Beat the Soviets.
For Insulting President Reagen Mr. Hill, go lock yourself in a cage with Rabid Actor-Monkies.
Justin Bieber: Not One of my Favorites, but I know he isn't trying to out do "R&B"
Donald Trump: Whatever Trumps Failings, I am sure he has helped more people than you ever will Mr. Hill. Please go jump off the Trump Tower.
Prince Harry: Despite his poor judgement from time to time, his comment to his duties is unquestioned. Which I am sure that is something you know very little about Mr. Hill, Please go fly RAF Copters in Afghanistan in Prince Harry's Place, we need him more than you.
Tim Tebow: One of the best of this current crop of NFL stars. You could use a lesson in Humility Mr. Hill, so please show us how to Blitz please.
President Ubama's Economic Team: A Bunch of Putzes like you Mr. Hill.
NEXT
William Shakespeare: Than man who made the English Language what is today. Please equal that achievement Mr. Hill.
Babe Ruth: A Person who was the best at what he did and made no apologizes for it. Mr. Hill, please bat-a-thousand (without steroid use)
Duchess Kate Middleton: A Glamorous, yet humble Princess who has brought so much class to the House of Windsor that 45 years from now people will still be talking about it. You are not fit to shine the Duchess' SHOES Mr. Hill.
Joel Osteen: What you said about Joel Osteen Mr. Hill, all applies directly to you.
The Whole NHL (except Wayne Simmonds): Please continue to spit on a whole sport and their fans Mr Hill, I am sure the Hockey Players are most impressed once they glue a Puck to your face.
Bill Clinton: You are correct Mr. Hill, for all the wrong reasons. Tell me are better off under Slick Willy and Barak Ubama than you were during say President Eisenhower?
Eminem: Slim Shady, doing what black rappers have aspired too and failed since 1997.
Bill Walton: Mr. Hill you weary me. Sufficed to Say Bill Walton deserves his spot in the Hall Fame, something of which you will never be apart of.
Sarah Palin: A Leader of the Conservative Moment and one of the Greatest Threats to Comrade Ubama's plans.
Finally for insulting Sarah Palin Mr. Hill, please either go take a long walk off a short bridge into a Polar Bear pen or GTFO OF MY COUNTRY YOU USELESS PUTZ!
Re: Ronald Reagan: “largely responsible for shutting down mental hospitals,
So that’s where all those democrat voters came from. (/sarc)
Mark is nothing more than an ignorant racist. He does nothing but keep others wallowing in their ignorance.
My list of the 15 most overrated white people, which I have posted on earlier threads. I made a couple of changes, replacing Robert F. Kennedy with Margaret Mead and Elizabeth Taylor with Rachel Carson.
Karl Marx
Muhammad
John F. Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
John Maynard Keynes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Margaret Mead
Albert Gore, Jr.
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Edward R. Murrow
Bob Dylan
Rachel Carson
John Lennon
Walter Cronkite
Some of what Hill wrote may not have been seriously intended. He's done Red Eye on Fox News (as a token leftist to be sure), and some of what he's doing here is intentionally clownish. C'mon, is this really to be taken seriously?
Billy's hulking presence in the Western literary imagination has led to the marginalization of other incredible writers of his era, such as Kyd, Middleton and Webster, whose work merits equal if not greater attention. Also, as a result of his deification, we ignore the fact that many aspects of Shakespeare's work -- such as the writing in Hamlet or the generally narrow range of female roles in his plays -- just aren't that awesome.
It's a joke at Shakespeare worship to be sure. Also a jab at the people who always put the Shakespeares of the world down. Or is there really no irony there?
I don't get your source's reference to Obama's mother, though. We here are probably among the few people in the world who ascribe any importance at all to her. Very few other people "rate" her one way or the other.