The left wing brand of tolerance in action.
This is what astounds me about Richard Gere. I keep wondering what he was thinking. The concert was a tribute to the policemen and firemen who worked at Ground Zero. He either: a) didn't know that what he said would go over as poorly as it did, or b) didn't care what they thought about, he was going to say it anyway. I can't believe that Gere would go to a tribute for the heroes and then intentionially piss them off, so he must have thought that it would be received differently. He must be living in a bubble to have thought that.
As for the audience being too white, again, remember who the tribute is for! It's for the New York City police and fire workers. Hasn't a certain segment of the population historically made up those occupations in New York City? Why would anyone be surprised that the recipients of the tribute be mostly white? Who should be in the audience, if not the people who were there?
As grim as it may sound, there will be many opportunities for new people to enter the fire and police profession now.
-PJ