Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Vernon Bellecourt threatened by Churchill
It just keeps coming, doesn't it?
Ward Churchill, in a taped message to Vernon Bellecourt, one of the founders of the American Indian Movement, laid out several threats. WC demanded that Bellecourt account for his leadership of the American Indian Movement, called him "boy" more than once, told Mr. Bellecourt (who had just had heart surgery at the time) that the next time they met Churchill "wouldn't just stand and look at" Vernon, and asked "are we clear?" at the end of the message. The entire tape can be found, of course, at KHOW.com.
If someone were to call an African American man "boy" in the snide and snotty tones Churchill uses, they'd be accused of racism. Period. End of story. If a white professor (which WC is) phoned an African American man and asked that "boy" if they were "clear," it would be deemed not only racist but extremely threatening. That professor would lose their job over that alone.
And yet Ward Churchill walks free and collects a hefty paycheck. You've gotta wonder, don't you?
Ward Churchill, in a taped message to Vernon Bellecourt, one of the founders of the American Indian Movement, laid out several threats. WC demanded that Bellecourt account for his leadership of the American Indian Movement, called him "boy" more than once, told Mr. Bellecourt (who had just had heart surgery at the time) that the next time they met Churchill "wouldn't just stand and look at" Vernon, and asked "are we clear?" at the end of the message. The entire tape can be found, of course, at KHOW.com.
If someone were to call an African American man "boy" in the snide and snotty tones Churchill uses, they'd be accused of racism. Period. End of story. If a white professor (which WC is) phoned an African American man and asked that "boy" if they were "clear," it would be deemed not only racist but extremely threatening. That professor would lose their job over that alone.
And yet Ward Churchill walks free and collects a hefty paycheck. You've gotta wonder, don't you?
