Round-up

1. Black rap-star Kelis - of "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" fame - has been arrested after screaming "racial epithets" at two prostitutes - who turned out to be undercover policewomen on a sting operation. It's not clear what the comments were or even what race the women belonged to, though.

But should she be arrested? In my opinion, no, if she had simply shouted abuse at them. If it's racist, who cares? But the report says she tried to attack them so that's understandable regardless of the race of the victims. That's really all there is to this story, the attack. I expect she'll be released before too long, though.

2. This Huffington Post column details a supposedly racist statement made on a Texas radio show:

Allred: "What happened to Bama Rock or whatever his name is?"
Cole: "He's moving up in the polls. Obama."
Allred: "He's a likeable guy."
Cole: "He's 'clean' is what what's-his-name said. Joe Biden told us that."
Allred: "Clean darky."
Cole: "Sammy!"

The guy involved has apparently been suspended.

It's difficult to tell whether this is really racist or not without hearing the thing in context. It could be a joke, in which case it's absolutely fine, despite what PC tosspots will have you believe. The man said after the commercial break: "See, I was making fun of politicians who say things like that." Of course, the columnist writing this up doesn't seem inclined to believe him.

I also find it difficult to believe Allred is racist when just before the "darky" comment he says of Obama, "He's a likable guy".