The news today has had repeated references to Whoopi Goldberg's comments about the Michael Vick dog fighting case. Whoopi's take on this is that, since he is from “The South”, he should be understood because dog fighting is part of the culture. “Like cock fighting is to Puerto Ricans”.

I live in Tidewater Virginia, in a small town agricultural and watermen community. Not too far from where the Vick boys grew up. Our part of the world is a bunch of really nice folks of a variety of shades and origins. Have lived here for almost ten years. There is no dog fighting here. We are not a third world culture.

“The View” seems to get a lot of publicity from having panel members such as Whoopi and Rosie. They make really idiotic comments, the news channels have a field day, ratings go up. What is new in the world?

And what is new about Black preachers and personalities making excuses for and profiting from Michael Vick? (See some of my recent entries) Suppose he had been Caucasian and done all those outrageous things? Would there have been any less uproar? Michael Vick has some real problems. They have nothing to do with his being from the South. He surrounded himself with a bunch of “homeys” (his father's comment) who dragged him farther down. Racism rears its ugly head again but not from the establishment nor the non-Blacks in any culture.