Essay 131

Three MultiCultClassics Minutes…

• Long Island police spent the past month hauling in over 220 suspected gang members, scooping up about a dozen guns, drugs, cash and a machete. Plus, a big-game crossbow. Moose and elk in the New York area are feeling much safer now.

• Al Sharpton led Texas cops on a 9-mile chase at speeds of up to 110 mph. There can only be one explanation: beauty salon appointment.

• Nielsen Media Research has dramatic new TV viewership figures thanks to its innovative people-meter system. Given the controversies surrounding the company’s minority data, it will be interesting to see revised numbers for Blacks and Hispanics. Perhaps we’ll learn that NBC didn’t have to cancel Whoopi after all.