Essay 357

A reverent MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• Kanye West is playing Jesus Christ on the cover of Rolling Stone. “In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts,” West said. “You want me to be great, but you don’t ever want me to say I’m great?” Not sure the American Family Association will agree with West on this issue.

• A new survey by the American Association of University Women shows one in four college students experienced unwanted sexual contact. The other three in four are probably responsible for the unwanted contact.

• The fat lady is warming up for the Boys Choir of Harlem. The choir has a January 31 eviction date, and the Department of Education won’t budge on the deadline. Looks like somebody’s going to be singing the blues.

• The Minuteman Project was rejected in its efforts to appear in the 40th annual Patriots Day parade in Laguna. While officials insist the event always prohibits religious or political entrants, Minuteman Project leader James Gilchrist expressed feeling “offended, insulted and really taken aback.” Hey, that’s pretty much the response of all folks who face the Minuteman Project.

• New bills in Virginia target illegal immigrants — the measures will prohibit them from attending state colleges, penalize businesses that hire them and create new demands for people seeking marriage licenses. The Minute Man Project will probably hold a parade to celebrate.

• UPN and WB will go off the air, but programming from the networks will launch the new CW. The “C” stands for CBS Corp. and the “W” stands for Warner Bros. — as opposed to Coloreds and Wiggers. Let’s hope this means the end of the obnoxious WB frog critter.