Essay 699

Justice is bland in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• A grand jury decided not to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney for her March 29 scuffle with a Capitol Police officer (see Essay 516). Last April McKinney said, “I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all, and I regret its escalation, and I apologize. There should not have been any physical contact in this incident.” She then broke into song (see photo above).

• The consumer group that filed a lawsuit against KFC for its unhealthy food items (see Essay 690) is now aiming at Starbucks. “People expect foods from Dunkin’ Donuts to be unhealthy, but Starbucks has more of an upper middle class, healthy, hip, politically correct facade,” said a spokesman for the consumer group. “But the food is just as harmful to your arteries.” Hey, could somebody please remove the fat from Starbucks’ prices?

• Black workers at Six Flags America griped to the ACLU, charging the theme parks violate their civil rights by restricting ethnic hairstyles (two workers pictured below). An employee handbook includes mandates stating braids “must be in neat, even rows and without beads or other ornaments.” An ACLU official said, “This is culturally very, very insensitive and possibly discrimination. … The question is, how long do we have to keep going around and around with this when it comes to people of African descent and the natural style of the hair that they wear?” Well, probably at least as long as the wait in line for The Avalanche ride.