Karen Finney is not black enough...

[HipChick]

A Media Research Center staffer says John Boehner is darker-skinned than the new MSNBC host



Hey, Reince Priebus: Here’s some more top-notch minority outreach from your partners at the right-wing Media Research Center.

MSNBC just announced that Karen Finney, a network political analyst and former communications director of the Democratic National Committee, will host a new weekend show. MRC director of media analysis Tim Graham immediately Tweeted:

MSNBC touting Karen Finney as another African-American host. Would the average viewer be able to guess that? Or is Boehner a shade more tan?

— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) April 2, 2013

Finney is African-American, although MSNBC didn’t particularly “tout” that in its press release; it mentioned that she was the first African-American communications director of the DNC and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. I’m not sure what would cause Graham to even muse about her racial bona fides, let alone share his idiocy publicly. When mocked on Twitter, he just dug his hole deeper:


http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/crazy_righty_karen_finney%E2%80%99s_not_black_enough/

[BainsBane]

1. So faux tanner now determines race?

in the mind of the GOP?

[malaise]

2. What's the difference between Obama and Finney? n/t

[elleng]

3. F.... this shit!

She's great!

[monmouth3]

6. I love, love, hearing her speak. She has a particular patois that is very appealing. Go Karen..n/t

[elleng]

7. Yea, mouth, she tawks good!!!

P.S., MSNBC's women (but for cp) are all excellent, imo.

[Scuba]

4. In the interest of keeping their base agitated, Republicans will say anything.

Their base is made up of a homogenous group: The willfully ingnorant.

[CTyankee]

5. OY! They've done it again!

Will these jerks NEVER learn...

[alp227]

8. Tim Graham is a real piece of work. Look him up in the site ConWebWatch.tripod.com.

And he's from Wisconsin too (a little town east of La Crosse called Viroqua as he boasts on Newsbusters). That's OK I still know a LOT of good non bigoted DUers are from the Badger State!

[Cha]

9. First I heard of it.. I never knew

Karen Finney was Black. I don't watch tv.. but, Like it matters one way or another. Except to racist assholes like tim graham.

boner's orange. How's that goin' for him?

[LeftInTX]

10. That guy sounds bigoted

Why should it matter to him anyway.

[Raine]

11. CONGRATS to Karen Finney on her new hosting job! nt

[Auntie Bush]

23. Good...when will she start?

I always liked her and wondered why no one grabbed her. Congratulations Karen!

she said the other day her mother was white and father was black. She also has a white grandparent. Can't remember which one.

[Raine]

28. I couldn't find a starting date but she will be on from 4-5:00 PM eastern time

as the lead in to Ed Shultz.

[Jamaal510]

12. I didn't know that John Boehner was a black man.

[MADem]

13. Wow, this is some sick shit....not "dark" enough? Please.

If you don't like someone's POV, that's where ya leave it--at the well of ideas. When they start playing the "tone" game as a way of determining if someone "belongs" to a group (especially when it's people outside the group trying to decide who is "black enough" or not) they've just lost the argument.

[Bandit]

14. Just like Elizabeth Warren isn't dark enough to be Native Amercian.

It just doesn't get any more plain than this...

[1monster]

15. Who freakin' cares what color anyone's skin is?

[Sissyk]

16. WTF??

I thought boner was orange myself.

I like Karen!

[bluestate10]

20. Boner is not orange. Scientists are still trying to match Boner's skin color with a

color known to humankind. So far, no luck.

[Sissyk]

21. lol!

k, you got me.

[HappyMe]

33. They would have to take him

to the local Benjamin-Moore paint store for a color analysis.

[Samantha]

17. Karen Finney is biracial

She is the beautiful offspring of one African-American parent and one Caucasian parent.

I heard President Obama once describing the experience of having to choose on a form he was completing his ethnicity. He felt he looked more African-American and preferred to be identified as such if he had to choose simply one block to check.

Sam

[loyalsister]

19. I remember

a comment about having as much trouble getting a cab or being mistaken as a doorman as other people of color.

[Samantha]

24. She talked about this recently and told a riveting story

I think it might have been her father who was African-American (I am not sure if her parents are still living) and her mother was Caucasian. But the story revolved around the woman making a move to an area where she experienced things she had never seen before. There were whites-only pools and pools for African-Americans. She asked incredulously why not just one pool, and he answered "Jim Crow." I can't imagine experiencing anything like that.

She is a sharp commentator who seems to constantly grow sharper! Nice to hear about her new success.

Sam

[StrayKat]

25. I think that was Melissa Harris-Perry. n/t

[Samantha]

31. I am pretty sure I heard Karen Finney participating in this discussion

I have followed her for some time and would not confuse her with Melissa Harris-Perry, who might have a similar heritage. Not to sure about her background because I personally have not heard her open up on this subject.

Sam

[StrayKat]

32. Here you go:

Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, was raised in a racially charged South. Her mother was white and her father was black.

"I was born fewer than 10 years after the 1965 Voting Rights Act," she said. "My mother was from the West and when she first came, she said, 'Why are there two pools?' My father said, 'Jim Crow, Diana, Jim Crow.'"

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/halle-berry-cites-drop-rule-daughter-black-white/story?id=12869789&page=2#.UV2RwcqrzKc

[Samantha]

34. Geez, I can't believe that

I must have been really tired that night. I am pretty clear on these two different commentators and it is difficult to believe I made that mistake. But thanks for setting me straight.

Sam

[StrayKat]

39. It's all good.

I only remember this because I was surprised how similar MHP's background was to my own.

Honestly, I don't recall Karen Finney talking about her upbringing. It might be partly why so many are surprised by her heritage.

[StrayKat]

18. So, orange is the new black?

I'm sure Finney's critics would be just fine with her choosing to identify herself as white or Caucasian, and welcome her warmly and unquestioningly into their fold. Whatever.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. Karen Finney is a Hottie American.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

27. She's one of my favorites. Never tire of seeing her or JoyAnne Reid. eom

[XRubicon]

30. +1

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. That's ok, when Joy Anne Reid gets her well-deserved time-slot, he'll be

saying she's "too black", so it all evens out. ETA: (just in case!)

What a douche that Graham punk is!

[jambo101]

29. I thought she was Irish..

[Ruby the Liberal]

38. Her father was black. NT

[Fumesucker]

35. "John Boehner is a person of color, unfortunately it's not a color found in nature" -BH Obama

[AsahinaKimi]

36. I have seen her before.

She is pretty amazing.

[Ruby the Liberal]

37. Boehner is not tan, he is a shade not found in nature

Maybe Crayola should name a crayon for him.