Again?!

Recently, it seems like everyday there's some celebrity being exposed for their racist comments and actions in the media. People will claim , "Oh I'm not a racist" or "racism isn't alive" but why lately have so many people been leaked in their racist moments? For the last couple of months there have been two rich and popular individuals exposed to the public. (Donald Sterling, Justin Bieber) 

I feel racism is a double sword in our society. With us normal people not in the public spotlight, we have to watch what we say to a certain extent because of the fear of negative perception, but for the famous and rich its a completely different story. 

As a society we buy these people's music, support their teams, watch their movies, but when they make the decision to say derogatory and extremely hateful comments why do we allow them to get a free pass? 

In my opinion this dilemma stems from Hip-Hop music. As a black male I can see how some may feel this behavior might seem acceptable, due to the fact that 90 + % of Rap & Hip-Hop music includes the N word in them. So society has began to push it under the rug when these events take place.  But the latest celeb really caught me by surprise. 

A few days ago, videos were released to the media of Justin Bieber using racial slurs and making racist remarks about the KKK.

Its just sickening to me because of his stature of a person, his fan base, and who discovered him.  Someone thats become so much of an idolized individual by young teens across the world can be involved so many negative things over and over again.

The funny thing is that he was discovered by R&B sensation Usher and I know he wouldn't take this kind of behavior as a "friendly joke" or an accident.

He had this to say after the videos surfaced, after the source close to him was not paid the money demanded for the videos not to be leaked.

He said, he takes his friendships with people of all cultures very, seriously and he apologizes for offending or hurting anyone with my childish and inexcusable mistake. He was a kid then and He is a man now who knows his responsibility to the world and not to make that mistake again. 

I just think people should watch what they say especially those individuals in the spotlight because their following will see that behavior and think its acceptable or cool to mimic. Especially now with the advances in social media and the internet and events like this aren't going anywhere , because they're just one click away 

 LS