This did not wear well. On Feb. 22, 2019, a story posted on Gentleman’s Quarterly website was headlined: “The Racist, Homophobic Attack on Jussie Smollett Is America’s Endgame. When one of the most famous black and gay men in America is not safe, the message is clearer than it has ever been.”
One of the most famous black and gay men? Count me among the multitudes who said, “Who is Jussie Smollett?”
GQ.com, of course, referred to the alleged hate crime committed one winter night in Chicago against actor Smollett, coming back from Subway toting a tuna fish foot-long sandwich. He claimed his attackers were then-President Donald Trump-supporting thugs who yelled racial and homophobic slurs. The tale quickly fell apart, but not before the “America is systemically racist” media and political ambulance chasers weighed in.
The soon-to-be presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted in January 2019: “What happened today to Jussie Smollett must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie.”
A better question would be: Why hasn’t the racist black man who ran through the parade killing women and children been charged with any hate crimes. The black man who stabbed the 14 year old because the boy was one of “those white devils” also has never been charged with a hate crime.
Yet they clearly classified the Smollett case as a hate crime. Which was proven to be a lie. Much like the hate crimes at Salisbury University which all turned out to have been committed by blacks.
It is what you call “The New Black!”