Friday, July 24, 2009

Stop Name Dropping!!!

Why are all of these people talking about the indignity suffered by Dr. Henry Louis Gates but they keep calling him Skip??? We know that these commentators personally know the man but what happened to Doctor Gates?

5 comments:

lincolnperry said...

Citizen
You Malcolm X, what do you called a blackman with a Phd...

Its the same disrepect...like people calling the POTUS, obama, barack or my favorite, Mr Obama!

RMJ said...

Lincoln, while I agree that it's insulting to refer to the President by his first name, presidents are usually called by their last name in analysis of their positions. I don't recall different treatment for either of the Bushes or for Clinton.

Citizen Ojo, this is a good point.

Citizen Ojo said...

Lincolnperry - You went back on the Malcolm X statement..are you trying to sound like my dad.

RMJ - Thanks for stopping back through again. I feel that alot of people are saying the guys nickname so they can let everyone know they are close to him. Therefore we can believe they are credible sources. I don't care if you know the man just give me the facts.

Anonymous said...

why don't you tell us exactly "why" they keep calling him Skip, or Dr. Rice, "Condie"...

Go ahead, just for the record. Walk us through it.

Citizen Ojo said...

Anonymous - Although it is true that condi is a shortened name for the former State Sec. They are called by their first names for two different reasons. "Skip" is used to show familiarity with the person. It's for them to let you know they are major players in the saga (aka - the man next to the man next to the man) "Condi" is used to make the person more acceptable. A play nickname that shows the individual as "one of the gang" "just like us". When I wrote this post I was thinking about all the black folks that were calling him Skip. But I guess you have the other end where white folks used the word "condi".