Camille Paglia Defends Rush's 'Barack the Magic Negro' Parody
When I first heard "Barack the Magic Negro" shortly after the March 2007 publication of the Ehrenstein article (which was partly inspired by a term used by director Spike Lee), I found it very daring and funny. So wrote Camille Paglia in her weekly must-read column at Salon Wednesday.Also on her plate was why talk radio is dominated by conservatives, and how "something very ugly has surfaced in contemporary American liberalism...[T]here are some real fruitcakes out there, and some of them are writing for major magazines."Wow. Better strap yourself in tightly, for here are t...