Three White Guys On Fox Show Love For Black Fetuses, Not Much So Much For The Mothers
Bill O’Reilly was outraged Monday night that a poster saying “unborn lives matter” was denied approval by Catholic DePaul University for display on campus because it was disrespectful to Black Lives Matter. But the discussion that followed suggested that black fetuses matter more than black people to the conservatives advocating for the poster.
Apparently, DePaul’s decision not to allow the poster was based on a conclusion that it somehow denigrated the Black Lives Matter movement. Personally, I would not have thought so. I would have allowed the poster because I think the “Lives Matter” phrase has become generalized in our nation’s lexicon.
But listening to this discussion, I suspect DePaul was correct in its assessment about the intent in this case.
Although both of the two white guys who were O’Reilly’s guests, as well as O’Reilly, himself, insisted that the poster meant no offense to African Americans, the conversation suggested otherwise. Not one of them offered a respectful nod to Black Lives Matter. Instead, there was the suggestion that black fetuses are more important.
Guest Jorin Burkhart said the poster pertains to “a different group of people that we recognize as marginalized.” Putting aside the use of the word “people” when he meant “fetuses,” Burkhart’s implication was that actual living, breathing blacks are not marginalized.