I last wrote about a CNN personality and perceived homophobia in my article, “Don Lemon’s Assumption on Black Women Challenged.” Lemon had alleged in his memoir that Black women are the primary source of prejudice against gay Black men.
Ironically, it is now Lemon’s African-American male colleague Roland Martin who now faces termination for alleged homophobia.
By now, everyone has heard that CNN has suspended Roland Martin from his very high-profile and, no doubt, high-paying position as a political analyst for the news network seen around the world.
And unfortunately for Mr. Martin, his ill-advised Super Bowl tweets also reverberated thusly. And how could they not have, when you consider the CNN man’s stunning missives, two of which contain action verbs that suggest, well, violence: “smack” and “whip.”
After viewing David Beckham’s Super Bowl ad, featuring the scantily clad soccer hottie, wearing nothing but the form-fitting underwear he was promoting, Martin was inexplicably moved to write these now infamous tweets:
‘If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him! #superbowl‘
‘Ain’t no real bruhs going to H&M to buy some damn David Beckham underwear! #superbowl‘
