MSNBC’s Michael Eric Dyson Dismisses Phil Robertson’s Biracial Grandson

Dyson Dismisses Phil Robertson’s Biracial Grandson: Abner Louima’s Sodomizer Had Mixed Race Kin Too (Mediaite)

Fresh on the heels of one MSNBC host’s program coming under fire after a panel mocked Mitt Romney’s adopted biracial grandson for being “not like the other” members of his family, Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson introduced another adopted biracial grandson into the national discourse – Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson’s. Dyson said that pointing out that Robertson has a mixed race relation does not absolve him of any culpability for making insensitive statements, just as having mixed race relationships did not absolve Abner Louima’s attacker after he forcibly sodomized the Haitian teen in 1997.

“What they are saying is that black people and gay people don’t count,” Dyson said of A&E Network’s decision to reinstate Robertson after a brief suspension. “They don’t matter to the bottom line.”