What's black and white and heard all over?

Sometimes I have to wonder whether it's an act or whether Jessica McBride is really that clueless.

Case in point:

Joel McNally*: Black radio host?

Is this like Bill Clinton being the first black president? Joel McNally is the first "black" man who actually deserves an asterisk. But he won't get one. I guess diversity to the Left is solely ideological. They have no problem with white guy Joel replacing a black man on a black radio program. I thought Joel supported affirmative action. Just not when it comes to himself, I guess.

Don Rosette (manager of WMCS, which targets a black audience) says McNally's race isn't an issue. "We believe in diversity here, too," he says. "I suspect that we're going to hear some different dialogue, and maybe in the early going, we're going to hear some that's disparaging. But I'm not worried about it."

Meanwhile, Lefty bloggers essentially give me an asterisk because, despite my gender, I don't count as diversifying WTMJ. And, apparently, they think Joel McNally is "blacker" than Mikel Holt and David Clarke. Because he thinks the way they want him to do.

Like I said: Many on the Left don't REALLY believe in the principles of diversity, even though they mouth off about it a lot. They believe in ideological-based diversity, and there is a big difference.

Actually, I have no problem with McNally's new show. The more the merrier. I just think the Liberal double standard is pretty darn funny.

Where to begin?

Does she really think that "affirmative action" means that a radio station with a black audience should only hire black talk shwo hosts? (The answer is probably yes, because then the hiring policies at WTMJ, which appeals to a white audience, would be affirmative action, too. They hire only white people as talk show hosts.)

Does she think McNally was hired to work on a "black radio program?" It's a station with a largely black audience. Some people call it a black station. The program is not a "black radio program," and it certainly isn't with McNally on it. [Let me say, before she does, that Eugene Kane asked in his column, "I mean, what kind of black radio show lets a white guy behind the microphone?" I still say it's not a black radio show any more, if it ever was. Would McBride say her show is a white radio show?]

Does she really think that hiring her, a conservative white woman, to join a bunch of conservative white male announcers, is a blow for diversity?

Does she think that having David Clarke or Mikel Holt on for 15 minutes occasionally is the same as having a black talk show host?

Your witness.

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Eugene Kane thinks McNally will be a good fit. He adds:

The commitment to true racial diversity WMCS exhibited by hiring McNally is commendable, particularly compared to other radio stations in town who apparently think diversity means "integrating" the lineup of angry white males with a white female who sounds exactly like an angry white male.

Unlike other shows that bring in minority guests from time to time for window-dressing, McNally won't be a token voice on black radio. He'll be directing the conversation.