Another One Bites the Dust

It was my intention to write about food tonight. I had gathered my thoughts. Collected my images. Was ready to go earlier than my midnight postings for a change. And then, I ran across all of the Nick Cannon headlines. Where do we begin?
To say it’s a shock, or disheartening, is being redundant at this point. Let that disclaimer be known. With that said, according to multiple media platforms, Nick Cannon aired his podcast a couple of weeks ago sharing his opinions of the Caucasian’s issues with melonated people. Nothing new, or anything that has never been discussed. He went on to allegedly say that the first Jewish people were indeed Black. This was deemed as Anti-Semitic. Yes, you heard correct. This in turn was cause for Viacom to seemingly terminate their relationship with Nick.
I’ve seen this before, as I’m sure most of us have. I knew I had to go to the source of it all, the owner of Viacom. Bingo! Sumner Redstone. Sumner bought Viacom back in the 80s for $3.4 billion. The 94-year old has since passed the business down to his daughter, Shari Redstone. It was she that signed off on the dismissal of Nick due to his supposed anti-Semitic comments (on his own personal podcast, might I add). Here’s the real gag.
Once upon a time, a young Sumner had the goal of becoming a heavy hitter in the media industry. Understanding the unspoken rules of life in America when it comes to cultural differences, Sumner went to his father, the Patriarch of the family, and coerced him to change the original family name from Rothstein, to Redstone. This would create an easier path for him to break into the industry. That’s right, good people. Redstone is actually the Yiddish equivalent to Rothstein. Clutch your pearls!
The irony of Nick Cannon being fired for alleged anti-Semitic comments, when in fact Sumner was so embarrassed by his Jewish roots he persuaded his father to change their entire family name! Apparently, it’s ok for a person of Jewish decent to be ashamed of and then their back on their culture, but not ok to say that the first Jewish people were Black. Ponder on that amongst yourselves.
Nick has since released a statement, where he states that he reached out to Shari to have a conversation, to even apologize if anyone was offended by his truth. She never responded. Again, big surprise. This action was planned out long before this moment. She/they were just waiting on the right time.
Nick will definitely be more than alright. But there is a deeper discussion that needs to be had. One that normal society just refuses to acknowledge, let alone hear. Interesting note: Nick Cannon is in the process of receiving his Doctrine in Theology. Who knew? What we all know is, this is his journey is about to be a great one to follow.
Please share your thoughts. I so love a great discussion.
XoxoMo

Nick Cannon, former Viacom employee.