Another famous old white man has said something racist or sexist or homophobic and we all clutch our pearls and wait for his PR department to write up an insincere apology to be issued by press release. Why?
He isn't "sorry" for being racist or sexist or homophobic. He's "sorry" that his antiquated, narrow-minded view of the world is no longer socially acceptable. He's "sorry" that he is being vilified in the media instead of being shown the deference he is "entitled" to as white, heterosexual men. He is "sorry if anyone was offended." (If?)
We should really stop asking for old, bigoted white men's apologies and more importantly, we should stop pretending that the apologies mean anything. When they accidentally let their true views show, I'm relieved to know which douche-bag to cease doing business with because I prefer to spend my money at companies whose principals think black people, gay people, and women are, you know, people.
No, old bigoted white men, it's too late to apologize. And it's also too unconvincing. You think you're better than women, homosexuals, and people of color because you cannot get Above Your Raisin. But you'll be dead soon. And then all the amazing people whom you bizarrely see as being beneath you will live on and will not even remember your name.
