Letters to the Editor
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American Bondage fantasies and the Sexy Blonde Bottom
I just can't get all worked up over Paris Hilton. I don't care if she is in jail or out of jail or how long she stays there. As Cintra Wilson points out, Hilton is the easy target because of what she symbolizes to most Americans. However, most Americans are too afraid to go after the big bullies, the ones with control over guns and paychecks and healthcare, and many don't ever plan to confront these real bullies - even if they had the opportunity -anyway. Paris Hilton is just a fun scapegoat, just like it was fun to see justice denied Nicole Simpson. To many, she represents the white woman that falsely screamed "rape" and unfairly put a black man behind bars. Except of course, she was murdered, and OJ Simpson really did do it. No matter to some, because in their minds justice was served in a symbolic sort of way. Of course, the public isn't going to go after the white men dishing up the real oppression - the Dick Cheneys and Ralph Reeds and David Dukes because that would be too scary. So hey, take your hate out on another hapless blond white woman, because her willingness to be a gussied up pawn in the white man's game makes her easy to hate. Plus, she doesn't really have the power to hit anyone back, right?