If you can judge a wise (wo)man by the colour of his (her) skin, mister you’re a better man than I

Recognize the quote? Probably not, so I’ll give it to you. Aerosmith, Livin’ on the Edge. Yep. Why do I bring this up? Because Corvida wrote a post that some are going to take issue with, I’m sure, but I have to stand by:

I don’t think it’s a secret as to why I did it, but in case you don’t know, Loren Feldman of 1983media did a video last year entitled “Techn****”, which basically put black people in a bad light. He asked where were the African-American tech bloggers and then proceeded to put on a parody of a “gangster” tech blogger that perpetuated many stereotypes that African-Americans already face due to ignorance of a variety of things. No I’m not linking to his ****. Source: I Requested That Verizon Drop Their Deal With 1938media | SheGeeks

It doesn’t really matter what I think of Loren personally (I didn’t see that episode), nor does it matter.  What matters is that, yes Corvida is right. Verizon should consider her words.

No, it isn’t censorship. The government isn’t tell Loren to stop. His ISP isn’t cutting him off. No one is saying not to listen to him, he does have a sharp wit and some wise things to say.

This is taking a stand, and I’m standing with Corvida.