Reprints permitted provided source is credited. That question fuels an inflammatory new song by a rap band called Screwball. It graphically depicts the assassination of New York mayor Rudy Giuliani. This outrage's most annoying aspect is how little outrage it has generated. This double standard could not be clearer.
Rappers chuckle about the murder of New York's white, male Republican mayor.
Rather than a media frenzy, a mild murmur ensues. That aside, the press has been as quiet as rap is loud. Meanwhile, the same White House that complains about hate speech and violent entertainment sleeps through a song aimed at the First Lady's chief rival for the Senate seat she covets. The NYPD has arrested and jailed more criminals, many of them black. The inescapable Rev. Al Sharpton staged three weeks of anti-Giuliani demonstrations and celebrity arrests at One Police Plaza.