The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

As often times seems to be the case, Fox News contributor and '70s porn star wannabe, Geraldo Rivera, appeared perplexed when he made a recent appearance on HuffPost Live  yesterday, where he said this: "Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years. [I challenge anyone to find] a youngster -- a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx or a black kid from Harlem who has succeeded in life other than being the one-tenth of one-tenth of one percent that make it in the music business -- that's been a success in life walking around with his pants around his ass and with visible tattoos..." He then added: "And I love Russell Simmons. He's a dear friend of mine. I admire his business acumen. At some point, those guys have to cop to the fact that by encouraging this distinctive culture that is removed from the mainstream, they have encouraged people to be so different from the mainstream that they can't participate other t...