Why The Story Liam Neeson Shared About “Coshing” “A Black B******” Is Problematic

When it comes to race-bait pieces, I tend to identify them for what they are before casually perusing, and discarding with practiced exhaustion.

Racially-insensitive material has now become a global phenomenon, as reputable outlets evolve into purposed scavengers, on the hunt for meaty or bony fare that will undoubtedly prove how Black folks are still fighting off the life-threatening epidemic of overt racism.

Suddenly you start getting those pesky DM messages from desperate editors in Britain, who scouted you out as the “race writer” who will know what to say to nonchalant White Brits, who don’t give much of a damn about hair politics of Black women or whether or not Meghan Markle is truly the eyesore of the royal family because she’s not 100 percent White.

There’s also no need to be bothered about the coerced pieces from outlets like the Independent, Daily Mail and plenty others like them, that eagerly plant the suggestive headlines with the winning bet that it will absolutely garner the attention it deserves.

Unfortunately the recent entry by the Independent, that captures the promotional interview by Liam Neeson, who veered off topic to fess up to his past entanglements as a White male hunting for Black males to clubber to…