Brandon Victor Dixon's hypocrisy and racism

Brandon Victor Dixon lectured Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he stood with the cast of "Hamilton," a Broadway musical that costs around $3,000 a pop. Dixon said it wasn't a lecture, it was a conversation, but obviously he's an idiot who doesn't know the difference.

In fact, the lecture was so heart felt and sincere, he had to give the lecture using a flash card.

President-elect Donald Trump said that Dixon should apologize to Mike Pence and his family but the actor said he had nothing to apologize for and refused.

So instead of saying 'sorry' for being a Richard's nickname, perhaps he ought to consider saying it over some tweets he made on yesteryear, before "Hamilton" hit the stage.

On March 17, 2012 Dixon tweeted: "St. Patty's day weekend is like Christmas for black dudes who like white chicks. Happy holidays boys."

In another tweet he wrote: "For every racist comment I get about Trayvon, I'm going to turn one (1) white married, suburban housewife & mother into a jump off." [A 'jump off' is a casual sexual encounter.]

Finally, he responded to this June 27, 2013 tweet apparently made by a black woman who wrote: "Remember when NFL players would just play the game, bang mad ho's, and collect their checks? Guess that's not enough anymore." By tweeting this: "the problem is ho's aren't what they used to be. If ho game would step up, cats wouldn't get distracted."

Scott Pinsker, a marketing maven, to Fox411 that the actor's on-stage performance Friday in which he made the lecture and then chided his audience for booing Pence, is at odds with these less buttoned-up Twitter interactions.

"It's certainly hypocritical for Mr. Dixon to adopt the persona of a concerned civil rights statesman and dress-down Pence in a public theater, and then use that kind of language on social media. It reeks of phoniness," Pinsker said.

"That's one of the dangers of celebrities who use social media, many of us have multiple sides to our personality, and there are unintended consequences to angry, divisive language," Pinsker added. "It can cost you the moral high ground, and make you look like an oblivious, self-aggrandizing hypocrite."

Pence responded to the on stage lecture with class, saying that this is what liberty is all about. 

People didn't pay that kind of money to have to listen to a one-sided political rant, but Dixon knew that his audience was filled to the brim with New York progressives, liberals, LGBTQ folks and Trump-haters. However, what he did was not only be rude to Mr. Pence, but to the entire audience.

The speech went "We sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us--our planet, our children, our parents--or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us."

Yes, "Hamilton" is so diverse that their casting notice made it clear that "non-whites only" need apply. Hopefully, the production will be sued for that violation of 'inalienable rights' of all Americans.

Who's the real racist?




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If they're not white, it can't be racism. Really?

"Hamilton" cast

"Hamilton," the Broadway musical that won kudos for casting black and Latino performers, is being questioned regarding its hiring practices as they might be in violation of New York City Human Rights Law. 

Specifically, the casting notice clearly seeks "non-white" performers to play the white founding fathers of America. One critic said the musical takes a story that "valorizes dead white guys" and replaces them with black, Latino and multi-ethnic performers to play those roles.

Isn't that similar, in a way, to those people who claim to be war heroes but have never actually served in the military? It's called stolen valor and actual war veterans are appalled by it.

As "Hamilton" plans to expand to other cities, the casting notice calling for "non'white" performers is being questioned by civil rights attorney Randolph McLaughlin.

Jeffrey Seller and his husband

"What if they put an ad out that said, 'Whites only need apply?'" McLaughlin said. "Why, African-Americans, Latinos, Asians would be outraged."

He believes the ad violates the New York City Human Rights Law making it unlawful "for an employer . . . because of the actual written or perceived . . . race of any person, to discriminate."

"You cannot advertise showing that you have a preference for one racial group over another," McLaughlin said. "As an artistic quiestion, sure, he can cast whomever he wants to cast, but he has to give every actor eligible for the role an opportunity to try."

Even Actors Equity, the Broadway union says, " . . . producers agree that auditions for all productions . . . will be conducted in such a manner as to provide full and fair consideration to actors of all ethnicities."

But Actors Equity approved of the language in the casting notice.

Why?

Because it's only racism when it comes from white people.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to discover that McLaughlin is labeled a racist because of his concerns over the obvious racism of the casting notice.

The show's producter Jeffrey Seller defended the diversity of the "Hamilton" cast and the legality of the "non-white" casting notice. "I stand by it and believe it to be legal," he said, believing that legality equates to morality and ethics.

Alexander Hamilton

The city Commission on Human Rights claims it hasn't received a formal complaint about the ad, nor would they say if they're investigating. Probably not since this has nothing to do with which bathrooms people are allowed to use.

According to CBS2, the city has fined restaurants for advertising for "busboys" and "waitresses" rather than using the gender neutral terms "bus help" and "wait staff."

As a New York City male chromosome person, born and bred, I will not be attending "Hamilton." 

Does that make me a racist? If so, please don't tell my wife--she isn't white. 



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