Bonus Outrage: Class Struggle or Class Envy?

Beneath the Radar

By Gary Younge

This article appeared in the April 13, 2009 edition of The Nation.

March 26, 2009

During Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore suggests to Dick Herland, a former producer of Cops, that he find new villains.

Rather than screening mostly black and Hispanic men being chased by law enforcement, why not have a show called Corporate Cops, where police hunt down white-collar criminals?

"I'm telling you, everyone in America who's got just your basic, everyday job...is gonna love watching the boss being chased down the street with his shirt off, thrown to the ground and a knee to the neck. I'm telling you, that is gonna get ratings," says Moore.

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About Gary Younge

Gary Younge, the Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the New York correspondent for the Guardian and the author of No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey Through the Deep South (Mississippi) and Stranger in a Strange Land: Travels in the Disunited States (New Press). He is also a contributor to The Notion. more...
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