It’s getting laughably stupid…
Despite causing controversy last month with a video that portrayed white middle class Americans as the most likely terrorists, the Department of Homeland Security has released yet another PSA that depicts an attempt to bomb a subway station not by Al-Qaeda Muslims, but well-dressed white people.
A new Public Service Announcement entitled ‘The Drop Off – If You See Something, Say Something’ was unveiled by none other than Big Sis herself, Janet Napolitano, on the Homeland Security website today.
The PSA, which will be played on television and radio stations, shows a well dressed attractive white woman exiting a taxi before walking into a subway station. The taxi driver – a white man – then makes a phone call and sets a timer on a device in the trunk of the car. The woman then leaves her bag in the station.
“If you see something, say something – report suspicious activity to local authorities,” states the voiceover as the clip ends with other commuters reporting the incident to a black security guard and a black police officer.
This is Philly, but New York is also running ads for their “If you see something, say something” initiative. In it, various people leave various packages in various spots. All of the people leaving them are white males. Never once is the person leaving the package any darker than the average white guy.
I’m all for the idea that anyone is a potential terrorist if they’re acting suspiciously, but why does that idea have to throw reality out the window? Unless there’s some rash of white people bombing civilian targets I’m unaware of, wouldn’t it be at least partially accurate to have the occasional swarthy Middle Eastern man carry one of those bags?
It’s funny how in an effort to make terrorism inclusive, we’ve pretty much absolved the largest chunk of people who perform such acts from the reputation of having done them.
You wanna show white people? Cool. Occasionally a dark-skinned “militant” would be nice, too.