The Nuttiness of Harry Belafonte

• Harry Belafonte: Great singer.
• Harry Belafonte: Naive political whack job.

When will entertainers learn that they'd be better off keeping their mouths shut about topics they know little to nothing about. In this BBC interview he continues to slag Condoleeza Rice, a woman who has a long, distinguished career of public service. She is where she is because she's smart and determined. She also happens to be black.

But Belafonte refuses to acknowledge any of her accomplishments because she happens to have different political views than he does. If Belafonte were white he'd quickly be labeled a bigot and rightly so. But because he's black and has strident anti-capitalist views, he gets a pass.

Perhaps not surprisingly, he's a big fan of Cuba's dictator, Fidel Castro. Strangely enough though, he hasn't moved there and continues to enjoy making money in America. In my mind, that makes him a hypocrite.