Professor Ties Michael Vick Case To Slavery, Civil Rights On MSNBC

(By Frances Martel, Mediaite) - Football person Michael Vick continued winning the slowest news week of 2010 [Wednesday night], but the pool of interpretations of this nearly two-year-old incident is rapidly drying up. On [Wednesday night's] 'Rachel Maddow', EP Bill Wolff (filling in for Maddow) brought in Professor Melissa Harris-Perry for a fresh take, and she delivered: Michael Vick is the victim of centuries of black oppression– from dogs? Update: Prof. Harris-Perry clarifies she was given three minutes less of discussion than expected. More below.



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