Ninja Monkie Bacchanal

Ok, by now I am sure you have heard that Isaac Hayes abruptly left the show South Park.  He claims it was for the show intolerance of religion (umm...ok), but ‘sources’ say is is related to a specific episode that lambasted Scientology, of which Mr. Hayes is a follower.  And I am not even going to get into the rumors that Tom Cruise, also a follower, refused to promote his new movie until Comedy Central (owned by Paramount, which is making Mr. Cruise’s movie) pulled a scheduled repeat of the offending episode (they did, BTW).  Whatever.

My wife pointed something out to me.  Why did Mr. Hayes not criticize the show far earlier for its portrayal of blacks?  For crying out loud, they have a black character named TOKEN!!! Oye!