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American Idol Racism Row: Nine Black Rejects Sue
International Business Times. All ^ | January 25, 2013

Posted on 01/25/2013 10:08:04 AM PST by rocky50

American Idol is at the centre of a racism row after nine black former contestants claimed that they were all forced off the show as part of a racist plan to boost ratings.

The singers, from various seasons, are preparing to take legal action against the hit talent show which they say "permanently and severely impaired" their personal and professional lives.

(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...


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To: rocky50

Let me guess . . . . . . these are all Obama supporters who believe that EVERYONE should win American Idol.

Except the white contestants.

Yeah, Randy Jackson would agree with that.


21 posted on 01/25/2013 10:54:22 AM PST by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for anti-American criminals!!)
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To: rocky50

“...... and then disqualifying them due to their criminal records.”

Anything I say at this point would certainly be considered racist.

LMAO.....


22 posted on 01/25/2013 10:55:17 AM PST by Gator113 (Leave my guns alone and REGISTER THE DAMN LIBERALS!!)
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To: rocky50
"American Idol is at the centre of a racism row after nine black former contestants claimed that they were all forced off the show as part of a racist plan to boost ratings."



Oh please tell me the details. Better hurry before the Marijuana wears off!
23 posted on 01/25/2013 10:56:04 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: rocky50

Everyone should know by now that the only way a black can win the Grand Prize is if the other blacks that would give him competition get eliminated early. This is because the Black vote out there is so overwhelmingly Racist, it would get split and the non-Black contestant would benefit.


24 posted on 01/25/2013 11:00:24 AM PST by chopperman
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To: rocky50

lolol

permanent and severely impaired?

lolol


25 posted on 01/25/2013 11:02:26 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Nikki Minaj doesn’t like Odumbo as she endorsed Romney.


26 posted on 01/25/2013 11:05:44 AM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: chopperman

Ruben Studdard is a black man from Alabama, and he won. He was over weight and sweaty. The thing was, he could sing.


27 posted on 01/25/2013 11:07:47 AM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: rocky50
I think I'll try out for the NBA. I'm 60 years old, white, and under 6 feet tall. When I don't get selected, I'll sue based on age discrimination, racial discrimination, and height discrimination. The fact that I have no talent whatsoever when it comes to basketball should not even be a factor in my lawsuit.
28 posted on 01/25/2013 11:18:24 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: rocky50

So they will deliberately let untalented people win. How is this different from the way people are hired for the IRS and the Post Office?

Does any achievement mean anything anymore?


29 posted on 01/25/2013 11:23:18 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: rocky50
I'm sure the word is out to stick it to da Man while Obama wields power.
30 posted on 01/25/2013 11:30:19 AM PST by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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To: rocky50

They have a point. The whole entertainment industry is racist. A black person can’t catch a break. It’s almost as segregated as professional sports, and you know how bad that is. The American public simply won’t support black entertainers, athletes, etc.

/mind-numbing stupidity


31 posted on 01/25/2013 11:31:12 AM PST by sphinx
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To: traditional1

“You were brought on the show because you were black. You were off the show when they found you had no talent.”

To be fair, when I watched the show, none of them was that extraordinarily talented, black or white. Certainly Clay Aiken was not more talented than Ruben Stoddard. Talent really doesn’t have anything to do with American Idol, since it’s a glorified popularity contest.

Anyway, if anyone is racist, wouldn’t it have to be the viewers, since they are the ones that voted them off?


32 posted on 01/25/2013 11:38:52 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Don’t give her ideas. She’ll have a duck for an alternate personality on her next single.


33 posted on 01/25/2013 11:41:37 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’d like to have Nicki Minaj in my duck boat in October. she could just talk constantly and the mallards would come in large flocks, Her voice is much like the noise that ducks make while feeding.


I’d like to see a mallard in her seat at the judges’ table. I’d understand it better than I can her.


34 posted on 01/25/2013 11:44:38 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: rocky50
"Nine Blacks Reject Sue"

What did Sue ever do to deserve this?

Why are the "dissing" her?

What...? Oh! Wait a minute.

"Nine BlackS Reject Sue"

(dyslexia strikes again)

35 posted on 01/25/2013 12:13:01 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: rocky50

Everything is racist all the time.


36 posted on 01/25/2013 12:22:08 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: rocky50

Stick a fork in that show...it’s done!


37 posted on 01/25/2013 12:24:17 PM PST by The Louiswu (Torpedo the Constitution and full speed ahead!!!)
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To: rocky50
...or Gordon Ramsey yelled at me and kicked me off his show because I'm black (and can't cook or don't belong in a kitchen...)

Producers of reality tv shows need to watch their backs...
38 posted on 01/25/2013 12:28:29 PM PST by The Louiswu (Torpedo the Constitution and full speed ahead!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

When I first laid eyes on this Nicki Manaj a couple of weeks back, I thought it was Jessica Rabbit with some work done.


39 posted on 01/25/2013 12:28:42 PM PST by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: rocky50

Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson and Reuben Studdard say hello...


40 posted on 01/25/2013 12:35:31 PM PST by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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