Posted on 06/24/2020 6:28:30 PM PDT by grundle
On Wednesday, BET Founder Robert Johnson mocked those who are destroying statues across the U.S. and who are trying to cancel television shows because they think that’s what black people want.
During an interview with Fox News, Johnson said that those who are destroying statues across the country “have the mistaken assumption that black people are sitting around cheering for them saying ‘Oh, my God, look at these white people. They’re doing something so important to us. They’re taking down the statue of a Civil War general who fought for the South.'”
“You know, black people, in my opinion, black people laugh at white people who do this the same way we laugh at white people who say we got to take off the TV shows [like] The Dukes of Hazard,” Johnson continued. “I bet if you go back and look at the Nielsen ratings when The Dukes of Hazard was on television, I’ll bet you it had a huge black viewing population. The one thing you can do is research it, find out, because blacks watched more television than whites did, always has been historically.”
Johnson also took a shot at white Americans who think that by doing “emotionally or drastic things” that black people will look at them and think that white people love them. Johnson said that “black people don’t give a damn” if statues of people like Stonewall Jackson, who was a Confederate general, are taken down.
Johnson also mocked HBO Max for taking down “Gone with the Wind,” then putting it back with a disclaimer, saying, “What the hell do you need a disclaimer with ‘Gone with the Wind,’ as if black people think that we believe that slavery was like ‘Gone with the Wind’? Who are you trying to convince?”
“Look, the people who are basically tearing down statues, trying to make a statement, are basically borderline anarchists, the way I look at it. They really have no agenda other than the idea we’re going to topple a statue,” Johnson said. “It’s not going to give a kid whose parents can’t afford college money to go to college. It’s not going to close the labor gap between what white workers are paid and what black workers are paid. And it’s not going to take people off welfare or food stamps.”
Johnson also mocked “white privilege,” and those who get on social media and apologize for being white.
“You know, that to me is the silliest expression of white privilege that exists in this country. The notion that a celebrity could get on a Twitter feed and say, ‘Oh my God, I am so sorry that I am white.’ I don’t find any black people getting on Twitter and saying, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry I’m black.’ And we got the worst problems. … My thing is: embrace being white and do the right thing.”
And yet BET has showcased the likes of racebaiter Roland Martin.
The money quote...
““You know, that to me is the silliest expression of white privilege that exists in this country. The notion that a celebrity could get on a Twitter feed and say, ‘Oh my God, I am so sorry that I am white.’ I don’t find any black people getting on Twitter and saying, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry I’m black.’ And we got the worst problems. … My thing is: embrace being white and do the right thing.””
No, it was him. I just looked it up. He’s not all bad, but he’s
not all good, either.
Johnson is not smart enough to realize that, the white liberals who are taking down and defacing monuments, are not doing it for the concerned blacks.
Those white liberals could not care less about blacks or any other minority.
Those hoodlums are not hoodlums. Those protesters are not protesters. Those rioters are not rioting to bring attention to the plight of blacks or anybody else.
Those white liberals are doing everything they’re doing, in order to take down Trump and to take down the U.S.
Being ‘woke’ nowadays means being dope. Being smart about what’s happening and WHY and by WHOM, means that you are using your brain, and thinking you are ‘woke’ means that you are being misled.
Yes, by doing the right thing he means pony up more money. It’s always about “gimme”, as if the bazillion dollars the US has spent ever since LBJ’s Great Society nonsense isn’t enough. No amount of money is going to solve anything for people who will not be responsible for themselves.
I think everyone should grow up, take responsibility for themselves, and be productive. Get the simple stuff of being a worthy human being down and the rest will take care if itself.
If someone is hung up on race, that’s their hangup unless they can prove there’s a genuine problem.
I like what Robert Johnson has to say.
This is why Robert Johnson is rich.
LOL...Blazing Saddles?
Well now, looky he’ah — that was none my intentions, kind sir. But nows that ya mention it... lol
So, it is OK to be white? There are refreshing moments of sanity from this guy.
As Fonzie would say Correct-a-mundo.
I’m remembering that FUBU clothes were all the rage, until the targeted demographic bought some, “woke” up to the cost of being “fashionable”, and began shoplifting the crap instead.
Side note- Daymond John is now worth over 300 mil, so some people paid, I’m sure.
“For Us By Us” doesn’t sound all that inclusive, and indeed it wasn’t meant to be. It was and still is a brand name based
upon racial tension. Kudos to him for seeing a racial ploy and becoming rich off of it.
The movie “Get Out” was prophetic in understanding the perverted white smug liberal mind with respect to black people.
Reparations from the Rat Party would be fine with me. They can afford it.
He’s making sure the mob doesn’t make it to his mansion out in Middleburg, Va
Johnson is no fool. Although he has to placate his black audience, he knows that a world without whitey is not beneficial to anyone.
He was able to start BET by getting a hefty $25 million dollars in seed capital from John Milone of Liberty Media back in the 1970's.
The investment has paid off is spades (can I say that?) for both parties, but Johnson realizes that even black-owned businesses need some white help from time to time to either get off the ground or to stay afloat.
Rappers would be selling CD's out of their car trunks and basketball players would need off-season jobs if they had to depend solely on money from the black fan base.
As far as his call for a BLM political party; I say go for it. It will split the leftist vote forever.
The white people who are ripping up the cities and such couldn’t care less about what “Black people want”. The blacks are just fodder.. The useful fools...
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