Posted on 08/28/2019 2:16:43 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Morning segment on Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV turns inappropriate
(Newser) – Things got awkward during a morning show segment on Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV Thursday as co-hosts Alex Housden and Jason Hackett chatted about a gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo. "Kind of looks like you," Housden said jokingly to Hackett at the end of the segment. "He kind of does, actually, yeah," Hackett replied in a tone USA Today describes as "hesitant." He laughed, too, notes Jay Connor at The Root: "The kind of laughter that black folks in white spaces know all too well. The kind of laughter that dissuades our rage and prevents us from going to jail. The kind of laughter that doubles as a prayer to the Lord for strength and forgiveness because you still have kids to feed. The kind of laughter that Housden didn’t deserve, but received anyway because America wouldn’t have it any other way." But outcry against Housden did ensue, particularly on Facebook where the clip was posted, and the next day, she issued an emotional apology.
"I said something yesterday that was inconsiderate, it was inappropriate, and I hurt people," she said on the show, offering her apologies not just to Hackett but to the entire community. Hackett, who described Housden as a close friend, accepted her apology. "The lesson here is that words matter," he said. "We have to understand the stereotypes, we have to understand each other’s backgrounds and the words that hurt, the words that cut deep. And we have to find a way to replace those words with love and words of affirmation." As Connor notes, however, many on Twitter were upset that Housden was allowed to keep her job. Some were calling for people to dial the station and demand she be fired.
90 percent of the shows in the 60s, 70s and 80s would never be on TV today..one episode of Leave It To Beaver, the Beaver was invited to a little girls birthday party, he was the only boy invited, her father invited him into his den and let him play with his guns..today that would be considered a “Red Flag”
For a second I thought this thread might be about Representative Al Green (D- FUGLY), the angriest man in Congress.
I MUST be a racist, Im so ashamed.
No. He looks like Scot Joplin, the great American composer.
At least she didn’t order a bucket of KFC to make up for what she said.
Needing to suppress rage over an imagined, minor slight is not high social evolution.
Maybe whites ought to toy around with rage. See what works.
An old buddy of mine since high school, a big Black guy who would make Marc Henry look like Don Lemon. I nicknamed him Magilla and he’d laugh it off. We would all poke fun at each other and we understood it was all in fun and got along just fine.
Please post that episode if you know where it is...would love to send to a couple of rats I know.
Damn it, now I have Maple Leaf Rag playing in my head on a loop!
She can get by with a blunder or two (or three)!
Life is just not fair!!!
Pathetic
This makes that black co hose look like a total ass####.
He lets her grovel over something he should have been laughed off.
He could have said that she looked like a Barbie doll or something.
SHE DOES!
AND HE LOOKS LIKE AN APE!
Get a grip.
"Awooga!!!" |
Not the worst thing to happen today. This will help you get to sleep without that awful ear worm keeping you up.
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