Posted on 11/20/2006 7:03:27 AM PST by torchthemummy
Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.
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Maybe it takes someone who is white like this to remind people what those words mean, what the hell these pukebags are doing. Calling a black man a "n****r" is not cool. Calling black women "hos" or "bitches" is not cool. Anyone who thinks so, let them be reminded how it feels when a white man says it.
All the racism against blacks today comes directly more than anything from those pukes I mentioned above and the crap they promote every single day. The more their ugliness is exposed for what it is, the better. And let`s not forget, all of them are democrats, liberals.
And let`s also not forget which the media will never speak of, the history of blacks in the Republican party. How these black men on this timeline below got to these positions solely through the Republican party, but you`ll never hear about that will you?
Timeline of Black Republican History
1862 President Abraham Lincoln is the first president to meet with a group of black leaders 1864 The Republican National Convention makes the abolition of slavery a plank in its platform
1868 Oscar J. Dunn becomes Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana. Dunn became the first elected African American lieutenant governor of a U.S. State, becoming lieutenant governor of Louisiana. He died in office, which elevated state senator P. B. S. Pinchback to the office of lieutenant governor.
P.B.S Pinchback and James J. Harris become the first African-American delegates to the Republican National Convention, held in Chicago
1870 Hiram R. Revels is elected to fill U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis. Becomes first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate
Joseph H. Rainey, South Carolina, becomes the first African-American Congressman
Alonzo J. Ransier is elected Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina before being elected to the U.S. Congress in '72
1871 Robert B. Elliot chairs South Carolina delegation to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia
1872 John R. Lynch is elected Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives; he will be elected to US Congress in 73
1875 Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi becomes the first African-American elected to a full term in US Senate
1884 John R. Lynch is the first African-American to preside over the Republican National Convention; gives the keynote address
1901 President Theordore Roosevelt invites Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House
1920 The Republican National Convention declares that African-Americans must be admitted to all state and district conventions
1954 President Dwight Eisenhower appoints J. Ernest Wilkins as Assistant Secretary of Labor
1960 Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player, endorses Nixon for President
1966 Edward W. Brooke (R-MA) is the first African-American elected to U.S. Senate by popular vote
1968 Arthur A Fletcher is appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor; he will be a candidate for Chairman of the Republican National Committee in '76 and appointed Chairman of the US Commission on Civil Rights in '90
1975 President Gerald Ford appoints William T. Coleman Secretary of Transportation
James B. Parsons is named Chief Judge of the US District Court in Chicago, the first African-American to hold such a position
1980 NAACP President Benjamin Hooks is invited to address the Republican National Convention
1981 President Ronald Reagan appoints Clarence Pendleton, Jr, as Chairman of the US Civil Rights Commission
1982 President Reagan appoints Clarence Thomas as Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1989 President George H.W. Bush appoints Louis Sullivan as Secretary of Health and Human Services
President Bush appoints General Colin L. Powell as Chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Bush appoints Condoleezza Rice as Director of the National Security Council
1990 Gary Franks is elected to US Congress (CT)
1991 President Bush appoints Clarence Thomas to U.S. Supreme Court
1998 U.S. House of Representatives elects J.C. Watts (R-OK) to be Chairman of the House Republican Conference
2001 President George W. Bush appoints General Colin L. Powell as the Secretary of State; Roderick R. Paige as the Secretary of Education; Condoleezza Rice as Advisor of the National Security Council; Alphonso Jackson as the Deputy Secretary to Housing and Urban Development; Claude Allen as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Leo S. Mackay, Jr, as the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Larry D. Thompson as the Deputy Attorney General; and Stephen A. Perry as Administrator of General Services Administration
I think this calls for a Black and White cookie.
UPDATE: I'm told arrangements were made by none other than Jerry Seinfeld himself for Michael Richards to go on Letterman by remote satellite feed tonight. "Kramer" made a major apology on Dave's Late Show which had Seinfeld scheduled as a guest already. Richard's appearance during Seinfeld's interview was treated as a surprise. Kramer made a complete mea culpa, and sources at the taping told me that both Letterman and Seinfeld seemed to accept what he was saying as genuine remorse. Mostly, Richards looked embarrassed. I'm told the Hollywood people around him jumped into action "to avoid a Mel Gibson delay" whereby that apology was not made in the same news cycle or complete enough.
In my opinion, the real news behind Seinfeld's Michael Richards spewing "n"-word racial epithets after being heckled during his Friday night stand-up routine at the Laugh Factory (see video here) is this: many of today's comedy clubs have become a cesspool of hatred. Inside them, racism, ethnic prejudice, homophobia and sexism all masquerade as humor. Anyone who's been to the clubs and heard the acts knows this to be true. Yet, in most cases, the audiences or the club owners/managers rarely react badly. (And not just in the clubs: MTV's Yo Momma celebrates jokes about how "yo Momma" is so fat, so stupid, so poor, so ugly, so nasty, so lazy, and whatever other disgusting stuff its contestants can think up.) I'm not saying humor in the clubs should be as sanitized as the stand-up pablum on Leno or Letterman or Kimmel. Though it's a fact that, because of the ubiquitousness of profanity-peppered acts with distasteful subject matter, some clubs outside LA and NY are rating their shows G, PG, and R as a marketing tool. (There's also Christian comedy, but let's not go there.) Still, in the top clubs, an atmosphere exists where anything goes, so no one should feign surprise that those comedians, much less a network character actor like Richards, could cross the line between what's acceptable and offensive. Jerry Seinfeld has announced he's "sick over this." When it comes to the comedy clubs, too many of them are just sick, period. Heal thyself.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/the-truth-behind-kramers-meltdown-comedy-clubs-celebrate-hatred/
The heckler calls him a cracker and a white boy.
It's all nasty; but why does the one who starts it (the heckler) get to set the boundaries of "going too far"?
I've never been a fan of the Seinfeld guy--or the show--but this seems to be a confrontation between two nasty racist fellows.
On a lighter note, evidence that Kramer understands racial harmony.
KRAMER: (on phone) A turkey sandwich. A side of slaw, … you want white meat or dark?
BETTE: White meat.
KRAMER: Yeah, white meat. And if I see one piece of dark meat on there. It's your ass buster.
BETTE: Get me one of those Black and White cookies.
KRAMER: yeah, all right, yeah…. (hangs up) They don't have any. But don't worry I'm going to get you one somewhere.
BETTE: Good. Because if I don't get a Black and White cookie I'm not going to be very pleasant to be around.
KRAMER: Now that's impossible.
Jerry: My stomach doesn't feels so good. It's like Louis Farrakhan and David Duke down there.
Lol.
Obviously, Jerry recognized how bad this was, and he cares enough about Richards that he is working hard to repair the damage. It will be interesting to see what Richards has to say by way of explanation.
ROFLMAO! I forgot about that line and it fits this thread perfectly. Good job, MG.
Another comedian's TV late night talk show.
The "Confessional" of the 21st Century.
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I hear what you're saying, and you have a point. If it is true that Richards was insulted in that way, it would have been wise of him to have referenced it in his response. Without that, and without any confirmation in the way of video or witness corroboration, it is difficult to do other than comment.
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You may be right. I confess I know little about Borat. :)
Kinison was an absolute genius, though.
He was a genius, but woe to the audience member who heckled. He'd come back not with the quick put-down, but twenty minutes of material that was so brutal, so obscene and so degrading that it wasn't like anything else in show business.
Kinison was an absolute genius, though.
He was a genius, but woe to the audience member who heckled. He'd come back not with the quick put-down, but twenty minutes of material that was so brutal, so obscene and so degrading that it wasn't like anything else in show business.
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I have to agree with you. I saw Leno perform at the Lowell Auditorium way back when, before he was even close to aspiring to hosting the Tonight Show. He was completely clean and as hard as it may be to believe, more entertaining than he is today.
A token apology? Badump chee.
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