Posted on 11/28/2006 3:53:47 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez
The guy was pissed off and responded rudely. I heard nothing of what was said prior. Chris Rock is probably qualified to comment on the M*****F***** though.
Ice Cube, in his 1994 "Lethal Injection" album, called white women "cave bitches." Imagine if a rock or country star had called black women names that other black hip-hop artists have used.
It's all hypocrisy, wrapped up in a PC environment.
Interesting thought.. Amazing that people with one black parent and one white parent are ALWAYS black people.. and often times militant black people more often than not..
Amazing when you consider black culture really sucks.. in many vectors..
Nope....it's affirmative action in action...../sarcasm
IMHO....I feel that if the people don't like the N word, then they shouldn't be using it AT ALL....
I don't like the word, I think its as dirty as the F word, so therefore I don't use either....but alot of blacks on T.V. and in the MTV channel and in the movies, they all use it like there isn't anything to it, but when a white person uses it, then they start crying foul....
NO ONE should use either word...IMHO.....
ESPN broadcaster Michael Irvin apologized on Monday for comments last week which said that Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo's athletic ability must be the result of an African-American heritage.
I thought that was James Caviezel ;-)
Jesse...is that you?
Many were crucified, not just Jesus. Should the word holocaust be limited to the killing of Jews?
can you say coon?
Wonder what the Congressional White Caucus will have to say about all of the above?
"Somewhere there are some brothers. . . . [Maybe] his great, great, great, great Grandma ran over in the hood or something went down." - Michael Irvin
"No, that's not the only way, but it's certainly one way. Great, great, great, great Grandma pulled one of them studs up outta the barn." - Michael Irvin
Oh puhlease - some like to think my intellectual ability must be the result of my Jewish genetics, but I can't say I've ever been peeved when my boss compliments me on my "high level negotiating skills" (hint - she's an MD). One of my best friends has more than once been chided for the genetic influences on her driving (yeah, she's asian and a disaster on the roads/sarc). Folks, get a life.
Here's what Irving said:
"He doesn't look like he's that type of an athlete," Irvin said of Romo. "But he is. He is, man. I don't know if some brother down in that line somewhere, I don't know who saw what or where, his great-great-great-great-grandma ran over in the 'hood or something went down." ~~snip!~~ "If great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandma pulled one of them studs up out of the barn, 'Come on in here for a second,' you know, and they go out and work in the yard. You know, back in the day."
Now, imagine that a black man had done something such as winning a Chess tournament, and the commentator said something like "Man! He must have some white in him!!!"
Only if you're from Louisiana.
It absolutely is racist. You're right.
susie
If we define "racism" as "making judgments about people based primarily on their race," then it is a patent absurdity to pretend we're not all racist. For example, if I see a person with dark hair and eyes, I'm likely to think he's Italian, Spanish, or Greek. If his name is Falconetti, I'm pretty sure he's Italian. His is the heritage of the Caesars, a proud and ancient race of warriors and engineers, heir to a culture that loves good food, good wine, and a good argument. He didn't create that culture, but he cannot escape its legacy. Whether he himself exhibits any or all of those characteristics, his CULTURE does. If he happens to be a pizza maker or an organ grinder, it lends credence to an occupational stereotype, but even if he is a stockbroker or a certified public accountant, his heritage is the same.
Now, if I see a nappy-haired individual with exremely dark skin, full lips, and a broad nose, I assume he is of the Negro race. If his name is something like Jamal Mustafah or Jesse Jackson, I'm pretty sure his heritage is African. However, American blacks don't have any African cultural values. They have developed their own values, in most cases simply reactions to the dominant white culture.
And it is here that the charge of "racism" falls down. Because whites are naturally -- and justifiably -- suspicious of a culture that defines itself by how strikingly it can reject, ridicule, or offend white culture.
To respond negatively to a culture that has defined itself as your polar opposite is not only not racist, it is the only logical act. It is absurd to expect white people to embrace a culture bent on its destruction. And it is pretentious of black "leaders" to feign surprise that that is exactly what happens.
Many blacks go out of their way to alienate whites. I know all the rhetoric; I've heard the apologists for the last 50 years. But the REASONS aren't important; the EFFECT is.
Whites don't marginalize blacks these days. Blacks marginalize themselves, then blame whites for it.
What is commonly called "racism" just recognizes that.
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