Is there anyone here that thinks Mr. Richards meant his rant, and that he is a bona-fide racist? I do.
Not following these threads closely enough to know, and honestly not trolling.
Don't compare this Rat to Jesus. If he's getting beaten up, it's his own damn fault.
Hell, Richards is getting off easy compared to Mel Gibson, now he was crucified.
I can't begin to imagine it is, but I have to ask: Is this *the* Bob Weir?
Well, the writer has a point.
What he said was pretty disastrous, but having forced myself to sit through youtube video, I couldn't help but wonder why the heckling that preceeded the rant was somehow lost. Two sides to this story, both ugly.
Excellent article.
Nothing new here. It is one standard for blacks and their race pimping leaders and another for whites.
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..
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.
Wonder what the Congressional White Caucus will have to say about all of the above?
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.
It looks like it was the wrong week for Michael Richards to stop sniffing glue. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
No, they do not. What they do have in America is a society that treats them with the subtle racism of low expectations. Chris Rock says the N-word. Why, that's just him being a funny black dude.
Players riot in a college football game. No problem, says Donna Shala, that's just what young black men do.
Until this subtle racism, which is practiced far more by the liberal elite among us than not, is ended, black americans will appear to have been granted "special rights". Man does not grant rights. God does.
He was WAY out of line but I've heard equally offensive (to me) words and descriptions in reference to our President, and no one seemed to mind him being called some of the worst names out there in public by very famous politicians, reporters, Hollywood stars etc. The double standard yet again.