Posted on 08/16/2016 7:06:24 PM PDT by ErikJohnsky
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres defended herself on Tuesday after some claimed that a humorous Usain Bolt tweet sent out from her social media accounts a day earlier was racist.
“I am highly aware of the racism that exists in our country,” @TheEllenShow tweeted. “It is the furthest thing from who I am.”
DeGeneres’ popular Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts often feature funny images that have been altered to include her. On Monday, her accounts sent out a picture of her riding on Bolt’s back during Sunday’s 100 meter semifinal with the suggestion she’d like to use the Jamaican sprinter’s word-class speed to get her errands done faster.
https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/765303894159208448
Some social media users took issue with the image of a white woman riding on a black man’s back and fired back at the accounts.
“So the first thing that pops in your head when looking at this pic is ‘oh let me jump onto his back like he’s a common mule?” one Twitter user wrote.
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Degenerate.
https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/765303894159208448
My word, some people are desperate to find “racism” in everything.
Pretty stupid accusation if I’m siding with Ellen on this.
It’s funny; laugh!
So, Ellen, how do you like dealing with the other perpetually aggrieved class?
They’re just ‘conflicted’.
I’m not her biggest fan... but that was actually funny (and not racist).
plus it was one of the better photoshop jobs. Jeb could’ve learned from it when he apparently had vitiligo in that old ad of his. (see: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03420/jeb-bush-left-hand_3420324b.jpg)
(what a sick-ass world)
There’s a caste system in this country based on a hierarchy of grievance groups. She’s up a few tiers above us ordinary folk, but she still needs to be shown her place.
Sorry, Ellen but race(and Islam)trump queerness in the s***-for-brains Leftist victim hierarchy. You lose.
Anybody who sees that and immediately thinks it’s racist has some serious mental problems.
It’s like the old adage that goes something like “When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
She’s clearly homophobic...
I have no idea why anyone would watch her or even the morning shows like Good morning America and the Today show.
it is pure Dem , .liberal crap with pansy fairy guys being shown as how a guy should be.
Yep, the ugly old pervert hoisted on her own petard.
“That’s not who I am.”
I’m already so tired of hearing that stupid phrase all time. It ranks up there with “if I offended anyone.”
No! There are ladies present.
I love to see leftists attack each other, especially over ridiculous sh*t like this.
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