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Star Trek Icon Apologizes for Clarence Thomas 'Blackface' Slur
The Root ^ | July 4 2015 | LYNETTE HOLLOWAY

Posted on 07/04/2015 9:34:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway

George Takei called Thomas a "clown in blackface" following the justice's dissent in last week's landmark same-sex marriage ruling.

Star Trek legend George Takei has apologized for calling Clarence Thomas a "clown in blackface" following the Supreme Court justice's dissent in last week's landmark same-sex marriage ruling, according to CNN.

"I was still seething, and I referred to him as a 'clown in blackface' to suggest that he had abdicated and abandoned his heritage," Takei wrote Friday in a Facebook post. "This was not intended to be racist, but rather to evoke a history of racism in the theatrical arts. While I continue to disagree with Justice Thomas, the words I chose, said in the heat of anger, were not carefully considered."

The incident began after last week's Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling, when Thomas, one of four dissenting justices, wrote that denying gays and lesbians the right to marry is not denying them of their dignity, the report says.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California
KEYWORDS: apology; arizona; blackface; california; clarencethomas; gaykk; homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; obamanation; phoenix; slur
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

He just might!


21 posted on 07/04/2015 10:06:50 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: nickcarraway

Mischaracterizing Thomas’ remarks does not an apology make.


22 posted on 07/04/2015 10:07:11 PM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: nickcarraway

So, besides this guy, just how many of those Star Trek actors are screaming faggots?


23 posted on 07/04/2015 10:14:50 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: WTFOVR; eddie willers

24 posted on 07/04/2015 10:18:34 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Now, which is bigger, Pluto or Goofy?)
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To: Huskrrrr
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25 posted on 07/04/2015 10:21:40 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: GeronL
He just might!

Takei can't even do a Japanese accent. He's a fake asian.

26 posted on 07/04/2015 10:22:16 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: chrisinoc

20 years ago I saw him at a personal appearance at a film festival and he said that he didn’t have bad experiences (apart from relocation) with the internment. He’s been trotting it out lately.

He “survived” the camps. How many Japanese didn’t survive them?

France locked up German veterans as war raged in Europe.

Sometimes it isn’t about race.


27 posted on 07/04/2015 10:24:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("Psychopathia Sexualis, I'm in love with a horse that comes from Dallas" - Lenny Bruce (1958))
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
He's a fake asian.

He's a clown in yellow-face.

28 posted on 07/04/2015 10:24:42 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
“Finally at the age of, I think, 70, he decides to come out of the closet and say, ‘I'm gay.’ … Like, who cares? Be gay. Don't be gay. That's up to you George.” -- William Shatner, on the occasion of George Takei's "wedding," October 2008.
29 posted on 07/04/2015 10:28:32 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Now, which is bigger, Pluto or Goofy?)
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To: nickcarraway

“Captain, the shields have failed and I think I just ejected my Warp (Brain) core”


30 posted on 07/04/2015 10:40:57 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: publius911

There are few things more pathetic than old queen. When he farts, he whistles like the worn-out muffler on a VW Beetle.


31 posted on 07/04/2015 10:46:12 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: nickcarraway

He says he owes an apology, but he never makes it. He did not apologize to anyone, especially not Clarence Thomas.


32 posted on 07/04/2015 10:47:01 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: nickcarraway

George Takei has become the Jimmy Carter figure of the original trek team. Someone you wish to step away from, and maintain that distance. He has the opposite of charisma and charm.


33 posted on 07/04/2015 10:52:38 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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To: nickcarraway

Buddaheads visited Rohwer Relocation Camp too.


34 posted on 07/04/2015 10:59:48 PM PDT by Scram1
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To: nickcarraway

Mr Sulu and his husband Brad Altman (right)
pose with unidentified fan at Midtown Comics in New York

35 posted on 07/04/2015 11:00:18 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: nickcarraway

36 posted on 07/04/2015 11:02:35 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: clearcarbon
We lost Sulu

He was last seen heading for Uranus.

37 posted on 07/04/2015 11:10:39 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: nickcarraway
"I was still seething, and I referred to him as a 'clown in blackface'...

So George has come out of the closet... as a bigoted racist.

The cat's out of the bag. Too late to take it back.

38 posted on 07/04/2015 11:19:35 PM PDT by Semper Mark (Vlad Tepes was a piker.)
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To: nickcarraway

No apology or contrition in his statement. Still a hater.


39 posted on 07/04/2015 11:23:31 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: windsorknot

Best comment on the thread. I hurt myself laughing


40 posted on 07/04/2015 11:29:00 PM PDT by DallasGal (Firecat I am)
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