Blacks Angry That First African in Space Is White

Black Entertaiment Television ^ | May 1, 2002 | BET.com

[H8DEMS]

The "first African in space" is White. How do you feel about that? First, choose a side, then sound off. Click here for more from the folks at BET.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Wait, according to "Calypso Louie" Farakhan, isn't there a spaceship full of black aliens orbiting the earth already?

[sushiman]

If this white South African had somehow become an American citizen , do you think he could have gotten away with referring to himself as an African - American ? hehehe...

[Phantom Lord]

Why not. Colin Powell's parent are from Jamaica, but he is still called an 'african-american'.

[tdadams]

Where to start? What is the issue here? Is it that most Africans are black? Or maybe that the phrase African-American has been made synonymous with black that it's seen as some sort of betrayal to have a white African in the news. Newsflash: There are white Africans.

The man is African... and he's white. So what!?!

Let some enterprising black African build a half-billion personal fortune and he couldn've been on the space trip. Then maybe the BET crowd would be happy. In the awkward words of some ditzy congresswoman, it would have been an "African-American living in Africa."

[Mr. Bird]

JESSE JACKSON: "The crime is that Mr. Shuttleworth lacks the pigmentation of Mrs. Butterworth. We must put the "race" back into the space race."

[sheik yerbouty]

"Befuddle"

[sheik yerbouty]

Given his foreign policy statements, I think he's a "Ganja-Amerrican".

[TightSqueeze]

If a black African wanted to do the same, I'm certain the Russians would be happy to take his money.

Agreed, but I would lay odds that they would still make him ride in the back of the shuttle.

[swarthyguy]

Should he be the UNAFRICAN then?

[SarahW]

That's the silliest poll question ever.

[shuckmaster]

I always thought the 1st african in space was a chimpanzee.

[mhking]

Ask Jesse to go find out - after all he has already bilked swiped scammed stolen acquired (yeah, that's it) enough money from corporate America, hasn't he?

[skateman]

Are they also angry that the first'African-American' female to win an Oscar isn't black either?

ROFLMAO, Good one, thank you so much, you made my day.

[tracer]

The anger is understandable. Jessuh Hijackson and other leaders are still getting over the discovery recently announced by Borebra Lee, the esteemed Congresswoman from Oakland, that The Man in the Moon is white....

[skateman]

I always thought the 1st african in space was a chimpanzee.

LOL, Love it!

[Eternal_Bear]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Life is so unfair!

[swarthyguy]

The reference is to a recent article posted in which JessE Jackson said to call nonwhite people "UNWHITE" -- WHich has led me to UNMUSLIM, UNAFRICAN -- OR UNWHITE UNMUSLIM UNAFRICAN (Which i how i shall refer to myself from now on!

[blaze]

Don't go there guys! We don't whant to be called a racist website. So the best thing is just to be quiet, and not discuss reality!!!

[BushMeister]

Just another case of The Man keeping us down...on Earth!