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  • The hate factory - N-word outburst adds to the denigration that passes as entertainment

    11/23/2006 1:40:47 PM PST · by neverdem · 80 replies · 2,371+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | November 23, 2006 | Stanley Crouch
    When "Seinfeld" comedian Michael Richards lost his cool and began a racist rant at some noisy customers in a Hollywood comedy club, it seemed to surprise a number of people. It shouldn't. What is actually surprising is that it has taken this long for some airhead made famous by a very popular but insipid television series to flip out within the context of today's minstrel entertainments. Naturally, a lawyer representing the affronted audience members did not feel that it was enough for Richards to apologize on television; he still needs to pay them some money for what they had to...