wow Look it's pretty simple - he lost his **** when two hecklers started saying stuff and he hit them back the only way he could - he took the first option - color of their skin. Does that make him a racist? No, it makes him a comedian with an anger problem. A guy who doesn't handle bombing very well. If they were fat, he would have attacked their weight, women, he would have called them bitches...etc. Same way Mel Gibson is not anti-Semite, he's an alcoholic with a rage problem. REAL prejudice and racism happens when there is no RAGE or PROVOKING situation - then you can say someone is a racist or prejudice in the cold light of day.....for example if he was in a sit-down interview and said those words - THAT would be worth getting upset about
The N Word wasn't the worst of what came out of his tirade. We hear the N Word so much most people are numb to it. "You would be hanged upside down with a pitchfork in your ass." This was outrageous. ^^
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The N Word wasn't the worst of what came out of his tirade. We hear the N Word so much most people are numb to it. "You would be hanged upside down with a pitchfork in your ass." This was outrageous. ^^</div> True, that comment was disturbing. I have to say I think Kramer was right on for telling those guys to shut up and calling them out. People that come to a show and talk are heckle are wack and ignorant and need to stay home or take out their insecurities elsewhere. Richards just REALLY chose the wrong topic to diss them on....IF he had made fun of them in almost ANY other way the audience would have laughed, they would have shut up like they should in the first place, and Kramer's career would not be in jeopardy... seems to me like they pushed a button and it came out in a rage, then once he realized he had made it racial, he quickly tried to improvise it into a joke, but just started falling deeper into quicksand. Sad.
LOL, it's funny what my one comment can do to a thread, there was so much going on in here, and I didn't get a chance to read everything, but I will respond to this <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm sorry but that is a load of f'ing bullshit. It is perfectly fine for a black man to sling racist cracker ass remarks at a white person or sling the n word at fellow blacks. But a white person can't do the same. Do black people want equality in the world? Or just want everything for themselves? Maybe I missed the history class where it said that black people, and only black people were the ones persecuted against. Because I am quite certain white people have been slung up a tree by non-white people at certain points in time. Or that white people have been slaves to non whites. In no way is what Richards done smart, funny, correct or right, but I do not think Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock etc calling a white person any sort of name correct either. Yet it is perfectly fine for a black person to laugh at Chris Rock dissin a white person, yet when they are the target they don't like it. I'm sorry but I do not see the equality in that. You want the world on even ground? Then stop dishing out what you cannot take</div> You have to look at reality man, no matter how much you throw word "equality" out there, we're not equal....from pay to prisons to neighborhoods etc., we're not equal......there will be a great amount of white people who show up at a chris rock or dave chapelle show and laugh when they use the term "cracker".....no matter how one wants to spin it, the word cracker and ni##er are not the same.....mainly because whites and blacks aren't the same socially.....white people = the power group and blacks = the oppressed group.....ni##er is associated with A LOT of things, from the slave trade, selling of slaves, humiliation of slaves, killing of slaves, casteration of slaves, beating of slaves, etc.....we can move a little further along in history and the term ni##er can be associated with the Civil rights struggle also....so YES, the term cracker and ni##er aren't the same, although they're both reffering to a group of people. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">This is a legit point. And yes, I've very rarely seen a white person get mad over someone calling them a cracker. They usually just laugh it off. Hell, for all the crap the white race had done to other races, we're getting off easy if cracker is the worst thing we ever have to endure. </div> Word.
Hm... kinda sorta related to what happened in my class the other day. This girl said the N word, she was black. And she told me how she was mad about that one time my friend (paki) had said the N word. I told her, if black people want to say the N word and disrespect themselves like that ... then it was okay for everyone to do it. I mean, think about it... if you want to disrespect yourself ... others will too. But she said "No, only black people can say the N word." I had heard that one too many times and I let her know that was WRONG. If you dislike slavery being recalled so much, why the hell do you say it then? She said .. when we say it .. it means "dawg" or "homie" or something like that. I was like .. when someone else says that .. it refers back to slavery and **** and you wanna take it offensive. If you wanna say it, let others. If you hate the word, then dont friggin say it at all. Teacher overheard us and stepped in the conversation... agreed with me. She said "Just saying that only black people can say the N word is racist itself."
<div class="quote_poster">THE DREAM Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">LOL, it's funny what my one comment can do to a thread, there was so much going on in here, and I didn't get a chance to read everything, but I will respond to this</div> love a **** storm. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">You have to look at reality man, no matter how much you throw word "equality" out there, we're not equal....from pay to prisons to neighborhoods etc., we're not equal</div> I don't think there is equality, not at all I think white people still get the benefits and treatment the other races do not. However I don't think that is the point, I think that everyone wants equality in the world yet the ni##er word - which has it history and such - is only subjected to being able to be laughed at by black people and is deemed racist by a white man regardless of context and I really think that is the problem. A word with such power to stir emotions shouldn't be used by anyone no matter the context. One day it will cause the **** to hit the fan and someone (white/black/any other race) will come out of it worse for wear whether it being physically or mentally. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">white people = the power group and blacks = the oppressed group.....ni##er is associated with A LOT of things, from the slave trade, selling of slaves, humiliation of slaves, killing of slaves, casteration of slaves, beating of slaves, etc.....we can move a little further along in history and the term ni##er can be associated with the Civil rights struggle also</div> exactly why it shouldn't be used ever. I hate the term ni##er, I really do (I am a white man). Never in my whole life would I ever use it, even as a joke and I am quick to jump on people who do use it.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hm... kinda sorta related to what happened in my class the other day. This girl said the N word, she was black. And she told me how she was mad about that one time my friend (paki) had said the N word. I told her, if black people want to say the N word and disrespect themselves like that ... then it was okay for everyone to do it. I mean, think about it... if you want to disrespect yourself ... others will too. But she said "No, only black people can say the N word." I had heard that one too many times and I let her know that was WRONG. If you dislike slavery being recalled so much, why the hell do you say it then? She said .. when we say it .. it means "dawg" or "homie" or something like that. I was like .. when someone else says that .. it refers back to slavery and **** and you wanna take it offensive. If you wanna say it, let others. If you hate the word, then dont friggin say it at all. Teacher overheard us and stepped in the conversation... agreed with me. She said "Just saying that only black people can say the N word is racist itself."</div> White people all over my school use the N-word the same way Black people use it (as "homie"). Regardless, many black people go nuts over that word, even when used in the previously mentioned fashion; which I think isn't a big deal at all. Although I'm sure everyone (in this thread) would agree that using the N-word in a derogatory fashion is unacceptable.
He tried apologizing on David Letterman, but apologies isn't gonna take it. His career is over. How can you say the N word like 500 times and accept people to accept your apology? The guy was crazy for doing that, and he wants to apologize now?
No one actually knows if he is a racist or not except for maybe his close friends and his family. He seemed really sorry that he said those things, but I believe that he must believe some of those things that he said on some level. You don't just go on that kind of a rant just out of anger at that heckler. He could have said a million other things but he chose to make it racial. I also agree that there is a double standard. It's a big deal when white people call black people the n word but it wouldn't even be anything if a famous black celebrity said racist things about white people. That's just the way it is.
To all of the people who say it was okay to say this listen up. If it was a jewish person whom dispupted his act and he said stuff like putting Jews in a gas chamber......ect. would it be okay? The point is that he wasnt joking. saying comments like that without a light point in it to spark humor isnt right its offencive. I put this right there with the comments Mel Gibson made about jewish people.
<div class="quote_poster">Bahir Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">As opposed to call them n***ers again? </div> No why is it called Afro American? I think of that and think of black men which Ben Wallace Afros.
<div class="quote_poster">michiganave17 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">To all of the people who say it was okay to say this listen up. If it was a jewish person whom dispupted his act and he said stuff like putting Jews in a gas chamber......ect. would it be okay? The point is that he wasnt joking. saying comments like that without a light point in it to spark humor isnt right its offencive. I put this right there with the comments Mel Gibson made about jewish people.</div> No one said what he said was okay.
<div class="quote_poster">I-Miss-MJ Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">No why is it called Afro American? I think of that and think of black men which Ben Wallace Afros.</div> Its just another term for african american, afro american. Even though cracker is the offensive term for white people, it was used to describe white farmers, and slaves call them "crackers" becuase the white slave owners cracked a whip. The whole context meaning of the words are completely different.
^^^^ Chutney already posted it on Page 3. <div class="quote_poster">Chutney Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">His half-assed apology (reminded me of Mel Gibson): Invalid Video Link Man, was that the wrong place to apologize or what? And Seinfield's unconditional support kind of bothered me too.</div> Oh Chutney's youtube link doesn't work
I just have to put it this way instead of going deep into the argument. No one needs to say Ni//er No one needs to say Cracker No one needs to say terrorist or anything If someone white calls you a ******, blacks shouldnt go all sensitive. leave the history behind. Its over. i am not saying its right to call someone a ni//er but people shouldn't be extra sensitive when someone says it. People dont go all crazy when they are called a terrorists or something.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If you're white and someone calls you a ******, dont go all sensitive. leave the history behind. Its over. i am not saying its right to call someone a ni//er but people shouldn't be extra sensitive when someone says it. People dont go all crazy when they are called a terrorists or something. </div> Umair, you've said some dumb **** on this site in the past, but this one tops it all. You're saying that turning a blind eye to racism is a solution. That 's the way to promote it. It's people's acceptance of those terms that keeps them in circulation today. We need to learn from history, not "leave it behind". To even suggest that we should leave things like slavery and racism in the past is absurd. It's an issue that is still raging on and one that can't be dismissed by you or anybody else. Do you want people 50 years from now to forget the injustices that you face? In another thread you say how much you hate being called a terrorist. You seem to be especially sensitive to that topic but grossly ignorant about this one. Just as intolerance against muslims needs to be remembered and stopped, so does racism against black people. This WILL NOT be accomplished by "leaving history behind".
What Richardson said was just wrong on all accounts. But I am not surprised... jim crow, apartheid, and the civil rights movement were a mere 50 years ago. The generation of that time is still very much alive and well and their children are the new leaders of today. Does everyone think that America has just gone and done a 180 on its views on race? No. They just have gotten a lot more polite about it. Richardson's filter came off in his rage and his true feelings spewed out. Simple. I have no sympathy for him or his career. As for the "n" word. Its all based on context isn't it? I do not encourage its use but once its meaning is taken in context then everything should be fine. That being said, a white person should probably just avoid using the word all together because coming out of their mouths, the context becomes warped because they are white. Is that in itself racism? Yes. But it is racism caused by the historically unique perspective blacks have of the word when used by different races.
<div class="quote_poster">Fiyah Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> That being said, a white person should probably just avoid using the word all together because coming out of their mouths, the context becomes warped because they are white. Is that in itself racism? Yes. But it is racism caused by the historically unique perspective blacks have of the word when used by different races.</div> If blacks are SO offended by the N word, then how about not saying the word at all? Too many black people say the N word like its nothing. If you're gonna say it, expect others too also.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">If blacks are SO offended by the N word, then how about not saying the word at all? Too many black people say the N word like its nothing. If you're gonna say it, expect others too also.</div> Nope. Did you not read where I pointed out that blacks themselves have a unique (true only for blacks) historical perspective of the word that allows for them to use it in casual conversation but causes them to view its use by another race as hostile in context? Don't get what I am saying? Here is an example: In Jamaica the word "hush" can, and is often used to mean "dorry... don't worry... my condolences... everything will be ok". Most other places use the word to mean "be quiet or shush". If a Jamaican stepped on your toes they would turn around and politely tell you to "hush". You might be offended because your historical context of the word is different than theirs.
