BILL O'REILLY
Bill O'Reilly didn't need to go on the Al Sharpton tour of contrition, as do so many high profile people who get caught with their racial pants down, so to speak, because he was actually out to lunch with Sharpton when his most recent — and more egregious than usual — race-related epiphany developed in his brain.
If you don't recall the details, Bill O'Reilly was shocked when he visited Sylvia's, a Harlem soul food restaurant, and witnessed patrons who were not referring to their servers as motherfuckers. As in, "M-fer, bring me some iced tea." He chose to share this with his audience, along with an anecdote about how surprisingly well-dressed people were at a recent Anita Baker concert he attended. He claimed he was using these examples to dispel stereotypes, but all he did was prove that he is one. To quote myself, circa Sept. 27:
What Bill O’Reilly is failing to see is that his extremely elementary discussion about stereotypes, the moral of which seemed to be that not all black people are criminals/rappers, nor do they all refer to waiters as “motherfucker,” was, in its obviousness, an insult to blacks and whites. Anyone out there who didn’t already know this simple fact is probably not going to be convinced by Bill O’Reilly’s shockingly civilized experiences at Sylvia’s and the Anita Baker concert.
O’Reilly himself said it best when he prefaced the story of his dinner with “I couldn’t get over the fact that there was no difference.” Was he really trying to convince his white listeners that black people can be civilized? Or was he trying to convince himself?
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Well after a year visiting this website, all i can say is this: Black people (most) can't do nothing but blame the white men for every fucking problem they have.
I think its realy funny to see that black people (most)firmly believe that rasism and hate crimes are only white manners.
They aslo firmly believe that white people hate to see a black man succeed in life.
Complex of inferority as usual…
Excuse my poor english i'm french Canadian
it is what is.
not all white people have such evil hearts, but there are quite a few that do. in fact i believe that there are alot of people (regardless of race) that dont like to see anybody do better than their self.
You not only have "poor english", qupl; you're a totally ignorant douche.
@cad
I guess your right, by the way i also realyse that SOME white folks are some stupid rednecks that dont wana see a black man succeed!
seriously, qupl - you are a racist fuck.
@eeks
WOW got point!
@eeks
I mean good point
qupl,
thanks for confirming that stereotype about illiterate racists. No wonder you have to hate on us. You are totally inferior.
@Progladie
If you dont reconize yourself in my first comment then i dont see you as inferior and you should see yourself (and i know dont)as inferior.
qupl - If you've visited this site for a year and that's all you can come away with then I think you are just seeing what you want to see. This is forum for us to discuss topics that aren't just relevant to blacks, but to America. I don't feel like we blame white people for our problems at all - actually we have a very good mix of viewpoints, backgrounds and ways of expression here.
Egads . . . qupl, please stop. You are making white folks look bad. Not all of us are ignorant fools like you. Why on earth would you even come to a site like this if you are such a racist?
Anyway, the most disappointing person in all of this to me is James Watson. The others we can dismiss as being uneducated "celebrity" types. But Watson is a scientist, and it scares me to think that people will take him seriously because of his stature.
I think this article I read on Slate.com is the best response to Watson's statement and other scientists who think like him http://www.slate.com/id/2179073/fr/rss/
Somehow I missed Reed's whole Jesus Christ saved us from some imagine horror thing. Then again, this is the man who thought it was perfectly reasonable to go to the school after a peaceful sit in to remonstrate with the student body and remind them that he could wipe out their futures with a stroke of his pen, while apparently looking at only the black students. Ass.
Sure, Jesus can save the good people of Louisiana from blacks…but who will they call when the Jews invade? Thor?
may I just contribute and excuse me if I'm wrong (i'm an Indigenous "Black" Australian and partly native canadian indian and also caucasian) but in america the 'blacks' slightly differ to us here as this was our country to begin with but weren't they taken from their country? So did they ask for white people to make everything better? no - they asked for equality - something that White people in power will never fully give to anyone who is not from "the Old Country"
So may i suggest to those that feel the need to make racist comments about how blacks blame everyone but theirselves - this simply isn't true - sure some blacks choose to blame others - just as some asians choose to blame others, just as some whites choose to blame others - it's not about the colour that decides peoples choices for them - it's about their state of mind. I wish people would simply stop stereotyping based on what they believe they know about a certain culture - until you live it and breathe it and walk a mile in anothers shoe - you will never understand what is going on in their minds.