HAAA,, CR usually is using his energy to 'slam' blacks,, seems he has branched out


context is important, I cant emphasize enough what was tought to me back in KINDERGARTE but many adults still dont seem to understand


foxworthy, calling others redneck 'acceptable'

a black comedian from the hood telling jokes ABOUT 'rednecks' not acceptable


a black comedian using the 'n' word amongst other blacks,,,acceptable
a white comedian telling jokes ABOUT 'n' words,,, not acceptable


the reason? in the former example, the comedian is telling jokes that it is understood they are INCLUDING themself in, they are poking fun of things in their 'own' culture that they have observed


in the latter example, the comedian is merely poking fun of THER peple, setting themself aside as judging a group they ARENT a part of,,,,


and thats called the CONTEXT of the joke

name one 'popular' comedian using the terms cracker or whitey first,,,


besides mooney who is not a 'popular' comedian, but a very controversial one

I hope he got help for his anger issues,,,

Who knew you were so PC Willing!

I don't really think the words cracker and whitey compare to the N word. They don't bother me, either.

Poor Don Imus. What is so offensive?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui1jPNDWArM

they dont hold the power of the N word or have its history in America, but even if they did

I dont EVER Hear them being used in this day and age,,,they are about as common as the afro

see above explanation about 'context'

observing your own culture vs
looking down at others'

not to mention PERSONAL name calling vs generalizing groups

Yeah, I can't remember the last time I heard cracker or whitey. Maybe Willing can fill us in, though, on who uses those words regularly? And you are right, Chris Rock is usually slamming other black people. Just as those using redneck jokes are slamming other white people.

Not really sure what there is to be upset over, though.

He apologized. In my opinion he did not have to. I still find it funny and it was not offensive.

Guess the New Black Panters never use those words.

it was maybe not offensive to everyone,, nothing is

but a personal attack with racial slurs and gloating over historical atrocities is not professional,,,and unprofessionalism costs peoples jobs daily,,,

I dont listen to the new black panthers and do you consider them to be comedians?

The "n" word has no power over me nor am I personally offended by it's use.
Derrogatory terms used in jokes slamming whites are offensive.
Why is it embraced when one race does it and condemned when another race does the same.
Hypocritical and racist.
Why did Imus apologize?
I guess, to even the playing field, whites need to threaten to sue stations that allow negro's berating whites?

I found this funny. Howard Stern is able to get away with it because he has Robin Quivers by his side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP3PjPRLwQo

Robin his hot!
She makes me quiver and talk funny.

we have always had hypocrites, I dont know that any one 'embraces' hatefulness that I know of, and there is a difference between hateful rhetoric, and genuine comedy,,,,(they call that delivery in the comedy business),,,,

I understand the difference between when people are making generalized observations about their OWN culture, and when they are merely taking jabs at others in a very specific and isolated way(This is differentiating those who target ONE other group specifically as opposed to those who take a pretty fair jab across cultural lines INCLUDING Their own)



the beauty of it is,, if you or I are a part of the MAIN demographic of ANY media, which requires sponsors

we can and do have the ability to try (in large enough numbers) to persuade what that media portrays,,,because money talks

so,, when you have a sports show, where possibly a large portion of the demographic(sponsors consumer base) might be black folks,, its probably wise not to go off on racial epithets and insults

or,, if you are on a ,,,,shopping network, where possibly a large portion of the demographic (sponsors consumber base) is female, its probably wise not to go off on misogynistic rants either


ya see, money talks, and when sponsors feel a behavior may cost them a good number of their consumer base, they have the option to sponsor elsewhere, and those they sponsor have the option to try and avoid that outcome,,,,

some Pee'd off people there!
How come!
How is it OK for on,yet not for the other?

As I said, white advocate groups need to sue the stations and boycott the sponsors if anything is to change.

how is WHAT ok?

do you have an example of where a black comedian singled out a white audience member and hurled RACIAL SLURS at them and it was 'ok'?

a black man saying to his audience 'he is a <insert racial slur here>' over and over and following it by explaining what he as a black man would have done to that white man in the hood


would probably not go over any better,, Im guessing,,,