What is that supposed to mean? Why are you coming into a thread using bigoted stereotypes?And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
If that is a bona fide to you, PLEASE have others read the Certificate of Authenticy on your NAZCAR plates!
And more.....You just add a bit more weight to Foxx's point. Many folks in this country, usually the ones who can't stand out in the sun for very long without a slathering of SPF30, seem incrediably insensitive to any other culture but their own.
I believe it's because he's insinuating that those who do not share his race interact drastically different than him, he even stated that he had to "talk different" around the "white people" making him just as racist as those who he is apparently trying to conform to.How is what he said racist? He is not putting any races down or saying that African-Americans are a superior race. We need to remember that racism is a system, it's a system where people are oppressed due to their racial/ethnic identity. None of what Foxx said was racist.
An older white guy's take on racial insensitivity and being color blind:
As I said, I am white . . . grew up in a white neighborhood and did not have a personal one on one relationship with a black person until I was 11-years old. That relationship was my only one until I entered the military at 17-years old. If there has been one thing I learned over the years, until every race starts having sex with every other race and we all end up looking like Filipinos, it will be impossible to be color blind. As it should be.
I know for a fact I had it better, and still do, as an average white guy in America than the average black man who is the same age. It is a good chance most black men my age have been called that one word in anger by someone white in their life. It is a fact that a black man my age had parents that were not allowed to vote in many places until 1964 (not that long ago). Depending on where the black man comes from, there is a good chance one my age has actually had to use a "Colored Only" bathroom or water fountain in their life. Throw in slavery, post civili war Jim Crow, and I personally think black folks still have a reason to be a tad racially sensitive.
As long as Jamal goes to jail for 5-years for possession of cocaine, and Jimmy from the suburbs gets probation for the same amount, we have a problem. Take Sociology 101 to find out it ain't "all good" for everyone. The civil rights era is not ancient history . . . there are people still alive that participated in it . . . from BOTH sides. Yes, folks who use to hold protest signs saying, "No N*@@&# in my school" are still walking around and still harbor those sentiments. I dare say, there may be a few in this forum.
Lastly, I am a product of my environment . . . I cannot imagine how I would have turned out had I grown up in a place like Caprini Green in Chicago. I'd probably be dead . . . I know me. Until we actually reach an era where color doesn't matter . . . I am not sure being color blind is the way to go . . . unless of course acknowledging the difference is uncomfortable. Im not sayin', I'm just sayin'.
You don't get it....
I as a white guy have to be color-blind.
I guess I'm racist. I am not color blind and I am willing to discuss racial issues.
On the internet? Or to someone's face?
I am willing to talk about race with anyone, anytime, anywhere. I am only racist by your definition.
Actually I am incredibly insensitive to ALL cultures including my own. I really couldnt give a **** what anybody else thinks of me or my thoughts. Much ado about nothing if you ask me. I have found STUPID comes in ALL flavors. Mr. Fox has personel issues. Whether or not he resolves them is his problem.
Well, I guess that would be true as long as you are never critical of anything an "African-American" does.
Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American | Mail Online
'As a black person it's always racial': Django Unchained star Jamie Foxx explains why he is sensitive about being African American
And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
Can't say I really blame him - our nation decided for CENTURIES that for black people and other minorities EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALL ABOUT THEIR RACE. The concept that IT'S NOT is quite new.
It just means we still have a heck of a long ****ing way to go - honestly.
It's easy for folks to say "why do you have to make everything about race" especially when the person saying that hasn't experienced racism. Rather, if that person doesn't experience racism on a daily ****ing basis, I almost cannot take their comments seriously.
Unfortunately, something that a lot of people don't understand is that simply having dark skin in our society automatically makes you a victim of racism. That's just how it is right now. So, it's sort of ridiculous that people want to dictate what Jamie Foxx should or should not be offended by.
Nah..stick em all in a plane and take them back to Africa...
How is what he said racist? He is not putting any races down or saying that African-Americans are a superior race. We need to remember that racism is a system, it's a system where people are oppressed due to their racial/ethnic identity. None of what Foxx said was racist.
I am totally sick of Black people and ''you took us from Africa to make us your slaves'' It was 200 years ago..we have paid ten-fold..
Two hundred years ago...white people were slaves in Britain..children sent up chimneys...agricultural workers living in hedges..and when society had finished with you..there were always the workhouses..
We send Billions of pounds to Africa..and yet our students take gap years to dig latrines and fresh water wells..
It goes to the warlords of Africa,,the poor don't see a dime..
Our government has promised Africa £34 million next year..is it for the poor..or is it to grease palms??
Meh, when was the last time you saw a movie with a black leading man? Not a comedy or a popcorn action flick starring will smith. A serious movie with a chance to win awards, that also doesn't revolve it's plot around the blackness of the character?
Nothing racist in what he said.
And there you have it. The leftwing hero is a bonafide modern day racist.
If that is a bona fide to you, PLEASE have others read the Certificate of Authenticy on your NAZCAR plates!
You just add a bit more weight to Foxx's point. Many folks in this country, usually the ones who can't stand out in the sun for very long without a slathering of SPF30, seem incrediably insensitive to any other culture but their own. Now if Foxx did some bonehead thing for all to see there would be a line of the SPF crowd lined up to cluck about it- such gems like part of the Sharpton crowd, or typical urban epic fail, or perhaps reference being raised by an 'inner city' single mother... :roll:
Mr. Foxx just pointed out how often and in so many ways he is reminded it is a white man's world and he has the pull to at least attempt to remind the SPF crowd there are a few other types around.
Perhaps a few of the SPFs have a bias of their own reading interweb stories...eace
You don't get it....
I as a white guy have to be color-blind. For if I am not, I am racist.
Jamie Fox does not have to be color blind. In fact, it is encouraged and accepted for him to take race into account in every single thing that he does.
My only point in this whole "race discussion" is that an honest discussion cannot be had if one side is too afraid to speak on the issue for being labeled a racist while the other controls the discussion.
I agree with Sam, that I don't think it's racist - he's just hypersensitive to things. You see it all the time. "Why'd you cook fried chicken? Because I'm black? Uh... no, it's because you told me once it's your favorite meal."
I love Jamie Foxx, and think he's a great actor, a great singer and a great piano player. He's also very funny. I just wish he wouldn't turn everything into race. Reminds me kind of a little like that Samuel L. Jackson character in Die Hard with a Vengeance. Dooood, not everything is about race.
Well that most certainly is a logical and balanced response.
Seeing as how THEY WERE BORN THE **** HERE IN THIS ****HOLE COUNTRY.
But yet people are so unable to see it from their view? . . . Tragic, really - how we defile a people and then just expect them to get over it like it was nothing.
THAT note of arrogance is disgusting. . . maybe you should bail out of the country instead?
Sorry Babes..What are collards???So, I'm supposed to be insulted because someone cooks collards for me because I'm from the south?
Can't say I really blame him - our nation decided for CENTURIES that for black people and other minorities EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALL ABOUT THEIR RACE. The concept that IT'S NOT is quite new.
It just means we still have a heck of a long ****ing way to go - honestly.
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