tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post116403782871553113..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Sienfield's Kramer A Racist?Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1164459670170968602006-11-25T08:01:00.000-05:002006-11-25T08:01:00.000-05:00The exact compassionate wouldn't be, "I'm going to...The exact compassionate wouldn't be, "I'm going to smash you with a brick" (Richards didn't say he was going to lynch anybody), but "Ten years ago in South Central we'd've had your head smashed with a brick." I do agree that if some honkies had heckled a poor-performing comedian at a black club that the race-based counter attack would not take the nasty turn that Richards' did. But then again, a Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1164209813962489642006-11-22T10:36:00.000-05:002006-11-22T10:36:00.000-05:00As we've discussed before, black people's use of r...As we've discussed before, black people's use of racist words to white people never carries the sting of a white person's racism because there is no history of black oppression of white folks. This is why there is almost no reaction when a black person calls a white person "honkey" or "cracker". It's almost meaningless.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps there were some gasps the first time Richard Pryor made Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1164047042876008372006-11-20T13:24:00.000-05:002006-11-20T13:24:00.000-05:00http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15816126/This article ...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15816126/<BR/><BR/>This article is certain that it was Michael Richards. But it doesn't report that most of the audience left, and does report that a few audience members laughed at the racist remarks.<BR/><BR/>I do wonder what would happen to white audience members at a black club who shout, "You're not funny!", to a black performer.Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com