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RosaB -> RE: Kramer goes ballistic (11/22/2006 1:52:23 PM)
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Yes people are so quick to make blame the recipients of vile language and say they deserved it for starting it. I saw two of the targets of the tirade. From what was being said, they a mixed ethnic group had entered the club after Richards act had already begun, they were a bit noisy, ordering drinks and such, but not saying anything to Richards till he started calling them names and that's when the guys and other people, not just the black men, made negative comments to Richards. According to the two guest on the news morning show, Richards singled out the blacks in the group of a diverse ethnic group of individuals to spew his hateful words.
I saw Richards on Letterman the other night as well, and my feelings are that I'm not really sure just yet what to think as to his sincerity. But I do believe in forgiveness, he's human, he could be in crisis, sometimes people strike below the belt when they're hurting and they don't have the tools within to handle turmoil within. I'll just wait and see.
And to those that say no one cries out when blacks speak negatively about whites or other ethnic groups, or vile language that rappers use, you are so wrong. There have been many a battles within the black community about such issues. Some in the press, some even on the ever hated Oprah show. I think some people just choose to make note of what gets under their skin and close their ears to those accounts. Two wrongs don't make a right ya know. I cringe when black comedians use words like hunky, cracker, whitey; and I do speak out against hateful language directed at any group of people.
Obviously some people haven't had to experience having their child come home from a play date in tears, from a friends after the other child's grandmother or other relative tells the children they shouldn't be playing together because of their different ethnic backgrounds. We can all laugh and gloss over and say lighten up. But it starts with just the little things and those little things desensitize people. I'm very thankful to those people here that see there is a problem with such outburst it is because of such people that the we hopefully will all progress as one unified group of people some millennium while others sit quietly by hoping we all go away and hoping for the good ole days.
Also, let me tell, you about 13-15 years ago, I was coming out of a club after having a great time and as I was getting into my car with my friends a group of young males that had come out of the club drove by and yelled out niggers. In all my years, I don't think, I'd ever actually had anyone call it out to me. If you aren't a black person, you just can't understand what the shock and of those words felt like. I was momentarily paralyzed. I can't explain it. Yes its just a word, but never having had someone call me it out loud and so forcefully with such hate. I was stunned and taken aback. Now that was then and the word no longer has that power over me, nor does it have that same power over many people. But for a person Richards age, he fully knows the history, for sure, he used some lynching references. There was nothing any intelligent even mildly sensitive thoughtful human being would find humor in Richard's outburst. If you do, IMO, it shows that maybe you are already desensitized when it comes to people outside of your own little world. I could be wrong.
Rosa
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ORIGINAL: Bearlee
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According to the news report I saw...a comedian who was at the show was interviewed and reported the people were TALKING during his show ...NOT heckling Richards. Another person said a singer can sing just fine alone, but a good singer needs to be able to sing even when the fights break out...
Anyway, did anybody see the commercial I saw last night for Seinfield re-runs on Thanksgiving day? Too funny; showed the Kramer character's head on the turkey which was on a serving table...waving with his wing! hmmmmm... maybe it was a cooked goose, come to think of it!
beverly
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