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Soleil3 · December 2013

Exactly Court.

ayanahazel1 said:

Soleil3 said:

I don't see how HIS view that the people HE worked with were happy is racist.

Sheltered maybe, but not said in hate.

You might not see it as racist, but when he's talking about happy black people singing in the cotton field, IT ISN'T GOOD.

Lol. touché.

BellaOso · December 2013

Came to read teh dramaz and...

Coconuthead · December 2013

HauntedRadio said:

LJUTCMommy said:
If I say, "Asians are good at math," maybe it's not hateful, but it IS racist and ignorant.

The fact that he thinks they were happy because they acted happy in front of him at work...well... he doesn't really have a right to talk about how black people feel/felt.

And if you act angry and upset at work most of the time, you're probably not going to have a job very long.

Thinking that black people were better off before they could dine in the same restaurants, attend the same schools, vote in elections, etc. makes me think he's racist.

If you say Asians are good at math, that's a stereotype, not racism.

I see what you are saying but I would argue that racial stereotyping falls under the category of racism.

Coconuthead · December 2013

@LJUTCMommy you beat me to it!

CaliforniaDream87 · December 2013

@soleil3 whether or not his quotes were spinned what he said (he could've defended if it wasn't true-Hollywood does it all the time) was inappropriate. If you chose to read what he said with an open mind, by all means, do that. I don't. My stance will stand on this matter.

We don't see eye to eye at all on this issue and that's fine.

CaliforniaDream87 · December 2013

HauntedRadio said:

LJUTCMommy said:
If I say, "Asians are good at math," maybe it's not hateful, but it IS racist and ignorant.

The fact that he thinks they were happy because they acted happy in front of him at work...well... he doesn't really have a right to talk about how black people feel/felt.

And if you act angry and upset at work most of the time, you're probably not going to have a job very long.

Thinking that black people were better off before they could dine in the same restaurants, attend the same schools, vote in elections, etc. makes me think he's racist.

If you say Asians are good at math, that's a stereotype, not racism.

And stereotyping is just as bad...

RoosterMemphis · December 2013

I don't want to debate this as I have had a horrible day and I just want to bang my head against a wall for an hour. BUT I will say that I love the LGBT community and people of all races. I just didn't care for amandarins comment comparing it to their other show about heroin addicts or other addicts. It's a choice and comes from a different place to make these statements.

**back to banging head against a wall.

Edited because I'm so angry about my day that I'm forgetting entire words.

CaliforniaDream87 · December 2013

I'm exiting this conversation as it's like beating a dead horse trying to get people to understand that have differing opinions. His comments were inappropriate. He cannot speak for "black people" or our experience in America just as I cannot speak for a Caucasians experience in America. Believe me, the Jim Crow era wasn't pretty and to insinuate that blacks were happier then? Disgusting. My families experience begs to differ. Ending, I am glad A&E made the decision to get rid of him. If they wouldn't have they would've lost a lot of AA and supporters of the LGBT viewers.

CourtJack · December 2013

RoosterMemphis said:
I don't want to debate this as I have had a horrible day and I just want to bang my head against a wall for an hour. BUT I will say that I love the LGBT community and people of all races. I just didn't care for amandarins comment comparing it to their other show about heroin addicts or other addicts. It's a choice and comes from a different place to make these statements.

**back to banging head against a wall.

Edited because I'm so angry about my day that I'm forgetting entire words.

Sorry about your shit day. How's Alabama doing?

NikkiD522 · December 2013

@rh10264706 did we beat July 13 this week? ;-)

Oh ps. Ryan Gosling is scrumptious.

RoosterMemphis · December 2013

CourtJack said:

RoosterMemphis said:
I don't want to debate this as I have had a horrible day and I just want to bang my head against a wall for an hour. BUT I will say that I love the LGBT community and people of all races. I just didn't care for amandarins comment comparing it to their other show about heroin addicts or other addicts. It's a choice and comes from a different place to make these statements.

**back to banging head against a wall.

Edited because I'm so angry about my day that I'm forgetting entire words.
Sorry about your shit day. How's Alabama doing?

Thanks for asking. She's still in lots of pain and can't sleep. I went to the ER today where they told me to go to this dermatology clinic that is 2 hours away from where we live. We are going on Monday. I just want to cry.

I'm sure she'll be just fine when it's all said and done. It just sucks right now.

CourtJack · December 2013

RoosterMemphis said:

CourtJack said:

RoosterMemphis said:
I don't want to debate this as I have had a horrible day and I just want to bang my head against a wall for an hour. BUT I will say that I love the LGBT community and people of all races. I just didn't care for amandarins comment comparing it to their other show about heroin addicts or other addicts. It's a choice and comes from a different place to make these statements.

**back to banging head against a wall.

Edited because I'm so angry about my day that I'm forgetting entire words.
Sorry about your shit day. How's Alabama doing?
Thanks for asking. She's still in lots of pain and can't sleep. I went to the ER today where they told me to go to this dermatology clinic that is 2 hours away from where we live. We are going on Monday. I just want to cry.

I'm sure she'll be just fine when it's all said and done. It just sucks right now.

Ugh. Poor munchkin and you (and H)! You'd think going to the ER would provide you with some answers, not just directions to somewhere else. Hope the weekend goes by quickly and LO gets some relief and you guys are able to get some rest.

Edit: spelling.

RoosterMemphis · December 2013

@courtjack and @zarkoe thank you!

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