http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:20:59 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/17/152233.php#comment-689842 all black dudes in the end ended up with caucasian women after they got money: nba players, movie stars, a singer and a golfer they are so proud to be black but they prefer blond lol 689842@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:20:59 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/17/152233.php#comment-582739 and i forgot to say that yes, since don imus was fired even though the girls handled things themselves and decided to accept his apology, gumbel needs to be fired because joke or not, the nation is not so cool with race that people can be racist on national tv outside their own little circle...he's not at home with his buddies, he's on tv. 582739@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:44:39 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/17/152233.php#comment-582738 I'm black, and Bryant Gumbel's little speech was as out of order as Don Imus's...and in BOTH cases i see a tendency to make jokes based on what they mistakenly thought were culturally ok to say...gumbel thinks cause he's black it's okay to make cliche statements about sports that are not popular with blacks...don imus thinks cause he's a shock jock expected to say shocking things and black hip hop culture degrades black women the way he did, that it was okay for him to throw it out there the way black people do... And I see how black people are allowed to air their grievances against america until people ears start burning, but white people are allowed no outlet for their side...and we all know in any serious problem, mediation can never work EVER if BOTH sides are not allowed to air their side and be taken seriously. I see truth in what the black people say (not all of it) and I see truth in what the white people say (not all of it) and i realize it's honestly not a colour thing, it's a culture and class problem that happens to fall along the colour lines in most cases. And because there is truth in both arguments that neither side wants to give credit to and really deal with...it will never change... and for the record i am not some rich kid, but if i was to run myself in debt, it wouldn't be for bling bling, it would be to put my children in private school because I went to private school in Jamaica and I believe in the power of a great basic education (and because I also believe in uniforms, religion IN schools, and being able to pick up both my kids from the same place and live wherever i can afford without having them zoned for some low-rated school, not to mention the lasting, close-knit friendships that form when you've gone through the growing years with the same circle of friends)... Please don't judge all of us based on Bryant Gumbel. I didn't know what any of his opinions were til I saw this, just that black americans saw him as an Uncle Tom...but now I see he is another ignorant instigator easily dismissed right along with his opinions. 582738@blogcritics.org Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:41:38 EDT