Meet persona non-grata, I mean Michael Richards. If you have half a life then you already know that he recently dropped the “N” bomb on some black people at the Laugh Factory. I certainly didn’t think his tirade was at all funny. Despite his attempts to apologize, it seems the general consensus is that he is a racist. Maybe he is, and maybe he isn’t. Since then, he’s been the butt of many jokes on late night television and that probably won’t end anytime soon. This whole incident brings up a good point:
Family members are allowed to badmouth each other, but no one else can–Keep that in mind. Black people can call each other the “N” word if they so choose, but anyone else who does must realize there is a fine line between “really funny” and “racism”.
That said, leave the “N” word to Paul Mooney (or maybe not?).
Leave the Honkey jokes to Jeff Foxworthy.
Leave the Mexican jokes to Carlos Mencia.
Leave the Jewish Jokes to Mel Brooks.
Oddly enough, sales of the 7th season of Seinfeld have gone up. Sad. There’s an old adage that states “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”, –And this is pretty bad publicity.
I’ll end with a quote taken from The Family Guy: “Brothers and sisters fighting is as natural as a white man’s dialogue in a Spike Lee movie.”
Be good to each other.