Bill,

That’s all nice and dandy except what you hear your students say to each other does not apply to this situation. Come with somethine else, cause i’m not buying it.

If it’s all just words and such maybe Isaiah should have ignored the “slick” talk and kept it moving.

Every now and again white folks run into that nigga that ain’t bowin’ down or puttin’ up with some of that bullshit they like to spew.

Yeah, Isaiah shouldn’t have used the F slur; if he did. And yeah, he shouldn’t have choked that motherfu**ka; if he did. But damn it! I’m gonna support this brother weather he did it or not! I don’t give a f**k! Just like they support their own when it goes down! Shit we saw four cops beat the shit out Rodney, and walk. There was only speculation that OJ did it, but when he got off you woulda thought the world was coming to an end the way white folks were up in arms.

I think Chris Rock said it best… “There’s a reason to kick an old lady down a flight of steps; just don’t do it”. Sometimes as human beings we slip up, and we “do it”, kinda like when Spreewell chocked the shit out of Carlisemo. I’m sure there was probably regret as soon as the incidents occurred, hell, both Spreewell and Isaiah may have thought about the repercussions before hand, it’s just that sometimes we as black people have to put up with so much bullshit that a times we’re like…F**k it!

If Isaiah is an asshole, he’s a much needed black asshole in Hollywood. I look at this as just a reminder to them folks who have gotten a little brazen…. watch ya tone man, watch ya tone.

Black people always have their head on the swivel wondering who’s watching them, talkin’ bout “They’re making us look bad”. Why do our celebrities always have to be the epitome of elegance when we know they’ll be showing the world what Jamar, Tyrone and Aisha did on your local news channels tonight?

WASHINGTON WAS WRONG. Stop defending him!! He put his hands on a co-worker. I don’t understand how you can defend such behaviour. Just imagine if you were at work and had a disagreement with a co-worker and he/she put their hands on you. You would sue. It’s inappropriate behaviour if you’re not defending yourself from a PHYSICAL ATTACK. (”Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”)

We lose credibility as a community when we blindly defend folks in our community who are wrong. I love Isiah Washington as an actor, but am embarrassed that he would handle a disagreement like a child. There are consequences to our actions. I will still watch his show, but have less respect for him as a man. He was wrong. Period!

#77- I could not have said it better myself
My uncle is a professor at a major university. Around 10 years ago he got this top job at NASA. Everything was going great, until one day while playing squash he got into a heated argument with a colleague. The white colleague said the n-word and my uncle did IW and choked his ass. Guess who was fired?
So I need to hear exactly what was said by all parties before making a judgement.

on Monday, October 23, 2006 @ 2:53 pm

K Dubb said:
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Every now and again white folks run into that nigga that ain’t bowin’ down or puttin’ up with some of that bullshit they like to spew.

Yeah, Isaiah shouldn’t have used the F slur; if he did. And yeah, he shouldn’t have choked that motherfu**ka; if he did. But damn it! I’m gonna support this brother weather he did it or not! I don’t give a f**k! Just like they support their own when it goes down! Shit we saw four cops beat the shit out Rodney, and walk. There was only speculation that OJ did it, but when he got off you woulda thought the world was coming to an end the way white folks were up in arms.

I think Chris Rock said it best… “There’s a reason to kick an old lady down a flight of steps; just don’t do it”. Sometimes as human beings we slip up, and we “do it”, kinda like when Spreewell chocked the shit out of Carlisemo. I’m sure there was probably regret as soon as the incidents occurred, hell, both Spreewell and Isaiah may have thought about the repercussions before hand, it’s just that sometimes we as black people have to put up with so much bullshit that a times we’re like…F**k it!

If Isaiah is an asshole, he’s a much needed black asshole in Hollywood. I look at this as just a reminder to them folks who have gotten a little brazen…. watch ya tone man, watch ya tone.

Black people always have their head on the swivel wondering who’s watching them, talkin’ bout “They’re making us look bad”. Why do our celebrities always have to be the epitome of elegance when we know they’ll be showing the world what Jamar, Tyrone and Aisha did on your local news channels tonight?

Preach My Brother…

By reading comments by OTHERS, I sometimes wonder if this a BLACK Entertainment Blog….

If I wanted to hear Black people put down other blacks I could have stayed on AOL’s Black Voice Blog or the crazy as_ blog on Yahoo…

Shoot, I’m proud Of Isaiah Washington….
I wish I could choke a few of my co workers !!!

I stood up for OJ when they said he killed his wife…
Why, cause he’s black !!!

I’m standing up for Isaiah Washington
Why because he’s black !!!

Whenever I get put on Jury duty, I ALWAYS side with the Black defendent !
Why, cause he’s black !

Blacks seem to defend these people blindly. Rodney King, Amadou Diallo I will defend. Michael Jackson, O.J., Mike Tyson and this character I will let wither on the vine.

This guy has to know that he was in the wrong. For all we know Dempsey set him up and then had his people leak it to the press. Why would you even give people the opportunity to do this? I heard they were arguing over who was late to the set to shoot the scene. Are you serious? If this idiot was arguing with Dempsey over this he deserves to get canned. He has to know that when it comes down to it he will be gone before Dempsey. Why not walk away from something so petty and get paid? It’s the difference between an African American on the number 1 show reppin our community or an African American who got fired from the number 1 show and is seen as another angry black man from our community. Isaiah should know better. You have to be smarter than this, your on the number 1 show in the country player!!

on Monday, October 23, 2006 @ 2:57 pm

She said said:
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WASHINGTON WAS WRONG. Stop defending him!! He put his hands on a co-worker. I don’t understand how you can defend such behaviour. Just imagine if you were at work and had a disagreement with a co-worker and he/she put their hands on you. You would sue. It’s inappropriate behaviour if you’re not defending yourself from a PHYSICAL ATTACK. (”Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”)

We lose credibility as a community when we blindly defend folks in our community who are wrong. I love Isiah Washington as an actor, but am embarrassed that he would handle a disagreement like a child. There are consequences to our actions. I will still watch his show, but have less respect for him as a man. He was wrong. Period!

Bill Said:

In my 40+ years of Living, I have never EVER seen two men fight, and Human Resources got involved.

Ever fight I saw between TWO Men, If HR did find out about it, they both denied that it happend….

If two Policeman or two fireman got into a fight, both parites would deny it happend….

I have NEVER EVER heard a Man say “If you hit me, I will sue you…”.

No offense, but only women do that

* IF YOU NOTICED, BOTH MEN, Isaiah Washington & Patrick Dempsey DENIED THAT THE FIGHT OCCURRED.

Why….Because they are MEN.

Men don’t punk out and tell the authorities or the police. That’s just crazy..

A man will handle his business, if if he loses the fight he lost like a Man !!

Peace

I think the point of this post was to discuss the way the media has been portraying this man when nothing has been confirmed yet. I got nothing to say about what “happened” until I know what actually happened.
I think the media is playing him though cause nothing has been confirmed and everyone is running after this man like they know for a fact. Until i hear this out of the mouth of someone who works on that show. And not just on set like a craft servive person, then I’ll believe that this was sad until then everybody need to stop trying to paint him out as the bad guy until we know some facts.

@81. I support my people too, but if they are guilty im not supporting them. O.J. killed two people. In a jealous rage. His kids have no mother. People lost a son and daughter. I was discusted the day he was aquitted. If IW did this then let the punishment fit the crime. As long as PD didnt call him the N word, than keep your hands to yourself. This is the real world. You cant choke out any and everybody.

Usually you are very insightful but that comment is preposterous.

THANK YOU!! @ 84

I think you are the only one who read the post!

And Bill, you were wrong for that post. Why are you gonna support some ignorant ass black folks, just because they are black. I hope you were just playing around with that comment.

And Bill, when two police men fight….trust me internal affairs gets involved. You can try to deny it but they will get to the bottom of it and if they want to they can fire you for lying.

I am sorry I can’t and won’t support someone just because we share the same skin color. That whole ideal sound stupid as hell to me. You shouldn’t get a pass because you black… it’s not right…Futhermore my blackness shouldn’t be questioned because I don’t automatically jump to support someone who is clearly wrong if he did the crime.

on Monday, October 23, 2006 @ 3:41 pm

Angel La said:
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THANK YOU!! @ 84
I think you are the only one who read the post!

And Bill, you were wrong for that post. Why are you gonna support some ignorant ass black folks, just because they are black. I hope you were just playing around with that comment.

Bill Said:

Nope, I wasn’t kidding…I stand by what I said

If He’s Black, he get’s my benefit of doubt until proven guilty !

OJ was proven Innocent !!

Isaiah Washington is Innocent, until a Judge says otherwise !

DEE NUTS…Love is blind. That man is fine. He can do no wrong in my book.

NOHABLOYA…I second that! I USE to love Mel, but I think that he’s got a lot of hate in his heart and that can never be a good thing.

JC…Good point. If this were any place else it would be grounds for dismissal. He can still get it though, but after work because during would just be unprofessional. Lol!

hard to say if he’s getting a bad rep or not.. cause i really don’t know the facts, but we all make mistakes and he’s in hollywood… where they are notorious for bad behavior.. give him a break..

they all know that his behavior is no worse than their own..

don’t worry Mr. Washington, his publicist will say.. just go and date a WHITE WOMAN .. and take care of one of THEIR’S and all will be forgiven!! then YOU will be dubbed “the Accecptable, yet Peaceful Negro.. WHO UNFORUNATELY HAD A BAD DAY!

sad, but true!

Let me be the first to say that I love this site and I enjoy it very much. That being said, alot of the people here are irritating the hell out of me with this conspiracy theroy bullshit. People wake up. Ther is absolutely no reason for hollywood to be against Mr Washington. His reputation speaks for itself among his peers and people he’s worked with. Sould you give him the benefit of the doubt?…maybe. But did you give Wesley Snipes the same courtesy when discussing his issues with beating Halle Berry? That was pure speculation and just about everyone on here convicted him without actually being there or relying on unconfirmed sources. What gives?

@#39

I agree with some of what you said. Mostly everyday I have a make a split decsion as to how I will react to situation that involves my so-called pride being bruised. Be it a sharp stare-down or some guy stepping on my foot on the train without saying excuse me.

When this happens, I’m usually on my way to work and I have that split second to react. The first thing I do is the math:

I’m on my way to a job that I value
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I depend on this job for my very livelihood
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If I “go in” with this nicca, it won’t be sweet and it most likely will escalate
+
If that happens, most likely, we’re gonna BOTH be arrested or ONE of us is going to the hospital
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I’m a grown man and not some wild-ass teenager with something to prove

=

In the end, I tend to go through my day and choose my battles wisely. I just simply let some shyt go unless your stance is going to threaten me with some serious bodily harm.

My mother alsways said that the best fought battles are psychological, anyway.

Peace

Sorry for thoze type-o’s.

Wow bill you are truly ignorant. Would you “stand up” for a black man if (heaven forbid) kills one of your family members? Will you try and put the blame on “the white man”? U sound like those crazy white folks in rosewood who knew that white woman was raped by a white man but did everything in their power to blame and murder innocent blacks. ps. I would like you to take that malcolm X pic off because you are doing the man a diservice.

Please excuse the typos.

We ALL know what this is REALLY about…

it about the “Faggot” comment….
Had Isaiah not said that, everything would be cool…..

The majority of Blogs appear to be written by Homosexuals or those sympathetic to the Homosexual community, so of course the BLOGS are going to jump on the bandwagon and publish this report every ten minutes..
BILL Said
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Im glad somebody said this shit, cause it was getting on my nevrves. I dont know I kind of belive he was out of line but tehn agin this sosunds SO SIMILAR to what Im going throught at work. I beleive Patric was talkin slick thats whta I think. But then again theres all this stuff about him crossing the line ata other sets so…..

Any body remember the black dude from desprate house wives, who played the freak in the basement. They fired him for exposing himself on the set, What the hell is going on in hollywood ya’ll

So when Mel Gibson was going on his racist tirade everyone wanted his head on a platter.. Isaiah Washington hurls deragatory epithats and launched an assault on someone and we should excuse it because he’s black?? Sorry but that’s just pitiful! If Patrick Dempsey had of called him a nigger.. this whole site would have their panties twisted up. Ignorant behavior is ignorant behavior and should NOT be excused because of skin color!

IW is a jerk thru and thru as I have worked in the background on 2 movies he was in.. so I can assure you he is being painted as the hot head he is. The problem is that he went way overboard with the wrong people and this time it can’t be swept under the rug. And how did he expect the media to treat him?? This is one reason why he should have kept his hot headed ass in check now he’s being treated like the black boogey man. If he’s looking for blame.. look in the mirror Mr Washington. I hope they do cast Andre Brauer as his replacement.. a black man with some class and dignity is def needed here.

On topic, I dont think we can truly judge the situation until the true facts come out. I’m willing to give him the benifit of the doubt, but I must that even if he was edged on by WORDS he shouldnt have placed his hands on another man. I dont care what gender you are, the minute you step into a professional environment you need to act proffesional. If he was angry that they were late to the set he should have discussed their lack of proffesionalism with the shows creator or somebody incharge. If he cant behave like an adult then he needs to explore his options on pbs…..

I don’t think T.R. was outted. He was never “in the closet”. I guess he just thought it was a good opportunity to address it to his fans. Anyway, I don’t think he’s blaming Isaiah, but I would be pissed if someone called me out of my name in an argument that I wasn’t even a part of. That’s one thing I can’t stand. I don’t know anything about the physical altercation- if one did take place, it is really ridiculous. These are grown men who work together. They need to get their egos in check. The only part that I find extremely messed up is that Isaiah put someone else’s name out there that wasn’t even part of the problem. As far as we know.

on Monday, October 23, 2006 @ 4:11 pm

beyonce’s lacefront! said:
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Wow bill you are truly ignorant. Would you “stand up” for a black man if (heaven forbid) kills one of your family members? Will you try and put the blame on “the white man”? U sound like those crazy white folks in rosewood who knew that white woman was raped by a white man but did everything in their power to blame and murder innocent blacks. ps. I would like you to take that malcolm X pic off because you are doing the man a diservice.

Bill Said:

No, I’m nt ignorant, but I do belive that YOU are.
You must learn to read an entire post, and not just select lines.

What I said was THIS:
Bill Said:

Nope, I wasn’t kidding…I stand by what I said

If He’s Black, he get’s my benefit of doubt until proven guilty !

OJ was proven Innocent !!

Isaiah Washington is Innocent, until a Judge says otherwise !

and I said THIS:
on Monday, October 23, 2006 @ 3:14 pm

bill said:
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I stood up for OJ when they said he killed his wife…
Why, cause he’s black !!!

I’m standing up for Isaiah Washington
Why because he’s black !!!

Whenever I get put on Jury duty, I ALWAYS side with the Black defendent !
Why, cause he’s black !

Now…Where have you read where i said that I believe that a GUILTY man is INNOCENT.

Our Consttutional Laws state that you are INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY.

Is OJ Simpson in JAIL. No He isn’t
WHY….Because he was proven INNOCENT in a court of LAW

Is Isaiah Washington INNOCENT. Yes he is.
WHY…Because he has not been before a judge yet.

If I go to Jury duty, and they put a defendent before me, Is he Innocent or Guilty. He’s INNOCENT until the Judge says OTHERWISE…

Now….What part of that didn’t YOU understand ???

Thanks for the inside scoop mizbehavin. And I agree that we need to stop blindly supporting these black “men” that are no good.

on Monday, October 23, 2006 @ 4:12 pm

hdizzle said:
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We ALL know what this is REALLY about…

it about the “Faggot” comment….
Had Isaiah not said that, everything would be cool…..

The majority of Blogs appear to be written by Homosexuals or those sympathetic to the Homosexual community, so of course the BLOGS are going to jump on the bandwagon and publish this report every ten minutes..
BILL Said
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Im glad somebody said this shit, cause it was getting on my nevrves. I dont know I kind of belive he was out of line but tehn agin this sosunds SO SIMILAR to what Im going throught at work. I beleive Patric was talkin slick thats whta I think. But then again theres all this stuff about him crossing the line ata other sets so…..

Any body remember the black dude from desprate house wives, who played the freak in the basement. They fired him for exposing himself on the set, What the hell is going on in hollywood ya’ll

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Bill Said:
Thank You.

Oh and one more thing.. his behavior should have been checked when he was acting like a fool long ago.. but when publicists and managers hide bad behavior.. it only escalates and becomes more out of control! It’s called ENABLING and when people enable these morally bankrupt celebs all for the sake of the dollar.. it does NO ONE any good because someone will end up paying for it in the end. ALWAYS.

Ok bill but why not side for the white folks too while your at it? Since u believe in Innocent until proven guilty you shouldnt discriminate against whites. Now if you do side with white defendents (even when faced against black prosecutors) then i will apologize…but somehow i doubt that you do.

Yo, it’s a conspiracy, just like it was against O.J. They always hatin on the brothas. O.J. was innocent and so is Isaiah. So what if he called that guy a faggot?? wats the big deal? as long as nobody calls Isaiah a nigga, all is good in the hood. BLACK POWER! UNITE! don’t let em take us down, even if we r guilty!

Hdizzle,

you can’t say that word, cause people will lose their minds…..

People up on HERE (CL) calling each other Bitches & ho, F_ck this & fuck that,calling people Nigga’s and honkey, and whatever profane word they can think of…

The momment Someone says “faggot” all hell break lose…

I don’t understand People…

I don’t let NONE of those words bother me, because they are only WORDS.

And addtionally, I not going to get into a heated debate about Beyonce, Rihanna or Gay Rights with anyone & lose my composure or call them out of their name, because it’s only words on a screen, and when you think about it am I really going to change your mind…more than likely, I’m just going to piss you off…

You know what….People are dying of from eating spinach & egg salad…

I really ain’t going to lose my mind, cause Isaiah Washington Bitch slapped his coworker…

Patrick Dempsey probably deserved it….
That’s why Patrick didn’t say a word…he ain’t saying nothing, cause he KNOWS he was slick talking my Man Isaih…

That how men handle their business.

I built you they will be having beers on Friday Night, and you ladies will still be arguing about how Isaiah is Inappropriate. and an embarrisment to our Race.

@92..

what’s irritates the hell out of me, is when people try to rationalize over other people’s comments. simple read the article, then comment, then try to articulate your thoughts without insulting others. truth be told it’s not simply about a “conspiracy theory”..it’s just simply unforunate that people of color, who are too ethnic or make a mistake are protrayed as being savage or uncouth..regardless of whatever status they have worked to obtain. therefore they do not receieve the benefit of the doubt..sad but true.. and SNIPES.. WGAF..he’s not even regarded a being a talented, respectable man..every since he opened his mouth.. and showed how ignorant he was..