Tilghman’s suspension ends in time for the Buick Invitational on Jan. 24, when Tiger will make his 2008 debut.
Golf Channel suspended golf’s first female anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks for saying last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should “lynch him in a back alley.” Although Woods and Tilghman have known each other 12 years and his agent at IMG said he didn’t think there was any ill intent, Al Sharpton demanded she be fired immediately.
According to a statement released by Golf Channel:
“There is simply no place on our network for offensive language like this.
While we believe that Kelly’s choice of words was inadvertent and that she did not intend them in an offensive manner, the words were hurtful and grossly inappropriate. Consequently, we have decided to suspend Kelly for two weeks, effective immediately.”
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Before her suspension was announced on Wednesday, Sharpton spoke earlier on CNN’s “Prime News” and continued to push for her firing, saying he wanted to meet with Golf Channel because the comments were “an insult to all blacks.”
“Lynching is not murder in general, it’s not assault in general,” Sharpton said. “It’s a specific racial term that this [woman] should be held accountable for. What she said is racist. Whether she’s a racist … is immaterial. She’s a broadcaster. The channel has to be accountable to the public.”
Tilghman was helped when Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent at IMG, said it was a non-issue and considered the matter “case closed.”
“Tiger and Kelly are friends, and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly,” Steinberg said. “Regardless of the choice of words used, we know unequivocally that there was no ill-intent in her comments.”
Tilghman had said in a previous statement she apologized directly to Woods, and the immediate support from Woods’ camp was critical.
Stop the Hate in ’08
Comedian Ricky Smiley is not laughing. In fact, after learning about a black couple living in a North Arlington, Texas neighborhood who were being victimized by an elderly white neighbor last week, he was outraged.
He and a group of pastors organized a march and town hall meeting of over 300 people last Thursday at Winbush Elementary School to make a stand against racism.
According to Smiley, this is a much larger problem then in just Arlington, Texas. These types of isolated incidents are happening more frequently across the country and racism and racial injustice in the United States most come to an end once and for all.
On December 19, the neighbor, Grace Head, verbally attacked Broderick Gamble and his fiancée, Silk Littlejohn, with racial slurs. Two days later, the couple found the words “Kill” and “Die Nigger” spray-painted on the garage of the new home they’re building. Two days after that, Ms. Head attacked Ms. Littlejohn with a two-by-four and was charged with assault, criminal trespass and failure to identify herself to a police officer. After she was released, she was arrested again three days later on a felony criminal mischief charge for jumping and sitting on the couple’s vehicle.
This couple, and everyone else, has the right and the freedom to move into any neighborhood of their choice. Why is this still happening?!
I could careless what she said about Tiger Woods, every uncle tom should be lynched or tarred and feathered that goes for Charles Barkley as well he should be hung first.
109.
AIJUSWANNASAY
Thursday, January 10, 2008
WOODS IS REAL FORGIVING, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING. WHEN YOU HOLD WRATH IN YOUR HEART IT WILL CONSUME YOU. BUT I HAVEN’T FORGOTTEN WHEN HE BRUSHED OFF THE COLLARD GREENS & CORN BREAD COMMENT MADE BY FUZZY ZELLER YEARS AGO. WHICH HE DISMISSED SAYING HE KNOWS FUZZY AND HOW HE KNEW IT WAS JUST A JOKE. NOW THIS?*SCRATCHES HEAD*
DON’T SCRATCH YA HEAD BABY BOY….TIGER DOESN’T CLAIM US. TIGER ISN’T DOING ANYTHING TO ROCK HIS MONEY BOAT.
DAVE CHAPELLE SKIT WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY….TIGER WOODS AND ALLAN KEYES NEED TO JOIN FORCES!!! LOL
Why are people upset because this woman use the term “lynch”. Is it because she’s white?! Well that’s an obvious answer, don’t know why I asked.
EVERYDAY, and I mean EVERYY DAYY (with emphasis), on a bus, on the streets, in the classroom, in the club, hell probably even in some of your households, the “N” word is used like a second language. Raise your hand if you pull the coat tails of people using the word . . .hmmm, I don’t see any hands raised.
Do you know that our ancestors endured whippings and died fighting because of the “N” word. Until we can get our own backyards in check, don’t be whining and holler about use of words that ‘offend’ us because we use the same words we are complaining about.
We need to get educated and educate our people first. Shoot, somebody on here used the word “HISSELF” . .there is no such word as “HISSELF” and you are trying to make a statement. Oh pleaseeeee!!!
As Lawrence Fishburn screamed in Spike Lee’s movie “School Daze” WAKKKKKKKEEEEEEE UPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!
Uhmmm …Why do people always jump on this race stuff..She chose the wrong words…I am almost thinking that it is someone job to sit and monitor white folks for there use of any word that could be linked to black folks…
And Al need to sit his simple ass down…Whats an insult to all black people…is having black people murder, rob, defame, cut down, crab in barrell other black people…When Al and Jesse and whom ever the hell else address those issues…Then we can talk…Until then sit your ass down
I could care less about Tiger Woods bougie, white-kissing, uncle-tom ass. But I don’t tolerate what that cracker bitch said even more than I tolerate what that old gray-ass wolf Don Imus said. She knows exactly what lynching is that’s why she said it. If she didn’t mean to be offensive and racist then why did she say it? How come she couldn’t say “Take him in a back alley and beat him up?” that would of been a whole lot better plus racist offense wouldn’t even been thought of. Instead she used the word LYNCH, so common sense would tell somebody especially a BLACK PERSON, that it wasn’t right.
Somebody knew it wasn’t right that’s why the situation was brought to the public, while she’s being suspended in the process. But being suspended for two weeks aint shit…I say she should either get fired or suspended for a very long time so she can know that what she said wasn’t cool. But you know what that’s all she’ll get is two weeks and two weeks goes by very fucking fast. She’ll be back on the station like nothing ever happen. Most of this American country is racist anyway, only because the majority of people in it are white. If it wasn’t so then we wouldn’t be having this discussion as we speak. I’m not saying that every white people is racist, that would be ignorant but alot of them don’t care, and especially if the so-called black man aka Tiger Woods don’t care, why should they? Nobody owns America if tiger wanted her punished, she would of been punished i.e. fired.
After all Tiger married one of her, made his money and still making it, wasn’t lynched, don’t think he’s black so why should he really give a damn. My advice is don’t support anything an uncle-tom does.
@112 Jamal, Sorry about your boy.
@91
Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying, sis/brother. From a purely pragmatic perspective, why wouldn’t I disagree. Towards the end of his life, even he disagreed with what he was tricked into doing. What has changed since that movement? It’s like if I gave you two glasses and filled them each with 1/2 glass worth of water. You can pour one glass into another glass and trick yourself into thinking that you have more water but your still stuck at the same place that you started. That’s what the civil rights movement was about, getting black people to view perception as reality and effort as gain. I’m not going to go deep into the whole King thing because it’s a touchy topic and honestly, he has surpassed Christ in the minds of our people. King’s memorial day is coming up and I’ll state my opinion on the man then, if it be the Lord’s Will.
As far as Na’im Akbar is concerned, I’ve heard of him faintly but I’ve never read any of his books. I’m not really into Afrocentricity. I read those books when I was a teenager and they’re really a hustle. I still have them and peruse them for edification on the history of the Africans but that’s about all they’re worth. Diop’s books are good and Van Sertima’s books are excellent. The best black history books, in my opinion, are the ones by J.A. Rogers and also “Ancient and Modern Briton” Vols. I & II by David MacRitchie. There’s a market for fabricating black history and, in my opinion, many of these “Afrocentrists” fill that void by trying to claim history that doesn’t apply to our people or trying to make us feel like we’re a part of something. Things like “kwanzaa” and these other doctrines are usually an amalgamation of different religions and pagan holidays that have nothing to do with anything of substance except satanism. These same men will tell you that the Bible is the white man’s book but they cannot really ascertain where our people came from without trying to abduct some remote African civilization’s accomplishments. They’ll also tell you that there are Babylonian, Nubian, and Egyptian records that precede the Bible but they’re actually giving credence to the scriptures by doing that. These Afrocentrist brothers and sisters don’t understand that the caucasian would rather we think that we came from Africa than acknowledge who we actually are.
#88- You said it! It gets so tired when I see these previews for movies and it’s
something that brings a negative demeanor to African American/ Black People. Sometimes, I still believe that the movie industry is still living in this saga where Mammy, Pappy, Jezebel and Sapphire are the only characters that the black man/ black woman is allowed to play.
#5- I can partially understand what you are saying about Texas. However, I believe that there are a lot more states ((and countries)) that are in the same boat. For example, I live in ARKANSAS. I cant tell you how much crap goes on daily where racism involved. There is not a town in this state where you can go and think that you are not being looked at cause of your race. For example, when ever we go to visit family ((in a town that is majority black)), there is this tension in the air… and they still talk to you like, “Can I help you gal?” And it’s not just here in the US. My uncle went to Egypt with his Frats. Some of the people wouldnt help some of his LB’s b/c if their skin was too light, then they automatically had hate towards them. The list could go on and on… but I’m just saying, racism is a global situation.
{{# 44- The world is coming to an end and people are not paying attention, especially when we get breaking news from regular scheduled programs that we are watching stating that Britnay Spears was put in Cedar hospital and blah blah, who cares about Britney? I feel for her children and her mental state of mind but its not a conrcen that should have not been interrupted to let the world know!}}— I know that’s right. Look at this weather. To start the year last tues, the high here was 24 degerees. Then, monday, the high was close to 75 w/ tornadoes were falling out of the sky like crazy, and now it’s falling back down to 45. People are disappearing and dying very often. So many dif. wars are going on (not just overseas but within this country). The signs are def. there!!!
I had to stop and look check for today’s date. ITS ONLY JAN 10TH 2008 AND PEOPLE ARE ALREADY SHOWING THEIR TAIL! I hope they didnt make any New Year’s goals to not be ignorant. STOP THE HATE & MAKE IT A GREAT 2008!!!
Tiger Woods need to get his head outta his rear and look in the mirror! He is BLACK ! LOVE IT! EMBRACE IT! YOUR BLACK MAN! You can marry the blondest white woman and have the lightest kids you son is STILL black!! What? You think you can go to a KKK rally and say “Its ok guys I’m not Black…I am Cablasian???” WTF…
She should be FIRED and I have a feeling she will be give it time people! And for her to come out the box like that and use the word “lynch” is just beyond me for her being an “educated” white woman!! Damn and for him to just let is slide like that makes me feel that hell he is probably at home joking N-word this and N-word that with his white wifes family and all his “white” friends cause evidentaly he doesn’t know any black people or else he would see why we are ALL upset about what she said and I agree once she said it on air it became a “public comment to the world”…. Can’t wait to see how this plays out …..
I FEEL WHAT Y’ALL ARE SAYING ABOUT SHARPTON NOT BEING SELECTED BY ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR US AND THE N WORD BUT NONE OF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH A WHITE WOMAN CALLING FOR A BLACKS MAN’S OR ANY MAN’S DEATH (WHICH IS WHAT A LYNCHING IS, DEATH BY TORTURE) ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, WHEN ALL HE WAS DOING WAS PLAYING GOLF. IF I GOT ON TV AND SAID THAT ALL THE YOUNG ACTORS OUT THERE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND PUT A BULLET IN BRAD PITTS HEAD IF THEY WANT TO GET THE GOOD ACTING ROLES DON’T YOU THINK THAT THESE WHITE FOLKS AND SOME BLACKS WOULD WANT MY BLACK ASS LYNCHED FOR REAL. THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY FIND A WAY FOR ME TO DO SOME TIME. ITS NOT EVEN ABOUT RACE WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD CALL FOR A MAN’S DEATH ON TV??????????? SHE SHOULD BE FIRED BECAUSE THAT WAS SO IRRESPONSIBLE.
@115
I agree 100%. Barkley is the worst because this dude sits up and talks about white people and then marries a white woman. At least Tiger Woods is a consistent coon. I know that it’s difficult for a strong-minded black man to deal with some of these black women but it’s important.
****** I just have three words to say*******
FUCK TIGER WOODS!!!!!
Nucca sittin over there lookin like a BIG LIP idiot talkin bout he aint black…thats alright cuz them white folks remind his nigra azz errrytime…!!!
@96 not 91, lol
@112 Jamal,
Thank you for sharing a little more of your understanding as well. I’m prepping for litigation today and sometimes I can’t “turn off” that switch when I’m in fighting mode, but I’m not mad at you for respecting Al Sharpton. I respect your opinion and I appreciate that you have respect for my right to have mine. And yes, its all love.
I give him an credit for being there with you during the Shawn Bell incident. He does show up when none of our other politicians show up. I disagree with his methods and his strategy, but I don’t question his sincerity.
@ 121
I’m interested in why you think that he ended up having a change of heart towards to the end. I’ll keep an eye in case you care to eleborate in a few weeks.
Someone was telling me about Dr. Akbar, I haven’t actually read anything yet. I was just curious as to your opinion about it if you had one. I’m going to check out those others book you’ve mentioned though.
#55
I agree.
The winner of Master’s Golf Tournament gets to select the banquet dinner for the following year! Here’s what happened when Tiger won his first Master’s:
Fuzzy Zoeller’s (old white dude) comments at the Masters were: “That little boy is driving well and he’s putting well. He’s doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?”
Then Zoeller smiled, snapped his fingers, and walked away. Then he turned and added, “or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve.”
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Tiger played it down as no big deal!
When his father use to sneak him onto the all-white gold courses where he worked, Tiger said that what hurt him most was the racial slurs he was called as a young child! So, he learned to fight on the golf course rather than defend himself for having dark skin! His dad married an Asian woman and kept him from black people! So, its easy for him to disassociate his fathers culture, but two of his closest friends are Michael Jordan and Charles Barkeley!
Tiger, Obama, Venus and Serena all had to overcome the stereotypes in historically white professions! Trust me, Obama would have to down play such comments also! And, the Williams sisters have some very painful stories they could tell, but their dad, Richard is straight from the hood and he has told a few folks off along the way.
Hell, even Chicken George in “Roots” played it off until he got what he wanted! People have a right to downplay personal attact, but the watchdogs like Al, Tyra and Jesse have their jobs or “callings” as Ms. Banks puts it! This way, everyone can come out refreshed. Imus got his job back, the Rutgers women got national praise, Al got to tell Imus off, and the standards for injustice were tested for the better!
This is why Hip-Hop is so powerful! Rappers, chickenheads and monguls can get what they want without dancing to anyones music! They call the shots! Even CL has to pull back a photo of Rihanna every now and then. Blogs have to be closed when things get too carried away! And, as we know…the rappers and chickenheads take it way to far sometimes! “Criminals Gone Wild”! WTF?
Kelly Tilghman was wrong to talk about “lynching” and she got put in check! When she talks about Tiger in the future, she will always be careful selecting her words! That’s the learning curve to gaining mutual respect!
Developing…
Tiger is half asian (25% thai and 25% chinese) and a quarter african-american. He looks black though. I definitely understand the confusion he may have and the questions he grew up with. What are you going to identify yourself with? Will you look at OUTER APPEARANCE, GENETICS or the CULTURE you grew up with?
I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion but some of the comments about Al Sharpton I think are uncalled for. I’m glad he stood up and said something regarding Kelly’s remarks. Some of the comments I’m reading act like they could care less with what she said. I don’t think Al Sharpton should let her get away with what she said because if he never said anything I’m sure herself and other white people would think it’s okay to say whatever they want to about black people. I don’t understand why she thought it was okay to say lynch anyways. With everything that’s happening in this country regarding the remarks made by Don Imus and Michael Richards plus the Jena 6 situation I don’t understand why she would say the word lynch. I could see if she said to beat up or something like that but what she said was racist and I think she should be fired for it.
mr. sharpton,
give it a rest.
I disagree with #1. I believe that it takes a person of awesome character to recognize these things for what they are…….unabashed intimidation of the black race. I mean, who is this lady, anyway? Has she accomplished anything anywhere near what Tiger Woods has accomplished? She is an ignorant white woman. I come in contact with a lot of those kinds of people daily. But you learn how to recognize it for what it is, and keep going. Tiger isn’t worried about a stupid comment; it doesn’t phase him. Look at the source of where the comment came from! Her saying all kinds of stupid things about him isn’t going to change the fact that Tiger Woods IS who he is, and her ignorance can never diminish what he has accomplished. An ignorant person only has the very basest of weapons to fight a soldier with, and he or she knows that they can never win. She made herself, and her race, look stupid. We all must begin doing the same thing. Let these people look like the asses that they are all on their own, while putting our energies into making sure that they don’t take away our chances to enjoy the same freedoms, rights, and privileges that they do, by passing laws and denying us rights that our forefathers gave their lives for us to take advantage of.
Come on!!!! Why are we still being victims of racism in 2008!!!!!! Just today in my AP class my teacher was talking about how racism is almost completely nonexistent, what BULLSHIT when we still hear of incidents like this. It seems to me we hear of stories like this month after month!!!!!
*Also my English teacher frequently and unabashedly reads the n-word in Huckleberry Finn when reading the novel aloud (it uses it on almost every page twice), not at least having the respect to pause and skip the word. This from a teacher who won’t but the word GOD on a test.
I’m So Done
Racism is still alive they just be concealing it- Kanye West
White people do not care at all they will say anything.
Like someone said this is not 1958 it is 2008 and racism still extist which is sad.
Tiger Woods -you are still a black man, stop saying that you are cablasaisan or whatever you call it. In America if a mixed race person that has black blood in them, they are still consider black whether they’re biracial, octoroon,qaudroon, or look like a white person like Jael from America’s Next Top Model. Tiger stop kissing white people’s asses because they do not care about you.
That white woman know she was wrong for saying what she said, but does she care no.
I hope one day that Tiger’s daugther or future children bring home a black person and have some black children. That also goes for the octoroons, quadroons or people that look like Jael from ANTM.
Al Sharpton makes me so sick, he is a media whore. I don’t agree with her getting fired. They probably shouldn’t have suspended her either but they just did that to shut Al and all the spotlight grabbing “so called Black leaders” up.
Oh please, Tiger doesn’t care because he doesn’t consider himself black so why should we care about what she said about him. I could care less.
Sure she should have thought about what she said but it’s a slip. I don’t care especially when the person she is speaking of doesn’t even consider himself apart of my community kick rocks!!!
@ #25,
YOU ARE RIGHT! However, even thought UNCLE TOMMY TIGER let her off the hook, the man saying “take him in a back alley” and her completing the visual with “and lynch” him is serious.
That is why I will NEVER support Tiger Woods. He is a COON in the highest order.
If it weren’t for the blood, sweat and tears of HARRIET TUBMAN, EMMIT TILL, MEDGAR, MALCOLM, SAARTJIE BAARTMAN, ELIJAH McCOY, DUBOIS, WALTER WHITE, HOLIDAY, ELLA, ETC. this CamblaCOON Woods wouldn’t be able to walk on a golf course.
No one is asking The CamblaCoon to say he is black, but for f*cks sake, if someone talks about lynching you ass, address the issue.
The sad part is that he is a multimillionaire and may never be caught on a dirt road in Mississippi or Birmingham by an angry white mob. So I guess he doesn’t have to care.
I pray for the day this CamblaCoon gets his N*gg*er Moment!! In time my friends… in time…
25.
natural mystique
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The only thing killing black people– is black people.
Ignorance, illiteracy, teen pregnancy, Aids, the breakup of the Black family, more ignorance, “Black on Black” violence, incarceration, the welfare system….and the list goes on.
Why can’t Al, Jesse and all their cohorts go work on fixing those issues before yappin’ about another foolish whitey’s words? This is getting very lame.
Thank you #138 I wish these so called leaders will face the real life issues that go on EVERYDAY in our community. That’s all!
Barack Obama President 2008!! Go Obama !!!
Ok. Let me silence some of this drama over what that woman said. I usually just read everyone’s opinion but I didn’t finish the first page before getting a little heated. First, you must know the whole story before giving an opinion. Basically, the woman’s co-anchor stated that some of the young newbies to golf should gang up on Tiger so they would have a chance at winning. His female co-anchor interrupted and ended his statement while laughing and said, “yeah… they should take him to a back alley and lynch him.”
Now I do feel she used the wrong word. If she would have said take him to a back alley and beat him would people be as mad? The word lynch is what gets people in an uproar. It’s a word that is very sensitve in the black community just like the n-word.
Her personal relationship with Tiger is between them two. Whether he forgives her or not has nothing to do with you or me. I really do think this is a non-issue. And I’m growing even more disgusted with Mr. Al Sharpton. I could think of 100 of things he could be protesting right now other than this b.s.
As far as Tiger considering himself everything under the sun but black. That’s his opinion. I’m not going hold against him something he said years ago. Yeah it sucked, yeah I think its messed up he can’t identify with the black community. But again, that’s on him. Why should I or you be up in arms about that? Tiger accepting his blackness isn’t going to help be prosper, it isn’t going to make my day, or make be feel somehow validated. Who cares?
Please find something else to debate and get pissed about other than race issues. Especially thoses fueled wrongly by the mass media which continues to exacerbate situations by giving Al Sharpton a forum to spew b.s. And trust, I wouldn’t have taken the time to write this if I wasn’t a member of the media and see how things work. I love what I do but I hate those who are irresponsible when it comes to journalism. Wake up people… get the facts from multiple sources before opening your mouths. And still question what you’re reading b/c there always more than two sides to a story. People will respect your opinion more when backed by facts. That will be all.
I sorry but this is ridiculous…she said she was joking the comment was very wrong but he forgave her and overlooked it. I so tired of everything something happens all of a sudden we have to stand up and defend it, I know who and what I am and that’s something that no one can take away from me, no matter what I am. If she said it, yes it’s wrong and she got suspended, so can we get over it. Racism is still around and just because you take away their jobs doesn’t mean thats going to change thier views.
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I’m so tired of Al Sharpton. He is so quick to jump on the TV and make all these statements whenever he hears something about what someone said. I’m not saying that he’s wrong but why is it that I only see him on the news, in videos, and in pictures at some hip hop party. I don’t think he’s standing up for this because he truly believes in it, it’s because loves being in front of the camera (I sorry but that’s what I think) Why is it that I don’t see him at the schools or at community centers? If you want to better people and help them change do it from where it starts; on the streets, and more importantly with the youth, the future. don’t show you face everything you hear the word “Black.”
I know for a fact that while he’s issuing statements, talking to news reports, and “hanging” with the stars, kids are out there fighting anf joining gangs. I understand his intentions but not what a feel is his need for attention. He want to make the world a better place for everyone, but while he’s on TV trying to better the country, we still have some kids are out their; black, white, hispanic, asain, all races are still our there making it worse.
There’s nothing you can do no to change the older population in America, some may change but the people set in their ways won’t. I feel that the best way to change this country and the world is not to change the older population but teach the youth that racism and all other forms of hate are wrong, and not just against black people but against all races.
WELL SAID #142.
Lynching is an extremly racialy charged term. If you live in a America and are too ignorant to know that then that’s on you. If doesn’t matter what your intent was, it is still racist and culturally incencetive – period!
If tiger woods decided to defend himself it would require him acknowledging that whether he likes it or not, the world see’s him a negro, so don’t be surprised that he has swept this along with all of the other racist taunts from the golf community he’s received under the rug.
Lol @ the people saying he’s black even though he’s half asian and trying to validate it by saying white people seeing him as black. Well,woow, I didn’t know some members on here have met every single white person opn earth..The white people I know call children who have a black parent and a nonblack paret multi racial or biracial…not BLACK. That’s what black people do..I think Tiger did the right thing, although I think he should’ve said something because the comment WAS ignorant…but whatever. It’s his life and she probably was trying to be funny and spoke before she though..which I’m sure the majority of us have done..
Oh and one more thing. If you’ve ever uttered the word Nigger/Nigga (there’s no diffference…) then you’re just as guilty as she is so don’t get your panties in a bunch now that a white person’s done it because if DL Hughley had done it, there would be no issues.
PEACE.
Stupid fucking cracker.
But then again, he’s married to one.
@ #142 dee,
I agree with up up to when you say there is nothing we can do to change the older population. Ummm… were the Jena 6 players “OLDER”??
These were young teenage kids saying that other black students couldn’t sit under a G-d made tree that no man owns. Maybe you should check out the KKK site dedicated to the young white youth who feel disenfranchised because black people are trying to get themselves out of poverty.
I agree we shouldn’t get excited with everything, but there is no room for joking with the word “LYNCHING”!! How come they don’t crack jokes about lynching white folks? Ever notice that when black athlestes are progressing and kicking ass, You notice they always joke around with LYNCHING, MONKEY, NAPPY HEAD HOS, ETC.. and in Tiger’s case, they made jokes about Collard Greens and fried chicken before.
Maybe our black commentators should go on the air and call white players forefathers “RAPISTS, MURDERERS, THIEVES, MOLESTORS”, etc.. I am sure all will agree that we are just joking too..
Every idiot and his brother understands the CONOTATION of LYNCHING.. I am still trying to understand where and how a back alley and lynching got into that conversation…
I am happy that COON Tiger Hoods is not insulted. Why should he be, he ain’t black right? right? But his poor father couldn’t run around the golf course back in the day the way he is, yet Tiger acts all non chalant like these IGNORANT racist references are cute whispers of nothings.
I will pray to G-d every night that this COON gets his rightful N*gg*r moment! G-d ain’t done with Tiger yet. Our ancestors paid a harsh price for his freedom and the least he can do is show some respect!! Tiger doesn’t have to associate with black folks or even accept that he has N*gg*r in his blood, but he damn well better respect the struggle of the African diaspora!
I fife on this Coon!!
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There’s nothing you can do no to change the older population in America, some may change but the people set in their ways won’t. I feel that the best way to change this country and the world is not to change the older population but teach the youth that racism and all other forms of hate are wrong, and not just against black people but against all races.
Aww. poor Tiger. No matter how far he tries to pull away they just keep reminding him he’s black. Tiger may be more asian than black, but I bet he’s going to be hearing more fried chicken insults than fried rice/lo mein slurs.
@ #114,
You are either white and angry or black and dumb, either way, you are irrelevant!!
Fact, if Al Sharpton doesn’t do what he does, there would be more dead black men at the hands of cops, the air waves would be rampant with the Don Imuses and racist repukes.
Like Jamal said, Al is there when no one else is. Al discusses all the issues, but the media only choses to address the ones that are racially charged.
Why don’t the media show Al talking to kids, or All sitting and praying with families. No they show him talking about things they see no problem with, racism. It is usually things that humiliate black folks no less.
Let’s hope this bitch’s comments don’t cause some poor black person to lose their life in a back alley.
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114.
Tearose33
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Who the hell put AL SHARPTON in charge? I don’t remember voting for him. He should just shut the hell up!
Someone needs to please tell Al Sharpton to sit down and be quiet. He just thrives off these comments and uses them for his own time in the spotlight. Also why is everyone mad because tiger woods claims his asian heritage too. I have never heard him say I’m not black I’m asian. I’ve heard him say my father is african american and my mother is asian. Correct me if I’m wrong if what he is saying is untrue.
Al Sharpton need to sit his *** down. Im getting tired of this. They friends, friends make inappropiate jokes sometimes. Ish like this is one of the reasons racism still exists. Stop feeding a fire when its tryna go out dammn
First and foremost, Al Sharpton needs to sit his old flashy, black ass down. He is so ignorant, racist, and sheltered. He acts like Blacks are the only ones that exist in this world. It’s not all about Black equal rights–It’s about positive ethical choices. As he is on the television, I am ashamed to see that man represent African-Americans in media with that processed ass hair (shows you how much he denies his image).
He has done nothing but play the race card in cases where African-Americans have gotten tangled up in the law; and believe me, it’s getting old.
For the newscaster: she needs to understand that when one is communicating to the public via television, one should be aware of expressions that might offend certain groups. I do, however, feel that she should take responsibility of her actions. I gagged when I heard that, and I was offended.
In general, these newscasters and television personalities need to take a course in ethics and diversity. Whites are not the only group that play golf.
Tiger doesn’t really consider himself black so it probably doesn’t phase him
MS. HEAD, SHE DESERVES TO HAVE THAT NAME, I BET IT APPLIED TO HER LITERALLY WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER. AN ELDERLY PERSON ATTACKING SOMEONE WITH A 2X4, THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM RICKY SMILEY’S COMEDY, I HOPE THAT IS THE CASE AND NOT REAL. THAT OLD WOMAN MUST HAVE HAD A FLASH BACK TO JIM CROW, SHE HAS SOME MENTAL ISSUES BEYOND BEING A RACIST.
I SEE THAT AL HAS A GIG AGAIN-LET ME STOP. I DON’T THINK THAT THE ANNOUNCER MEANT ANY HARM, SHE DID NOT SAY THE N-WORD. WHY ARE WE SO SENSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING. TIGER IS CABLASIAN OR SOMETHING, SO THE BLA WAS OFFENED NOT THE CA OR THE ASIAN-LET ME SHUSH.
This shouldn’t even been an issue for Tiger, last time I checked, Tiger didn’t think he was black anyway.
I wish Al S would sit the phuck down. Your theatrics are making light of a very serious issue. I do not know this woman from a hole in the wall but anyone could see the chick was joking. Does that make it funny, hell no. She probaly isnt racist just a effin idiot with no internal filter. As for Tiger, lol at not being black but still having black problems. Its good to embrace your heritage but do not get too comfortable as the old boys club will always consider you a colored boy who happens to have skills. Harsh but true. May you have continued success in the future brother because you truly are the best at what you do.
Well, he is black whether he likes it or not. I think he’s funny(nuts really). Look at his logic. I am not black, Kelly is my good friend and she knows I am not black. So, therefore the lynch comment does not offend me because I am not black. He is a disgrace to us, we are proud of who we are, and we wish we didnt have to claim him and his ignorance.. And everytime I see a Michael Jackson or a Tiger, I cringe, knowing that racism has made some of us hate ourselves.
I am also mixed as he is, My father is Korean and Black, My mother is Black, White, and Indian. I am a little lighter than Tiger and you can tell i am mixed with something also. But HELLO, I am obviously black. I am not confused when i get the questionaire referring to ethnicity, only one needs to be checked. There is a deep connection that we share as black people, we have all and still do experience racism in our everyday lives. Until racism is eliminated it needs to be called out everytime it rears it’s head. Because White people love to pretend racism doesn’t exist or it is a blue moon occurence. YOU become a Tiger Woods and a Michael Jackson whenever you ignore it… Thank God for Al Sharpton.
I’ve always wondered why i heard people calling tiger a house negro!
I think what she said was uncalled for and I’m sick of folks just getting a slap on the wrist.
I don’t understand why someone in her position did not know that lynching , in this country, are almost always connected to blacks. I think that in America, history of other cultures as well as black history should be mandatory in order to graduate from college. We need to learn how to have compassion for what others have suffered at the hands of americans, so that history won’t repeat itself or worse.
I don’t fully understand why it is that white people think they can say whatever they want. of all the words this small minded idiot could have chosen, she picked lynch. a verbal reminder of the darkest times in america for Black people. I don’t care about a piss poor apology, she said what she felt and she meant it. she’d probably enjoy hearing that he had been lynched. a lot of them would, but it ain’t happenin. things like this make me very aware of the way things are. nothing has really changed; we are still seen as second cass living hyphnated experieces and beating them at their own games. LONG LIVE THE TRIUMPH OF THE BLACK ATHLETE.
Black people need to get the chip of intolerance for biracialism off their collective shoulder. If Tiger Woods doesn’t want to his OWN MOTHER and the ages of rich history she comes from just because so many of you are ignorant enough to think that “a drop of Black blood makes you Black,” (that school of thought, by the way, was actually begun to identify qualifications for exclusion from the white race–at that time equivalent to exclusion from the human family) then I congratulate the man for being true to himself, respectful of his family, and aware enough to realize the importance of being able to function as a GLOBAL CITIZEN. Please educate yourselves.
@13 You’re right!
LET IT GO ALREADY. HOW MANY OF YOU JOKE AROUND WITH FRIENDS FROM OTHER RACES ABOUT THEIR RACE? HMMMM
I’m 18, raised in England for 10 years but I cannot wait to go back to Africa. I’m so tired of coming across news items such as this, it shocks me and it makes me sick. I hate visting that website, perezhilton, because there’s always someone making a racist comment whenever a news item is related to a black person. Why are we here suffering from all this injustice and getting het up over issues such as these that DON’T EXIST IN AFRICA?! We’ve got our own people who love us, our own beautiful country, lets go back.
That golf lady is stupid and her choice of words were poor, but i think her punishment is just…maybe they could extend her suspension, even.
Al Sharpton is indeed a media whore. He needa take his ass to texas…talk about blatant racism.
Those must be some super`patient Black folks to bravely tough it out with them elderly white folks cuz I woulda done had my grandma on that old lady from the jump!