A Real McCoy?, any kin to this guy lol?
Posted on 06/18/2004 10:06:42 PM PDT by Pikamax
"Chris Rock did have a good bit about the difference between "black people" and "niggers" and how education isn't valued among many blacks."
Yes because counter productive blacks consider a positive education acting white. Rolls eyes.
Talk about self imposed de-evolution by an entire race.
It's funny how one silly skit on the show has pretty much ruined rapper Lil Jon's career. Everytime I see him now, people are like "do the line!" and he's forced to belt out Yeaaaah or What!? Sad.
"Chris was letting him have it about behaviors of the black underclass for which JJ was making excuses."
Jesse made excuses because he and his family have made millions off their volunteerly enslaved and unenlightened bethren for decades.
Not from me you won't.
If the press (and Army) had been more balanced in their reporting we'd have had two brave and (by today's standards) heroic ladies in the news and both would have had a chance at better lives in the future. As it is, no one remembers Shoshanna and Jessica has lost all of the aura built around her. On the other hand, you don't typically enlist for the headlines and they mostly managed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time; happens a lot.
However, what's most irritating today is that this thread WAS about a black comedian, someone not really expected to step out of character in front of 'fans' who stood up and told those fans they needed to change THEIR act. That makes two in a very short time.
Instead of seeing this as a sign that there are more potential positive leaders in the black community (i.e. Cosby versus Jackson) FR is wound tight over contrasting a 7 year old with a 15 year old. Well folks, in fact, Elizabeth Smart did squat to help herself. She accepted her fate and would have gone on for a long time accepting her fate...I'd say that had more to say about some back woods Mormon families than race but the comparison remains valid.
Let's live with the one fact and let's focus on the other; there are increasing indications that the black communityin America is growing within. Give Chappelle his due, he is smart, funny, and he has stepped up to the greatest problem within his community. Not a bad resume.
Awesome!
The few times I've watched David Chapelle and Chris Rock, I thought they were funny. When you live in a ghetto, surrounded by people with a ghetto mentality, the same problems,etc. it's very hard to be different. That goes for just about everyone. When you want to be different and outside the 'mainstream' you pay the price.
I didn't know their was a real person- I thought it was a made uup character..... I gotta whatch him on VH1
roll with skunks...smell like skunks...
true... Herman Cain 2008
If you see the Wayne Brady and R. Kelly skits, you wont say that anymore. My girlfriend forced me to watch Chappelle one night, where those skits were played, and now Chappelle has a permanent place on my TiVo.
If I am not mistaken, Dave Chappel grew up in Washington, D.C.
Dave Chappelle's Show co-writer is a white dude, Neal Brennan. Dave and Neal met years ago and have been friends and co-writers ever since.
For those of you who have the Chappelle's Show DVD, make sure you watch some of the episodes with the audio commentary on. It will give you some interesting insight about the show and how it was written.
Any chance some of the people who helped make him "famous" could have been white? If a white comic used the "N" word on their TV show like Chappelle does and as many times, you would still be hearing the outrage. He is correct, no one should be taking advice of any kind from "celebrities."
A Real McCoy?, any kin to this guy lol?
I don't see how this guy can compare Smart and Tate and call it racism.
Smart was a victim; Tate was a killer.
Smart did nothing wrong, and may have been afflicted with the "Stockholm Syndrome" where captives identify with their captors to survive. Did he want to send Smart to prison for being kidnapped?
Born in DC, grew up in SW Ohio.
*I* remember Shoshana...( and the few times I saw her pic in the media, I cried thinking of the little girl, knowing that the Bad Guys had her Mom! )
You are right, she didn't get as much coverage, sympathy.... but I thought about her a lot and I was SO happy the day she was free... heck, I believe she had been shot in the leg and I remember seeing her and the other survivors running to get away.....
I'm glad her little kid has her Ma back!
So who is this Chapelle guy? I've pretty much given up watching TV... ( except for the news and I obsess over it!) Is he funny?
Well wardaddy says I should live a little, and watch the Chappelle Show *LOL* He's funny but I don't think I want a nice mommy like you watching Chappelle Show :)
Sorry!
Had thought you were a fan!
What in the world makes you think I'm a NICE Mommy?
MOM is an acronym for "Mean Old Mother"!
( Eat your veggies. Clean your room. Take a bath...etc)
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