MSNBC Host Toure- "Tears of Joy For Me, The White House is Staying Black!"

MSNBC Host Toure- "Tears of Joy For Me, The White House is Staying Black!"

I find this absolutely amazing this guy can get away with saying this..

If a white man said he was overjoyed the white house is white again, can you imagine the upraor, and heads would be rolling.

Umm, I think it was a joke.

reply to post by kaylaluv

Umm, I think it was a joke.

Ok then, would a white man get away with that kind of joke ?

Even if it weren't a joke, the historical significance of it and past race relations of this country....well it is something special.

Can you imagine how much a black president means to blacks who were alive during the civil rights movement? And just all black people in general?

It was only 50 years ago black people were legally discriminated against. Most were disenfranchised until 1965.

Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Fair Housing Act 1968

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I'm glad society has progressed enough to allow a two term black house.. tee hee hee, see what I did there?

reply to post by kaylaluv



A joke ?
Hardly.

reply to post by TheMaverick


This reminds me of this guys comments. Basically they cost him his career. This was in the aftermath of Katrina.

I do believe this person was serious!



Ray Nagin sure was.

reply to post by TheMaverick


America isn't doing so well on the social scale
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1. I do think he said it as a joke.

2. If any white person thinks this is racist they need to get over themselves.

reply to post by Stormdancer777

A joke ? Hardly.

Exactly, i didn't find it funny either...

Originally posted by TheMaverick
reply to post by kaylaluv

 

Umm, I think it was a joke.

Ok then, would a white man get away with that kind of joke ?

I didn't say it was a good joke. And I didn't see the rest of the program, so I don't know what else he said about it. But I could totally see Stephen Colbert saying "the white house is now officially white again", had Romney won. And yes, he could get away with it. Cuz, it's satire, not serious.

Originally posted by TheMaverick


Exactly, i didn't find it funny either...

I don't think it was a joke either.

It's a sentiment of entitlement to me, that blacky is getting one over on whitey. Does this jerk who made the comment know that Obama is half white?

Stupid comment, if anything.

reply to post by TheMaverick


You must be horribly insecure about your whiteness then....I have no clue why any white person would be offended over this.

I don't see any outrage from the actual racism spoken by the right wing politicians on here. 0, it is always a leftist that has to make a thread on it.

reply to post by Sissel

It's a sentiment of entitlement to me, that blacky is getting one over on whitey. Does this jerk who made the comment know that Obama is half white?

Yes, because Obama was just given the white house.

No, he was voted in by a whole lot of white people...and black and latino. Something other parties have problems with....diversity.

reply to post by Trustfund

You must be horribly insecure about your whiteness then

What a absolutely stupid thing to say, so i'm insecure because i don't find racism (in any form) funny..

Originally posted by Trustfund


No, he was voted in by a whole lot of white people...and black and latino. Something other parties have problems with....diversity.

Exactly. Given this is 2012, people need to get over themselves!

However, having lived in the deep south for the 2008 election, I do know for a fact, that quite of bit of the black folk there voted for him just based on his skin color.

this sickens . It really does . I really really hope you people who voted for this man are not the ones 2 years from now crying over what he will do to this OR has done to this country .. half of this country and it's media heads sickens me

Originally posted by shoenice
this sickens . It really does . I really really hope you people who voted for this man are not the ones 2 years from now crying over what he will do to this OR has done to this country .. half of this country and it's media heads sickens me

And I really really hope you people who think Obama is the antichrist will come back and publicly admit you were wrong when Obama improves this country in the next 4 years.

Originally posted by TheMaverick


What a absolutely stupid thing to say, so i'm insecure because i don't find racism (in any form) funny..

This is so sad, truly, because in fact racism is still very much alive and well, living in the mind of many people.

Outright racism, or what I believe is even more disturbing, reverse racism, exists. 6 of one, or half dozen of the other....it exists.

reply to post by Sissel

However, having lived in the deep south for the 2008 election, I do know for a fact, that quite of bit of the black folk there voted for him just based on his skin color.

And? A bunch of white people voted for Romney based off his skin color. And a bunch of Mormons voted for him because he was Mormon.

reply to post by TheMaverick

What a absolutely stupid thing to say, so i'm insecure because i don't find racism (in any form) funny..

Because saying that the white house is black again is racist

Right.

Oh nooooooo a play on words...so racist.