I mean has anyone seriously heard anyone use that term since like the Carter Administration, whenhe was apologizing on Letterman I coudn't help but laugh,,I'm going to hell I guess
I'f i said African -American in front of my black friends they would laugh at me,,,let alone Afro-American,,,too funny
I don't think Kramer had any black friends,,and I know he doesn't have any now
2006-11-24 04:14:38 · 8 answers · asked by diablo b 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
They were heckling him and called him a cracker, they deserved what they got. They are just as racist as Kramer.
2006-11-24 04:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by danzahn 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
That was a true example of how he is still stuck in time. We stopped saying Afro-American back in the 80s. No matter how much you may dislike a particular race, you cannot deny your true feelings or act your way through the situation. Just like George Allen (The senator that called a citizen in his district "Macacca"), the voters saw how he really felt and the truth came out, folks saw the true George. Mel Gibson was in a drunken state on his tyraid not to say it was right, but Kramer was sober, that says alot. His apology on David Letterman was pathetic and if he believes Blacks will accept that he has to do a lot more apologizing to clear his name. Lets see how many Afro-American friends you have now.
2006-11-26 09:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that was funny. Afro-Americans. Give the silly white man a break. He obviously doesn't have a clue right.
2006-11-28 01:41:44 · answer #3 · answered by HazelEyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As bad as his comment was what about towards the end of the incident when they called him a "Cracker" and a "F**cking Whiteboy" And I havent heard anything about their apology's for their racist remarks yet..
It's a double standard! The fact that rappers say the "N" word (No I don't use it!!) all the time!! And you hear all these little hip hop clowns refer to themselves as it again every other word...I have no problem with the fact that he snapped and called them something they probably refered to themselves as all day long anyway....It was the comment that precipitated it
"If it was 50 years ago you'd be hanging upside down with a fork in your a*s" That blew my mind...
Something like that just doesn't roll off your tongue unless you've thought about it before..That was unbelievably offensive and crossed every line there was to cross in my mind!! The dudes career has been dead for years. So I can't even say he buried himself with that comment...But he sure let people know where his mind lies..He's racist no if's ands or buts about it
2006-11-24 06:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by Sarsippius 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, he said afro twice. Afro is a hairstyle Mike, welcome to the 21st century. I personally prefer Afropuff-American or Cornrow-American anyway. LOL
2006-11-26 04:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by ~Leading Lady~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He only used that word so that he would not say all the other garbage that he spewed on stage.
2006-11-24 04:17:59 · answer #6 · answered by maggiepirsq 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I cannot say why...but yeah it is totally out dated language. Maybe he is just not educated about it.
2006-11-24 04:25:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because he's a racist
2006-11-24 04:44:07 · answer #8 · answered by klouis101 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋