This question is for White People. Read this article and tell me is this what you really think about Blacks?

Question

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/group-slams-oreillys-race-comments/20070925232209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Answer 1

Oh quit making an issue out of something taken out of content !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

His soundbite was so chopped up it was tough for me to put it in context and what he was trying to explain. Even the "choice" parts really don't sound like anything other than observation.

It sounds to me as though he was trying to give the majority of blacks credit for not being a stereotype. This is nowhere near an Imus fumble.

I know and work with a lot of black people who are well educated, professional and LIKEABLE! (What I resent is being made to say "I know black people" as though it were some sort of qualifier to get me heard. I'd rather just say "I know people who are educated, professional and likeable." Besides, it's easier and doesn't bring baggage into the conversation.) So I know what O'Reilly's talking about is not the norm but that isn't what gets seen and remembered by the general public. The people that are seen and remembered are the loud ones that really do have a chip on their shoulder; People like Al Sharpton, who keep crying "race" because that's the only way they can stay on the political radar and keep their names in the news. It doesn't do Sharpton any good to let racism go away or he'll be out of business.

A lot of people hate O' Reilly - often justifiably - because he's very good at angering them and there's a lot of people that would love to see him fall from such a height. I couldn't care less if he did. There's always a loudmouth to fill the void. Someone like Sharpton has probably had his sights set on him for a long time.

Answer 3

Okay, I read the article but have never watched O'Reilly. Is some of this maybe being taken out of context? Is it possible he is making a bad joke? No, this is not what I think about all blacks. But I have lived in a city where the majority acted this way. I just figured it was the age and not the norm. The media does portray this to a higher degree than more intelligent accounts. But I also have to say that even if this is O'Reilly's true opinion, he does not speak for all whites. Just as I am sure that OJ Simpson does not speak for all blacks.

Answer 4

Okay, maybe I'd better read this again. It seems to me he was saying that a lot of people stereotype blacks as a certain way and he found this NOT to be true while eating in this restaurant run by blacks. He said that there "is no difference, no difference, in the place he ate at and others. He's saying that a lot of blacks are thinking for themselves now and not being "led" by what people like Jesse Jackson and Mr. Sharpton have to say. He's saying that people stereotype blacks as only listening to obscene rap music and he's gone to concerts or other kind of music where the audience is mixed. He's saying people shouldn't stereotype blacks or whites, etc. I found nothing offensive in this article. But of course, some will jump on anything and yell racism.

Answer 5

I am not a fan of this guy but I know that he upsets a lot of people because he is outspoken and I also noticed that he is pro social justice (usually a liberal view) and a not a big supporter of the Iraq war. So he can be surprising to anyone who is a slave to political correctness. I saw this article and I saw another one. He was in Harlem having dinner with Al Sharpton (who is a lot like O"Reilly in that he is outspoken). I think that black groups (as mentioned in the headline of your cited article) perch on a post waiting to be offended. What I took away from this was that his statements were meant to show simply that there was no difference in a fine black restaurant and a fine black restaurant. His comments were aimed at radical right type racists who make those kinds of comments. He appears to have been taking on the racists who think that there are fundamental differences in blacks and whites. There is some irony that he is being attacked by "black groups" whatever those are for doing that. He was being saracstic and throwing the quality of the restaurant in the faces of white flight types who would never go there because they would expect to see the things that O'Reilly was pointing out did not happen. The problem with racism in the US is that there are too many racists, black and white, who wait for any incident/remark to express their own racist views and/or hatred. He was not making racist remarks, he was making anti racist remarks and if you did not pick up on that then you most likely are a racist and need to review you own behavior.

Answer 6

After 12 years of deseg, and a lifetime of living in a majority black city, my opinions are not nearly as favorable as O'Reilly's.

He eats at a restaurant and declares we are all the same, there is no difference. Kissing Sharpton's behind should be against the law.

Answer 7

i think it's ignorant for anyone to generalize any thought about people, but that is what he does. I also think he said it for the pure joy of watching people throw a fit over it and bring more attention to his show.

but he is somewhat right when he says our thoughts on culture are dominated by people like snoop dogg. to SOME whites (expecially those who live in isolated mostly white areas) all those people might know about a black person is what is in the news. just as maybe SOME blacks only see whites as the hillybilly black haters from WV who tortured that girl.

Bill O'rielly can be pretty ignorant, but so can the majority of people. of course not all whites feel the way he does, and of course not all blacks think that all whites are hillbillies .

in the end it's all just ONE persons opinion and should to be refrenced as everyones opinion, just like he should not have generalized that all blacks were going to act the way he described. (maybe he forgot whites are capable of acting the exact same way he described blacks)

Answer 8

i think there are alot of black people that are normal good people just like there are alot of white people that are normal good people

Then you have the bad of both races.

My problem with Al sharpton & jesse jackson is that they like to call every situation racism. The blacks I have a problem with are the ones who commit crimes and want to be excused - then when they aren't - they crying racism. It's getting disgusting - It's gotten to where nobody is taking true cases of racism seriously because of people like al sharpton and jesse jackson - they want to play the race card to get out of crimes ,etc - both of those men are hypocritical bigots

Answer 9

It was an ignorant comment, for sure, did he really expect Sylvia's at noon to be like the Waffle House at 2:00 a.m.

Answer 10

I'm actually a minority but I will give my opinion, I absolutely hate Bill O'reilly.. I think he is an obscene human being and a hypocrite.. He should have been taken of air a long time ago!

He's an ignorant individual, don't let his comments effect you :)

Answer 11

Erm... I'm not really sure whether the article makes any kind of statement about anybody... Doesn't it?