I have no tolerance for 'black face' and the organization has every right to dismiss her as I'm sure her contract allows.

I find it a little disturbing that anyone in this country doesn't find this at the very least a little offensive considering our country's history.

At this point, how stupid do you have to be to know that's just not funny or anything you should even remotely consider?

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Imus was let go because he he wouldn't endorse GE's favored candidates during the run-up to the 2008 election.

As George Will would say:

Well.

To me there's blackface, and then there is dressing up as a specific person.

Of course, I'm not black so my opinion doesn't count (which I kinda understand to a point but not to the point of being completely dismissed without any consideration.)

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I don't find it offensive when someone is depicting a particular celebrity, any more than I would find it offensive if someone used green to depict the Jolly Green Giant.

Absolutely not offensive and it doesn't matter if it was, she should still not be punished for wearing a damn Halloween costume.

That's hogwash.

I have no idea who the hell she's dressing up as, I just know there's a long history of not condoning white people dressing up as black people and 'acting black'.

Have you seen the Harry Connick Jr. clip from Australia? I find that totally offensive as well.

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Dudes ... you're just NOT THAT MUCH ****ING SMARTER than all of us. GET OVER YOURSELVES!
-- Me, to President Obama and the rest of his self-loving amateur staff.

And it's that unfortunate attitude that folks like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton share that will insure that progress in race relations will proceed at the slowest pace possible.

Making fun of black people in general (especially by using stereotypes) and making fun of a specific black person are two completely different things - your ignorance of who she dressed up as doesn't change that.

I'll look at the video when I get home - maybe I'll bend some then.

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Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)
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LOL!! I hadn't seen that before, but that was fricken hilarious.

I've heard of who she's mocking, and mocking a specific black person by dressing up in black face is no less reprehensible than mocking a single famous black person by dressing up in black face and acting stupid.

That's SICK! Nothing funny or entertaining about their performance at all. Black face isn't entertaining, it's insulting. Harry rightfully stated that if they attempted to pull that bull in MY country there would be no more TV show.

Making black people, be it some rapper or the Jackson 5, look like buffoons by doing black face is totally, totally inappropriate in my book.

I posted the clip so people could hear from Harry exactly why MOST Americans (obviously not the ones on this forum) don't approve of that racist crap. Who knew someone could actually be entertained by that grotesque ****.

I had no idea until now that this forum consisted of a bunch of old white racists...

Perhaps everyone here simply needs to educated in the history of our culture...

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Dudes ... you're just NOT THAT MUCH ****ING SMARTER than all of us. GET OVER YOURSELVES!
-- Me, to President Obama and the rest of his self-loving amateur staff.

So, mocking a person by dressing up to look like them is 'offensive'? Since when?

I was about to say the same thing...