Radion One have an advert for their 1Extra show that states "we love black music"...According to reports there have been alot of complaints. Do you think its offensive?
Radion One have an advert for their 1Extra show that states "we love black music"...According to reports there have been alot of complaints. Do you think its offensive?
What exactly is 'black music'? What is 'white music'?
Ill conceived jingle!! It was bound to raise eyebrows at the very least!
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Nope Read this. It was e mail sent to me from a South African friend of mine last week,
Very interesting reading!! Perhaps we should get rid of the term 'racist' all together and just live our lives...
Michael Richards better known as Kramer from tv's Seinfeld. This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points. Proud To Be White
Someone finally said it. How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc. And then there are just Americans.
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You Call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman' ... and that's OK.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink ... You call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live? You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP. You have BET. If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) we'd be racists. If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists. If we had White History Month , we'd be racists. If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that? A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any colour can be in the Miss America pageant. If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships you know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US. Yet if there were 'White colleges' THAT would be a racist college. In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists. You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud. But you call me a racist. Why is it that only whites can be racists?
There is nothing improper about this e-mail. Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
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Why should calling someone, or something, black be offensive? If anybody says that 'black' is offensive, they are the ones who are being racist.
I agree.
But just as a balance..The 1Extra crew are predominantly black people, do you think there would be any complaint if a crew of predomninantly white people proclaimed there love for "white music"? I think there would be a damn sight more....
a lot of valid points in that. We had a black lad in the army who tried to get out of a dirty job by playing the "its coz Im black" card. The seargent major then said that he was pro black and that is why he put white guys on that particular job the other 364 days of the year. Black guy just shut up and got on with it
Radion One have an advert for their 1Extra show that states "we love black music"...According to reports there have been alot of complaints. Do you think its offensive?
What a load of absolute tosh!
It sounds as if the 'professionally offended' are on the job again.
Using their logic, if someone talks about Irish music, should I be offended?
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