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Not really denying that at all but what is wrong with at least talking about it? She even put it in context. I guess I am a dummy and dont see what the big deal is. I think this is probably more of an excuse NBC can use to pull her show. If she had the numbers I doubt this would be a big deal.
I think it was a one off deal maybe it blows over. But like Illegal hits in the NFL I think you have to take her history into account. Remember this is Miss “pepper spray? So that’s like a condiment?” She’s not that dumb.
Thats a good point. I concede that. I dont watch her show and know much about her except from her fox days but I thought she wanted out of fox when all of that harassment stuff went down. But yeah he shtick as a ditzy blond probably didnt help.
It’s also this. She isn’t on Fox anymore, she doesn’t get to go on air and stoke the “Oh, come on, suddenly it’s racist if I....” flames.
No, she said when a reality star this year was Diana Ross she didn’t understand why that’s racist.
“The Countess” from Real Housewives of New York. My wife watches this show religiously, which means I watch it religiously. It was super weird.
Same boat here. I mostly tolerate it. But i legit look forward to when they go on trips. Those women love to drink.
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So again I guess I am a dummy, but why the outrage? She asked a legit question that would flow into (hopefully) productive dialogue. She should have had a person of color there but that is a minor quip.
Major networks that aren't Fox News are very tight on social issues and scandals in general. Just 5% of what flies at Fox News is a death knell elsewhere.
Words never spoken at Fox News.
Nah I got that I am just saying why cant people even talk about these types of things.
The outrage is that in 2018, someone dressing up as a black person and putting "black" makeup on with a giant afro is racist, and every single person should understand that. And asking "but really, what's the big deal?" is the kind of "well, I'm sure the truth is somewhere in the middle" bull that everyone's tired of.
If you dress up as Diana Ross and decide to exaggerate her skin color and make her lips look bigger and make your eyes look whiter.....then yeah, that's "blackface" and it's racist.
For the most part, "people" can talk about these types of things.
We can talk about it. But if our perspective is "is it really that racist to have a lawn jockey that looks like this?" we're talking about it as racists.
That is, in fact, kind of the definition of blackface - darkening your skin to impersonate a black person.
oh absolutely and that was the point I am trying to make. Everything is the not same across the board. And I think, think that is kindof where Kelly was trying to go.
If you don't think it's racist to dress up like Diana Ross in blackface, there's a pretty good chance you are either kind of "lower case 'r' racist" (ignorant of a subject that black people don't have the luxury of being ignorant about, but when you learn about it you'll probably change your mind) or kind of "upper case 'R' Racist" (you know all about the issues, but don't care, or don't have any interest in learning because black people shouldn't be able to steer the conversation about something just because it's horribly offensive to them or you like offending black people.)
You're misinterpreting the concept of blackface, IMO. Blackface is all about caricature. Dressing up as Diana Ross or Tiger Woods or Lebron James is not, in itself, caricature.
Lessee if we can reframe what she said.
You're misinformed on the issue, in my opinion. There's a wealth of information out there, especially right now, that can be very helpful in understanding why this falls under "blackface."
Nice.