It was funny. He was calling Richards racist then the next minute talking about how at Ed Bradley's memorial he got stuck with the poor black people in the back (the guy guarding VIP wouldn't let him through). Howard was like "black people like me cause I'm open about p****. Same reason they like Clinton." LOL.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/entertainment/4365429.html Michael Richards says he's Jewish, but some say no way By SOLVEJ SCHOU Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Just when it seemed Michael Richards was about to leave the most troubling incident of his career behind, his publicist is having to explain how the comic could consider himself to be Jewish. Last week, crisis-management expert Howard Rubenstein acknowledged that Richards had shouted anti-Semitic remarks in an April standup comedy routine — well before his appearance earlier this month in which he harangued hecklers with the n-word. But he defended Richards' language about Jews, saying that the comic "is Jewish. He's not anti-Semitic at all. He was role-playing." As Rubenstein's assertion circulated, Jewish organizations and commentators pointed out that the man who played Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld has not converted to Judaism and neither of his parents are Jewish. Which makes him ... "Technically, not having been born by blood as Jewish and not formally going into a conversion, it was purely his interpretation of having adopted Judaism as his religion," Rubenstein told the Associated Press on Tuesday. "He told me, 'I'm Jewish,' when I asked him. "He said there were two mentors who raised him and who had a big influence on his life, and they were Jewish. He said, 'I agree with the concepts and the religious beliefs of Judaism and I've adopted Judaism as my religion,'" Rubenstein said. "He really thinks of himself as Jewish." What do some Jews think? "You can't feel Jewish. It's not a matter of feeling. You can convert to Judaism. You can't not convert to Judaism and then be Jewish," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. Hier defined being Jewish from two perspectives, if someone hasn't gone through the process of formal conversion. "From the Orthodox point of view, if that person has a Jewish mother, he would be considered Jewish," Hier said. "In the Reform tradition, there's also a patrilineage. Under those categories, he would not fit." Rabbi Mark S. Diamond of the 280-member Board of Rabbis of Southern California agreed. "There are many people who appreciate Jewish customs, who may embrace aspects of Jewish culture and practice, but that does not make them Jewish," he said. After his tirade came to light, Richards apologized on David Letterman's Late Show on CBS, saying his remarks were sparked by anger at being heckled, not bigotry. He also apologized to the Rev. Al Sharpton, and apologized Sunday on the Rev. Jesse Jackson's syndicated radio program. Rubenstein said Richards wasn't available for an interview Tuesday. "He wants to rest," the publicist said. "He's been talking to his psychiatrist."
The NAACP wants everyone including black comedians to stop using the n word. I don't think it will happen, at least the use of n***a.
comedian Paul Mooney has already jumped on reverend Jackson's bandwagon... I'm all for it... no more excuses of "terms of endearment" no more self-perpetuating stereotypes.. if it outrages you that Michael Richards said it, it should outrage you no matter who says it... http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061128-024411-7298r
Speaking of which, Seifeld just came out with a "lost" episode. The link is below. http://zine.nationallampoon.com/ind...ne&layout=article&view=page&aid=247&Itemid=32
that was brilliant... oh, and another thing from Rev Jackson... "Dont buy the Season 7 Seinfeld DVD" that'll show 'em!
Lenny Bruce: Are there any ******s here tonight? Could you turn on the house lights, please, and could the waiters and waitresses just stop serving, just for a second? And turn off this spot. Now what did he say? "Are there any ******s here tonight?" I know there's one ******, because I see him back there working. Let's see, there's two ******s. And between those two ******s sits a kike. And there's another kike— that's two kikes and three ******s. And there's a spic. Right? Hmm? There's another spic. Ooh, there's a wop; there's a polack; and, oh, a couple of greaseballs. And there's three lace-curtain Irish micks. And there's one, hip, thick, hunky, funky, boogie. Boogie boogie. Mm-hmm. I got three kikes here, do I hear five kikes? I got five kikes, do I hear six spics, I got six spics, do I hear seven ******s? I got seven ******s. Sold American. I pass with seven ******s, six spics, five micks, four kikes, three guineas, and one wop. Well, I was just trying to make a point, and that is that it's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness. Dig: if President Kennedy would just go on television, and say, "I would like to introduce you to all the ******s in my cabinet," and if he'd just say "****** ****** ****** ****** ******" to every ****** he saw, "boogie boogie boogie boogie boogie," "****** ****** ****** ****** ******" 'til ****** didn't mean anything anymore, then you could never make some six-year-old black kid cry because somebody called him a ****** at school.
What a douche...I just heard about this....I wonder where the hell I have been lately. I think I may have been upside down with a fork in my ass
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i can imagine the car ride home with that girl and her friends.. what a douche (the heckler) nicely done Joe (whoever you are)
