Stephen Colbert - Racist

[applecorped]

https://news.yahoo.com/outrage-us-comedian-mocks-asian-americans-214330764.html

"Social media erupted in outrage and counter-attacks Friday after US comedian Stephen Colbert used language that mocked Asian Americans in what was intended as an anti-racist jibe.


Colbert, who is liberal but parodies a blustery conservative on his late night talk show, took aim at the Washington Redskins football team whose name is considered offensive by many Native Americans."


Even pretending to be a Conservative is considered racist now.

 

[angrysoba]

At least post the actual joke:

Colbert mocked team owner Dan Snyder who has announced a fund to support Native Americans while rejecting calls to change the name.

On Twitter and on his "Colbert Report" show on the Comedy Central network, Colbert said: "I am willing to show the Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever."

 

[applecorped]

At least post the actual joke:

Racist

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Sounds like a conservative to me.

 

[angrysoba]

Racist

 

[nvidiot]

It's a racist joke. Which is kinda the point.

 

[Lisa Simpson]

A point so many are missing.

 

[Loss Leader]

A) It's not a racist joke, it's a joke about racism.

B) Neither Steven Colbert or anybody from his show wrote it. The tweet was written by someone at Comedy Central.

C) It's a stupid, ginned-up controversy.

 

[ABC10]

Racist

Nobody cares any more. The Race card has been way overplayed and ineffective.

 

[Cl1mh4224rd]

C) It's a stupid, ginned-up controversy.

Well, the good news is that it's just more comedic fodder for Colbert.

 

[Black Hole Box]

Nobody cares any more. Race card has been overplayed and ineffective.

Exactly. Racism ended in the 60s when them uppity people were given rights by us. Remember, a white man set them free and without thanks.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Remember, a white man set them free and without thanks.

I don't remember it that way.

 

[BenBurch]

Applecorped? Are you really that unable to comprehend what he was saying there? Seriously?

 

[John Jones]

Exactly. Racism ended in the 60s when them uppity people were given rights by us. Remember, a white man set them free and without thanks.

Yeah. That's what it is all about. Race. 60s. Uppity. White. Thanks.

 

[applecorped]

Applecorped? Are you really that unable to comprehend what he was saying there? Seriously?

The response is the media is the question, not the skit.

"The tag #CancelColbert has been trending on Twitter since @ColbertReport’s tweet of a derogatory line from his show late Thursday night, with some users calling for an apology.
The now-deleted tweet from The Colbert Report’s verified Twitter account read, “I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.”

 

[marplots]

I'm not Oriental, but whatever my Asian Brothers decide is the right way to feel about this, I'll try my hardest to feel that way.

 

[thaiboxerken]

Of course Colbert will say racist things, he's pretending to be a Conservative, after all.

 

[ravdin]

If you think this is racist, I sure hope you never watch a movie like Trading Places or Blazing Saddles.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Even pretending to be a Conservative is considered racist now.

This is in the OP.

Why do people think applecorped thinks Colbert is racist?

 

[applecorped]

This is in the OP.

Why do people think applecorped thinks Colbert is racist?

Because he is.