What you guy's think about michael ''Kramer'' Richards racist remarks at the laugh factory.
914467
It was career suicide if there was anything left.
950581
yes it is hypocrisy. you are right.some say that we took the word from whites to take the control of our identity as black americans.i use the word.i use those other words too.this is the real killer, in private there are still white folks that call blacks, the n-word.and there are black folks that call white people, whatever it is we say in private.i think that he is lucky that the black folks in the audience did kick his azz.i'm not saying any of those words are right all i know is we have to live with people and sometimes people say the craziest things.i would not stand up in a room full of white people and say derogatory things, because i would not want the shoe to be on the other foot. and im with you his career is totally over.
382556
LMAO  - I THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS TOO. I REALY WANTED TO SEE THAT SKETCH, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT THE SKETCH WASNT REALY ABOUT THE ZOMBIES, BUT ABOUT THE WRITER HAVING NO SAY OVER THE DIRECTOR ABOUT WHICH SKETCHES ACTUALLY GET ON THE AIR....MAYBE WE SHOULD PROTEST...LOL
483326
The first time an african-american friend of mine got in a racially-motivated fight, I wasn't in the room. I was in the bar, but I wasn't in the same room. I saw him getting hustled out the door by a bunch of white people, (I live in a predominantly white community) and I became concerned. \n\nApparently, somebody walked up and said, "I'm gonna kill you, ******!" and started pounding on him. He responded (admirably) by pounding harder on the other guy.\n\nBy the time I got there, Brian was outside, and there was this huge, mountain of a man, being held back by two very small women, because he had just had the **** kicked out of him by Brian. That was the night that I REALLY became friends with Brian. All I told him, was, "Next time, I got your back."\n\nLong story short, the bartender had told Brian that the cops had been called, so he allowed himself to be pushed out of the bar. I met him outside, found out what had happened, and told him, you're always welcome at my bar (the bar I usually go to, not the bar I own). We went there.\n\nThe... (I wanna say "bigot" but I'll say...) racist came back to the same bar a few weeks later (when he'd recovered) and asked Brian if he could drink there. Brian said, "It's not my bar. Ask the owners." He did, and they said, "OK." Neither one of us has been back since. \n\nIt doesn't matter who you're comfortable with, it's what you think is right. I have to think before I speak, with non-white people, but it's only to make sure I won't offend anyone. I know what's right. I grew up in a racist community, listening to racist and homophobic jokes my whole life. Thankfully, neither of my parents are racist or homophobic, so it wasn't taught to me at home. Regrettably, they knew what kind of community they'd moved me into, and thought I'd have a better shot at conforming if they kept their mouths shut and let me make up my own mind. It's a good thing for me, that I'm not easily swayed by nonsense.\n\nEven with the backwoods start I got, I know now that when I meet someone, I meet a person. Not a German, or a Russian, a Brit, a Swahili, or a Columbian. There are a lot bigger differences in people than skin color. I've met a$$holes, angels, perverts, bible thumpers, and a thousand other different types of person, that don't involve parentage in the least. \n\nUnlike most people that include non-whites in their little circles, I'm not just trying to prove that I'm not racist. I KNOW I'm not racist. I have nothing to prove to anyone.\n\nBack to your question: I'm uncomfortable around racists and homophobes. Period. I can hang with Brian because I KNOW he's not racist, and I'm pretty sure he's not homophobic, too. \n\nIf a non-white person walks into the bar, and starts being a (let's say "jerk" because yahoo doesn't like it when I swear) jerk, I'm gonna go over there and call them a jerk. Plain and simple. \n\nIt took me a lot of time to refine this "people are people" thing, (given my background) and now I'm going to be who I am. I've been accused of being a racist, because I called a jerk a jerk, but frankly I don't care what people think of me. I (and my friends) know who I am, and if they (the people who accuse me of such things) are idiots to begin with, then... I've always got Brian to back me up there.\n\nNo, I don't identify myself as being white, any more than I tell people that Brian is black (I would've said african-american, but that's HIS self-description). If I describe someone to another, I make it a point to exclude skin color.\n\nBtw, the reason it took me so long to answer, is because in my original answer (I deleted it and rewrote it) I mentioned the bar too many times, and had to go there. I'm not sober right now.
182143
YES IF YOU RESPONDED BACK TO HIM IN THE SAME MANNER . YOU ARE BEING JUST AS RACIST.. I AM JEWISH AND I WOULD NEVER SPEAK RASIST WORDS TO NOONE.. THIS GUY IS NOT A GOOD JEW IN THE LEAST. BE BETTER THAN HIM AND DONT RESPOND BACK
869624
I dont see why he needs to apologize to anyone other than the heckler , if he feels bad about it . I think the "N" word is over dramatized anyway. I would not use the n word unless I meant it , then anybody that didn't like it can kiss my azz.
723751
This was the shot in the arm that black America needed. Unfortunately it took an incident like this but now we see what it is like for someone of the opposite race to use the N word in the same manner that some blacks use it. When black comedians use it, it is accepted by most blacks and they don't realize how ugly a word it can be. In a way, we should thank Michael Richards for what he did, he put it in our faces and now we know how it truly feels. I hope that this would pressure black performers who use it on a regular basis to end the practice of that word. If they continue to use it after this then they are nothing more then hypocrites, but who knows maybe in a year or two some other white comedian will remind us once again how ugly the N word really is.
789723
Andrew Dice Clay and Eddie Murphy have said things in their acts that have offended me.  Now it's Michael Richards.
872934
I watched a special on the life of Richard Pryor last night (Because I love him!)\n\nbut I noticed how all of the comedians kept saying things about white people that aren't true...  They generalized and made public assumptions that we are all; rich, white, socially oblivious, nerds, geeks, and hold down and abuse blacks, that we own everything, control everything and keep every good thing from them intentionally...  \n\nI am white...and I have never once in my life done any of the above.  \n\nNot all of us are rich, not all of us are even pure white, not all of us are socially oblivious and not all of us are any one thing really...\n\nSo my point is stating this here is;  \n\n"Look what you get when the pot calls the kettle black."  \n\na bunch of people being ignorant and feeling that they are somehow justified in doing the very same thing that they hate in return,  to feel better about the fact that a narrow minded margin of white people first did it to them... YEARS AGO!\n\nYou can't expect people to forget and move on from a tragedy if you keep constantly reminding them of it...\n\nLet's move on now... If they can let go that is and start to live above the influence of the past?  I honestly believe that it is manipulative and incendiary...\n\nI for one... will not forget how an innocent white man just happened to wander into down town LA during a riot and was almost beaten to death by 6 men with a brick for NOTHING!  He was on his way to WORK!  \n\nThat... is what comes of people not allowing the past to be the past and let it go!  RIOTS and hatred for those who are innocent... but guilty because they are the same color...
1101899
you could not have said it better and the attention getter was great. (lol) i would love to see the faces crack from the people who clicked your question to agree on the hatred.....funny and hell no we are not running out of room so let them in!!!!!!
324169
Curious. I could not have said it better myself. What is really sad is that in this day and age of eminence knowledge there are people who refuse to think that racism still exist. I remember from the first episode, the older white gentleman saying that he "keeps expecting someone to walk up to him and say 'hey ******'!" He had no idea and may not to this day, that it is much more subdued. \nAllot of people will bring the excuse that they were "raised that way", well I say there is no excuse, that is why we have educational television, libraries full of books the Internet, and people of all different races and cultures in every corner of the world.
904810
It's impossible to tell what's in another person's mind. Seinfeld was and still remains one of my favorite comedies of all-time and Richards (Kramer) was an integral part of what made the Seinfeld show special.\n\nAfter decades in the business, it is unfortunate that he will be remembered for that single moment in his life instead of the body of work (some good/some bad) that he put together during his career.\n\nTime will be the best test of how this plays out though I'm gratified that he appears to be facing all these issues straight on.\n\nI am hoping that he comes out of this a better man. I am also hopeful that those most personally offended by this might eventually find room for forgiveness.\n\nPeace.
856527
there should be no punishment, let me ask this in return what should chris rocks punishment be for calling white people crackers, or carlos mencea for saying spick,or kike,or whoop or jap, or nigger,or honkey.  You dont see fit to punish them so why punish this man.  As all other comedians say if you are easly offended or cant take a joke dont watch.  He may have said it out of spite but maybe the individuals deserved it for being rude and inconsiderate to him.  It sounds to me that justifys them to be called the names they where.  Now quite wasting our time with issues that dont directly concern you.  If you are african american go listen to rap music you will hear that word every 5 seconds but you arnt complaining about those musicians saying it.  hypocrates!!!!
984435
I'm not sure you can leave out history.  I really don't take it  seriously when black people insult white people.  Honestly, I'm not even sure what the hell a "Cracker" is.  What can they say?  White people sue?  Can't dance?  But if whites start insulting blacks, it can go from simple insults to downright hurtful.  Think of Kramer's recent tirade - what can a black comedian say that could possibly match the connotation of stringing up a black person and shoving a pitchfork up his asss?  That's not funny, it's not sane, it's the rantings of a racist.  \n\nI'm not sure there's a corresponding line with any other race.\n\nBut simply put, I don't think blacks insulting whites carries nearly the power that whites insults blacks carries, and it is a holdover from the past, and it will take a very long time, lifetimes, to remove it.
825121
I would be offended.I admit I find it funny,and sometimes I cringe.We shouldn't support it.If it was my race I would feel like everyone was laughing at me.It would feel the same as being bullied.
584585
bad gimick but seems to be getting over with the fans, everyone hates them. \n\nI think they are semi entertaining
723734
I saw the whole thing. Have always admired Jason Richards skills in acting on the big screen, TV and Broadway. This was a very sad sight to see. Why does anyone need to use racial slurs to get a point across? Would have been better to have ignored the hecklers. That would have taken the better person. I sincerely hope he is sorry for what he did.