Kramer Apologizes For Racial Rant On David Letterman

First off, some of you all act as if you know Richards personally. Those of you who say "get over it" and stuff like "it's childish and ignorant to wash your hands of him" we are not talking about one of our family members or one of our friends, this is a famous person who said something wrong while pissed in an hatriate way. He was wrong and that's the bottom line. No one has said that Chris Rock,Rappers or even an average person is not wrong for using the word, but what we must remeber is Chris rock is a comedian, he makes money telling JOKES, he's never used the word at anyone directly with anger, The rappers who use the word make money off of selling the music that we average people buy and we average people don't go to a comedy shows and use the word at someone in spicific nature in front of other people for it to even be an issue.This is the reason why you don't hear alot of fuss over the word being used when Chris Rock uses the word or and we know an average person is not getting alot of publicity if their not doing anyhting wrong. We all know that when we are mad that's when we say the things that we mean and those words come from deep within. If he did not mean those words he would have acted as if those hecklers didn't even exist, but they hit a nerve within him and he had to get those words off. Now those of you who say he's not racist I ask you aren't we supposed to say what we mean and mean what we say? those who don't live by that rule are fake anyways and don't deserve any thought what so ever. Hell I never watched Sienfield anyways. I look at Richards as being a typical ignorant human being out here and my life shall go on. What he said does not make or brake me but I will say that's a racist man and anyone else who uses any type of word being it the N word, cracker, honkey in the same nature as he is considered the same white black, chinese, japanese or whatever.

December 29, 2006 at 3:48 pm

wether you like it or not racism will be an issue for the rest of our lifes not because there are a large number of white people calling people names that were used decades ago to demoralize an entire race but because realisticaly white people keep racism alive.everytime some white person makes a bad comment on tv 30,000 white people become hate monglers, they make that person the highlight of all the problems and pretty well blacklist them from society. i agree its wrong to use a word if you are using it to make a person feel less than. but why is this the only word that grabs our attention? u can walk anywhere and someone of any other race can call a white man a honkey or a cracker and no one will even flinch, why is that? u will always have racism because people want it to exist...i think it is completly childish and ignorant to completly wash your hands of a person because he says a few words on a stage, would u do that to one of your family members? of course not people make mistakes maybe he does feel like crap for doing that maybe he is just doing damage control maybe hes got rage issues that no one knows about who knows the only person that will ever know is him people make mistakes.......... that comment i read from vitto saying "loves gunna getcha u cracka ass honkey blah blah" thats kind of hypocritical dotcha think? well i really dont care what ya think cause it is and i love seinfeld im certainly not gunna stop watching because of 1 mistake thatd make me a lil hypocritical i know ive made my share of mistakes in the past some im not sorry for some i am.

December 10, 2006 at 5:23 pm

wether you like it or not racism will be an issue for the rest of our lifes not because there are a large number of white people calling people names that were used decades ago to demoralize an entire race but because realisticaly white people keep racism alive.everytime some white person makes a bad comment on tv 30,000 white people become hate monglers, they make that person the highlight of all the problems and pretty well blacklist them from society. i agree its wrong to use a word if you are using it to make a person feel less than. but why is this the only word that grabs our attention? u can walk anywhere and someone of any other race can call a white man a honkey or a cracker and no one will even flinch, why is that? u will always have racism because people want it to exist...i think it is completly childish and ignorant to completly wash your hands of a person because he says a few words on a stage, would u do that to one of your family members? of course not people make mistakes maybe he does feel like crap for doing that maybe he is just doing damage control maybe hes got rage issues that no one knows about who knows the only person that will ever know is him people make mistakes.......... that comment i read from vitto saying "loves gunna getcha u cracka ass honkey blah blah" thats kind of hypocritical dotcha think? well i really dont care what ya think cause it is and i love seinfeld im certainly not gunna stop watching because of 1 mistake thatd make me a lil hypocritical i know ive made my share of mistakes in the past some im not sorry for some i am.

December 10, 2006 at 5:20 pm

It is pretty obivous that what happened that night was the product of a lot of cocaine. He is racist and anyone with any morals wouldnt support his work anymore. I certainly cannot.

December 2, 2006 at 1:59 pm

I dont care, its just that when i read wat he said i started dyin yo. lmfao
if i was there in person i probably wouldnt laugh but me readin it aloud is dumb hilarious. jus forgive him. i say a lot of racial statements sometimes but im not racist. im black n i have all types of friends. i sing songs bout jews n talk like indians n asians n crack on white ppl even tho im friends wit indians, some jews, some asians and a few whites. but yea. that shit was funny! hahhahahah lmfao

November 30, 2006 at 8:37 pm

For all of you who believe that it was an honest mistake. I think that is bull crap. I agree with Nic those thoughts had to already be in him for him to say that. Anger causes you to do some things but not to say things like that. You wouldn't cuss your grandmother out and call her a b**ch and expect her to say "oh honey it's okay". That was just wrong and he is an example of one of those racist that feels that "blacks" need to stay in their place. In no way am I a racist but you need to be responsible for your actions.

November 30, 2006 at 12:39 pm

This is more or less directed at "Vitto"... If we are trying to comment about the negative aspects of a racial remark... why would you refer to someone as a "cracker" or "cracker ass honkey?" You're just perpetuating all the harmful crap. Stop the cycle.

November 27, 2006 at 1:55 am

I think everyone should just let this go. I understand from both sides that people are upset. Whites and blacks. I just don't want this to keep going. i am a white male and I don't use the "n' word, but what he did is wrong and we need to forgive and forget this. Racism will probably always be around, but we just need to get over this. There are lost of people in this world that use the N word. White and black. And that never turns into a big thing, only because he is famous. Nobody is perfect.

November 26, 2006 at 11:24 am

I believe Michael Richards is a racists there is no way a person would say those hateful things if they weren't. For the people who said that Michael Ricards is not a racists, "Wake Up" step out of Fantasy Island and into the world of reality, racism has never left and never will.
I wasn't surprise that something like this has happened. What upsets me the most nothing is being done about it. Let's say a African American man made racial slurs about a caucasian man. How do you think he would have been treated? Well, for starters he would have been sued, maybe killed, put in jail..etc.. the list goes on an on.
It's horrible but that's life for you, that's why African Americans need to stick together all the time. The man that was insulted should sue Michael Richards why should he get off easy.
People need to wake up and realize we all bleed the same blood and come from the same God, so deal with it!!

November 25, 2006 at 7:26 pm

I personally feel that Michael Richards is a racists. There were rumors a while back that stated Seinfeld is a racists too. I don't know how true that is, although I can count on my fingers as to how many African Americans were actually shown in the sitcom. Most People like to cover up racism when it is not targeting their race per se.

However, the African American race is the one of the most hated races out here. It's wrong and people need to understand and accept the fact that we all bleed the same blood and come from the same God regardless of your religious beliefs.

Also, I don't hate Michael Richards, I dislike his personality and all racists for that matter. Anyone, who says Michael Richards is not a racists needs to open their eyes a little wider and walk into the real world and leave fantasy island alone because racism never left and it never will.

November 25, 2006 at 7:16 pm

I've also heard that this was something staged. Considering how it looks, and how only a snippet of what happened was shown, it almost looks like something Larry David would come up with.

As a person who does not believe in race, and thinks of it only as a social construct meant to satiate our feelings about our fellow man, I can only find what I watched darkly funny on many levels. On some level I agree with "Quincey" but only to a point. I do think the small tirade about "50 years ago..." had to do with the hecklers, and their behavior and constant interruption. But moreover, I think it illustrates something that bothers me considerably more than someone yelling the word "null" in anger -- TV, movies, books, shows, and even radio seem to have this divide. Actually, there are many small divides, but the largest seems to be "black" and "white." You have "black" comedy, and then "white" comedy. Supposedly, society tells us that black people don't get "white" comedy, and vice versa. Perhaps this is why Mr. Richards was heckled? Why do we even have to have a divide in the first place, and why do people somehow assume that just because someone is of a different shade, they can never understand his fellow man? Human behavior IS infinitely more difficult than the oft touted "rocket science" but it is no less understandable. People really need to take a step back and look at the "you don't know me, and CANT know me" rationale. It's flawed.

Seriously, I think an issue in comedy that is more damaging than Richard said, or could say, is that it's somehow OK for someone of a darker completion to get up there and use the very same words. I call this the "obsidian rule." Just as dark and draconian as it sounds. Black comedians can get up there and talk about "when a nigga do this" and other precepts of "situational blackness" [usually negative] and the crowds eat it up. More often than not, comedy imitates pop culture in it's portrayal of blacks as oversexed, dim witted creatures that only have their best interests in mind, and little else.

Another flaw people seem to have when issues like these come up is what I call "selective offence." That is, people seem to tolerate offences directed at groups they care little about, or somehow see them as marginal. Many comedy routines have directed insults about homosexuals and women [in the same vein as "null, null, null" from one Kosmo Kramer] but yet I cannot think of one who has been banned because of it. [astute readers may correct me on this, and I welcome it] But even if that is true, it still doesn't remove the fact that most of us are guilty of that offence in some way. It is only when insults are directed at us, or what we perceive as "us" by way of a group or label, we suddenly become offended, and move to boycott and ban. As long as something is not directed at "us" we feel welcome to let it slide by. How about people start standing up for every injustice, not just the ones we agree with.

As for the grand question of whether or not Mr. Richards is a racist, I can't say. There is no real litmus test for such things, and I would never advocate one. How would we test, anyway? There are things people hold in their heart garnered by experience, learning and disposition. A grand majority hold feelings about certain people that might be construed as being bigoted or perhaps biased. Indeed, bias is the hardest thing to rid oneself of. We are biased by nature, as Humans. But, we have to remember that is not a crime to think things. It is not a crime to be a racist. It is only a crime when one uses those thoughts to deprive someone of their rights, or goes on to create legislation and rules that effectively do the same, though the merits and demerits of such may be debated, and are. But when one compares those comments to those hecklers, and just the few things I mentioned above that apply to our greater society, and yet are connected to that one event, it is obvious to what is the more dangerous enemy. I liken it to the comparison of two killers: One a violent, deadly swordsman who hunts his victims with the blade, and the other, a cold, calculating poisoner, who does not kill with physical violence, but instead, gets his victims to imbibe a deadly substance that causes a slow, agonizing death. The violent man with the sword may seem like the clear winner, with his in-your-face approach but slashes and stab wounds can heal, even those that may seem fatal. The poisoner, with his slow, underhanded approach, seems benign, but with his poison, there is no healing, no recovery. That can only be obtained with the proper antidote. Will we ever find it?

November 25, 2006 at 6:39 pm

I've also heard that this was something staged. Considering how it looks, and how only a snippet of what happened was shown, it almost looks like something Larry David would come up with.

As a person who does not believe in race, and thinks of it only as a social construct meant to satiate our feelings about our fellow man, I can only find what I watched darkly funny on many levels. On some level I agree with "Quincey" but only to a point. I do think the small tirade about "50 years ago..." had to do with the hecklers, and their behavior and constant interruption. But moreover, I think it illustrates something that bothers me considerably more than someone yelling the word "null" in anger -- TV, movies, books, shows, and even radio seem to have this divide. Actually, there are many small divides, but the largest seems to be "black" and "white." You have "black" comedy, and then "white" comedy. Supposedly, society tells us that black people don't get "white" comedy, and vice versa. Perhaps this is why Mr. Richards was heckled? Why do we even have to have a divide in the first place, and why do people somehow assume that just because someone is of a different shade, they can never understand his fellow man? Human behavior IS infinitely more difficult than the oft touted "rocket science" but it is no less understandable. People really need to take a step back and look at the "you don't know me, and CANT know me" rationale. It's flawed.

Seriously, I think an issue in comedy that is more damaging than Richard said, or could say, is that it's somehow OK for someone of a darker completion to get up there and use the very same words. I call this the "obsidian rule." Just as dark and draconian as it sounds. Black comedians can get up there and talk about "when a nigga do this" and other precepts of "situational blackness" [usually negative] and the crowds eat it up. More often than not, comedy imitates pop culture in it's portrayal of blacks as oversexed, dim witted creatures that only have their best interests in mind, and little else.

Another flaw people seem to have when issues like these come up is what I call "selective offence." That is, people seem to tolerate offences directed at groups they care little about, or somehow see them as marginal. Many comedy routines have directed insults about homosexuals and women [in the same vein as "null, null, null" from one Kosmo Kramer] but yet I cannot think of one who has been banned because of it. [astute readers may correct me on this, and I welcome it] But even if that is true, it still doesn't remove the fact that most of us are guilty of that offence in some way. It is only when insults are directed at us, or what we perceive as "us" by way of a group or label, we suddenly become offended, and move to boycott and ban. As long as something is not directed at "us" we feel welcome to let it slide by. How about people start standing up for every injustice, not just the ones we agree with.

As for the grand question of whether or not Mr. Richards is a racist, I can't say. There is no real litmus test for such things, and I would never advocate one. How would we test, anyway? There are things people hold in their heart garnered by experience, learning and disposition. A grand majority hold feelings about certain people that might be construed as being bigoted or perhaps biased. Indeed, bias is the hardest thing to rid oneself of. We are biased by nature, as Humans. But, we have to remember that is not a crime to think things. It is not a crime to be a racist. It is only a crime when one uses those thoughts to deprive someone of their rights, or goes on to create legislation and rules that effectively do the same, though the merits and demerits of such may be debated, and are. But when one compares those comments to those hecklers, and just the few things I mentioned above that apply to our greater society, and yet are connected to that one event, it is obvious to what is the more dangerous enemy. I liken it to the comparison of two killers: One a violent, deadly swordsman who hunts his victims with the blade, and the other, a cold, calculating poisoner, who does not kill with physical violence, but instead, gets his victims to imbibe a deadly substance that causes a slow, agonizing death. The violent man with the sword may seem like the clear winner, with his in-your-face approach but slashes and stab wounds can heal, even those that may seem fatal. The poisoner, with his slow, underhanded approach, seems benign, but with his poison, there is no healing, no recovery. That can only be obtained with the proper antidote. Will we ever find it?

November 25, 2006 at 6:37 pm

richards is a comic genius and i wont stop watching him because of his outburst, unaccepatalbe as it was. The fact is we are bobmbarded daily with the N-word, in rap lyrics, and movies by blacks themselves yet they expect non-blacks to erase it from their vocablury. I think Chric Rock said it best when he said there are two types of his race,Black people and N***ers. But i belive that on the night in question, Richards was being heckled by the latter.

November 24, 2006 at 2:22 pm

It was totally shocking. But I feel he was trying to say, the derogatory word in the same manner that black folks use it to describe anyone who is just an idiot or a loser.
However, the difference is..that white folks have completely misused the term over the last 200 years so he does not hold the right.
Kim

November 24, 2006 at 10:41 am

If we take Michael Richards to task we must also take Isaiah Washington but are racist and must answer for there action

November 24, 2006 at 7:03 am

I agree with some of the other comments, especially about the apology being nothing but air. I used to love the Kramer character, but forgiveness will not come anytime soon. In anger and even sometimes in jokes, our true feelings come out. We can not forget, it was MORE than him just calling the heckler the n- word. Those are not feelings that develop over night, but over time. He had those feelings way before that night and for him to even suggest that he is not a racist is absurd. The response from the laugh factory confirms it- when he failed to apologize on the next night as requested by the Laugh Factory. I applaud the Laugh Factory for banning him from performing. He deserves that.

But it not only was it the smart thing to do for business,it was the RIGHT THING TO DO.

November 23, 2006 at 7:10 am

I think it's odd and completely ignorant when I hear people say he must be a racist because he wouldn't have said those things if he didn't have them in his heart.

So what about the person in the audience calling him a crazy ass cracker. I haven't seen anyone comment on that. I guess it doesn't count because Richard's used the "N" word first? Did that make it ok or acceptable? What if the black guys heckling him called him a cracker first? Would it then be ok that he used the “N” word? I don’t think so.

I was absolutely shocked when I saw the footage. I do think it was shameful. Though I did kind of like the fact that the people heckling him could dish it out but couldn't take it. I think Richard's should keep saying he's sorry for a long time and I think the idiots heckling him should be beat. I bet they're the same kinda people that go to a movie and then stick their f'n feet up on the back of your chair too stupid to realize that you probably don't want to smell their feet or just too damn rude to give a shit.

In any case the whole thing was bad but I forgive him, I can't in good conscience not forgive him. Some of my favorite comedians are black and I can't think one of them that at one point or another haven’t made fun of white people. Funny how you can be a black comedian and make fun of white people all day long, calling them crazy ass crackers but when a white guy makes a comment even just joking about a black person OMG it's news for days. I guess when the black comedian does it the whole theory about how "He wouldn't have said it if it wasn't in heart." doesn’t apply. Sure Richard's wasn't joking when he said what he said but it doesn't really matter does it? Racism is racism even when it's a joke, and if joking about is ok then cool; I guess it will be ok for all races to start telling black people jokes.

November 23, 2006 at 12:49 am

I am only 16 years old but a big fan of comedy and of Seinfeld I feel disappointed in him but I also feel some what bad for him. I agree with Donnell Rawlings, He said those words so hatefully it doesn't seem like his character but to say something like that it has to come from somewhere deep. I think he might really feel that way that just doesn’t come out of some ones mouth on accident. I also try to put myself in his shoes and maybe hear his side of the story. You still got to forgive him because everyone makes mistakes his was just a really big one on camera. You also can't judge him and say that he is a racist, if you respond to him in the same way than it makes you just as bad. What he said was inexcusable and he has ruined his image. You just don't say that stuff in public. No one will be able to view an episode of Seinfeld the same way again.

November 22, 2006 at 9:46 pm

What he said was very wrong, but Chris Rock can say "I hate all crackers" and that's okay...

November 22, 2006 at 8:31 pm

He's a fading, UNFUNNY "comedian".

It's hard to be "funny", even with the best of material, and sometimes you get boo-ed!

Show Biz FOLK are "supposed" to have a THICK SKIN about their "failures" -- apparently, Richards hasn't gotten THIS MEMO YET !!

Bye-bye Stand-Up - HELLO Jello Commercials !~

November 22, 2006 at 8:12 pm

"It's not funny. That's why you're a reject, never had no shows, never had no movies. Seinfeld, that's it."

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724245/

Huh? Might want to do a little studying up before you try to be a heckler.

November 22, 2006 at 5:57 pm

Since there's an error on VIBE's website, I'll just post here...

I've also heard that this was something staged. Considering how it looks, and how only a snippet of what happened was shown, it almost looks like something Larry David would come up with.

As a person who does not believe in race, and thinks of it only as a social construct meant to satiate our feelings about our fellow man, I can only find what I watched darkly funny on many levels. On some level I agree with "Quincey" but only to a point. I do think the small tirade about "50 years ago..." had to do with the hecklers, and their behavior and constant interruption. But moreover, I think it illustrates something that bothers me considerably more than someone yelling the word "null" in anger -- TV, movies, books, shows, and even radio seem to have this divide. Actually, there are many small divides, but the largest seems to be "black" and "white." You have "black" comedy, and then "white" comedy. Supposedly, society tells us that black people don't get "white" comedy, and vice versa. Perhaps this is why Mr. Richards was heckled? Why do we even have to have a divide in the first place, and why do people somehow assume that just because someone is of a different shade, they can never understand his fellow man? Human behavior IS infinitely more difficult than the oft touted "rocket science" but it is no less understandable. People really need to take a step back and look at the "you don't know me, and CANT know me" rationale. It's flawed.

Seriously, I think an issue in comedy that is more damaging than Richard said, or could say, is that it's somehow OK for someone of a darker completion to get up there and use the very same words. I call this the "obsidian rule." Just as dark and draconian as it sounds. Black comedians can get up there and talk about "when a nigga do this" and other precepts of "situational blackness" [usually negative] and the crowds eat it up. More often than not, comedy imitates pop culture in it's portrayal of blacks as oversexed, dim witted creatures that only have their best interests in mind, and little else.

Another flaw people seem to have when issues like these come up is what I call "selective offence." That is, people seem to tolerate offences directed at groups they care little about, or somehow see them as marginal. Many comedy routines have directed insults about homosexuals and women [in the same vein as "null, null, null" from one Kosmo Kramer] but yet I cannot think of one who has been banned because of it. [astute readers may correct me on this, and I welcome it] But even if that is true, it still doesn't remove the fact that most of us are guilty of that offence in some way. It is only when insults are directed at us, or what we perceive as "us" by way of a group or label, we suddenly become offended, and move to boycott and ban. As long as something is not directed at "us" we feel welcome to let it slide by. How about people start standing up for every injustice, not just the ones we agree with.

As for the grand question of whether or not Mr. Richards is a racist, I can't say. There is no real litmus test for such things, and I would never advocate one. How would we test, anyway? There are things people hold in their heart garnered by experience, learning and disposition. A grand majority hold feelings about certain people that might be construed as being bigoted or perhaps biased. Indeed, bias is the hardest thing to rid oneself of. We are biased by nature, as Humans. But, we have to remember that is not a crime to think things. It is not a crime to be a racist. It is only a crime when one uses those thoughts to deprive someone of their rights, or goes on to create legislation and rules that effectively do the same, though the merits and demerits of such may be debated, and are. But when one compares those comments to those hecklers, and just the few things I mentioned above that apply to our greater society, and yet are connected to that one event, it is obvious to what is the more dangerous enemy. I liken it to the comparison of two killers: One a violent, deadly swordsman who hunts his victims with the blade, and the other, a cold, calculating poisoner, who does not kill with physical violence, but instead, gets his victims to imbibe a deadly substance that causes a slow, agonizing death. The violent man with the sword may seem like the clear winner, with his in-your-face approach but slashes and stab wounds can heal, even those that may seem fatal. The poisoner, with his slow, underhanded approach, seems benign, but with his poison, there is no healing, no recovery. That can only be obtained with the proper antidote. Will we ever find it?

November 22, 2006 at 5:32 pm

Does this mean that John Kerry really thinks that every soldier who is in Iraq and those who died there are stupid? Why don't people accuse him of really feeling that way? Everyone says things they don't mean when they are angry. People should realize that he is human and people make mistakes.

November 22, 2006 at 5:30 pm

Does this mean that John Kerry thinks all of the soldiers who have died in Iraq are stupid? Why don't people accuse him of really feeling that way?
Rap musicians spew forth hateful sentiments and are applauded for it. This could happen to anyone and people should understand that Mr Richards is human, he got angry and made a mistake.

November 22, 2006 at 5:22 pm

I was also a Seinfeld fan. I loved watching Kramer. But, watching the video of him performing at Laugh Factory was not funny. Plenty of people are racist. Yes! But, when you are as famous as Michael Richards you keep that crap in the closet. He has disrespected African Amerians, he has nationally embarrassed himself and his race, and I hope he gets what he deserve. And like Angelica wrote his apology is nothing but air coming out of his mouth. I am not watching anything that has Michael Richards in it.

November 22, 2006 at 1:34 pm

I sincerely understand peoples anger at what Michael Richards said. It is sad fact that some people still feel that way in this world. However, for some people to turn this in to a whole race issue is wrong. One ignorant white man does not speak for the whole. I am an African-American male if that really means anything. I have met plenty of white people who arent like Richards, and I try to think of them as the majority until they prove me wrong. We as black people cannot continue to keep the cycle going by stereotyping a whole race from one persons comments. It is true that hate exists in this world, but hate comes in all flavors and colors!

November 22, 2006 at 11:03 am

Even though he was angry, if those thoughts were not inside him, it would not have come out of his mouth. I am extremely disappointed in him. I will no longer watch Seinfeld. His apology means nothing.
It's okay to forgive him (because it is the right thing to do) as long as we know that he is a racist and protect ourselves from people like him.
We also should not continue to support someone who clearly would have lynched us.

November 22, 2006 at 8:59 am

I agree with Dominic W. It is a shame however that the word ni***r is still used today so loosely. The saddest thing is that it is used more frequently by a lot of African Americans. Racism still exist in the world today and will live on forever most likely but what we have to do as African Americans is to try our hardest to stand above what is expected from us by other nationalities. As long as we continue to hurt one another and keep each other down, no one else will have too. I expect for people outside of African Americans to hurt my people because as I said racism still exist today, sad but it does that is a fact look at what Michael Richards said but it would be nice if we would stop hurting each other and stand strong as one above those who look to destroy us. Those heckler's were wrong in Richards defense. They were not respectful to his feelings however tick for tack is wrong and he would not be in this situation now if he would have been the bigger person and not made the racist comment that he mad.

November 22, 2006 at 7:54 am

This is actually in response to Chantel and Patricia K. First to Chantel you must not have heard the live taping of his performance. He made comments relating to American past history, he said things like you could not have said that to me fifty years ago, because I would have taken my fork and stuck it in your blank. He might as well have said you would have been swinging from a tree. How can he say he is not a racist, this will not do well for Black and Jewish relations. Things seriously are bad in the world, but this ranks on top of most Black peoples issues. Racial oppression is still prevalent today in this country, and if ni***r is just a word walk up to the nearest Black person a say it to them. See what happens next, and then it is not just a word.

November 21, 2006 at 10:21 pm

This world needs to be more forgiving. There are too many things going on in this world right now that this can not be the focus.

November 21, 2006 at 9:52 pm

too bad!
the poor guy made a mistake
get over it
hes funny and you know he is so why do you 'have' to hate him?
ni***r is just a word..
sure he used in a racist matter
but to me its just a word...
he says hes not racist..
therefor
hes not racist!

dont you think he worked with plenty of black people while wroking on the set of seinfeld?

come on now..
think about it

he was angry and everyone knows that if you are angry enough you say things that you may regret..

and he did just that and apologized for it repeatidly...

i forgive you Michael!

keepm on rockin dude

November 21, 2006 at 9:50 pm

One of the shameful “Damage Control” techniques used by Michael Richards in his Late Night-apology hosted by Jerry Seinfeld, was Richards using hurricane Katrina as a way to push off his racism onto white America. You know, it’s not my problem… it’s OUR problem. This is the way Michael Richards’ supporters are supporting him. We’re all racist… remember! No, actually we’re trying to forget. One thing we know for sure is there are millions of dollars at stake here, - DVD sales, plus a reputation for the best comedy show ever. But turning the spotlight off Richards act, and placing it on whites or hecklers is shameful. I’m a white guy from NY. I never use the N word. My friends don’t use the N word. If they used the N word they would not be my friends.

And the fork thing? Where did that come from?

November 21, 2006 at 8:44 pm

The crazy thing is I liked that show seinfeld now i refuse to watch it and the cracker as cracker better watch is movement cause love's gonna get cha love's gonna get cha white ass cracker ass HONKEY!

November 21, 2006 at 8:13 pm

I feel that it was very disrespectful that he would act this ignorant and i also feel that us being in this era should not feel threatened by one man's ignorance! Myself has been affected because due to the fact that i am bringing a biracial son in this world and to know that ignorance still exists especially from famous people is just very heartbreaking and uncalled for i would never want my son to feel discriminated even going out to enjoy himself! It's just ludicris and ridiculous and i am glad he was booed and his apology is nothing but air coming out of his mouth!

November 21, 2006 at 7:40 pm