Comments on: Stereotypes about African-Americans: True or False

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:10:22 +0000

Sarah — Honestly, I’m not a racist. If I have any problem with Dancing With the Stars is that all the male dancers are so M-Fer GAY!

By: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:30:12 +0000

But you watch more than just that one show, right?

If now, I’d say you have much bigger problems than racism.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:41:22 +0000

So maybe all black people are mother f***ing athletes?

By: laurie

laurie — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:33:48 +0000

OK, I feel better now knowing I wasn’t the only one who was like, “M-Fer? Is that some new slang? How do I not know what Mfer is? I have no idea what the kids these days are saying! I am old! I am wrinkling as we speak! What on God’s green earth is an MFer!!!???”

I am just saying.

By: Amy K

Amy K — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:17:46 +0000

I dont know what all the hooplah is about…I knew Bill O’Reilly was stupid years ago, so what came out of his mouth wasnt the least surprising! This is why I watch CNN and consider Anderson Cooper to be eons ahead of Bill in intellectual abilities.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:57:42 +0000

Ariel — Frankly, I blame you Brits for forcing this entire genre of reality shows on us with Millionaire, Idol, etc. — and taking away jobs from writers in Hollywood. I’m waiting for an apology.

You used to send over good rock music, now it’s Kat Deely.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:35:50 +0000

Eeek, cliches! The same the world over. What always gets me is Brits travelling abroad and moaning that the locals can’t speak English… and following up with ‘foreigners this and foreigners that’.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:20:30 +0000

Ellen — I just think TV has one success so they go for the same formula again and again. In Dancing with the Stars, there’s always “The Old Guy,” “The Classy Older Woman,” “The Kiddie Star No One Over 25 Has Ever Heard Of,” “The Soap Opera Star,” blah blah… and the “Black Athlete.”

By: Melissavina

Melissavina — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:16:59 +0000

This is why Pulp Fiction was such an important film… it busted down stereotypes because both Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta said M-Fer an equally large amount of times. So see? It’s not just one group of people! It’s all of us.

By: Ellen Bloom

Ellen Bloom — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:02:11 +0000

I was thinking just that, last night while watching “Dancing with the Stars.” But, I guess Sidney Poitier, Blair Underwood and Morgan Freeman have other priorities.