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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Bill O'Reilly is a racist moron

Is there any other kind of racist? I just can't "get over the fact" that he can't see how inherently insulting his words are. He claims the quote was taken out of context, which it was, but even if you add the context back in, the impact of the words is still pretty much the same.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/bill-oreilly-talks-about-race/

Bill O’Reilly’s remarks on Sept. 19 about a visit to a famous Harlem restaurant (Sylvia's) . . . Here’s the sound bite that every report picks first:

"I couldn’t get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia’s restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it’s run by blacks, primarily black patronship. . .There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.'"


To be fair, he does go on to point out (quite accurately I believe) that many white Americans get their impressions of black culture from gansta rap: ". . . this is what white America doesn't know, particularly people who don't have a lot of interaction with black Americans. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg."

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