In wishing people a Happy White People's Day July 4, Chris Rock stirred up debate and sparked controversy as many accused the outspoken comedian of racism.
On Independence Day, Rock fired off the following tweet: “Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks.”
Predictably, some people went absolutely ballistic.
Rock is, of course, 100 percent correct in noting that black people in America were kept as slaves and treated horribly - for nearly a century after 1776, no less.
This is accepted as fact and with shame by almost everyone, but the Tweet struck a nerve with many who seem to really hate black people mentioning slavery.
Nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so-called “reverse racism” achieves little and widens our divisions, or so the common argument goes.
Wrote one non-fan: “Chris Rock says ‘happy white people’s independence day.’ Racist lefties keep throwing gas on the fire to keep the hate alive. #tcot #loser”
That may be partially true, but it's also silly to think that if you stopped mentioning it, or acknowledging it did exist and still exists, that it would cease to.
What do you think of Chris Rock's Tweet?
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Chris Rock should have said:
ReplyDeleteit's the RICH white people's Independence Day.
'Cause the rest of us, all of us, are still in slavery, in this great land of ours.
The blood-sucking rich get richer... and richer....and richer - while the rest of us get shafted.
Those that have the most...want it ALL.
They feast on the finest steaks, as they drive a stake thru our lives, our hopes,
and our children's dreams.
Their schemes and their frauds have brought this nation to the brink of ruin.
Then they have the gall to cry: bail us out - 'cause we're too big to fail.
But your babies are never too small.... to starve.
This is not an enlightened society. Heck- it's not even a functioning Capitalist society.
It's just pure, destructive, unchecked GREED... run wild.
Heaven help us in a Romney regime.