Tag: Race Relations

Ellen DeGeneres Accused Of Racism Over Usain Bolt Tweet

Quirky daytime hostess Ellen DeGeneres is in a bit of hot water for sending out a tweet that showed her (photoshopped image) riding on the back on track legend Usain Bolt. 

Somehow the Internet trolls took that as racist and the online slandering began. 

According to Fox News:

LOS ANGELES – Ellen DeGeneres says she’s not racist after receiving backlash on social media for posting an edited photo of herself riding on the back of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.

The talk show host said Tuesday on Twitter that she’s “highly aware of the racism that exists in our country” but that’s “the furthest thing from who I am.”

DeGeneres posted the photo Monday with the caption: “This is how I’m running errands from now on.”

The image of a white woman riding a black man was criticized by many users on social media.

The original photo of Bolt smiling while running went viral following his gold medal win in the 100-meter dash.

The comedienne frequently posts photos of herself edited into topical moments and scenes from popular films and TV shows.

Personally I think Ellen was just being her usually lighthearted & buoyant self and this picture was taken wayyyyy out of context. If you look, there were thousands of social media memes created by fans of the “lightning Bolt” and I actually find this picture pretty hysterical, all in good fun. 

If Usain Bolt were white or Ellen DeGeneres were black, then we wouldn’t even be entertaining this story. Some people have way too much time on their hands. Sometimes there is really no need to pull the race card. What do YOU think?

Join the discussion and check out this throwback clip of President Obama dancing with Ellen on her show. How can you not love her? 

Racist Church Murderer Dylann Roof Beaten Up In Jail

“Karma has no menu, you get what you deserve.” -Unknown

 

According to the Huffington Post, Dylann Roof, the gunman accused of killing nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, last year was attacked in jail on Thursday while on his way to the shower.

USA Today reports:

Dylann Roof, 22, reportedly suffered several bruises but was not seriously injured in the incident at the North Charleston jail. Another inmate, Dwayne Marion Stafford, 25, ran toward Roof and punched him several times near the showers, according to officials.

Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon Jr. said in a press conference that Roof and his attorney had decided not to press charges against Stafford.

Cannon added that there was no proof that the reported attack by Stafford, who is black, was racially motivated, “beyond the obvious speculation that we would all have given the nature of the situation.”

 

Dwayne Stafford, who reportedly attacked Dylann Roof, 22, on his way into the shower on Aug. 4, 2016.

Based on the callous hatefulness of his crime, I can’t say I feel sorry for him in any way. My only advice to Dylan Roof is “don’t drop the soap & don’t forget to rot in eternal hell.”

New Black Panthers Party Leader In Florida Calls Police After He Was Robbed 

I don’t know how to feel about this story. It’s actually a little appalling. 

  

Mediatakeout posted a story from FOX 13-Tampa about Ali Muhammad, who claims to be a leader of the New Black Panthers Party getting robbed at gunpoint and Mr. Muhammad does the unthinkable… He called the COPS to go after the robber. 

Check out the story:

A leader of the Black Panther movement in Tampa Florida, was robbed at GUNPOINT this weekend. The thief stole his diamond earrings, laptop and his bookbag on a dark street.

Ali called police – who managed to apprehend the robber, 18 year old Antwon Robinson, just a few hours after he called.

Listen to the interview, at the end Ali says he is still “very anti-police”

The fact that he called the cops is not the unthinkable part, but the fact that the Black Panthers are known for being so vocally “anti-police.” Crazier part here is at the end Muhammad still claims to be anti-police which is ridiculous and insanely hypocritical. 

So let me guess the coppers are only good for retrieving your stolen goods when you are the victim of crime, then you have no more use for them? Boy, bye! 

Reminds me of this picture I found to be hilarious on Twitter…