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Added: Jul 19, 2008

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I don't know how many of you remember when Ted Danson did a racist black face roast of Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Made Elisabeth Hasselbeck cry during a debate on the Use of the N word which Whoopi used but it was bleeped out. Elisabeth Hasselbeck used a slur against Polish People Pol*ck which wasn't Bleeped . I guess it's OK to slur Whites but not Blacks!!!! N-Word Earlier variants (such as neger or negar) derive from the Spanish/Portuguese word negro, meaning "black", and probably also the French nègre Controversy surrounding Ted Danson's blackface tribute to Whoopi Goldberg during the recent Friars Club roast has intensified as many Black individuals and organizations come foward to announce that they fail to see the humor in the racially-charged skit. They have sent scathing letters to the Friars Club in New York blasting Danson's appearance in blackface and huge white lips. The actor's routine used the word "n***er" a number of times and made references to the sexual lives of Ms. Goldberg and him. The L.A. Times ran an editorial criticizing the performance, pointing out that "race is no laughing, matter. "The |N' word, no matter the context or who speaks it, is not something to joke about Montel Williams Left because it upset his White wife Syndicated columnist Carl Rowan wrote: "The overriding issue here is Goldberg's obvious lack of concern about her impact upon America's young people, especially Black girls who are being enslaved every day by illicit or promiscuous sex. Goldberg's foul mouth wounds Black women who are being cheated and humiliated by leaders of this society who disrespect them and abuse them... So Goldberg told Danson to show up in blackface? That only tells us how grossly insensitive she is." Ms. Goldberg said she helped write the skit and got the makeup artist that did the blackface for her companion Danson. She kept urging people to realize and understand that roastings are raw, x-rated affairs and totally private. Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee blatantly disagreed. "Whoopi's been on the warpath defending this thing; I just think she's confused. There's just no way she can defend what transpired," he opined. The New York Times ran an article on the whole affair and seemed to question whether or not Ms. Goldberg did actually help write the material or as they wrote "was Ms. Goldberg pulling a Tammy Wynette, as some said, and standing by her man?'"

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