It's Not News It's Fark.com
Real news. Real funny
Log In
|
Sign Up »
Login
Password
Forgot password?
X
Fark
TotalFark
my
Fark
About/FArQ
Contests
Store
Contact Us
Mobile
Search:
Password
Login
Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience.
If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.
Main
Sports
Business
Geek
Entertainment
Politics
Video
"Comedian" celebrates Black History Month by putting on blackface make-up and embarrassing BYU students
(
dailymail.co.uk
)
252
More:
Stupid
,
Black History Month
,
Brigham Young University
,
Too Far
,
The Tribune
,
Mormons
,
Provo
,
Samuel L Jackson
,
stand-up comic
• • •
17198
clicks; posted to
Main »
on
11 Feb 2012
at
10:46 PM
|
Favorite
| share:
more»
|
shirt it!
Share this link:
URL:
http://fk.cm/go/6936251
Bookmark:
URL:
http://fk.cm/6936251
Bookmark:
Article
Comments
close
252 Comments
(
+0 »
)
Paginated (50/page)
Single page
Single page, reversed
Normal view
Change images to links
Show raw HTML
Show posts from ignored users
View Voting Results:
Smartest
and
Funniest
First
|
«
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
»
|
Last
|
Show all
teto85
2012-02-11 04:13:29 PM
Yeah, I find the students match the tag pretty well.
kronicfeld
2012-02-11 04:15:45 PM
Roger Sterling?
AirForceVet
2012-02-11 04:27:28 PM
If you notice, none of the BYU students asks him why he's in blackface.
gimmegimme
2012-02-11 04:39:18 PM
AirForceVet
:
If you notice, none of the BYU students asks him why he's in blackface.
Maybe they didn't want to get any of the mark of Cain on them.
kxs401
2012-02-11 04:43:27 PM
The highest-rated comment on that article right now is:
"Now ask black students about "white" history. They won't be any smarter."
Wow. Yeah, there's no racism in the world today.
The second, for the record, is:
"The road of ignorance runs BOTHS ways with blacks and whites. Have you ever seen a black person mock a nerdy white guy, I have lots of times. No group is more discriminated against than white Roman Catholic men...and Catholics in general."
Barfmaker
2012-02-11 04:50:42 PM
I thought blackface was more caricaturish...I can't think of the right word, but more obvious. This looks more like he's actually trying to appear as a black man.
Dunno much about it so go easy on me.
Roook
2012-02-11 04:55:23 PM
Blackface is a style of makeup, which he is not using. But he's still a tool. And I can't imagine how he thought this wouldn't backfire. Can anyone name a time when someone painting themselves black was actually entertaining? Other than Robert Downey Jr?
Hoban Washburne
2012-02-11 05:02:32 PM
Roook
:
Blackface is a style of makeup, which he is not using. But he's still a tool. And I can't imagine how he thought this wouldn't backfire. Can anyone name a time when someone painting themselves black was actually entertaining? Other than Robert Downey Jr?
It's my understanding that Al Jolson was a pretty big star. But yeah, generally it's not a good idea.
ecmoRandomNumbers
2012-02-11 05:53:29 PM
This is nothing. I was in college when we (finally) passed legislation in Arizona commemorating Martin Luther King. A Mormon friend came up to me and told me "Happy N***** Day!"
He was just one of many. Racism runs deep in that church, whether they admit it officially anymore or not.
AlwaysRightBoy
2012-02-11 06:02:14 PM
You think that's funny, wait until you see my________
gimmegimme
2012-02-11 06:06:03 PM
AlwaysRightBoy
:
You think that's funny, wait until you see my________
parody of the 1980s sitcom---
Mohammed Two Dads
. Identical twin Mohammeds (one of them gay) sleep with the same woman and find the baby on their doorstep. Throughout nine seasons, the two Mohammeds must deal with the foibles of parenthood while deciding which one of them will marry their daughter when she turns nine.
AlwaysRightBoy
2012-02-11 07:26:20 PM
gimmegimme
:
AlwaysRightBoy: You think that's funny, wait until you see my________
parody of the 1980s sitcom---Mohammed Two Dads. Identical twin Mohammeds (one of them gay) sleep with the same woman and find the baby on their doorstep. Throughout nine seasons, the two Mohammeds must deal with the foibles of parenthood while deciding which one of them will marry their daughter when she turns nine.
*clappu*
Lionel Mandrake
2012-02-11 07:48:05 PM
kxs401
:
Have you ever seen a black person mock a nerdy white guy
The hell you say
DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke
2012-02-11 07:48:47 PM
gimmegimme
:
AlwaysRightBoy: You think that's funny, wait until you see my________
parody of the 1980s sitcom---Tyler Perry's Mohammed Two Dads. Identical twin Mohammeds (one of them gay) sleep with the same woman and find the baby on their doorstep. Throughout nine seasons, the two Mohammeds must deal with the foibles of parenthood while deciding which one of them will marry their daughter when she turns nine.
CW just bought the pilot.
DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke
2012-02-11 07:50:52 PM
Roook
:
Blackface is a style of makeup, which he is not using. But he's still a tool. And I can't imagine how he thought this wouldn't backfire. Can anyone name a time when someone painting themselves black was actually entertaining? Other than Robert Downey Jr?
Barack Obama?
doglover
2012-02-11 07:53:54 PM
Blackface is just a costume. Why does it get special treatment in the media?
DirtyDeadGhostofEbenezerCooke
2012-02-11 08:13:23 PM
Roook
:
Blackface is a style of makeup, which he is not using. But he's still a tool. And I can't imagine how he thought this wouldn't backfire. Can anyone name a time when someone painting themselves black was actually entertaining? Other than Robert Downey Jr?
Whitney Houston?
/too soon?
Ed Finnerty
2012-02-11 08:32:13 PM
doglover
:
Blackface is just a costume. Why does it get special treatment in the media?
Shares your concerns.
doglover
2012-02-11 08:37:21 PM
Ed Finnerty
:
doglover: Blackface is just a costume. Why does it get special treatment in the media?
[luxuryholistics.com image 240x282]
Shares your concerns.
How is blackface different from, let's say putting on a rainbow triangle and mincing about stage saying things with a lisp? Or sticking fake tits down your shirt, affecting a pepper pot voice, and whining about your period clots? It's just ANOTHER kind of costume.
mahuika
2012-02-11 08:42:55 PM
doglover
:
Ed Finnerty: doglover: Blackface is just a costume. Why does it get special treatment in the media?
[luxuryholistics.com image 240x282]
Shares your concerns.
How is blackface different from, let's say putting on a rainbow triangle and mincing about stage saying things with a lisp? Or sticking fake tits down your shirt, affecting a pepper pot voice, and whining about your period clots? It's just ANOTHER kind of costume.
The same reason that it's bad to compare a black person to a monkey and use the n-word: history. You don't live in a vacuum, you know.
mahuika
2012-02-11 08:43:56 PM
doglover
:
Ed Finnerty: doglover: Blackface is just a costume. Why does it get special treatment in the media?
[luxuryholistics.com image 240x282]
Shares your concerns.
How is blackface different from, let's say putting on a rainbow triangle and mincing about stage saying things with a lisp? Or sticking fake tits down your shirt, affecting a pepper pot voice, and whining about your period clots? It's just ANOTHER kind of costume.
Also, while only blackface would make you racist and be newsworthy, doing the other two would still make you look like a dick.
Ed Finnerty
2012-02-11 08:45:25 PM
doglover
:
Ed Finnerty: doglover: Blackface is just a costume. Why does it get special treatment in the media?
[luxuryholistics.com image 240x282]
Shares your concerns.
How is blackface different from, let's say putting on a rainbow triangle and mincing about stage saying things with a lisp? Or sticking fake tits down your shirt, affecting a pepper pot voice, and whining about your period clots? It's just ANOTHER kind of costume.
Because you share this world with other people. That's why.
TommyymmoT
2012-02-11 09:02:06 PM
Did he actually think he looked black?
He certainly seemed clueless enough to.
zedster
2012-02-11 09:15:03 PM
(new
window)
mahuika
2012-02-11 09:35:12 PM
AirForceVet
:
If you notice, none of the BYU students asks him why he's in blackface.
At the end, he mentions that during the whole filming time, only 3 students asked him why he was wearing blackface.
AbbeySomeone
2012-02-11 09:40:31 PM
Why a whole month? Can we blame Obama?
Mexicans get bilingual education and federally funded translators yet they only get Cinco De Mayo.
What's up with this?
Both cultures contribute to the crime rate. Where is the balance?
Dead for Tax Reasons
2012-02-11 09:57:03 PM
Blackface is so passe. Going blackdick is so much more popular
Nina_Hartley's_Ass
2012-02-11 10:03:14 PM
Was this ever a good idea?
GranoblasticMan
2012-02-11 10:36:37 PM
kxs401
:
The highest-rated comment on that article right now is:
"Now ask black students about "white" history. They won't be any smarter."
Wow. Yeah, there's no racism in the world today.
The second, for the record, is:
"The road of ignorance runs BOTHS ways with blacks and whites. Have you ever seen a black person mock a nerdy white guy, I have lots of times. No group is more discriminated against than white Roman Catholic men...and Catholics in general."
Uh yeah, being raised Roman Catholic I'd have to call
bullshiat
on the whole "no group is more discriminated than us" claim. Christ almighty people are self-centered and ignorant.
GranoblasticMan
2012-02-11 10:37:39 PM
GranoblasticMan
:
kxs401: The highest-rated comment on that article right now is:
"Now ask black students about "white" history. They won't be any smarter."
Wow. Yeah, there's no racism in the world today.
The second, for the record, is:
"The road of ignorance runs BOTHS ways with blacks and whites. Have you ever seen a black person mock a nerdy white guy, I have lots of times. No group is more discriminated against than white Roman Catholic men...and Catholics in general."
Uh yeah, being raised Roman Catholic I'd have to call bullshiat on the whole "no group is more discriminated than us" claim. Christ almighty people are self-centered and ignorant.
Actually, I'm probably
more
discriminated against now as an atheist, which is to say, still not a whole-farking-lot.
RexTalionis
2012-02-11 10:41:41 PM
Mammy,
Mammy,
The sun shines east, the sun shines west,
I know where the sun shines best
Mammy,
My little mammy,
My heartstrings are tangled around Alabammy.
I'm comin',
Sorry that I made you wait.
I'm comin',
Hope and trust that I'm not late, oh oh oh
Mammy,
My little Mammy,
I'd walk a million miles
For one of your smiles,
My Mammy! Oh oh oh
doglover
2012-02-11 10:44:50 PM
mahuika
:
You don't live in a vacuum, you know.
I know. And black guys can pick up a bit of white powder and some glasses and do whiteface.
Getting out of America is nice. Being a minority has changed my opinion of a lot of things. For one, I'm violently anti-illegal immigration now. It's not THAT hard to get into a foriegn country.
RexTalionis
2012-02-11 10:48:05 PM
doglover
:
mahuika: You don't live in a vacuum, you know.
I know. And black guys can pick up a bit of white powder and some glasses and do whiteface.
Getting out of America is nice. Being a minority has changed my opinion of a lot of things. For one, I'm violently anti-illegal immigration now. It's not THAT hard to get into a foriegn country.
It is, however, that hard to get into the US legally, especially after the number of visas issued for manycountries were drastically curtailed in the last decade. You're kind of clueless.
tzzhc4
2012-02-11 10:49:01 PM
Mormons believe that blacks are descendants of
Cain
. Cain = son of devil in Mormon whackiness.
Miss Stein
2012-02-11 10:49:40 PM
ecmoRandomNumbers
:
This is nothing. I was in college when we (finally) passed legislation in Arizona commemorating Martin Luther King. A Mormon friend came up to me and told me "Happy N***** Day!"
He was just one of many. Racism runs deep in that church, whether they admit it officially anymore or not.
How white and delightsome of them.
Cargo
2012-02-11 10:50:10 PM
Lionel Mandrake
:
kxs401: Have you ever seen a black person mock a nerdy white guy
The hell you say
[img5.imageshack.us image 320x240]
It's true. We're so lame.
farkingismybusiness
2012-02-11 10:50:51 PM
If you don't own this movie...
You've got no Soul Man.
DavidVincent
2012-02-11 10:51:26 PM
Black History Month
That's the joke.
doglover
2012-02-11 10:52:18 PM
RexTalionis
:
It is, however, that hard to get into the US legally,
And I should care?
There's other countries. Go there legally, ya bums.
Amos Quito
2012-02-11 10:54:49 PM
^
Performed posthumous baptism on MLK
^
RexTalionis
2012-02-11 10:55:17 PM
doglover
:
RexTalionis: It is, however, that hard to get into the US legally,
And I should care?
There's other countries. Go there legally, ya bums.
Yeah, as I said, still clueless. You find a tiny modicum of insight and imagined yourself a wise sage.
blackrob
2012-02-11 10:55:55 PM
whitney dead
/too soon?
mahuika
2012-02-11 10:57:00 PM
doglover
:
mahuika: You don't live in a vacuum, you know.
I know. And black guys can pick up a bit of white powder and some glasses and do whiteface.
Did you even read what I said? They're not equivalent because of historical significance.
farkingismybusiness
2012-02-11 10:57:13 PM
Roook
:
Blackface is a style of makeup, which he is not using. But he's still a tool. And I can't imagine how he thought this wouldn't backfire. Can anyone name a time when someone painting themselves black was actually entertaining? Other than Robert Downey Jr?
This guy's pretty entertaining.
But it is one of his worst characters.
HPunster
2012-02-11 10:57:49 PM
I don't get the point of his blackface. What would be different if he was just a white guy asking those questions?
WhyteRaven74
2012-02-11 10:57:56 PM
doglover
:
And I should care?
If you have an issue with illegal immigration, yes.
drjekel_mrhyde
2012-02-11 10:58:38 PM
DavidVincent
:
Black History Month
That's the joke.
Black American history should be incorporated in American history all year round. That 's what you're trying to say? Right.
itsfullofstars
2012-02-11 10:58:46 PM
doglover
:
How is blackface different from, let's say putting on a rainbow triangle and mincing about stage saying things with a lisp? Or sticking fake tits down your shirt, affecting a pepper pot voice, and whining about your period clots? It's just ANOTHER kind of costume.
Same way "antisemitism" is different than religious persecution. A group of people made enough noise about their desire to be treated equally that they get special treatment now.
Wayne 985
2012-02-11 10:59:13 PM
They're Mormon. What do you expect?
eraser8
2012-02-11 11:00:22 PM
Am I the only one who thinks he looks like John Boehner?
Displayed
50
of
252
comments
First
|
«
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
»
|
Last
|
Show all
View Voting Results:
Smartest
and
Funniest
Redisplay/refresh comments
This thread is closed to new comments.
Submit a Link »
Like Fark!
+1 Fark!
Follow @fark on Twitter
Fark via RSS
Top Links
Top Comments
Top Submitters
Press/Publicity
Headlines of the Week
All Latest
Fark Forum
Link Voting
Sports Forum
Fark Blogs
Geek Forum
Fark Book
Entertainment Forum
Fark Travel Guide
Politics Forum
Fark Parties
Fark Party Forum
Fark Chat
Photoshop Forum
PS/Photo Browser
Farktography Forum
Fark Quiz
From the
Fark Shop
:
Monet Lady
Bar Tools
Rodan Plush (Mini)
Neanderthal Eraser
More from the
Fark Shop
»
Stories from our partner sites:
5 Movie Roles Will Smith (Probably) N...
Katy Perry Seems Surprisingly Cool Ab...
The GIFs That Keep on Giving
Someone Put This Epic Sportscaster on...
More news at Scribol »
UFC 146 Live Discussion - This Saturday
This Week In Posters And Stills
Will Smith's 15 Corniest Rap Verses
12 TV Stars We Love In Movies We Hate
More news at UPROXX »
Cops Shoot Naked Guy Eating Man's Fac...
30 North Korean Officials Die in 'Car...
Kids Missing Nearly 4 Years Found in...
Demi, Ashton Caught in Heated Embrace
More news at Newser »
Group walks goat 1,300 miles for Cubs
Church displays 6,400-plus U.S. flags
Pot donated to charity sells for $565K
'Darth Vader' robs Ohio bank
More news at UPI »