Showing posts with label 'Slur'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'Slur'. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2016

Amy Robach: Sorry for That Racial Slur!

Amy Robach fell victim to the dangers of live television on Monday.



Co-hosting a segment about Zendaya Coleman reportedly in the running to portray Mary Jane in an upcoming Spider-Man reboot*, the Good Morning America anchor set off a social media firestorm when she used the phrase “colored people.”


(*How are they rebooting Spider-Man again?!?!?!?!?!)


Here is the exact way Robach used the term, just so you have some context:


“Now we all know Hollywood has received recent and quite a bit of criticism for casting white actors in what one might assume should be a role reserved for colored people,” she said while seated alongside George Stephanopoulos.


Robach was citing what other people have said about this type of casting, but it was those last two words that got her in trouble.


Colored people was a label used during segregation. It was uttered at the time in derogatory fashion and still has a negative connotation today.



Not long after the mistake went viral and the backlash ensured, Robach issued an apology.


“This morning during a segment about Hollywood casting, I mistakenly said “colored people” instead of “people of color,” she said.


“I sincerely apologize. It was a mistake and is not at all a reflection of how I feel or speak in my everyday life.”


To some, the use of colored people versus people of color may seem like semantics.


But try telling that to African-Americans who were alive in the 1950s and 1960s.


For whatever it’s worth, Mary Jane is a character traditionally filled by white actresses, and Zendaya has a mixed-race background.


Here is footage of Robach making her snafu:




Zendaya, meanwhile, somehow continues to find herself in these racially-charged situation.


She received criticism in 2014 for taking on the role of Aaliyah in a biopic because idiotic critics didn’t think she was black enough.


In 2015, meanwhile, Giuliana Rancic got into major trouble for comments she made regarding Zendaya’s Academy Awards dress.


Rancic criticized the young star’s look at the time by saying it appeared as if the 18-year old “smells like patchouli oil… or maybe weed.”


To her credit, Zendaya has always taken the high road when this incidents occurred.



In response to Rancic, for instance, she said in a statement:


“There is a fine line between what is funny and disrespectful. Someone said something about my hair at the Oscars that left me in awe. Not because I was relishing in rave outfit reviews, but because I was hit with ignorant slurs and pure disrespect.


“To say that an 18-year-old young woman with locs must smell of patchouli oil or “weed” is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive.


“I don’t usually feel the need to respond to negative things but certain remarks cannot go unchecked.”


In this case, we don’t think Zendaya needs to say anything.


Robach simply misspoke and then apologized right away.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Wendy Williams SLAMS Beyonce: "Becky" Is a Racial Slur!!

Wendy Williams ain"t afraid of the Beyhive, because she is slamming their queen once again.



Earlier this week, the talk show host criticized Beyonce for dropping her new "Lemonade" album in the wake of Prince"s death, opining that she should"ve postponed the release out of respect.


And now Williams is accusing the pop star of using a racial slur.


In a song off the album, Beyonce refers to her husband Jay Z"s mistress as "Becky with the good hair," and fans have been clamoring to find out who "Becky" is ever since.


But Williams thinks Beyonce"s choice of words were racially motivated and inappropriate.


"Becky is not a nice term," Williams said. "I find it offensive for you white women."


"I do!" she cried after her words incited laughter from the audience. "If you called me "Shaniqua" I"d punch you in the face."


""Becky"" is, to me, a slur against white women, and if I were you all, I wouldn"t take it," she said.



In hip hop culture, "Becky" is a generic name used to describe some white women – particularly overprivileged, snobby ones.


The term likely originates from the Sir Mix-a-Lot song, "Baby Got Back," in which a white girl ogles a black woman"s large backside and scoffs, "Oh ma gawd, Becky, look at her butt."  


Williams isn"t the first celebrity to come down on the use of the term. In fact, she was echoing the thoughts of Iggy Azalea.


"Dont call all asian women "ming lee" dont call white women "becky" dont call black women "sha nay nay,"" Azalea wrote on Twitter.


This, of course, led to an avalanche of angry tweets from Beyonce fans, which prompted Azalea to defend herself.


"No I don"t think Beyonce is racist nor do I think calling someone "Becky" is the same as a racial slur," she tweeted. "I don"t think its great to use stereotypical names to describe any race…"


What say you? Do you consider "Becky" to be a racial slur?


 


Wendy williams slams beyonce becky is a racial slur

Wendy Williams SLAMS Beyonce: "Becky" Is a Racial Slur!!

Wendy Williams ain"t afraid of the Beyhive, because she is slamming their queen once again.



Earlier this week, the talk show host criticized Beyonce for dropping her new "Lemonade" album in the wake of Prince"s death, opining that she should"ve postponed the release out of respect.


And now Williams is accusing the pop star of using a racial slur.


In a song off the album, Beyonce refers to her husband Jay Z"s mistress as "Becky with the good hair," and fans have been clamoring to find out who "Becky" is ever since.


But Williams thinks Beyonce"s choice of words were racially motivated and inappropriate.


"Becky is not a nice term," Williams said. "I find it offensive for you white women."


"I do!" she cried after her words incited laughter from the audience. "If you called me "Shaniqua" I"d punch you in the face."


""Becky"" is, to me, a slur against white women, and if I were you all, I wouldn"t take it," she said.



In hip hop culture, "Becky" is a generic name used to describe some white women – particularly overprivileged, snobby ones.


The term likely originates from the Sir Mix-a-Lot song, "Baby Got Back," in which a white girl ogles a black woman"s large backside and scoffs, "Oh ma gawd, Becky, look at her butt."  


Williams isn"t the first celebrity to come down on the use of the term. In fact, she was echoing the thoughts of Iggy Azalea.


"Dont call all asian women "ming lee" dont call white women "becky" dont call black women "sha nay nay,"" Azalea wrote on Twitter.


This, of course, led to an avalanche of angry tweets from Beyonce fans, which prompted Azalea to defend herself.


"No I don"t think Beyonce is racist nor do I think calling someone "Becky" is the same as a racial slur," she tweeted. "I don"t think its great to use stereotypical names to describe any race…"


What say you? Do you consider "Becky" to be a racial slur?


 


Wendy williams slams beyonce becky is a racial slur