Martin Lawrence is a Racist person

You like jokes that aren't funny and are painfully racist? I can think of several I've heard in my life, but A) you won't actually like them, B) IMDb would take them down within minutes, and C) I don't really want to tell them.

It isn't one sentence in this film that's racist, it's the whole story! The guy -frames the cop for assault- and what kind of retribution is there? Then he goes on to say outright how white men aren't good enough for black women. This is off the top of my head, there was plenty more. And don't try to argue that the film's mocking the stereotype of people oversensitive to racism, it portrays it as a perfectly acceptable way to get on in life.

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So does that mean that a white person can say something blatantly racist about black people- IN A COMEDY- or is it too early to be equal like that? Just saying. It's a racist and stupid movie- trust me, I know.

Also, slavery sucks but did I do it? No. Did anyone alive today do it? No. What can we do? Well I suppose continuing the hatred is a great idea, right? It would be great if everyone could wake up one day.

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Nchssmaria: What makes you think you're any less racist than me? Your whole post is racist! You hear a couple comments from white people regarding race and you make an assumption about EVERYONE. And by the way, it is ignorant for you to say that you heard some white guy talk about killing Arabs online and assumed that there are no minority groups that said something similar. Besides they were online, how the heck do you know what their race is? The fact that you are so concerned about it specifically being a white guy makes it abundantly clear that you already have a biased agenda.

Also I never said I want whites to have any leverage over minorities! All I am saying is I'm sick of some minorities thinking they should always get some kind of special treatment BECAUSE of their skin color. What is racist about (hopelessly) wishing that this country would quit putting so much emphasis on race? First of all, we should just quit with this whole "minority, majority" thing. The population of caucasian in the US is greater than other races but why should that be such a problem for people? Fact is, all other things being equal, a new job opening in many positions is more likely to be filled by a white than a black if there are more white applicants. If 8 whites and 2 blacks apply for a job, why is it wrong for there to be a 20% chance that one of the blacks be hired? I'm sure you would immediately look for racist motives if a black WASN'T hired, but wouldn't even blink if the white was turned down. which brings me to my next point:

Quote from Nchssmaria - "I didn't get the job, a white person did, based on that, I know it's a bias issue."

Don't you see the problem with that? That quote is exactly the problem I am talking about with minorities being so quick to cry racist. I couldn't have said it any better myself - If a black and white man are in competition for a job and the white man gets it, then it must be discrimination says the liberal front. Why? Because anything that doesn't go the right way for the minority is questioned, which is not only arrogant but continues to make everyone more color-sensitive. THAT is what racism is about... its not always one person HATING another, but its about causing everything to revolve around color. I'm sure sometimes black people who are qualified for jobs aren't hired, which is wrong, but the same thing happens to white people all the time, which is also wrong. It probably happens more often to whites because employers, or university admissions, are more and more afraid of being accused of racism, so they will hire or accept the minority just to be safe. Only difference here is the "majority" is expected to sit back and take it. And its partly the news media's fault for only focusing on minorities when it comes to such things.

Your pro-discrimination reply only goes further to demonstrate that racism is still a problem. You are taking the side of minorites, others are taking the side of the majority. The point is, as long as we continue to blame everything on color or race, the longer racism is going to be an issue. The world is never going to be truly color blind, and there will always be racists, but quotas are only making the situation worse. Truth is, liberal minorities (and liberal whites for that matter) aren't really interested in eliminating racism, they're just interested in shifting bias to minorities, getting a free ride wherever they can, and making race even MORE of an issue than it already is.

So go ahead and moan that I'm complaining too. Why shouldn't I complain? I don't like being discriminated against any more than the next guy. Unfortunately it is only going to get worse as we gear up to ensure that minorities are never offended, never get turned down for anything they want, etc. etc... [cue sarcasm] after all, whites NEVER get turned down for jobs, NEVER have any hardships in life, and NEVER are offended by anyone else. Give me a break.

martin lawrence has driven his joke style into the ground that it makes it hard to see if he could be funny without being racist. I agreed with the person above who thinks that a lot of black comedians make the "white man" jokes extremely funny. They do. It just seemed in this movie that they couldn't get through a scene without throwing that in.

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DIGNAN
"They won't catch me; I'm f*cking innocent"

Yo desiree_fl69, do u even know the definition of the word "racist"? The Latin Grammys ain't racist. Why? Cuz all they do is hand out awards honoring achievements by Hispanic people. How is that racist? About the black magazines, most of those magazines are about hip-hop music. Some ain't, yea, but that still ain't racist. Why don't u go open a page in 1 of them magazines 'n find me where it sayz "WE'RE BLACK 'N WE HATE WHITE PEOPLE" or some sh*t like that? BET don't play all BLACK music. I've watched it before 'n saw them playing a vid by JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, 'n last time I checked, HE'S WHITE. The music on BET is hip-hop orientated. If u don't like it then don't watch it. It's funny how many WHITE people there are here, bitchin about how black people got this, black people got that, 'n how black people shouldn't do this, 'n how black people shouldn't do that, n ur the ones sayin that BLACK people bitch about sh*t like this. 'N by the way, dustydga never asked for "better treatment". She was just making a point that slavery didn't really end RIGHT after the Civil War was fought, aiight? So f*ckin read it correctly before u try to make urself feel better or higher than someone by sayin sh*t. It don't matter when slavery was around. It was around. U can't forget it. Funny how if u were living in that time, as a black slave, u would think VERY differently I bet.

"if there was a WET, white entertainment television it would be racist, but yours isnt supposed to be???" - U f*ckin make it sound like BET is a black-only thing 'n that it BELONGS 2 all black people.

"So if I didnt cause your "slavery" and I am not racist and judge people on attitude rather than skin color, why must I listen to you say you are so put down and how "we" owe you or your families??" - You call yourself a non-racist, but yet you keep bitchin about sh*t. I got a feeling that if you're back, then you'll say somethin like "Wow..1 video by someone who's not white..". If u dont like the channel then dont watch it. I'm someone who listens to hip-hop so I do watch BET. Nobody ever said that "you" (plural) owed anyone anything. Actually, there's one thing you do owe people: respect.

People like you 'n others on this board need to realize something. If you've read other posts on other boards, then you'd know that white people are the majority in this country. What do you all got against someone of a different ethnicity having a TV channel, a magazine, or an award show? There's nothing wrong with that as long as it ain't highly offensive. I've YET to heard someone who wasn't white, say something similar to what you or other people have said on this board or in person. This all started on some dumb*ss thinking that Martin Lawrence was racist. Someone else said that his stand-up comedy is racist. Yo, it's STAND-UP. It's supposed to be FUNNNNNY. U know, ha ha? I still don't get why people keep bitchin about black people all the time. It's people like you 'n others on this board that give the U.S. a bad name.