Why?
She dared suggest that riding on Usain Bolt's back would be a fast and fun way to run errands.
Shocking right? I'm sure it has nothing at all to do with the fact that he's the fastest man alive and she was making a joke about that. No it HAS to be racism because that's the answer to all things.
Ellen is now racist
Ellen is now racist
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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I'm guessing, what... maybe 100 idiots posted twitter msgs to her? I mean, why does that make it news? I hate this shit.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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It's all about the click through, baby. ELLEN RACIST gets eyeballs.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Catt's right about the number of people that probably complained, but at the same time, that's what gets headlines.
That's why people like me always point to the MSM as being a huge problem. As long as they're out to make money, the news can be unbiased.
That's why people like me always point to the MSM as being a huge problem. As long as they're out to make money, the news can be unbiased.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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The only acceptable way to cover stories like this:
"Hey World, these people are fucking idiots" then link to the twitters.
"Hey World, these people are fucking idiots" then link to the twitters.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Colbert made the same joke during a segment about robots that run fast. No furore.
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Black women are "now america's most educated group
There are so many issues with those two sentences, I don't even know where to start.Black women are now the most educated group in America, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
A higher percentage of black women — 9.7% to be exact — are enrolled in college than any other racial or gender group, including white men, white women, and Asian women.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Too bad the author didn't do well in college.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Right?GORDON wrote:Too bad the author didn't do well in college.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Ha, I just looked and the author is a black woman.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Amazing what skewed enrollment quotas can do after a couple decades.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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I was too afraid to look.GORDON wrote:Ha, I just looked and the author is a black woman.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Is it bad that the first thing I thought of was: "Well, when you get paid to go to school and not work..."Malcolm wrote:Amazing what skewed enrollment quotas can do after a couple decades.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell