Comments on: NABJ, GLAAD – Roland Martin thrown under the bus?

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:27:05 +0000

Anderson Cooper referred to people in the teaparty by the derogatory slur, ‘teabaggers’, and he giggled derisively, Cooper has used the slur, ‘Uncle Tom’ when referring to black members of the teaparty, yet he’s never been suspended or asked to apologize. Now, Roland Martin doesn’t get much sympathy from me. I remember when Campbell Brown was out on maternity leave, and he covered for her, he tweeted really nasty comments about her, of course he didn’t get in trouble for that. I think Martin has reaped what he, and a lot of others like him have sowed. Martin isn’t being treated as an equal on CNN because the leftist plantation doesn’t view him as an equal. Democrats were the party of slavery, democrats wrote Jim Crow laws and were the party that created the KKK. But go ahead and sell yourselves to them, just don’t complain when they take your rights away this time.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:19:44 +0000

@amanda [Imagine if this was a white person on TV, who frequently made comments about someone being “Ghetto”.]

The point is white people on tv do make derogatory comments towards non-white people all the time and never get suspended. The point is, regardless of who was offended, and there are no shortage of victims, Roland Martin does not deserve to be treated differently than his white co-workers. That is racism and sadly more and more Black people are submitting to it.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:59:59 +0000

I’m glad they threw him under the bus – comments like this seem to be perfectly OK in the black community… the bottom line is, jokes laden with homophobia are not okay, and Mr. Martin doesn’t deserve any sort of pass, considering he works in such a public position. When you’re on TV, you have to watch what you say! Simple as that!

I hope, in some sort of way, this sparks change in our community. The terms “sweet”, “sugar in the tank”, etc, all are derogative towards the gay community, and in 2012, people need to learn to not be so dismissive of other lifestyles.

Imagine if this was a white person on TV, who frequently made comments about someone being “Ghetto”. Al Sharpton would have a field day with that! So NO, Mr. Martin doesn’t deserve a pass. I hope they make an example of him!

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:18:28 +0000

@Juan, I understand why GLADD did what they did, but the article speaks more to what CNN did in suspending him and not the others. There was just as big an outcry for them to fire Dana Loesch, not so much for Erick Erickson but the comments were similarly offensive and Martin was treated differently from his white colleagues.

By: boheb

boheb — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:31:36 +0000

I don’t get it. I thought we had freedom of speech in this country, like calling a Queer a fag,a lesbo,penis-sucker and my favorite(thanks to Anderson Cooper} tea-bagger.

By: Juan

Juan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:02:13 +0000

Its not cuz hes black, its cuz he made fun of gays or homosexuality. I dont consider it offensive but GLAAD will attack anyone who potentially makes a statement that may be considered offensive to gays.

The point is there is no such thing as freedom of speech in this age of political correctness and the gay community will gladly use this double standard to tear anyone they perceive as a threat to their unnatural lifestyle.