Comments on: Michelle Rodriguez shows displeasure in learning about her European roots.

By: mikael

mikael — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:28:32 +0000

hilarious…her whole career is because of her european features…such a racist reaction…what a racist article this is…we blacks need to rise above…i would love to breed michelle rodriguez….yeh

By: Granda

Granda — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:47:11 +0000

Racism brings us all down. If Michelle is praised or showing her disgust at being white, then why not have the KKK rally around their genetic purity?

Their is plenty of slavery and genocide perpetrated by blacks around the world (anyone remember Rwanda?) So let’s not blame a whole race for the actions of some.

By: Donald

Donald — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:25:03 +0000

I saw the episode with Henry Louis Gates and Michelle Rodriguez. I think Michelle’s reaction to her European lineage was due to the identity she was allowed to assume regarding her own personal history. I doubt seriously that her experiences in America permitted her to see herself as “white”. Had she grown up exclusively in Brazilian or some other latin American cultures (Puerto Rican and Dominican included) she may have learned to identify as white. We all know what the term mulatto means, yet its use only now seems to be reemerging in daily American conversation since slavery — from what I can tell. I attribute much of this to the influences of Hispanic cultures who use this term quite regularly. Frankly I sometimes think they overuse the term by categorizing every lighter skinned African-American as a mulatto. Traditionally there’s been a lot of stigma attached to dark skin in Hispanic cultures. Curiously I’ve encountered people from these cultures who seemingly did not realize that these attitudes would be offensive to a dark-skinned person like myself. They seemed to expect me to share their views. I’ve known lots of dark-skinned, obviously African descended people – from my mother’s generation, at least — who claimed to be Cuban or Puerto Rican or Dominican or what have you but not black — as if being black and Hispanic are somehow mutually exclusive. That has lessened a lot in later generations. Two of the people profiled with Henry Louis Gates learned of abundant endogamy in their bloodlines which I found fascinating. All of these behaviours point to the influence of deep racism in those societies.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:56:19 +0000

seriously? we are going to still have this hate in 2012? the longer we talk this trash the longer Race will be and issue.

By: sankofa

sankofa — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 02:01:54 +0000

Whatever asshole. You, I, he can tpe all day and night, but truth is consistent despite opinions. My truth is that if some cat roll up on me and says shit like this:

“@sankofa
You display your ignorance and any notion of common sense like a bold moron. You only praise Michelle because she claims to reject European culture. This is the same Michelle who just recently insulted black actors as being trashy and low. I have seen a few interviews on television Michelle has given, and yes, she appears to be unstable. By your own statement you are probably one of those back to Africa type Negros who pretends to be all pro-black and yet raises more hell in the black community with drugs, crime and multiple baby mamas… ”

I would personally fuck him over, no ifs or buts. But then we are on the internet so we can say all we want right tdp?

By: tdp

tdp — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:41:55 +0000

it seems you, sankofa,is being the keyboard gangsta here. Look at the insults you give towards Realman. Pathetic.

By: sankofa

sankofa — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:21:39 +0000

Unrealman, keep being a keyboard gangsta, ’cause that’s all a bitch like you can be. Calling me out and acting bad is nice on this forum but I personally would love to have you say shit like that to my face. But that’s why ass holes like you get up on forums like this and defecate all over these posts.

Any way later for you… since I can’t touch you no use wasting my time.

By: Realman

Realman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:08:05 +0000

Hah! Hah! You Negros are nothing but pathetic jokes! You all are so willing to defend others, especially non-black people, when they obviously insult, degrade and humiliate black people right in their face. I’m sure you all are the same backward thinking morons who try to justify the difference between the words nigga and nigger with some stupid nonsense talk.

As far as Michelle Rodriguez is concerned my facts are straight. After she made the comment and realized her mistake she back peddled. Just like many GOP presidential candidates did several weeks ago when making racist remarks about black people.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:01:02 +0000

@Realman if you are going to call someone out, you should get your facts straight.

You: This is the same Michelle who just recently insulted black actors as being trashy and low.

Fact is, she said the same thing many Black people say, that in order for Black actors to win an Oscar they have to take trashy roles or play trashy roles. At least that is how I interpreted her comments.

By: Realman

Realman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:49:02 +0000

@sankofa
You display your ignorance and any notion of common sense like a bold moron. You only praise Michelle because she claims to reject European culture. This is the same Michelle who just recently insulted black actors as being trashy and low. I have seen a few interviews on television Michelle has given, and yes, she appears to be unstable. By your own statement you are probably one of those back to Africa type Negros who pretends to be all pro-black and yet raises more hell in the black community with drugs, crime and multiple baby mamas…