Comments on: Wayne Brady, Bill Maher Black Man, Black Man Jokes?

By: Butch

Butch — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:55:15 +0000

While I did not see the particular show in which Bill Maher commented on Wayne Brady and President Obama, I couldn’t agree more that Obama needs to embrace his “Blackness” a little tighter. Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy and I voted for him not because he’s black, but because he was the best man for the job. The fact that he was black was an extra special super duper bonus! To help better understand what Bill Maher was saying about both of them…I suggest looking no further than the comments of The Ultimate N—a, Samuel Jackson in an article from the March 2012 issue of Ebony Magazine:

“When it comes down to it, they wouldn’t have elected a [bleep]. Because, what’s a [bleep]? A [bleep] is scary. Obama ain’t scary at all. [Bleeps] don’t have beers at the White House. [Bleeps] don’t let some white dude, while you in the middle of a speech, call [him] a liar. A [bleep] would have stopped the meeting right there and said, ‘Who the [bleep] said that?’ I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, ’cuz he ain’t gotta worry about getting re-elected.”

By: bk

bk — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:33:40 +0000

I was offended by maher’s comments and my skins white. My first thought was “why’s a black guy gotta be gangsta”. Which seems to be the common response. I’m from a mixed family in the south and very aware of the inequalities still present today. All that being said….Bill Maher isn’t the enemy(if you know what I mean) so I hope this is squashed soon. We’ve got to pull together for this next election.

By: Jeromy

Jeromy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:44:07 +0000

Oops double post…thats what i get for trying to type on a phone

By: Jeromy

Jeromy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:40:30 +0000

People misnterpret Bill Maher too much. If you would just listen to him it’s obvious he doesn’t Peoples all black people are thugs. I think a big issue people have is that Maher has always mixed in his crude, insensitive humor(which should by all means not be taken seriously or at face go especially in this case because he generally knows people who actually pay attention to what he says realize that he isn’t trying to reinforce stereotypes or anything like that, but point out the absurdity of them.), with serious political commentary. Those two things don’t always go together very well because I think it confuses people into taking his comedy too seriously and misinterpreting it. People need to take what he says with a grain of salt because he is first and foremost a comedian, and also take the time to find out where he stands on an issue and putting that into perspective with what he says instead of becoming offended so quickly.

By: Jeromy

Jeromy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:37:11 +0000

By: respect

respect — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:50:44 +0000

I competely understand why Mr. Brady reacted in that manner because,mahner needs think before he says fictional bull shit. He needs to stop asuming that all black people carry guns. Heck, stop using blacks as an escape goat for humor and negative stereotypes. Things need to change

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:27:04 +0000

Wow, the comments from Alyssa and Black32 are stunning. If you listen to Maher’s comments, it’s less about Wayne Brady and more about blacks in general. When he said that ‘the president needs to act like a real black person and pull up his shirt, expose a gun and ask do we have a problem?’, he’s suggesting that a true black person walks around and acts like a thug. Maher can’t question any black person’s blackness. What makes us black is the color of our skin, not the way we act. Not the way we dress. Not the way we speak. Not the way we think. Wayne Brady may be well liked and accepted by whites, but isn’t that the Dream that Dr. King had? All through the struggle for civil rights, our people fought for equal rights and to be accepted in society. Wayne Brady has achieved that. Instead of celebrating that fact, he and brothers like him is looked at as being sellouts, soft or playing up to the white man. Instead of showing disapproval with Wayne Brady’s response, show outrage at the stereotype Bill Maher has perpetuated. You are so willing to give a pass to Maher, because he supports Obama, than the black man who was called out.

By: Black32

Black32 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:01:18 +0000

Wayne Brady and whoever wrote this tripe above need to stop whining. Bill Maher merely stated that Obama needs to be more aggressive in dealing with BP/GOP, instead of being a likeable black man like Wayne Brady’s persona on TV. This wasn’t a slam at a “black person’s manhood.” As a black man myself, I find Bill Maher’s comments funny and truthful, given the TV roles Brady has taken on.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:37:17 +0000

This is a sad commentary. It is sad in that it supports the fake outrage of Brady whom was also ridiculed by Dave Chappel and took it in stride joining the show. The double standards of people of color are pathetic. Said from a woman of color. We can’t get anywhere if we are not secure enough to be rational.