Jamie foxx says "black people are the most talented people in the world".

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-12-2013, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

It is racist, and if you are going to call me a racist for saying that it is racist well then I guess I am racist too. I liked him in Django Unchained but I have lost respect for him for saying this.

There will never be equality as long as people that feel they are discriminated against keep on pointing out the fact that they are different. I'm sick of hearing about it. Whether they are black, gay, female or whatever.

Jamie Foxx wins an award, good for him. That award is his, it does not belong to the black race. You see it all the time especially on TV, whenever somebody does something they always have to point out how its some greater victory for the group they 'represent'. There was an Asian guy on American Idol last year I think and he kept banging on about what an achievement it would be for an Asian to win. Why? If you can or can't sing that has nothing to do with your race, you're just a shit singer. You see it all the time, it's cringeworthy.

Neapolitan · 02-12-2013, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

There was an Asian guy on American Idol last year I think and he kept banging on about what an achievement it would be for an Asian to win. Why? If you can or can't sing that has nothing to do with your race, you're just a shit singer. You see it all the time, it's cringeworthy.

yeah I think I know who you are talking about - William Hung!

Justthefacts · 02-12-2013, 08:36 PM

He's stating an opinion. I happen to think white people are better musicians than black people, but am I racist? No. I love black people. I'm just stating an opinion. I don't think Jamie Foxx meant to sound racist, he's obviously not. Sensitive people.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-12-2013, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Slow Groove

He's stating an opinion. I happen to think white people are better musicians than black people, but am I racist? No. I love black people. I'm just stating an opinion. I don't think Jamie Foxx meant to sound racist, he's obviously not. Sensitive people.

Debatable.

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Definition of racism
noun
[mass noun]
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races:

Depends if you mean you just prefer white music, or that you just happen to mainly listen to white musicians and that is why you think they make better music. That's not racist.

"Black people are the most talented people in the world" hints at supremacy in my opinion, that's racism no?

Black Francis · 02-12-2013, 09:44 PM

i would say for the most part he's right, Negroes ARE very talented
they dominate almost every sport they play, they are brilliant musicians From Blues, Rock, hip hop..

Actors?

Not that much, every lead actor is either will smith or denzel..
Jamie foxx is a good actor not a GREAT one, but even back when he started as a comedian he's always been arrogant now with Django and all, this is to be expected.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-12-2013, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

i would say for the most part he's right, Negroes ARE very talented
they dominate almost every sport they play, they are brilliant musicians From Blues, Rock, hip hop..

Actors?

Not that much, every lead actor is either will smith or denzel..
Jamie foxx is a good actor not a GREAT one, but even back when he started as a comedian he's always been arrogant now with Django and all, this is to be expected.

But of the top 20 football players in the world now, only Yaya Toure and maybe Dani Alves I would say are among the best. MMA has been mostly whites and latinos I believe. Snooker is dominated by whites, darts the same. Cricket dominated by whites and south Asians... it is more cultural than simply being black.

Also it is not that black people are better at sport; plenty of blacks are shit at sport, Africa is a very genetically diverse place. It is more to do with the black people who excel at sport descending from specific tribes in Africa. I read once all the top 10 times for the 100m are held by athletes who can trace their ancestry back to the same small tribe in West Africa. It's that tribe that the Jamaican and African American sprinters descend from.

It's the same with Kenyans and long distance running; it's not that the whole of Kenya are good, it's one specific, very small tribe that all the good, East African runners descend from.

EDIT - Found it BBC News - Is it wrong to note 100m winners are always black?

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Kenya has won an astonishing 63 medals at the Olympic Games in races of 800m and above, 21 of them gold, since 1968. Little wonder that one commentator once described distance running as "a Kenyan monopoly".

But it turns out that it is not Kenya as a whole that usually wins these medals, but individuals from a tiny region in the Rift Valley called Nandi. As one writer put it: "Most of Kenya's runners call Nandi home."

Seen in this context, the notion that black people are naturally superior distance runners seems bizarre. Far from being a "black" phenomenon, or even a Kenyan phenomenon, distance running is actually a Nandi phenomenon.

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The same analysis applies to the sprints, where success is focused on Jamaicans and African-Americans. Africa, as a continent, has almost no success at all. Not even West Africans win much.

The combined forces of Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Niger, Benin, Mali, the Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Senegal, Congo and Angola have not won a single sprinting medal at the Olympics or World Championships.

The fallacy, then, is simple. Just because some black people are good at something does not imply that black people in general will be good at it.

Black Francis · 02-12-2013, 10:11 PM

Im puertorican..

baseball & boxing is our thing

idk much about genetics, but i think black ppl have better genes passed down from their slave or like you said, tribe ancestors..

Naturally they tend to have a stronger body so their more adept to physical things..

just a stupid theory of mine

PoorOldPo · 02-13-2013, 06:27 AM

Wait...Are you guys for real? I mean everyone on this page bar the first two posts on it. Things aren't ****ing black and white guys. Social circumstances and obligations usually dictate where people levitate artistically, socially and musically, not racial talent. Some of the stuff I read here is really worrying.

hip hop bunny hop · 02-13-2013, 09:15 AM

Well, the obvious point to make is if you get hung up about whether or not a statement is "racist", you're gay.

Secondly, Blasting, the **** are you dong reading "radar online"?

Key · 02-13-2013, 09:21 AM

Wasn't his statement just a joke to begin with?

02-13-2013, 06:27 AM	#48 (permalink)
PoorOldPo Blue Pill Oww Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Luimneach, Eire Posts: 1,107	Wait...Are you guys for real? I mean everyone on this page bar the first two posts on it. Things aren't ****ing black and white guys. Social circumstances and obligations usually dictate where people levitate artistically, socially and musically, not racial talent. Some of the stuff I read here is really worrying. __________________ https://www.instagram.com/hennas.lullaby/

02-13-2013, 09:15 AM	#49 (permalink)
hip hop bunny hop Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,381	Well, the obvious point to make is if you get hung up about whether or not a statement is "racist", you're gay. Secondly, Blasting, the **** are you dong reading "radar online"? __________________ Have mercy on the poor.

02-12-2013, 09:44 PM	#45 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	i would say for the most part he's right, Negroes ARE very talented they dominate almost every sport they play, they are brilliant musicians From Blues, Rock, hip hop.. Actors? Not that much, every lead actor is either will smith or denzel.. Jamie foxx is a good actor not a GREAT one, but even back when he started as a comedian he's always been arrogant now with Django and all, this is to be expected.

02-12-2013, 10:11 PM	#47 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Im puertorican.. baseball & boxing is our thing idk much about genetics, but i think black ppl have better genes passed down from their slave or like you said, tribe ancestors.. Naturally they tend to have a stronger body so their more adept to physical things.. just a stupid theory of mine

02-13-2013, 09:21 AM	#50 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Wasn't his statement just a joke to begin with?