Are jokes about someone's skin tone racist?

[robertmidwest]

No it is not.

https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/28/media/bill-oreilly-maxine-waters/

Bill O’Reilly reacts to clip of Rep. Maxine Waters with racist joke about her hair

“I didn’t hear a word she said. I was looking at the James Brown wig.”

thinkprogress.org

Maxine Waters Had the PERFECT Response to Bill O’Reilly’s Racist ‘Joke’ About Her Hair

"I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O’Reilly — or anybody."

www.allure.com

Fox news correspondent Bill O’Reilly is in hot water, once again, for a series of sexist, racist comments he made on-air about Maxine Waters, a democratic U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd congressional district, the Huffington Post reports.
During a recent segment of the right-wing news show Fox & Friends, the network aired a clip of Waters speaking out against Donald Trump’s supporters and their often bigoted, discriminatory practices. Instead of commenting on the content of the clip, O’Reilly thought it would be, somehow, humorous (??) to attack Waters’ appearance, saying, “I didn’t hear a word she said. I was looking at the James Brown wig. Do we have a picture of James Brown? It’s the same wig.”

We just hope Maxine Waters responds to Bill O'Reilly's racist trolling because she'll tear him apart

Bill O'Reilly ignored Maxine Waters' political speech and instead made a racist comment about her hair.

www.sheknows.com

Don’t Believe People Are Still Racist in 2017? Exhibit A: Bill O’Reilly

Bill O'Reilly Slammed for Racist and Sexist Comment Crudely Comparing Rep. Maxine Waters's Hair to a 'James Brown Wig'!

Bill O’Reilly Slammed for Racist and Sexist Comment Crudely Comparing Rep. Maxine Waters’s Hair to a ‘James Brown Wig’

Why so many headlines calling his comments racist in the media then?

I would say by these standards, then calling Trump Cheeto for his hairstyle would be racist too.

 

[Pup7]

It’s Scot (said the German-Scot), as far as I know as Scotch is a drink, and I believe he’s actually called that because of a fairly bad fake tan he showed up with once.

 

[redbetta]

Because Maxine has the right politics, so there will always be sheep coming to her rescue.

Honestly, I do not know what you are trying to accomplish with this thread. I get it: leftists are hypocrites, but discussing it on CAF will only result in a locked thread and possibly get you suspended. I suggest you take this to a political forum.

 

[Pup7]

Where? It’s totally racist , sorry. Ever been subject to racism because of your skin colour or ethnicity.

It’s more then that though, it’s not Christian. It’s breaking Commandments of love your neighbour and not offending others

I really don’t think that’s racist - and her hair is indeed atrocious. Terrible hairstyle for her and it does resemble something from about 1982. Ages her (and she’s one of my least favorite people, but that 'do does her no favors).

 

[Pup7]

Why so many headlines calling his comments racist in the media then?

Because Bill O’Reilly is persona non gratia in the liberal press.

 

[robertmidwest]

Where?

We had a poster who was absolutely convinced that it was racist. I would agree that it is ill-mannered, but on a relatively low level, like calling Chuck Schumer a clown, Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas or Hillary Clinton “crooked Hillary”. Perhaps not nice, but such is politics.

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