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"Kramer's" Racist Tirade -- Caught on Tape

WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.



Richards, who played the wacky Cosmo Kramer on the hit TV show "Seinfeld," appeared onstage at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. Kyle Doss, an African-American, told TMZ he and some friends were in the cheap seats and he was playfully heckling Richards when suddenly, the comedian lost it.

The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass."

Richards continued, "You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now motherf**ker. Throw his ass out. He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! A nigger, look, there's a nigger!"

The crowd is visibly and audibly confused and upset. Richards responds by saying, "They're going to arrest me for calling a black man a nigger."

One of the men who was the object of Richard's tirade was outraged, shouting back "That's un-f***ing called for, ain't necessary."

After the three-minute tirade, it appears the majority of the audience members got up and left in disgust.

Attempts to reach Richards' reps were unsuccessful.

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7516. YOU ARE JUST GOING TO LOVE THIS ONE TOO. kABLOOEY, for the black racial whine! Let's hear it for the internet. Education in spite of PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


http://www.epado.bravehost.com/whiteslaves09.htm

Blacks and Indians came to own, and abuse, whites in Virginia in such large numbers that in 1670 the House of Burgesses (legislature) proclaimed that " . . . noe negro or Indian though baptyised and enjoyned their own ffreedome shall be capable of any purchase of christians, but yet not debarred from buying any of their own nation." [Original spelling.] "Christian" was a euphemism of the period for Caucasian. Virginia's Slave Code of 1705 provided: "That no negroes, mulattos, Indians, although christians, ore Jew, Moore, Mahometans, or other infidels, shall at any time, purchase any Christian, nor any other, except of their own complexion, or such as are declared slaves by this act.""[73]

This aspect of slave history seems to have slipped by the media and academia without being noticed.

Don't take my word for it! "READ IT FOR YOURSELF".

Educate yourself. I did, and continue to do so!!

Posted at 5:59PM on Jan 26th 2007 by aahzy

7517. There's just no end of information on this subject. I can see why black racists don't want others to know about it.

http://www.issues-views.com/index.php/sect/1006/article/1091

During this country’s period of slavery, many freed blacks worked for years to purchase the freedom of family members. But a great many freemen became slave masters themselves, and for the same reason as whites--to make use of slave labor for the sake of profits. Larry Koger writes, "By and large, Negro slaveowners were darker copies of their white counterparts." Following are excerpts from Chapter 6 of his book, Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860 [University of South Carolina Press].

Any comments?

Posted at 6:08PM on Jan 26th 2007 by aahzy

7518. DAMN. This means that my ancestors may have owned slaves, (AND TREATED THEM BADLY.). I'm devastated. OH WELL, TIME TO OWN UP TO MY HERITAGE.

I DO HEREBY HONESTLY AND SINCERELY APOLOGIZE TO ANY AND ALL DESCENDENTS OF, (WHITE OR BLACK OR OTHER INDIAN), SLAVES FOR ANY OF MY ANCESTORS, (CREEK INDIAN) WHO MAY HAVE OWNED SLAVES AND TREATED THEM BADLY! (Although in all honesty, my people were too poor and wretched at the time to own slaves. We had our own problems).

Posted at 6:45PM on Jan 26th 2007 by aahzy

7519. The clip is cut to when the fork comment came in....So what led up to it? If your white and you say anything, Literally, about race, Youre a raceist. However if you're Carlos Mencia, Chris Rock, one of the "Kings Of Comedy" or any other non causican comedian you are just funny. Where is the equality and who are the real racists?

Posted at 2:38AM on Jan 31st 2007 by Darker_Shade

7520. Personally i think he was drunk and just snapped at the fact that the black man interruptd him and the fact that he was black calling him a N****** was the quick way for him to get back

All in all he is a comical legend in my eyes and sh*t happends

Posted at 6:58PM on Jan 29th 2007 by Just Dyllon

7521. There is no such thing as equality when it comes to racism. Racism is the "black racists" "mealticket". They're not about to let their "mealticket" die out! They like their retroactive preferential treatment scam. It's too profitable.

Posted at 5:26PM on Jan 31st 2007 by MULE

7522. WOW!.... I know Black Americans Poke fun at whites on stage, but never have i heard of us (yes im a 21 yr old black male) talking about anything that whites have went threw in the past. Maybe whites attitudes to things or how whites are in bed but thats it . If there was anything for blacks to that hurt a white individuals grand father or great grandfather or grandmother ect. a black comedian would'nt touch that. Thats messed up and it didnt get on the news, but 10 kids in LONGBEACH jump two white females for calling them niggers and telling to get out there nieghborhood on holloween gets the news wuts good. History repeats it self to bad my people (Black American) dont care to pay attention to wuts about to happen.

Posted at 10:47AM on Feb 5th 2007 by Tarayl

7523. Yes,he made a huge mistake by lashing out like that.But now he's labelled forever and his long career has now vanished in about 30 seconds.Wait a few years......he'll be serving us french fries somewhere.

Posted at 2:59PM on Feb 3rd 2007 by still a seinfeld fan

7524. Maybe Michael Richards is a racist...but this video does not prove it. When you are unbelievably angry or irritated, you will look for that one thing that will hurt your antagonist the most. The men were black, so Richards reached for the N-word, which he KNEW would have the desired effect. If the hecklers were overweight, he would have launched a tirade on their fatness...if they looked "simple" , he would have called them rednecks, etc. They do not accept confessions or criminals that are made under duress. Richards did not use the N-word after one or two comments. He lost it ~ he should have been a professional and not have said it ~ but it was for effect, and it obviously achieved that effect. Whether he is a racist is another matter entirely. This video does not confirm his racism one iota. Sorry.

Posted at 9:45PM on Feb 2nd 2007 by Andrew Andrews

7525. Big deal. Black comedians use that word all of the time - big whup. Is cracker any less racist? Boring. Doesn't stir me up in the least - get over yourselves.

Posted at 5:51PM on Feb 6th 2007 by Jill Sutton

7526. Micheal Richards is a racist. For those who feel racism no longer exists please try walking around as a black person for a day and feel the stares of discomfort.

Posted at 9:22PM on Feb 3rd 2007 by Que

7527. Excuses, excuses, nothing but excuses.

Posted at 9:28PM on Feb 3rd 2007 by excuses

7528. AGAIN, Misrepresentation, distortion and outright lies are what black racists are all about. I'd like to see where it says that those white women who were viciaously attacked by about 40 black kids, said anything at all. Black racists don't care about the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. As for what black racists went through in the past, is no worse than what white,red, brown or yellow went through. And if you remember the black whine about the white man stole us from our home. They didn't, but that should give black racists an idea of how things will turn out if they carry out their threats of a race war. They are outnumbered 10 to 1. And blacks have never conquered anybody. And historically, blacks have been the big loosers in war. Those kids were just being what they were taught to be. (guess what that is). Give up the racial whine and try 'EARNING' some respect. I know a black racist can't do it, but we have to encourage them anyway. And all of this over a silly word. I guess black racists don't like being called what they act like. And, by the way, I DID see Richard Prior do almost exactly the same act. With different wording such as HONKY. Check your facts before you say anything and no one can refute you. One should hope that history does not repeat itself, lest one find oneself incarcerated just as one's ancestors were. Break the law, pay the price.

Posted at 12:54PM on Feb 5th 2007 by SKEPTICAL

7529. its always the blacks crying racism if they lose at something,get caught doing something illegal,cant get their way,or if a white stands up to them such as m.r. did when they rudely heckeled him as he was trying to entertain,and for any other reason they can come up with.i for one am tired of bet,black miss america,and just seeing a black face every time you turn on the t.v.and will not watch any commercial with a black face,nor buy the product.i know i'm not alone,the backlash is eminent,too many people afraid to speak out,but its changing,kudos to m.r.

Posted at 4:11AM on Feb 7th 2007 by lawrence

7530. 7,800 posts. Congratulations to all who contributed to this blog, making it the longest running and largest blog I've been on. We have established many truths on this blog. We've shown that: Blacks weren't the only slaves. Whites were too. Whites weren't the only slaveowners, blacks owned slaves too. Slaves weren't tortured and murdered as a rule, except mebybe by some BLACK slave owners. We have learned that whites generally did NOT go into Africa and forcibly take slaves as a rule. They BOUGHT them from the indiginous black tribes in africa at the time. We've also learned that slaves COULD gain their freedom until a BLACK slave owner got the laws changed, making blacks, slaves for life. We've learned that black slaveowners treated their white slaves so badly that a law had to be passed forbidding black slave owners to own whites. But they could still own blacks. We have learned that Lincoln freed the slaves in the south where he had NO authority, BUT did NOT free the slaves in the north where he DID have authority. There are many other things we have learned as well, but that's for another time. We have also come to the logical conclusion that, based on the things we have learned on this blog, Michael Richards is no more guilty of racism than anyone else. THE MAN JUST SIMPLY ISN'T AT FAULT!

Posted at 12:27PM on Feb 8th 2007 by jfhdsiu

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