Sharpton: Griffin Dropped for Dropping N-Bomb

Eddie Griffin thought he'd shock the swells at a big Black Enterprise event over the weekend by littering his act with N-words, but the comic was the one who got the real jolt when the mag's owner gonged his routine, and tossed him off the stage!
Al Sharpton, Eddie Griffin
Rev. Al Sharpton tells TMZ that Griffin took the stage as the headliner and did his best Michael Richards impression, blistering the mostly African-American crowd with a barrage of N-bombs, and wailing, "Why are some black leaders telling us to stop using the N word?"


Griffin's mike was promptly cut, and Black Enterprise owner/publisher Earl Graves stomped on stage and proclaimed, "We ... will not allow our culture to go backwards ... We will pay Mr. Griffin all that we owe him but we will not allow him to finish the show if that's the way he's going to talk." Oh, snap!

The crowd gave Graves a standing ovation -- and Rev. Al, speaking the next day at the event, gave Graves props for his axing of Griffin. A rep for Griffin had no comment.


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46. To: I will bring all brothers together:

Wow! What a role model you are for black, white, heck, any color. Have any teenagers or young kids you can inflict your values on? I hope not. Get drunk and have sex with someone you just met? Keep saving the world, honey, one immoral, ignorant, animal act at a time!!!! I think I'll keep my white monogamous husband - you can have my share!!!

Posted at 7:48PM on Sep 4th 2007 by callalily

47. Dear poster #5,

This is not a free-speech issue. This was an event that was held by an organization that has some standards, and if the powers that be found his "act" inappropriate, they had every right to give him the hook. It's not as though he was preaching on the steps of the capital building.

Posted at 7:52PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Michael

48. Hello....

Posted at 7:57PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Nelson D Nubian

49. Did they take the time and preview Eddies Griffins standup? He been doing it for at least 15-17 yrs or for more. Now with that said how could you NOT know He was going to use the N-bomb. I THINK THEY USED HIM.
Do you think you going to stop something like this by CENSORSHIP?? NOT!!! If Black Enterprise feels that A word is holding us back so be it they dont have to support artist that use the N-bomb.
Unfourtunenate that BE dosent share the same views as the rest of the blacks of the community.
To invite someone that uses the N-bomb frequently, been his staple for his career. Just seem questionable... they could have invited Paul Mooney He publicly denounced it the N-bomb ...and he used it so much...he once said "I say nI*** 100 times a day , to keep my teeth white"!

Posted at 11:36PM on Sep 6th 2007 by Cryme Boss

50. I was VERY disppointed to see some of these posts. I really thought we as Americans had come a LOT farther than this.

Let me explain to you the importance of "BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE"-to encourage people to BE entrepeneurial and not"depend on welfare".

BET was started at a time when there WEREN'T very many blacks on TV and now you will find Latino co-hosts, white producers and singers, Asian rappers and many other non-blacks.

NAACP isn't for BLACKS it's for minorities to make sure that someone speaks out on the issues.

AL SHARPTON is criticized for "defendiing blacks just because they are black" AND is criticized for NOT DEFENDING MICHAEL VICK?! What should he say? MICHEAL VICK COMMITTED A VILE CRIME BUT HE'S BLACK SO LET HIM GO?! Vick wasn't worthy of defending.

The fact that so many people talk about what "blacks" do is EXACTLY why those organizations(& Al Sharpton) must exist because people don't understand that Blacks come from different social, econmic, educational, and even ethnic backgrounds. We don't all think the same way or do the same things.

I find it interesting that "85% of black people" are "trained" to ask for handouts-since there are 30 million blacks(in a nation of 300 million people)-for you to have personally spoken to "85%" you would have to have interviewed

Posted at 9:25PM on Sep 4th 2007 by UNITED BY HUMANITY

51. Frank, The NAACP, BET &The Congressional Black Caucus aren’t out to destroy white people, they are trying to help black people in a world filled with white and many times racist people. You’re worried about them but not the KKK or the nazi's? Those organizations kill and do violence to people based on the color of their skin. They even kill their own and that’s why the Oklahoma city bombing happened. There will always be fools and there will always be people to fight against those fools.

Posted at 11:06PM on Sep 17th 2007 by MatthewG

52. I don't see anyone complaining that Jeff Foxworthy uses the word redneck, or white trash.

Posted at 8:39PM on Sep 4th 2007 by JW

53. I wish someone would pay ME not to say the N-word!

Posted at 9:32PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Russell

54. Griffin was crude and rude, and disrespectful of his own race, and anything but funny. I applaud Mr. Graves for his prompt and decisive intervention,and Rev. Sharpton was impressive with his followup the next day as well. We should all show more respect for each other, our families, and our heritage, and hold our heads high with pride and dignity, and show the world with our words and our actions what a class act we are-God Bless you, Mr. Graves-you make me proud, and I thank you.

Posted at 9:15PM on Sep 4th 2007 by a friend

55. So...we have the right to free speech unless it offends someone, anyone - except heterosexual white men

Posted at 9:53PM on Sep 4th 2007 by marshall

56. Awww... so many poor, victimized white people, in an uproar about the overwhelming racism they experience from blacks... my apologies, here, let me personally extend you all an e-hug!! All better? I have nothing against anyone, of any race, but to hear all this whining about how terrible blacks are is just too much! We don't tip, we're uneducated, we're lazy, welfare recipients, etc.

I just think it's interesting that if a white person is on welfare then there must be a legitimate reason, but a black person just don't want to work! Why is it that white people think that they are so much better than everyone else? I certainly am more intelligent and successful than the majority of white people that I deal with on a daily basis... but I don't regard them as being less of a person than me... I guess my question is, where does the superiority complex come from?

Posted at 9:56PM on Sep 4th 2007 by SHUTUP

57. Bravo...Now, where is the leadership on Black on Black Crime?

Posted at 12:32AM on Sep 9th 2007 by Moncrief

58. You COMPLAIN about the DOUBLE STANDARD regarding use of the n word

You COMPLAIN when black activists seek to ELIMINATE THE DOUBLE STANDARD

WHEN will you ADMIT to YOURSELF and everyone else that you just WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE?!

Posted at 10:04PM on Sep 4th 2007 by TRUTH-THe REAL TRUTH

59. To Nuff said:

Exactly my point... thank you for your arrogance and also your ignorance...

Posted at 10:33PM on Sep 4th 2007 by I Hate Ellis

60. I have always wondered why there is a Miss Black America and a MRS.BLack America.This is so prejudice especially when Miss America is often a black lady.So can a white girl enter the Miss Black America contest?Surely they wouldn't refuse because then it would be discriminatory. So in 2007 my daughter who is 23 years old,white blonde and blue eyes has decided to apply.This is not a joke. My 34 and my 27 year old daughters thought about it but were afraid they would be hurt by someone by entering. However my 23 year old feels that because so many black girls enter miss america that perhaps now is the time that miss black america would welcome her with open arms.She is an accounting major who has done some modeling and is very beautiful. Hopefully miss black america will not discrimanate against her. she also is sweet and works with a dog rescue group. i am sure alot has changed and the miss black america will consider this a time that has taken too long to come.

Posted at 11:38PM on Sep 4th 2007 by cindy from texas

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