Michael Richards -- Forgive and Forget?

16. what don imus said was kinda funny and i am black but it was uncalled for....... kramer is just a racist ass and everyone the is supporting trash is trash the dumpster is big enough for all of you go join him........some black men are blessed if you know what i mean and some white guys are upset .......

Posted at 2:10PM on Jan 5th 2009 by yvette

17. Never ceases to amaze me the how stupid some people are. This issue should have been buried long ago but some love to cry about how damn hard life is while bringing up things from long long ago.He called ONE guy the n word not all of you he owes ONE guy an apology the rest of you grow the hell up n move on with life. You wanna go through life with a chip on your shoulder so be it ,but don`t spew your childishness here you want change and progress then start with yourself.

Posted at 2:30PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Look at your own feet

18. I don't understand how an adult could act like that..............those
words would never come out of my mouth because they are not in my
heart. There was a mention that he apologized. Did he ever explain
why he did that? Obviously he is a real racist because I don't care
how mad you are.................if words of hate have a root in your
heart.......................sooner or later they will come out......."out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh"............I would just like to know
that he truly apologized I don't think anyone should be blacklisted
for life. His Kramer character was truly funnier than
hell...............I wish I had never seen that part of him.

Posted at 2:42PM on Jan 5th 2009 by babs2bone

19. such hypocrisy

black people can spew trash about white people and it's accepted, black guys spew vile hateful trash about women and it's accepted

michael richards was genius on seinfeld

Posted at 2:43PM on Jan 5th 2009 by hypocrisy

20. Michael Richards did nothing wrong in the first place.

All hecklers should get heckled themselves. That's all that happened.

Posted at 3:41PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Reality

21. Hey tmz, hope your forgiveness applies to Mel Gibson too. Your long standing hatred for him needs to be forgotten & forgiven. I can't wait to see if you practice what you preach.

Posted at 3:56PM on Jan 5th 2009 by What about Mel Gibson

22. First of all let me start by saying that I'm a black man who never uses the -N- word. I will also never permit another person to call me one no matter who it may be. That being said.....The part of Richardsons rant that bothers me the most is that that was the first thing that came to mind when he got angry. I'm not saying he should never have responded to the hecklers but to call anyone an -N- is unacceptable. I think your true feelings about anyone comes out when a person is angry and now we know how he really feels about blacks.

Posted at 4:15PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Karriem

23. My friend lives down teh street from Michael Richards. Nice guy but doesn't like noise. Don't know why he lives in a neighborhood where houses are relatively close to one another. They are million dollar homes but come on, people do have parties. He'll be the first to call police if he hears any kind of noise after 10pm.

Posted at 4:08PM on Jan 5th 2009 by niceguybut....

24. Here we go again,,,,

Posted at 8:47AM on Jan 6th 2009 by TT

25. Sure, he can come back; if he can bring the funny like he did when portraying "Kramer". Otherwise, yes, go back into your hole of hateful self-pity. He's so NEXT.....

Posted at 4:18PM on Jan 5th 2009 by JaneSays

26. Good point, Karriem. Of all the angry words he could have directed towards those guys, he was so ignorant and too inarticulate to come up with anything but that word. Says a lot about his brainpower (or general lack thereof). Funny but certainly not decent or acceptable!

Posted at 4:34PM on Jan 5th 2009 by JaneSays

27. When will you friggin' idiots learn?!? There is no such thing as "REVERSE RACISM". Racism is racism no matter who - black or white - is guilty of perpetrating it. "REVERSE RACISM" is the oppisite of racism, i.e. inclusion and tolerance. Morons.

And for all of the people out there saying we need to get over it, it doesn't exist anymore - Just look at 1/4 of the comments on here.

As for Michael - if that's how he is living then so be it. If you don't agree with what he said then don't support him. If we - black folks - think Vick should be allowed to get on with his life after paying for his - cough - crime then so should this dude.

And lastly, black folks do need to stop using the N word. You can't make it cool just like white folks can't make it mean ignorant. Everytime you use it, especially out in public in front of white folks; you are perpetuating their myth that we are an ignorant peoples. I for one am liked the ROOTS - tired of being confused with all that crazy monkey ish they play on BET. most of us don't and have no interest in living like that.

Jah's - I and I - love and blessings be with all of you. Peace.

Posted at 4:52PM on Jan 5th 2009 by malik

28. Lets face it, blacks want to hang with blacks and whites with whites---why we letting the govt force feed this "you gotta all live and work and play and pray and educate together"....what for? I dont like black people, they're different then me, laugh at different things, value things differenlty then I do, are attracted to things and wants that I am not...they like music and dance that is different than my own. I like things quiet, they tend to like things loud. They tend to be more violent and physical, I dont.

Why am I being forced to like black people? They dont like what I like and wouldnt like me. Who is a Government to regulate human interactions? No wonder Black people are locked up at rates that is nearly 10 tmes that of Whites----they dont like all this either and rebel.

I choose to live separate from them----I enjoy life and do what I like...isnt that why we're here?

Posted at 5:09PM on Jan 5th 2009 by I like being White

29. This "racist" incident didn't end his career. If anything it put him back into the public eye since his career was over immediately after Seinfeld.

Posted at 5:32PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Philo

30. Michael.. You have a great smile ! Keep smiling ..

Posted at 5:33PM on Jan 5th 2009 by Bob