Good point. I think that African Americans have become apathetic when it comes to racial issues and racist remarks. Let's face it there are so many assholes like Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin that it makes comments like John Mayer's almost seem tame.
On a side note, please don't interpret what I wrote as being apologetic for John Mayer or any other white person because that would be wrong. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:52 AM, shadaneca harbour <skm...@msn.com> wrote: > > > As an AA female the thing that has bothered me most is the attitude that > some of us have had about his comments. I was reading some replies to the > article posted on Yahoo and I can't tell you how many replies I read that > started with "well I'm a Black female and I'm not offended," and "it's okay > I'm Black and I don't think he's racist." People date who they want but > likening his penis to a 'white supremiscist', and using the term 'n***** > pass' (in lieu of 'hood pass' goes over the line in a way some Blacks have > forgotten about. I don't even have time to go over what he said about > Washington, too much history there. None of us need to defend him...he > has enough of his own people to give him absolution. Off my soapbox now... > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:21:04 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, > Sexist Comments > > > I think John Mayer came up with the impression that he had a hood pass > because no body jumped him when he goes to buy weed. He does look like any > other slacker white dude that's probably broke. > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 6:43 AM, B Smith <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > It was a really odd exchange since the interviewer was white. I guess > because John Mayer worked with Dave Chapelle, Kanye West and others there > was some sort of perception of honorary blackness. And I had no idea he was > considered to be sexy by some black women. That was a new one to me. > > Chris Martin from Coldplay and Adam Levine from Maroon 5 also worked with > Kanye I never heard about their "hood pass." The funny thing is I've heard > more black folks comment about Maroon 5's r&b influenced sound than John > Mayer. > > The most problematic thing to me is that this was a totally honest self > inflicted wound. The person that should be furious is Kerry Washington. WTF > does break your heart like a white girl mean? Good thing his David Duke **** > kept him from loving a black woman. If he thinks Jessica Simpson is like > sexual naplam and a crack addiction...lol. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> > wrote: > > > > yeah, I was curious about the nature of the interview at any rate. What > would make one ask a question such as "Hood pass" in the first place of a > white dude? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@...> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:51:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Waay OT: Singer Mayer Apologies for Racist, > Sexist Comments > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What this leaked interview demonstrates mostly is the dire straights > PLAYBOY magazine is in. The magazine, which used to come out twelve months a > year now issues a slight January/February issue with two centerfolds (Miss > January and Miss February and their fact sheets)in the middle. A magazine > that was once fat with ads will soon be so thin it will be a pamphlet. Crypt > Keeper-esque Hugh Hefner sleeping (literally) with 20 year-old girls is more > creepy than titillating and the magazine, which used to be a cash cow, is > now hemorrhaging money. > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@> > wrote: > > > > > > Wow, if "retarded" was offensive, I I wonder if Palin will call for his > head? Funnier than the comments (which aren't funny) is how the idiot's > trying to backtrack and apologize. Explain to me again how using the term > "nig**a pass" is explaining the evils of racism? Or why a guy who says his > member is racist then talks about how he wants to get with Holly Robinson > and Kerry Washington? > > > > > > I tell you: people do themselves in more often just by talking too damn > much. Warning: this is offensive--and bizarre. > > > > > > ********************************************* > > > http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631667/20100210/mayer_john.jhtml > > > > > > John Mayer has never been one to hold his tongue, whether freely > tweeting his innermost thoughts or confessing his insecurities in the middle > of a concert. > > > > > > But his latest foray into the familiar territory of > speaking-his-mind-no-matter-the-consequences comes in a new interview, which > has already unleashed a strong backlash online. During the lengthy chat, the > 32-year-old rock star spoke brazenly about his relationships with Jennifer > Aniston and Jessica Simpson (calling the latter "sexual napalm"), his sloppy > kiss with Perez Hilton and his lack of sexual attraction to black women. > > > > > > "I don't think I open myself to it," Mayer said of dating black women. > "My d--- is sort of like a white supremacist. I've got a Benetton heart and > a f-----' David Duke c---. I'm going to start dating separately from my > d---." > > > > > > Such comments have already lit up the Internet with cries of racism. > Yet Mayer also spoke about "why black people love me." > > > > > > "Someone asked me the other day, 'What does it feel like now to have a > 'hood pass?' " he told Playboy. "And by the way, it's sort of a > contradiction in terms, because if you really had a 'hood pass, you could > call it a n---a pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a 'hood > pass if you really have a 'hood pass? But I said, 'I can't really have a > 'hood pass.' I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been > told, 'We're full.' " > > > > > > Mayer also delved into detail about his two most high-profile romances. > When it came to dating Simpson, Mayer said he didn't think very much about > the intrusion the paparazzi would make on his existence. > > > > > > "It wasn't as direct as me saying 'I now make the choice to bring the > paparazzi into my life,' " he explained. "I really said, 'I now make the > choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.' That was stronger than my desire to > stay out of the paparazzi's eye. That girl, for me, is a drug. And drugs > aren't good for you if you do lots of them. Yeah, that girl is like crack > cocaine to me. ... Sexually it was crazy. That's all I'll say. It was like > napalm, sexual napalm." > > > > > > During the interview, Mayer also spoke about his ongoing feud with > Perez Hilton and how they once kissed at a club. "I remember seeing Perez > Hilton flitting about this club and acting as though he had just invented > homosexuality," he said. "All of a sudden I thought, I can out-gay this guy > right now. I grabbed him and gave him the dirtiest, tongue-iest kiss I have > ever put on anybody â€" almost as if I hated f--s." > > > > > > Perez has already hit back against Mayer, but so far the usually > Twitter-happy singer has not addressed any element of the Playboy interview. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
