Did Halle Berry Make an Anti-Semitic Comment?
This from the website News Bloggers. I had not heard Berry’s comments nor see that particular Tonight Show.
This political correctness bullshit is getting out of hand.
Sphere: Related ContentOkay, let’s get controversial. Halle Berry was on The Tonight Show and while she was showing Jay Leno a picture of her face distorted to make it appear that she had a large nose, she said, “This is like my Jewish cousin.”Racism alert! Racism alert! Or in this case, anti-semitism! Whose worse Halle Berry or Ann Coulter? Does Halle have to go to the same rehab clinic as Mel Gibson and Michael Richards?
I happen to think that context matters a tremendous amount in these type of statements. I gave Don Imus a lot more of a break because he does a show that involves humor. I give the Fox News Channel guys a lot less of a break because they say these type of things as serious commentary on social events.
Comedians get almost complete license to make jokes that involve stereotypes in my mind. Michael Richards went over this line because he was so over the top and wasn’t really kidding when he heckled the black audience member during his now infamous rant at the Laugh Factory in LA. If Ann Coulter finally admitted she is a comedian and has been putting on gullible conservatives for the last ten years, then I would give her a free pass on all of her comments.
We joke about race on our show all the time. I make jokes about Muslims blowing things up with impunity. But I also joke about other races. It’s all in the family because we know that all these stereotypes are gross over-generalizations and typically nonsense. But it would be different if you were actually perpetuating the stereotype rather than mocking it.Where does Halle Berry fall into that spectrum? I think pretty far toward the joking end. So, I pardon her. Am I not merciful?
In the video below, a black, a Jew, a Turk and an Armenian (… walk into a bar, sounds like the beginning of a racial joke, right? but they actually all walked into our studio … well, actually because they work there) all discuss whether Halle Berry’s comments were acceptable or unacceptable:
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October 29th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
I agree….I’m of scottish descent and Scots are notorious for being cheap…I joke about it all the time.
October 29th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
People joke about ethnic crap all the time.
I think some people pretend to be outraged because they know it will draw attention.
Halle is not the least bit racist, CRAZY yes, racist no.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Given that Berry accepted her Oscar on behalf of her race, not her personal achievement, yeah I am inclined to be harder on her when she makes a racial comment. As a supposed victim carrying on harsh stereotypes would seem a bit out of touch unless she’s a serious racist.
No, in the end this really isn’t a big deal because she’s a vapid idiot.
October 30th, 2007 at 10:33 am
AND Halle (the beautiful but seriously mentally messed up) was kidding about HERSELF! Self-put-downs should get a pass from everyone, even if they are poking fun at others too. Just my opinion, but we all have the right to make fun of ourselves. At least, we do so far. If the PC police had their way, we’d all go around smiling, doing yoga, and high all the time. That may appeal to some, but it would bore the living crud out of many of my favorite people ….
October 30th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Yes, Hallie is not too bright it would be hard to be offended by anything she had to say.