Kevin Hart Tussles With CNN's Don Lemon Over ‘Redskins’ Controversy: Don't Compare It to the N-Word
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Kevin Hart Tussles With CNN's Don Lemon Over ‘Redskins’ Controversy: Don't Compare It to the N-Word (Audio)
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James Crugnale 10 hours ago
CNN's Don Lemon and Kevin Hart, had a spirited back-and-forth on Thursday's “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” over the Washington Redskins name controversy.
“Well, I ain't never call no one no Redskin. I've never been mad like ‘get out of this restaurant, you Redskin.” Hart, who's starring in new release “Think Like a Man Too,” said.
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“We've been called the n-word,” Joyner said.” Who has ever been called a Redskin other than the team? Is it fair to compare being called the N-word?”
“I'm not comparing the N-word,” Lemon said.
They two traded semantics over the terms of their debate, then got into the heavy stuff.
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“It's not in the same bar,” Hart said. “We don't know how (Native Americans) feel personally because we're not them, but this has existed for twenty years.”
“You mean Redskins?” Lemon said. “Yeah, they've been using it since the 1930s.”
“Now — to say it's a problem, it's a team name,” Hart said. “Nobody uses that word in a way to where it's insulting, it's celebrated, you have fans who celebrate the Washington Redskins, they rejoice, whether it's win or lose, we love the Redskins.”
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“What if they were called the Washington Blackfaces, Washington N-words?” Lemon asked.
“You can't say it's the same,” Hart said. “It's not the same, Don.”
Lemon said he was only talking about the origin of the word over time.
Listen to the exchange:
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Don Lemon makes me sick
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Who's been called a redskin?
Correct question is who is there left to be called a redskin?
Seeing as how they suffered from a near total genocide
“I've been called the N word but never a redskin"
? shut up!! That's a ? comment -
Kevin Hart just promote your movies. This is why you admitted you shouldn't talk about certain ?
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“Now — to say it's a problem, it's a team name,” Hart said. “Nobody uses that word in a way to where it's insulting, it's celebrated, you have fans who celebrate the Washington Redskins, they rejoice, whether it's win or lose, we love the Redskins.”
The more he talks the less I like him -
The native americans are really the only people that should get to speak on this...if collectively they feel some typa way then let them fight it out like they've been doing.
The name doesn't mean anything to me personally -
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Why are they discussing the name of a football team? -
How can you tell a native American what not be offended by?
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Agree with this, why did they get hart to participate in this anyway.?atribecalledgabi wrote: »The native americans are really the only people that should get to speak on this...if collectively they feel some typa way then let them fight it out like they've been doing.
The name doesn't mean anything to me personally
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The dude that came up with the name was a known big time racist.
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Yep my moms watches the view and I saw him and some of the cast from the movie on theirpissedoffnobody wrote: »Undergroundraplegend wrote: »
Agree with this, why did they get hart to participate in this anyway.?atribecalledgabi wrote: »The native americans are really the only people that should get to speak on this...if collectively they feel some typa way then let them fight it out like they've been doing.
The name doesn't mean anything to me personally
He's promoting his movie so he's taking any promotional bookings offered. He was on WWE Raw for ? sake, he'd have turned up to your kids birthday party if it had been this week and you agreed to buy a ticket to go see it.
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kevin is a ? its not about comparisons. im pretty sure there are some GED having ass ? that agree.. like yeah he has a point
? wouldnt be to eager to hear what others feel we as Negros should feel about certain things.. stay in ya lane
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Kevin Hart has a point, "redskin" isn't in the same league as ?
But he was way off by saying it's not offensive. Natives have been trying to get "redskin" removed for years now, from what I understand they also want to get rid of the Florida St. "Seminoles" name too. -
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It doesnt have to be in the same league..
its not in a league.. Redskin is in the NFL though -
I'm a Skins fan and due to the tradition and history associated with the name, I'm biased and have a visceral reaction of wanting to keep it. However, I completely understand why people want to change it and it would be refreshing if they did since it's the correct thing to do. It's undeniably offensive and problematic for a business entity to have a racial slur attached to it.
Kevin Hart (and anyone that isn't Native American) shouldn't speak for Native Americans, and proclaim it isn't offensive or tell them how they should feel about it.
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Blackskins or Darkskins is what should be compared.Neither would fly today.
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Us commenting on this is like white people commenting on the use of ? . We're not qualified to speak on another race's feelings. If we are, then when they go on TV and say who can, and can't say ? , we can't say ? . Can't have it both ways.
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What I would find offensive if I were Native American is how all those white muhfuckas wearing "war paint" and headdresses
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All the people that are running around asking "Why is this a problem now?" are idiots. Natives didn't just start complaining about this. They've been doing it. People just started listening.
And I wouldn't say the term "Redskin" is comparable to "? ," but that doesn't change the fact that it is offensive to a lot of Natives. ? isn't comparable to the N-word either, but ya'll know damn well there would be hell to pay if that became the mascot of a new team. -
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How can you tell a native American what not be offended by?
Same way white people tell black folks it's no big deal when they say ? -
any black person defending the name is a ? bootlicking ? .
especially any ? talking about tradition of a football team. like ? , grow the ? up. -
ThirdEyeFive wrote: »any black person defending the name is a ? bootlicking ? .
especially any ? talking about tradition of a football team. like ? , grow the ? up.
And a hypocrite. How the ? can you cosign white people doing the same ? to another group that they do to us. It's crazy how people think.
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That ? is hella disrespectful though
That's like having a team called the black skins w/ a slave or just a regular black man as the logo
or how about the yellowskins w/ a buck toothed Asian with a bowl cut as the logo
Native Americans are the one race who has the right to have a chip on their shoulder as much if not more than blacks
I'll admit I'm kinda insensitive because I'm not Native American and Redskins just flows as a team name because we're conditioned to think of it as normal,It's not
And just like "? " you got these ppl telling Native Americans what they should find offensive and saying ? them and their feelings. -
What I would find offensive if I were Native American is how all those white muhfuckas wearing "war paint" and headdresses
At first I didnt get it
But after seeing these goofy ass white ppl. It all makes sense now smmfh
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