U.S. talk show host Megyn Kelly off air after blackface comment

You can't say anything anymore in that country.

Negative attention is attention.

Just ask Kanye West.

"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

-- Wilde

Its absurd. PC is completely out of control.

She shouldnt have apologized to anyone.

She shouldnt have apologized to anyone.

And yet she chose to. Should she have been forced not to do what she chose to do?

The U.S. is falling apart with all the hurt feelings now.

Nah. She should have apologized, expressed her ignorance of the issue, invited some knowledgeable about the racist and abusive history of "blackface," and share with her viewers what she's learned. Which she's done.

I'm no Kelly fan, but she passed the bar on this.

Megyn Kelly bet against Trump and lost it all at Fox, then thought that her anti-Trump views would have the liberals love her and landed the new deal with NBC which had consistently low ratings and we also see that in the end she's still just the privileged white girl that's out of touch with the common person. NBC is probably happy this happened as they can now kill her show quickly and without much opposition.

She shouldnt have apologized to anyone.

And yet she chose to. Should she have been forced not to do what she chose to do?

Perhaps she was forced to apologize...

Political correctness gone mad. The modern 'progressive' bullies are getting just as bad as the church religious bullies of the 50's that they rightly overthrew. Those that once cried 'freedom of speech' now oppose it. The West now has new oppressive religious leaders with new 'blasphemy laws': liberal progressives.

Wow, talk about overreacting. Soon the word 'blackface' itself will be deemed offensive (may become the B-word one day who knows).

These days, when a black boxer fights a white or Latino guy commentators (often white) only identify the fighters by their trunks' colours I.e. ' Wilson wearing light-blue trunks clearly dominating Smith who's also wearing blue trunks albeit slightly darker, longer' simply cause they fear being seen as racist should they call a black dude, well, black. Smh.

Political correctness gone mad. The modern 'progressive' bullies are getting just as bad as the church religious bullies of the 50's that they rightly overthrew. Those that once cried 'freedom of speech' now oppose it. The West now has new oppressive religious leaders with new 'blasphemy laws': liberal progressives.

Between the left-wing extremists, who can't tolerate any speech whatsoever, and the right-wing extremists, who discredit the media, the US is a complete mess right now. How much longer until it implodes? Thais current trajectory is unsustainable.

Strangerland:

You are right.

The answer I believe, lies in having more love and respect for those with differing opinions. In an ideal democracy we ought to all be able to express our opinions knowing that they are respected and valued. After that, we vote. The winners should implement the winning agenda humbly, while the losers can humbly respect the wishes of the majority. Then of course they can continue to respectfully promote their views in hopes of winning the next vote.

I hope and pray that we'll all do better in this regard.

Between the left-wing extremists, who can't tolerate any speech whatsoever, and the right-wing extremists, who discredit the media, the US is a complete mess right now. How much longer until it implodes? Thais current trajectory is unsustainable.

Her comment may be naive, but not sure if firing her is the answer. It's not a Roseanne blunder.

That said, if she blacked-up on air - that would be offensive.

Why can’t the commentators just refer to the boxers by their names? Why would they need to mention that they are black or white or whatever?

@educator, as i said, to 'identify' the boxer (first time on tv, unknown boxers, plenty of casual boxing fans etc, happens all the time, not only in boxing/sports).

Say you & I are at the Nobel laureates' cocktail party, I tell you, 'oh look, Mr Wilson is talking to Mr Smith'. You: "which one is Mr Wilson"? I'd rather say 'the black gentleman/guy' (if one's black and the other dude isn't) than 'the bloke wearing the slightly darker grey suit'. Would then obviously call them by their names, once they've been 'identified', that is. Nothing disrespectful in that, imo.

For all you that say this is no big deal and she shouldn’t be fired, very easy for you to say when you haven’t walked in a black persons shoes. For all those ignorant of the fact, blackface was and is used to denigrate people of color.

But she didn’t do blackface. Issues need to be able to be talked about. If what she said was wrong, then that should be debated. Not firing her for bringing it up.

Now they just have to get the truly despicable and much more racist people off the stage, like Donald Trump and the majority of his supporters.

Confession: Im wearing blackface as I type this.

Many of the posters here obviously do not have very a good grasp of American history and all the pain and hurt caused to many minority groups.

This is insane. She clearly was not speaking with any malice or even insensitivity. She just asked a question.

I doubt there was malice in it and she’s done the right thing, but someone in her position should be better informed. Egregious ignorance.

You can take the woman out of Fox News but you can’t take Fox News out of the woman.

'Blackface' is a very racist thing - it goes back to the 1830s and it does denigrate the Black race. It's been used to mock Black people in the most degrading way. There is MORE to the Black (or 'Negro') race then skin color, there are also shapes of facial features, textures of hair and so on.  

'Blackface' from the very start was meant to mock and belittle Black people. This is NOT a 'politically correct' issue. It's as racist and stupid as when people pull out the 'sides' of their eyes (the so-called 'slant-eyed' look) as a mockery of the skin fold/tuck of Eastern Asian/Oriental people.

There's no room for this stupid racist mockery of various 'different' people of any other races. I know there's some racist stereotypes of Caucasian people too - 'White' and not 'white'.

Megyn Kelly is an idiot. God does not make junk and no one has the right to mock someone of another race or color!

Starpunk:

I wouldn't say that it is racist to put on a blackface in every situation. It depends on the motives of the person. What if, at a dress up party, someone wants to impersonate a black person they like or admire such as Prince or Michael Jordan with no malice but rather admiration? -Which seems to me what Megyn Kelly might have been asking.

What if, at a dress up party, someone wants to impersonate a black person they like or admire such as Prince or Michael Jordan with no malice but rather admiration?

Why don't you ask some black people what they think about that?

plasticmonkey:

I'm sure I can find some black people who would be offended by such a thing. It seems there's a lot of offended people out there right now. But that doesn't make it wrong.

My own parents are immigrants to my country and thier race was made fun of, sometimes maliciously, sometimes light-heartedly. But they and thier compatriots always took it with a grain of salt and even joined in the fun and made fun of themselves. That racial group is now very well respected and an integral part of the fabric of this country.

I think that in order to get along better we all need to lighten up a bit, especially in the case of non malicious intent.

I think we would do well to follow this girl's example:

Moana actress says it's OK for kids to dress up as her Disney character for Halloween

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/10/25/moana-actress-gives-ok-dress-up-her-disney-character-halloween/1763691002/

Dress up as them - just don't put on paint