Nick Cannon fired from "Wild n Out" and terminated from Viacom altogether for "racist" comments

[chunky_mcdaniels]

How is Griff "a notorious anti semite"?

Are we really doing this?

You trying to suggest that Griff is not vehemently anti jewish?

 

[AnonymityX1000]

What "antisemitic things"? You sound like you're just parroting what you heard others say. I'm sure you can quote (and source) the "antisemtic things" Griff supposedly said, right?

Before the release of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Professor Griff, in his role as Minister of Information, gave interviews to UK magazines on behalf of Public Enemy, during which he made homophobic and anti-Semitic remarks. In a 1988 issue of Melody Maker he stated, "There's no place for gays. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was for that sort of behaviour" and "If the Palestinians took up arms, went into Israel and killed all the Jews, it'd be all right." However, there was little controversy until May 22, 1989, when Griffin was interviewed by The Washington Times. At the time, Public Enemy enjoyed unprecedented mainstream attention with the single "Fight the Power" from the soundtrack of Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing.

During the interview with David Mills, Griffin made numerous statements such as "Jews are responsible for the majority of the wickedness in the world". When the interview was published, a media firestorm emerged, and the band found itself under intense scrutiny.

I remember Public Enemy before he got kicked out. I'm not parroting shyt B.

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

That happens all the time. Those guides be wrong a lot of the time

Nah mane they were in the midst of a Wild'n Out marathon and were going to air a new episode that night. They legit took it off the air and replace it with Fresh Prince of Bel Air with the press of a button when the uproar hit social media.

What "antisemitic things"? You sound like you're just parroting what you heard others say. I'm sure you can quote (and source) the "antisemtic things" Griff supposedly said, right?

The Education of Professor Griff

On May 9, 1989, Richard Griffin, better known as Professor Griff, met with a writer from the Washington Times for the purpose of an interview. The article resulting from that tape-recorded session, published two weeks later, quoted Griff as saying, among other things, that "Jews have a grip on America" and that they "have a history of killing black men." Further, Griff told writer David Mills that Jews are responsible for "the majority of wickedness that goes on across the globe."

 

[DillaTUDE]

Before the release of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Professor Griff, in his role as Minister of Information, gave interviews to UK magazines on behalf of Public Enemy, during which he made homophobic and anti-Semitic remarks. In a 1988 issue of Melody Maker he stated, "There's no place for gays. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was for that sort of behaviour" and "If the Palestinians took up arms, went into Israel and killed all the Jews, it'd be all right." However, there was little controversy until May 22, 1989, when Griffin was interviewed by The Washington Times. At the time, Public Enemy enjoyed unprecedented mainstream attention with the single "Fight the Power" from the soundtrack of Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing.

During the interview with David Mills, Griffin made numerous statements such as "Jews are responsible for the majority of the wickedness in the world". When the interview was published, a media firestorm emerged, and the band found itself under intense scrutiny.

I remember Public Enemy before he got kicked out. I'm not parroting shyt B.

Him calling out the Jewish involvement in transatlantic slave trade and the sheer dominance that they hold in the music industry is anti-semitic?

And that Palestinian comment sounds like it's taken out context. Unless you have the question that he was responding to, how am I supposed to know that that simply wasn't a call for Palestinians to take to arms for the genocide that they've had to endure at the hands of Israeli Jews? Or am I supposed to believe that they asked him what he had for breakfast that morning and that he just randomly decided to spurt that out?

You simply quoted an article that cherry-picked a few quotes out of context. What's funny is that I could post a Malcolm X seminar, and quote him saying these same things verbatim, but you wouldn't dare call him anti-semitic, hahaha.

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You'll accept those comments if they came out of Malcolm's mouth, but not Griff's? Absolutely pathetic.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Him calling out the Jewish involvement in transatlantic slave trade and the sheer dominance that they hold in the music industry is anti-semitic?

And that Palestinian comment sounds like it's taken out context. Unless you have the question that he was responding to, how am I supposed to know that that simply wasn't a call for Palestinians to take to arms for the genocide that they've had to endure at the hands of Israeli Jews? Or am I supposed to believe that they asked him what he had for breakfast that morning and that he just randomly decided to spurt that out?

You simply quoted an article that cherry-picked a few quotes out of context. What's funny is that I could post a Malcolm X seminar, and quote him saying these same things verbatim, but you wouldn't dare call him anti-semitic, hahaha.

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You'll accept those comments if they came out of Malcolm's mouth, but not Griff's? Absolutely pathetic.

Take it up with Chuck D man. He got kicked out of the group due to what he said. That's just facts, if you want to debate whether he deserves or not I'm not the one who made that decision. The leader of one of if not the most Pro-Black Hip Hop group kicked him out. I'm sure you can @ him on IG. lol

 

[DillaTUDE]

Take it up with Chuck D man. He got kicked out of the group due to what he said. That's just facts, if you want to debate whether he deserves or not I'm not the one who made that decision. The leader of one of if not the most Pro-Black Hip Hop group kicked him out. I'm sure you can @ him on IG. lol

You literally quoted me saying he kicked out of the group for saying "antisemitic things" to which I responded. If you're gonna tap out because you can't think yourself then don't quote me bruh, haha. It's not that hard

 

[AnonymityX1000]

You literally quoted me saying he kicked out of the group for saying "antisemitic things" to which I responded. If you're gonna tap out because you can't think yourself then don't quote me bruh, haha. It's not that hard

And I replied to your reply and here we are. What are you even talking about right now?
I didn't tap out I told you what happened and why he got kicked out the group. It is known what he said is labeled as antisemitic. If you are now asking if I agree with the assessment just ask I'm not a mind reader.

 

[DillaTUDE]

If you're going to label Griff an anti-semite then just make sure you do the same for Malcolm X. I've posted the seminar with him directly addressing and criticizing the Jews. No different than what Griff stated.

 

[King Ming]

Its a dirty doggie world brehs... i never followed Nick Cannons career etc, but i supported him when he went againt that Cac Em. And i support him now against the racist Viacom.

He is a smart hardworking brother and i believe he will ride this shyt out and bounce back.

Black people need to support each other and have our own media platforms to reduce dependency on the like of Viacom etc.

Lets support Nick through this

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

Some of y'all gon' learn that attempting to have certain conversations with these peckerwoods & "others" on this board is utterly pointless.

 

[Lord Beasley]

I don't disagree with what Nick Cannon said. I don't really see how it was racist. I do understand why he was fired and it is a bigger issue at play.

Nick Cannon was fired for attempting to offer solidarity with Jews. This presents a big threat to the capitalist and racist system of America. Why? Blacks and Jews are HATED by racists and as long as they can pit the two groups against each other and conceal the fact that Jews were Black, they can continue to divide and conquer.

And no that doesn't excuse the sector Jews who also remain silent because they are in bed with white oppressors.

Still, there is a lot of logic in what Nick Cannon was trying to do and he got shut down for it.

when white ppl call us savages and shyt, it implies that we're lesser humans than they are. that's racist ideology no matter how you spin it. nick thought he was immune, so did his fans.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

If you're going to label Griff an anti-semite then just make sure you do the same for Malcolm X. I've posted the seminar with him directly addressing and criticizing the Jews.

No one is talking about Malcolm X man. Whataboutisms aren't necessary stay focused.
Maybe what you want to say is do we have a problem with Black entertainers being antisemetic, or anti any type of people? I will say I don't, I listened to Professor Griff records after he left PE no problem. But understand the terrain we are playing on. Nick Cannon works for a publicly traded network with many Jews employed and probably in leadership. PE was signed to Def Jam but it was distributed by CBS Records a publicly traded company with a mostly white and I'm sure with many Jews employed. You can't say blanket negative things about their culture and expect to stay employed.
If you had a white person working for you and they said negative blanket comments regarding Black people would you keep them employed?

 

[NormanConnors]

How is Griff or Cannon for that matter antisemitic for dropping information on original jews? What is negative about that

 

[DillaTUDE]

No one is talking about Malcolm X man. Whataboutisms aren't necessary stay focused.

It's not a "whataboutism". Griff's a disciple of the NOI, just like brother Malcolm was, and they were both laced with the same information about the Jews which is what he and Nick Cannon have come under scrutiny for.

So if you're willing to label Griff an anti-semite for calling out the Jews for their mistreatment of black people, just make sure that you strike Malcolm X, Khalid Abdul Muhammad, et al... with that same anti-semite label as they said nothing different to what Griff stated...

...but something tells me you won't so let's just agree to end this conversation.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

It's not a "whataboutism". Griff's a disciple of the NOI, just like brother Malcolm was, and they were both laced with the same information about the Jews which is what he and Nick Cannon have come under scrutiny for.

So if you're willing to label Griff an anti-semite for calling out the Jews for their mistreatment of black people, just make sure that you strike Malcolm X, Khalid Abdul Muhammad, et al... with that same anti-semite label as they said nothing different to what Griff stated...

...but something tells me you won't so let's just agree to end this conversation.

Yes, they are or have been antisemetic. Now you can you answer my question?

If you had a white person working for you and they said negative blanket comments regarding Black people would you keep them employed?