Archive through September 26, 2003
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Archive through September 26, 2003
Immunity_Man | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:47 pm     Erika's racial comments agains Jee go far beyond "the game". I am sorry, but Erika has issues with people of other races. Sure Ali and Jun were nasty and said mean things but neither of them let it get to the point where they poked jabs at someones ethnicity. In fact, I've never seen that on any of the Big Brother shows, no matter how out of control things got. Did Erika even stop to think what Julie Chen, an Asian American, would think of hearing something like that?! I've seen people play this game nice and I've seen them playing cruelly, but Erika's 2 comments about Jee go far beyond that. She needs to publicly apologize to all Asian-Americans for what she said |
Eliz87 | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:49 pm     How would she go about that? I don't think she's high-profile enough to hold a press conference or anything. I'm not being sarcastic...just wondering what you think the best avenue would be for her to apologize to a group of people. |
Jbfrommi | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:50 pm     And Alison needs to apologize to all homosexuals & Cubans! |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:54 pm     Oh Puh-leeze! Who cares? She was ticked off. She was attacking Jee-not his race. People need to lighten up! Especially cuz that comment happened 3 months ago!!! |
Grooch | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:58 pm     If she really was a racist, would she have dated a Cuban? Besides, if she needs to apologize, then so does Jun. She made a few racist asian remarks also. |
Earthmother | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:59 pm     and Jun and Ali need to apologize to all children, Cubans and Homosexuals..Gee and Robert need to apologize to all women..and so on and so forth...None of these people were without fault for things they said and did. |
Charvie | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 01:59 pm     I agree Julieboo. Though ther comment unfortunate, it was directed at Jee, never repeated or had she made any other racial comments against them since. |
Meggieprice | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:02 pm     If Erika was truly racist I do not think she would have voted for Jun. |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:03 pm     'zackly Charvie! It was directed at him, not at all at his race. (and I woulda been ticked right then too. Jee had just nominated her and said it was cuz she made people uncomfortable, without so much as explaining why.) Good point Meggie! |
Immunity_Man | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:04 pm     Sorry JulieBoo, I don't care how much someone is ticked off that's somewhere you just don't go! Since when is it acceptable to make a racial slur because you're mad, in a Klan meeting?!?! I don't care if it's 3 months ago or 3 minutes ago. And to answer Eliz87, I think she could send a letter to Julie Chen and CBS and request that it be read on the Early Show as an example. |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:05 pm     That'll happen! |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:07 pm     And where is the racial slur??? She said Jee was a Korean piece of poop. (If he had been Irish, he woulda been an irish piece of poop, or if Cuban, a Cuban piece of poop. Then she said something about him being an immigrant right off the boat. Again, it was not knocking Koreans or Korea or Asians. |
Chippy | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:09 pm     Why single out Erika who said her crap once in anger? He nominated her twice and was pretty arrogant in the nomination meeting. And, for the bazillionth time... before Erika said that, Jee said something about her probably hating him and calling him a f**king immigrant or whatever she said. HE SAID IT FIRST IN JEST. That's where she got it from. Guess you missed the other racial slurs (although I do not categorize them as such), homophobic comments, sexist blatherings, and attacks on a seven year old. So, Immunity_Man? Didn't like Erika much? I know. I felt the same way about Alley. |
Meggieprice | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:10 pm     I do not think we saw in Erika a true racist. The comment was despicable - and it was also echoing something Jun had said- I do not think those words would have come from Erika spontaneously. I am sure she regrets it. We saw much more despicable stuff in the homophobic remarkes from several people. I say again- a TRUE racist would not have voted for Jun. |
Ezgoing | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:11 pm     Didn't she apologize to Jee on the show? If she said the remark about him and he let her know it offended him, then she owed him an apology or explanation, which she gave. I think she was wrong for saying it and did what folks do when they regret their behavior---apologized. I can see how some folks might want a broader apology, but when you think about it, she wasn't mad at immigrants (I believe she said her own grandparents were immigrants, by way of explaining she did not harbor any genuine dislike) only at JEE. Meggie, good point. Plus those who pointed out that she had no problem developing a relationship with Robert, a Cuban. JMHO |
Immunity_Man | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:12 pm     Well, Julie you can call it whatever you want, but TV Guide commented on it and called it a racial slur and if you listened carefully you'd notice so did Julie Chen. And you're way off the mark if you think that just because you make a racist comment against one person that it doesn't knock that person's race. Puhhlease! |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:15 pm     Again, please explain to me how it was a racial slur? |
Immunity_Man | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:16 pm     I think the comment speaks for itself. You obviously don't get it. |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:20 pm     Well then, explain it. I will assume you can't. Cuz she did not say all Koreans are pieces of sh!t. (only Jee was. And that did not at all imply that anyone other than Jee was a piece of sh!t.) And remember, don't attack me. |
Csnog | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:22 pm     IT's OVER Folk. Time to move on. What a waste of time 2 days after the END of a "show". Apologies are between them not TO" us. |
Julieboo | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:24 pm     Good points Csnog. |
Woodpecke® | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:26 pm     People that complain about isolated comments from a game show contestant should remember one important thing. Racism is stupid. Period. Ignore it. It doesn't influence a soul. |
Kitty | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:32 pm     Well after Jee called her on her comment she did apologize in the DR about it. I truely believe she regrets that comment. I wonder why CBS made such a big deal about her comment but did not air Ali or Jun's racist comments? You never saw them air their comments towards homosexuals either. Do you think CBS is mad at Erika for not disclosing she had a relationship with a member of BB? So they are making the most of her behavoir so she can't cash in after the show? Food for Thought! Kitty |
Vskatefan | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:34 pm     Immunity_Man, you obviously don't like Erika, and that's fine. However, I do think you're blowing this a little out of proportion. First, as others have said, Erika's comment was directed at Jee not because he was Asian, but because he nominated her. Certainly that doesn't excuse the comment, but it was not like Erika decided to start making remarks for the heck of it. Ali and Jun on the other hand would sit around and spouted off comments about Robert and others seemingly just for the heck of it. Bashing others and including racial remarks in the process was entertainment for them. Erika's comment(as bad as it was) does not compare to what Ali and Jun spewed, IMO |
Chippy | Friday, September 26, 2003 - 02:38 pm     Csnog? I have to ask and I'm not trying to be rude in any way, but why is it over because you say it is? Maybe a few of us want to discuss it further. I don't think any one of us thinks we can change anything from what we post. We just want to do it. Is the board closed? Are we done? Did the bell ring? Geez... |
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