NBC Apologizes for Poorly Placed Ad

[lebraatt]

well i hope NBC now pays attention. If a black person wins a medal Please no commercials about a tv show with a monkey in it, and God please no KFC commercials or any fast food place that sells chicken

 

[Immensestream]

He didn't insult kids saying that they have a peasy head, his jokes were about discipline. And later he said he was sorry for making fun of his nephews femininity

Nevertheless he insulted kids and threatened bodily harm all in fun, B Mac was a comedian doing what they do and it was funny.  What is peasy headed anyway?  I didn't find that funny in large part because I didn't know what it meant so I looked it up.  Turns out peasy is synonymous with easy.  So he basically called her hairstyle easy "peasy" and her a "little girl" and many black folk are up in arms raking Kevin over the coals for something so innocuous?  Unreal.  What's funny to me is the reaction, I find it ridiculous and speaks to black women's insecurities and unhealthy obsession over their hair.  Comedians are going to repeatedly exploit that weakness.  Kevin Hart has a black daughter who I'm sure he loves and cherishes, he is not your enemy and its ridiculous for sane black women to treat him as such.  smh. 

[gurrlplease]

Nevertheless he insulted kids and threatened bodily harm all in fun, B Mac was a comedian doing what they do and it was funny.  What is peasy headed anyway?  I didn't find that funny in large part because I didn't know what it meant so I looked it up.  Turns out peasy is synonymous with easy.  So he basically called her hairstyle easy "peasy" and her a "little girl" and many black folk are up in arms raking Kevin over the coals for something so innocuous?  Unreal.  What's funny to me is the reaction, I find it ridiculous and speaks to black women's insecurities and unhealthy obsession over their hair.  Comedians are going to repeatedly exploit that weakness.  Kevin Hart has a black daughter who I'm sure he loves and cherishes, he is not your enemy and its ridiculous for sane black women to treat him as such.  smh. 

I find it ridiculous you expect a bunch of corporate white boys at NBC to be respectful  (from something that may not have even been intentional) and not another Black person that was my actual point

[K7SP]

Monkey humor and monkey jokes ain't never made me laugh. I guess I just don't get it. Yeah, I saw the ad and was like, "who thought up this dumbass show ...who's gone watch this mess?"

Not once did I think of Gabby though. Her being nicknamed "the flying squirrel" I do have problems with though. It's not too much of a stretch in some trouble minds to call her a "flying monkey" and that thought ain't funny to me. smh

[MediEvil44]

[/size I thought I was the only person who saw it and when I did I said  I don't believe they did that!!!! I just can't!  Cookienurse

To quote the comedian Paul Mooney:

 "If we put some blond wigs on top of some marshmallows, put some guitars in their hands and had them sing fucking "Surfin' USA, then it wouldn't be so goddamn cute!"

[Immensestream]

I find it ridiculous you expect a bunch of corporate white boys at NBC to be respectful  (from something that may not have even been intentional) and not another Black person that was my actual point

That's your point?  You're completely out to lunch.

[Immensestream]

Monkey humor and monkey jokes ain't never made me laugh. I guess I just don't get it. Yeah, I saw the ad and was like, "who thought up this dumbass show ...who's gone watch this mess?"

Not once did I think of Gabby though. Her being nicknamed "the flying squirrel" I do have problems with though. It's not too much of a stretch in some trouble minds to call her a "flying monkey" and that thought ain't funny to me. smh

I don't like "flying squirrel" either and find it much more insulting than "peasy headed".  Flying angel is more appropriate, but apparently since whites coined her a squirrel it gets short shrift while many blacks focus their ire on a black comedian who essentially called her hairstyle easy which technically isn't even an insult.  smh.

[petisali]

when the "chink in the armor" headline referrring to the poor play of jeremy linn, an nba player of chinese descent, was splashed across espn's website, the writer lost his job.
this is the brainless beast yt racism created...see, it's turned on it's master.
the powers that be have no one to blame but themselves.

[Sami Ra Maati]

Off topic: I just GOT to steal this picture and post it all over the innanet!

 

[petisali]

I don't like "flying squirrel" either and find it much more insulting than "peasy headed".  Flying angel is more appropriate, but apparently since whites coined her a squirrel it gets short shrift while many blacks focus their ire on a black comedian who essentially called her hairstyle easy which technically isn't even an insult.  smh.

"peasy" does not mean easy in the context of black hair.
it is supposed to be an 'insult' aimed at hair that is tightly coiled, dry, and somewhat scattered so that areas of scalp is showing throughout the entire head.

[befree1619]

when the "chink in the armor" headline referrring to the poor play of jeremy linn, an nba player of chinese descent, was splashed across espn's website, the writer lost his job.
this is the brainless beast yt racism created...see, it's turned on it's master.
the powers that be have no one to blame but themselves.

Great and appropriate comparison.

[Immensestream]

"peasy" does not mean easy in the context of black hair.
it is supposed to be an 'insult' aimed at hair that is tightly coiled, dry, and somewhat scattered so that areas of scalp is showing throught the entire head.

That hardly describes the hairstyle Gabby sported.   

[petisali]

That hardly describes the hairstyle Gabby sported.   

no it didn't. but kevin hart wasn't trying to "describe" the hairstyle, he was maligning the hair and its texture.

[MediEvil44]

Bottom line, folks, there are some ignorant subspecies of White people that exist here in AmeriKKKa, that are seeing their White Supremacist balloons getting pins poked in them right in front of their fat faces...and now the most prolific bullies on the world stage, are spoiling for a fight.

And the truth is, these bullies have been long, long overdue for a good ass-kicking from the window, to the fucking wall.

[MediEvil44]

no it didn't. but kevin hart wasn't trying to "describe" the hairstyle, he was maligning the hair and its texture.

For starters, Kevin Hart needs to sit down and shut his filthy fucking mouth about Gabby's hair, before somebody puts a hollow point in his ass.

It is sellout niggers like him--and I apologize for using that word, people--that give the Black man a bad name.

Someone needs to talk to this genetic shit stain on the boxer briefs of mankind, and explain to him why there are times in a man's life that he shouldn't say a goddamn thing, even if he has a mouthful.

It might keep his disease-minded ass alive longer, you never know.

[Immensestream]

no it didn't. but kevin hart wasn't trying to "describe" the hairstyle, he was maligning the hair and its texture.

If you say so however, I'm not so sure.  What I am sure of is that this attempt at humor failed which happens on occasion with comedy and he is not our enemy. 

[Immensestream]

For starters, Kevin Hart needs to sit down and shut his filthy fucking mouth about Gabby's hair, before somebody puts a hollow point in his ass.

It is sellout niggers like him--and I apologize for using that word, people--that give the Black man a bad name.

Someone needs to talk to this genetic shit stain on the boxer briefs of mankind, and explain to him why there are times in a man's life that he shouldn't say a goddamn thing, even if he has a mouthful.

It might keep his disease-minded ass alive longer, you never know.

That's just way over the top.  Kevin Hart has done nothing to deserve death he's a fucking comedian and nothing he's done gives me a bad name.  If you want to pump somebody full of hollow points I suggest you find a far more deserving target such as George Zimmerman for starters. 

[MediEvil44]

That's just way over the top.  Kevin Hart has done nothing to deserve death he's a fucking comedian and nothing he's done gives me a bad name.  If you want to pump somebody full of hollow points I suggest you find a far more deserving target such as George Zimmerman for starters. 

Zimmerman, Hannity and Limbaugh are on the list as well.

[Raion]

Anyone else not like the "monkey!  MONKEY!" jokes whitey loves so much?

I immediately get bad feels and bad vibes around white people playing with monkeys, or using them in jokes.  They always seem to do with a nodding-and-winking maliciousness surrounding them, as well..

[Sigh]

Anyone else not like the "monkey!  MONKEY!" jokes whitey loves so much?

I immediately get bad feels and bad vibes around white people playing with monkeys, or using them in jokes.  They always seem to do with a nodding-and-winking maliciousness surrounding them, as well..

The monkey reference pisses me off to no end.
To have them describe Gabby as a flying squirrel, does not sit well with me either.
I am honestly at a loss.  She's a beautiful flower that soars.
She maintains this tranquility that is so benign in folks.
She is this fantastic mosaic that encompasses complete athleticism.
So, if there was a moniker for her, what would it be?