Man, what a fuckin’ asshole this guy is. I don’t find this offensive. I thought it was a cool little tribute to the Jackson 5. Looks to me the only racist here, is no one other than Harry Connick Jr. himself.
Here’s the video segment of this controversy from the Australian show, “Hey Hey It’s Saturday”, which is pretty similar to the Gong Show.
Harry is an idiot.
Kev
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Tribute? That was a mockery…nothing more than a modern day minstrel show.
OHHHH MAMMY! Lookee here Kev, those guys in blackface weren’t real pjd’s (pineapple juice drinkers) but white guys wearing black makeup. You should give Harry Connick Jr. a break though. He’s from New Orleans. You’re from Greenwhich, which means you’ve seen alot more pjd’s growing up there. You’re comfortable with the “locals”. Harry isn’t. He gets nervous around them. You would be too if you woke up every morning with empty packs of newports and grape soda cans all over your lawn. Give the guy a break.
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Right on.
I’m glad SOMEone gets it.
Harry is out of touch and delusional and probably the only racist thing on that whole show.
I heard that there isn’t racism at all in Australia anyway. They know this wasn’t a racist skit at all no way. They never had a civil war and slavery so they never had all the Black Panthers and Malcom X stuff in the 1960s because they weren’t into racism like the US was.
Racism was only here until the 1960s because of that slavery a long time ago but ended after MArtin Luther King wouldnt get off the bus or whatever.
Some people forgot that racism ended in the 60s and are still kinda racist these days but not as bad as people say.
People need to put the blame on Harry Connick where it belongs just like you were saying.