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Juan Williams: Black stereotype created by ‘white, liberal media’

In FoxNews.com, Juan Williams comments on Redskins’ Quarterback Robert Griffin III and the recent comment that he’s not authentically black, made by an ESPN commentator. Williams says it’s an attitude created and perpetuated by the “mainstream media”:

The sad truth is that being black in America still automatically places you in a box. Yes, there is rapid growth in America’s minority population. Yes the President is black.

But as Parker suggested, some black Americans still think they have to act, speak and behave in a certain way that conforms to the identity that a white, liberal media has created.  …

Whenever the mainstream media wants to know what the African American community is thinking, they invariably go to the usual old, left-wing voices, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, as if they speak for all black people.

What makes it interesting: Williams is liberal, black and, up until he was fired from NPR in 2010, a member of the mainstream media.

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Comments (25)

  • athiest-infedel
    Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:04pm

    Racism is no longer a cause for these people like sharpton and williams, It’s now just an employment opportunity, these morons would be out of work if not for race baiting.

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  • oldduffer
    Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:08pm

    I was a big liberal until I lived and worked around blacks. Came out a big liberal with contrary liberal views.
    Moved to L.A. the week of the Watts Riots. Lived and worked around blacks for years in L.A., Burbank, Las Vegas and came to the conclusion I was just a stupid liberal when I went into the service but at least I learned. Shame so many others want to never learn and want to live in the U.S. like a 3rd. worlder. Better buy a shovel and learn to dig slit trenches and erect outhouses amongst the bushes. Now that’s really being green isn’t it?

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  • nocommie
    Posted on December 23, 2012 at 5:01pm

    The U.S Government is the new slave owner.If the gov sends you a check,buys your food and gives you a home (pays your rent) then they own you and you will do what ever they want you to do,just like a domestic animal.Got to get me one of them obama phones.HMMMMMM

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  • nocommie
    Posted on December 23, 2012 at 4:55pm

    Juan, blacks are the same everywhere,Camden NJ,Newark,Philly,Detroit and Africa!!!! It must be something in the D.N.A.If you act like animals then you should be treated like animals.Your inner city black does not deserve a check or food stamps.Clean up your act,learn to speak English,get a job and stop trying to put the blame on white people.Stop trying to push us all together.We are not alike,not even close.I prefer to be with my own kind.Hard working,God fearing people.

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  • papagrump
    Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:58pm

    The black stereotype was created and is perpetuated by the words and actions of a percentage of the black population. The same is true for stereotypes about any group. There is always a mix of truth and hype. Sorry Juan, you gotta live with it until it just goes away. This is from an old white guy who apparently has it all and runs it all.

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    • DennisMetz
      Posted on December 23, 2012 at 8:51pm

      blacks are not for the United States and do not support what is best for the country, they would love to see the States destroyed. The black caucus is all about helping only their own black people, blacks only will help their own. how can a nation survive as a diverse when every race if only for their own agenda. how many years have whites been conditioned to feel sorry for blacks and now many whites support every agenda that only helps the blacks and is racist against other races how many times do you see blacks singing the national anthem , your more likely to see them sing their own black anthem . how long will it be before they demand their own flag dominated with black colors?

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  • noslave
    Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:26am

    hes right??you never see blks ever in the news commiting murders,rapes,robberys,etc.???its them damn asians???etc. that are in the news every miniute of the day???the poor chillinns is being picked on ??

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  • elderbat
    Posted on December 22, 2012 at 10:29pm

    figured juan would see the light after getting canned by NPR but no, he didn’t…would like to think that maybe this time he does…but no, I doubt it…probably be back to the same old lib-rant when next he appears on fox.

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  • neverending
    Posted on December 22, 2012 at 11:07am

    Can’t stand to look at him or listen to him anymore then I can the sorry sob in the whitehouse. They are one and the same. He has had every opportunity to see the light but no he has to continue down the path of dividing. Hey juan – stuff it.

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  • piper60
    Posted on December 22, 2012 at 9:11am

    Mainstream media decided decades ago, what african Americans are like, and who they should vote for. Anytime a black celebrity or politician doesn’t conform to this stereotype, they are vilified. It is what my father called the “crab bucket mentality”. Anytime one crab tries to climb out of the(slime) bucket, the others reach out and pull him/her back in.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on December 22, 2012 at 7:46am

    I can drive through town and see several stereotypes of all races. Just some are more stereotypical than others.

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  • Wisdom7
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 11:19pm

    “Whenever the mainstream media wants to know what the African American community is thinking, they invariably go to the usual old, left-wing voices, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, as if they speak for all black people.”

    I said this on national radio over 10 years ago. Juan is right, but the question is why do they do it? Because they want to keep the black community voting democrat. That is why.

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  • dodgedart1966
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:31pm

    News sites, news channels rely on as many visitors as possible to sell advertising.
    Every visit to a liberal site or channel puts a penny of ad money in their pocket.
    That’s how I see it, anyway.
    Until they start flying straight, don’t visit them.

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  • dodgedart1966
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:26pm

    I don’t see Juan getting invited to many liberal Christmas (sorry, I mean Holiday) parties this weekend.
    Eventually some of these ‘reporters’ have to come around when the liberal bias starts to affect them directly. that’s my hope, anyway.
    Merry Christmas, everyone.

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  • SaturdaysWarrior76
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:12pm

    Somebody puhleeeeze tell Juan to put a sock in it. After what happened to him, and he STILL couldn’t see the truth of the situation… he is a serious zombie for the “0″.

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  • starman70
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 7:56pm

    JUAN WILLIAMS;

    The real problem in the black community is the GOVERNMENT PLANTATION. The Democrats WANT black people to be dependant on the government and NOT become working and thinking Americans. The Democrats want them to be automatons, doing the bidding of the massas in Washington and using loud mouths like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, etal to keep stirring up angefr and hatred.

    If you really want to help the black areas, create enterprise zones with real tax havens for the companies investing for at least 10 years. Hire only people in a 30 block area. Teach them the skills to become independant workers and pay them a salary commensurate with comparable industries. Cut through the red tape from OSHA, EPA and dozens of other government regulators which kill business in any area.

    My whole point is to move disadvantaged Americans from dependancy to productive tax paying citizens. You as a liberal commentator should be campaigning for the inner city communities. Lobby Congress, the President, local state and city governments to achieve this goal. You sir are a highly respected commentator especially in liberal circles. You could have a major impact politically if you would work toward this goal.

    I personally am a conservative, Constitution believeing person but I remain aghast at how the Democrats use misery to their advantage and perpetrate the status quo just to garner votes using scare tactics.

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    • GardenoftheGods
      Posted on December 21, 2012 at 9:00pm

      Great point! Unfortunately Mr. Williams is a shill for the Democrat Party and will never encourage your idea. Sadly, one of the first things Obama did after taking office is put an end to the School Voucher Program for kids in DC; why? Because it was WORKING! It seems every time a black person gets off the “Plantation” the rest of their brothers & sisters call them names & turn their backs on them. It makes no sense to me…think of the guy who called the football player a “cornball brother”, are they jealous of the success? Can’t be, because name calling comes from other successful blacks. The confusion has to be fixed and blacks need to applaud success; but with all the Socialists teaching in schools and Universities, I can’t see that happening. Sadly.

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  • Bernard Gui
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 7:12pm

    Thank you, Mr. Williams, for telling it like it is. Prime time TV sitcoms perpetuate
    the stereotypes of black people and the news organizations take the easy way
    out and talk only with their “approved” black voices. In essence, our black Americans
    are still held on the plantation and these are the people who are doing it.

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  • TheePolitinator
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 6:21pm

    Juan Williams is a morice, sorry. But this man disgusts me so bad I turn the channel whenever I see his face. He’s a racist, and a hypocrite. Anyone else notice the racists are the ones calling everyone else a racist?

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 5:36pm

    Juan Williams is the only liberal that I can stand to watch on FOX, but that doesn’t mean I like him.

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  • SouthTexan
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 4:44pm

    The Democrats are skilled at creating victims. They have painted and labeled African Americans, as helpless victims, that must rely upon the government, because the evil, rich Republicans, are keeping them down. If you vote for us, we will give you more free stuff and protect you.

    Then they use the contrived pretext of waging the “war on drugs”, to “protect the children”, while turning our Country into a fascist, police state, utilizing the black community to stuff their prisons full.

    My response to Detroit bailout call from city.

    We need to clean house and get patriots elected with TERM LIMITS. Blame America first liberals, socialist, commies and Marxist should NEVER hold any public office as they will never obey and follow the Constitution or we will end up like Detroit, who wants fiscally responsible, conservative States to bail them out. Detroit is the poster child of the Democratic, socialist, welfare plantation, a complete disaster.. No bailouts for that cesspool of corruption. The citizens of Detroit, in all their wisdom, continue to vote for corruption, they can live with it.

    Mark H

    Proud Texan

    We would welcome people from Detroit to live here, except they would vote for the likes of you, and screw up our fine State too, N

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    • TheePolitinator
      Posted on December 21, 2012 at 6:29pm

      Well said, I have said this 1000 times myself. I am sorry but I have a HUGE issue with the “Democratic Socialist Party”. There was a time where people like this were considered traitors and tried as such. I say we return to this standard and toss every one of these anti American commie slime bags out. Then they can go to a real commie country and reap what they sow.

      What kills me the most about the mental disorder called “liberalism” is these morons don’t realize they would be shot for flapping their pie holes the way they do here in United States. Most of their agenda is able to get through due to Liberty and the Constitution. The very things liberals hate. Yet they hide behind it the second they get a chance.

      I take solace in the fact that they will be the ones to suffer the most once this utopia of figs and unicorns they profess to accomplish actually happens. I will make sure I smile upon their misery and every night I pray to God that he punish them here on earth for betraying righteousness and morals.

      Any one that forwards this agenda I truly hope rots in hell for all eternity. I have been posting here since this site started. Anyone ever notice I do NOT debate liberals? That’s because there’s no such thing.

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  • Johnnybadarse
    Posted on December 21, 2012 at 4:08pm

    The Government needs racism. If we would all put this aside, America would band together and focus on more important issues at hand. The military “ran by the government” promotes racism in their Equal Opportunity Courses.

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    • TheePolitinator
      Posted on December 21, 2012 at 6:33pm

      Yes this is true! And they are making sure they split every single group into little mini hatred factions they can. You know why?

      UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL

      And they know that.

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