Radio Host Under Fire for Racist Remarks About Manny Pacquiao

[Caxcan]

The way people overreacted to this incident is just ridiculous. It was on the front page of Yahoo philippines and even the filipino presidents office commented on it. Carolla constantly rants about EVERY community and pretty much every topic yet Filipinos become outraged (even going so far as threatening violence) the first time he says anything negative about them. I dont always agree with what he says, I cant count the number of times he's made an insulting remark about Mexicans, but In the US we have something called freedom of speech which we value more than anyone's butthurt feelings.

[rskumm21]

[J-H]

Adam already said sorry on his twitter..

Forgiven...........

[Don Johnson]

funny thing is, if this was about n african american there'd be a public uproar. Remember Imus and nappy headed hoes?

[Caxcan]

funny thing is, if this was about n african american there'd be a public uproar. Remember Imus and nappy headed hoes?

Actually, Carolla has said much worse about the African community and constantly rants about them unlike this isolated Filipino rant.

[baracuda]

Actually, Carolla has said much worse about the African community and constantly rants about them unlike this isolated Filipino rant.

like what?....

[Mr. Philadel]

Spoken like a true ignorant person. Are you from the philippines? If not, then that's why it probably didnt affect you.

You remind me of a white person who doesnt believe black people still complain about racism because you thought that was over a long time ago. A white person wouldnt know what racism is towards blacks because they just wouldnt know. They just wouldnt understand it....

why? because they are not black.

You are not offended by it & you dont think its racist because you are not filipino.





That doesnt make it okay or not racist. If adam corolla instead decided to make fun of mayweather & say that all black people are dumb, all they do is listen to rap music, play basketball, go to jail, rob people, collect unemployment, & smoke weed, & eat chicken you wouldnt be offended?

Im half black, half white, if he said that i would be ****in pissed. There's nothing wrong with what he said to you guys because it wasnt about blacks, whites, mexicans etc & you just want to enjoy the entertainment value of the joke in exchange for ignoring the fact that it was pretty ignorant, factually wrong, & utterly vile what he said.

It wasnt racist or "that crucial" because it WASNT ABOUT your race, religion, & country. You want to excuse the joke in expense to the people who got offended by it.

Trust me, i wouldnt want any white person telling get over racism, its 2010, just like i dont think any filipinos wouldnt want any non filipino telling them how to feel about something gutless that was said about their whole country, race, religion, & way of life.

.....I gave out all the green I could for today but I'll hit you up later because this is some REAL **** you dropped my dude!!.....GREAT post

[rskumm21]

Oh please, with all the racist **** I have to hear from *******s on a daily basis, and you ****ers are complaining about this ****? Get over it.

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Radio Host Under Fire for Racist Remarks About Manny Pacquiao
Monday April 5, 2010

Who knew someone's decision not to give blood could provoke a racist rant? I certainly didn't, but when talk radio personality Adam Carolla learned that Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao chooses not to give blood before major matches, Carolla went on a hate-filled tirade in which he not only insulted Pacquiao but the Philippines as a whole.

"I gotta tell you, if that was a white fighter, and probably even a black fighter--even if the black fighter was from Atlanta or somewhere like that--someone would go, 'What the f_ck are you talking about? Give your drop of blood. It's not going to make a difference,'" Carolla remarked. "But because he's from the Philippines and because he's, you know, praying to chicken bones and stuff like that, everyone's kind of like, 'Uh, well you gotta respect him for his belief system.' No, you don't--he's a f_cking idiot..."

Carolla's remarks are not only jaw-droppingly offensive but ignorant as well. Because the Phillipines were once colonized by the Spanish, many Filipinos are Catholic, and, thus, aren't "praying to chicken bones," as Carolla suggests. Moreover, Carolla is incorrect when he suggests that indigenous belief systems--which he equates with idiocy--may lead one to erroneously think that giving blood saps one of energy. I don't know if Carolla has ever given blood, but one of the warnings medical personnel give when one donates blood is that the donor may feel weak for a few days after doing so.

That said, a white boxer or a black boxer would likely also choose not to give blood in the days leading up to a fight. So, what has Carolla done here? He's committed the sin ********** are constantly accused of making--playing the race card in a situation that has absolutely nothing to do with color or creed. The fact that Carolla's knee-jerk reaction to learning that Pacquiao declines to give blood in the days leading up to a fight is to bash his culture reveals just how race-conscious Carolla is.

Unfortunately, Carolla decided not just to rant about Pacquiao specifically but about the boxer's country generally.

"Here's how you know your country doesn't have a lot going for it: when everything is about Manny Pacquiao...Get a f_cking life, as a country. All you've f_cking got is this illiterate guy who won't give up blood, who happens to smash other guys in the head better than other people. That's all you have, Philippines? You want some guy with brain damage running your country? Why don't you get your sh_t together? They've got this and sex tours. That's all they have over there."

The narrow-mindedness revealed in these comments is stunning. Why shouldn't the Philippines be proud of one of its biggest celebrities? The United States has lavished its athletes with fame and adoration for decades and continues to do so. Isn't this why something as insignificant to our nation as Tiger Woods' marital infidelity has made newspaper headlines since last Thanksgiving? Yet, no one would suggest that the U.S. is a backwards country because of this. And, while Pacquiao may be adored in the Philippines, he's not running the country, as Carolla so sarcastically implies. But even if he were, Carolla needs to take a look at American legislators and the fact that Minnesoata elected a wrestler as governor, California elected an action star as governor, and the American people as a whole elected an actor to run the country. Once again, do these incidents make the U.S. backwards? Carolla apparently wouldn't think so because overall America is white, Western and Christian. The Philippines, in his eyes, is simply a country made up of ignorant brown people with foolish customs and belief systems. The fact that Carolla jumped to this conclusion with seemingly little knowledge about the country's history, including its ties to Spain and the Catholic Church and the West's role in fueling sex tourism there, shows who the real idiot is in this situation, and it's not Manny Pacquiao.

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"But because he's from the Philippines and because he's, you know, praying to chicken bones and stuff like that, everyone's kind of like, 'Uh, well you gotta respect him for his belief system.' No, you don't--he's a f_cking idiot..."

- That's about as racist a comment as can be. Basically he's saying Manny's not American and his beliefs don't matter. He should just shut up and do what the American tells him to do.

And Btw, Manny and most Pinoys are Catholic aren't they? Didn't know Catholics worshipped chicken bones.

[Seleção No. 13]

Oh please, with all the racist **** I have to hear from *******s on a daily basis, and you ****ers are complaining about this ****? Get over it.

You're only adding fuel to the fire by responding in all the ****ing threads on the topic.