Marc Anthony adresses racist remarks

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 10:36pm

"Marc Anthony Addresses 'God Bless America' Performance's Racist Remarks After MLB All-Star Game."

I bet many of these people don't know the song was written by an immigrant.

Article Updated On: 7/18/13 at 10:36 PM

[javero]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 10:49pm

I agree with one commenter who suggested that social media is putting the nation's innards on display. The media elites on both ends of the political spectrum are no longer able to wrap the news in a nice package with a pretty bow. Information technology has enabled some very mean-spirited and oft-ill-informed people to spread their vitriol with abandon. I wonder what Mary-Louise Parker has to say about this latest episode.

[fingerlakessinger]

Posted: 7/18/13 at 11:29pm

Hmm, I wonder which one is Mikey's tweet.

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 11:25am

it is nice to hear God Bless America sung by anyone...when some schools consider it too offensive to be sung at all

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:19pm

The ignorant scum of the earth take to twitter once again with their racism and hatred.

Marc Anthony, like myself was born and raised in New York and is of Puerto Rican descent.

How F*CKING DARE THESE PEOPLE.

He had every right to be singing that song. He's an American. PERIOD.



Updated On: 7/19/13 at 01:19 PM

[Wynbish]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:24pm

It's not even just ignorance, but a willfull lack of desire to think differently or learn something different. They don't want to look past themselves and their own to even acknowledge that people can be different and from the same place or even the age old argument that any family can be traced far enough back to show immigration from somewhere to somewhere.

And while on the subject of the scum of the earth... 'Sup, Sue?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:29pm

I wholeheartedly agree Wynbish! I couldn't have said it better myself! I try but then my "ghetto-ness" takes over and I start going off. I have to work on that!

Oh and LoL @ that last comment!

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:30pm

"It had nothing to do with racism, I had no way of knowing he was American. Can you blame me? After all, he doesn't look like an American. Not to me. Portaricans don't look like Americans to me. They do look like Mexicans so that's why I said he was Mexican, well, excuse me for livin'. And now everybody is calling me a racist! Christ. I may have made a mistake, but then again, when I think of "God Bless America" I think of, well, you know, regular Americans singing it, not, well, you know, people from somewhere else, I mean, they can be from somewhere else way back in the olden days, sure... but, I mean, from somewhere else where people don't look like Mexicans."

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:35pm

even if he was an immigrant, so what? guess what, immigrants are growing at a faster rate then homebreds

Wynbish

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:41pm

"It had nothing to do with racism, I had no way of knowing he was American. Can you blame me? After all, he doesn't look like an American. Not to me. Portaricans don't look like Americans to me. They do look like Mexicans so that's why I said he was Mexican, well, excuse me for livin'. And now everybody is calling me a racist! Christ. I may have made a mistake, but then again, when I think of "God Bless America" I think of, well, you know, regular Americans singing it, not, well, you know, people from somewhere else, I mean, they can be from somewhere else way back in the olden days, sure... but, I mean, from somewhere else where people don't look like Mexicans."

Oh, that poor ignorant ASSWIPE! To go through life with his head permanently ensconced up his ASS!

Updated On: 7/19/13 at 01:41 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:44pm

Repeat after me: PUERTO RICANS HAVE BEEN U.S. CITIZENS SINCE 1917.

That is all. Have a nice day....and you're welcome!

[tazber]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:46pm

These people....from what crack in the ass of America do they come from?

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 1:52pm

there is nothing that you can do, no matter who you are without getting haters. you get the same sort of dopey ignorant responses from those who hate religion too

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 2:01pm

Mikey's back on hiatus!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 2:16pm

The only positive to come out of such ignorant and hateful tweets is that they forever have actual names attached to them.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 3:09pm

Immigrant goes to America
Many hellos in America
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico's in America!

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[best12bars]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 3:13pm

These are the same God-fearing people who want to put Christ back in Christmas, who are too dumbass to know it started as a pagan holiday.

They want AMERICA!!!

The one that never existed to begin with.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 3:14pm

"Repeat after me: PUERTO RICANS HAVE BEEN U.S. CITIZENS SINCE 1917."

^THANK YOU!!

Even if he wasn't born and raised in the states he still should have every right to sing that song. Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and while we value our own Idiosyncrasy above any other, we are still american. We sing the Star Spangled Banner, recite the Pledge of Allegiance, we celebrate the Fourth of July, the American flag always stands next to our own, and most importantly our people also fight and die for this nation.

Updated On: 7/19/13 at 03:14 PM

[all that jazz]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 3:15pm

[StockardFan]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 4:00pm

Henrik, I didn't read the comments. Did someone actually say that?

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 4:28pm

No, Stockardfan. I was channeling.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 6:07pm

Celine Dion sang the song on the TV special America: A Tribute to Heroes shortly after 9/11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfcdrUDQ_tc

Where was the outrage then? Is it 'cause she's Canadian and/or white?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 6:13pm

Yes.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 6:16pm

"Where was the outrage then? Is it 'cause she's Canadian and/or white?"

Remove the Canadian part and there you go. That's all you need. White, white, white! That's the white way.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/19/13 at 6:21pm

I'm ready for the South to just secede from the Union again. Except it isn't just the South. It's NY and L.A. and all points in between.

Can we just create a new country for backwards bigots and then cut off all their supplies and oxygen?

EDIT: Although judging from their comments, I'd say their oxygen was cut off long ago.

Updated On: 7/19/13 at 06:21 PM