Really? Am I the Only One Who Thinks This?
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venusebony — 16 years ago(March 21, 2010 09:29 AM)
I kind of understand what the OP is saying. Maybe Aisha Tyler she is trying very hard to "resist" the racist and sexist stereotypes people have about black women. Yes, Tyler is black we know that and she knows that. However, aren't we all just individuals? Black people as a race we are not a monolithic group. I think this is what Tyler is trying to illustrate here. Tyler is very educated she has a B.A. degree and so what if Tyler has a white husband? It is Tyler's business more power to her.
But another point to consider is, despite Tyler being a beautiful, intelligent, black women she cannot ignore the race and gender issue. Tyler has the whole package yet where has she been in the last couple of years? It just seems like she has fallen off the radar. Why hasn't Tyler been given bigger roles? Why? -
spankleeann — 14 years ago(January 21, 2012 11:21 AM)
I know this response is almost 2 years after yours, but I had to LOL at your questions, "Why hasn't Tyler been given bigger roles? Why?" Because now she has a position as cohost of CBS's The Talk.
The reason for laughing is because I think I know why.because she talks too much. She tries to dominate every conversation. It gets annoying. There are other women at the table and she seems to overlook that.
off Aisha for a moment.I love Sheryl, from The Talk. To me, she is so damn funny! After viewing The Talk's Facebook page and the opinions of other white people, like myself, on Sheryl. I got angry. Why? Because I kept hearing how she needs to learn proper English.she is too ghetto.yadda yadda.UGH! I happen to think she the most REAL person on that show!.She may not have a degree like Aisha or married to the boss like Julie Chen, she did however, serve in the military and she made it to the exact same place as the other women on the show.
In a perfect world, we would not see skin color, we would see another human being. That is what we are, ALL of us are human beings. No human being should ever think their skin tone makes them better than another. Unfortunately, the world is not perfect.it's dominated by mankind. The same mankind that destroys everything it touches. -
nghthawk47 — 16 years ago(September 02, 2009 02:41 PM)
I thought it was hilarious! This is comedy, it is meant to poke fun at all. I gather from your assertion you must feel Carlos Mencia is also self deprecating because he pokes fun at all races, including Latinos? Stop taking comedy so seriously and laugh once in a while..really, it's o.k!
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gundam_bravo4 — 16 years ago(January 20, 2010 09:31 PM)
Im a hundred percent sure its not an intentional separation. I think its just based on her upbringing and how she was raised. I know I went thru something similar through most of my early educational years, to the point of being ostracized for not conforming into the typically labeled box for african-americans. Eventually, I learned to how to fake da funk, but even so it's only so much I can fake and eventually many still can see my uncomfortableness/slip-ups maintaining that charade.
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hbgvirgo — 16 years ago(February 20, 2010 06:24 PM)
Aisha Tyler is a talented, alluring and effective comedian and that is all that I expect of her - black, white, yellow, striped, invisible whatever! Thank God for Aisha Tyler, YEA!!!
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auntjennyp — 16 years ago(February 20, 2010 10:28 PM)
chaplin 7, you should have watched more than just the opening rap bit. I think you'd feel differently (and saved yourself some embarrassment) if you had bothered to see the WHOLE stand-up special before coming to this ludicrous conclusion.
Aisha certainly DID deal with her race (among other things) in her routine: the fact that she grew up in San Francisco, went to an affluent school where she was the first and ONLY kid who was black, the only one who was poor, the only one who, at six feet, towered over all the other kids. Now, she says, she gets crap for having a "California" accent "Which translates to 'I sound white.'" And so on.
Next time, know what you're criticizing before you jump in with both feet planting one in your mouth in the process. -
Jeb081387 — 16 years ago(March 07, 2010 06:51 PM)
lol.chaplin i kinda agree w/ you.but i think the bigger problem is that she's just not very funny.like i've seen some bad stand-up specials but that one was terrible.
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