This guy is unbelievable. From listening to the clips below, you get the clear impression that Bill O'Reilly has never hung out with a black person in his whole life. He keeps getting surprised that they are just like everyone else. Who knew?!
Listen to these gems from his radio show where Bill O'Reilly explains black people to white America:
As usual, Media Matters broke this story. Click here for even more details -- it turns out African-Americans don't randomly yell "motherf---er" when ordering their food, either. The surprises never end when you're hanging out with Bill O'Reilly. He's like our generation's Mister Rogers for racists.
Remember the average age of Bill O'Reilly's television audience is 71 years old (the radio show audience might be even older). So, he is basically doing his show at a senior citizen's center for people who grew up during segregation. That's why the fact that black people and white people are the same might come as news to his audience. Maybe he is doing them a service.
We also have to thank Al Sharpton for introducing Bill O'Reilly to black people for the first time in his life. What a hilarious odd couple. I love the idea of Al Sharpton being Bill O'Reilly's first black friend. Bill, there is so much more he can teach you. But this will come as news to you, too -- Sharpton does not necessarily represent the average black man. And did you know they're not all the same? I know, it's so hard to keep up with this crazy, new America where all the races mix. Give it time, you'll get the hang of it.
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16. I simply wish to mention that when I was a little girl, growing up in W. Va., it was the black men coming out of the coal mines, dirtier than black, wheezing with rock in their lungs. Never did I see a white man with a light on his hat and a pick axe over his shoulder. Back in the early 50s, it was the black man who did the meanial labor, jobs no one else wanted to do.
Sound familiar? Now, almost 60 years later, our neighbors from the south are willing to do the jobs no one else wants to do at a price no one else will accept. If these illigal aliens are granted amnesty and citizenship, within the next 20 years, we'll be seeing yet another race crisis much like we experienced in the 60s (at the hands of Sharpton and others) demanding equal pay, equal status, equal everything because they've paid their dues and they deserve it. We'll see Mexican rioting in major cities like Miami and LA. We'll see new amendments introduced and passed in Congress to insure everything is available and affordable to the Mexicans who came here illegally. And we'll see a sharp rise in prejudice, both white and brown, as they insist on the very same things our black friends worked so hard to receive through the enactment of new laws and through common sense. In retrospect, we'll see the modern brown slaves will fight for the same freedoms our black equals fought for to become our equals in the first place.
Now, to those of you who are belittling Bill, I'd just like to point out that not a single one of you is using our national language and its grammar correctly. Your spelling is atrocious and your usage is totally off the wall. I trust Bill isn't bastardizing our language like you are. In fact, I trust he's trying to preserve all aspects of the English word which I see you are not. You kids need to go back to school and learn how to spell and write--that, my friends, will be the first step in preventing our national language from becoming Spanish and it will help your children to want to keep English as the spoken word here in the good old U S of A.
karen at 3:23PM on Sep 25th 2007
17. CU
How can you even equate rev sharpton to O'reilly? Its ok CU, you can criticize black leaders, its ok, even if they call you racist, its ok, it really is. How you liberals pander to the rev sharptons & Jackson amazes me. Once, just once, I'd like to see you call them out, as THEY say. YOu'll criticize O'reilly, Limbaugh, etc., when they're wrong, and they are. But never has either one of those poverty pimps, sharpton & jackson been called to task for their indiscretions. You wonder why the majority thinks the "mainstream media" is biased.
tom stovall at 3:26PM on Sep 25th 2007
18. It is so transparent that this blogger, Air America and the like are so over the top to the left of center that their comments cannot be taken seriously. Keith O can't wait to open his show with a pot shot at Bill...Bill doesn't attack him...certainly both are entitled to their opinions. And where did that 71 and over age group crap come from. Get real.
Eric at 3:27PM on Sep 25th 2007
19. Good old Bill is one of the biggest bigots, racists, and homophobes in the nation. Why be offended by this brain dead idiot?
Troy Nolan at 3:28PM on Sep 25th 2007
20. White restaurants are quiet and Black one's are loud. White people are just as loud as Black people, depends on where you are. And for Bill O'Reilly to be shocked is actually sad. Why get upset with Cenk cause O'Reilly is so far detached from people. I can see why we have the Jena 6 in 2007. Until White people understand the perspective of life from an African American POV we will continue to have this type of shock therapy. I say take the time out & get to know people. What makes them tick and why do they beleive what they do. Know how they feel, empathize and try to create a better tomorrow. Since 9-11 I see myself as not just an Afircan American, but an AMERICAN. Before then, I really couldn't identify with the term. But that's a topic for another conversation.
Kaijee at 3:31PM on Sep 25th 2007
21. Bill O'Reilly is clearly ignorant. I cannot stand people like him. I am an educated black woman and I do not go around yelling and screaming all kinds of obscenities. If Bill O' Racist ever reads this, "You need to get a life and you need a hug. Furthermore, stop all this foolishness about black people or any kind of people. You are a ridiculous old man who needs a new line of work."
xxmzfabolouz3xx at 3:29PM on Sep 25th 2007
22. Sorry folks but anyone who believes black people and white people are alike has never spent much time with blacks, in the case of being white, or whites in the case of being black. Enough political correctness already, people of all ethnicities, races and religions are very different from one another. The mistake is made when ignorant people assume those differences are because of skin color.
Bob at 3:40PM on Sep 25th 2007
23. Bill'O is an idiot! OH My, a black restaurant is the same as a white one! There is no difference? OMG, I can't wait to tell my friends!
He needs to get out more! I hope he never goes to Al Sharpton's house. Next thing, he will be telling us that black people watch other channels on TV besides BET!
I might have to watch the Factor now, since I just found out he is giving away all of this free knowledge!
"NEXT WEEK ON THE FACTOR, Black people DON'T all look alike and White People DON'T really smell like dogs!" Must See TV!
Bigdaddydlf03 at 3:40PM on Sep 25th 2007
24. LOU BON - - Black people, in fact, have made countless inventive and innovative contributions to society, be that American or global. Your response is ridiculous at best. Whereas you clearly are too immature and ignorant to contribute to an otherwise intelligent blog about this commentary, you, sir (and I use that term loosely), yourself can make a contribution to scoiety by removing yourself from it.
JMcKray at 3:46PM on Sep 25th 2007
25. Do you bigots ever have anything new to say? Manny, you aren't an angry white person are you? I don't see anyone "pandering" to Sharpton or Jackson. At least not any longer. Not for a long time, in fact.
But there you are, bigots. You criticize the "rap culture" (and I'm right there with you) but you also criticize ANY BLACK "LEADER" at all.
Captain Negative at 3:47PM on Sep 25th 2007
26. To #4 Lou Bon, I'm not sure if you are trying to be funny or if you are truly serious. If you are serious, I can only come up with the word IGNORANCE.
Besides the fact that there have been blacks whom have invented many things, the trafic lights come to mind right away. Anyway the point of this blog is that Bill O'Reilly is an ASS always has been always will be. And talk about IGNORANCE this guy is pure IDIOT with a whole lot of MALICE and a huge amount of LIAR!!!
Patty at 3:45PM on Sep 25th 2007
27. cunc or whatever your name is....why is it that low rated hosts like you and the guy going off the deep end on msnbc can't let a day go by without mentioning your leading competitor....jesus, you're pathetic.
who is this guy cunc anyway..i've never heard of him.
twann9852 at 3:51PM on Sep 25th 2007
28. who is this guy cunk anyway and why do he and the guy close to going off the deep end on MSNBC compensate for their lowly rated (barely a blip, actually) shows by mentioning their leading competitor everyday.
That should tell you all you need to know. He's under their skin so bad they need to talk about him everyday.
twann9852 at 3:56PM on Sep 25th 2007
29. These racist on this "turks" show are a bunch of idiots. They try their best to make Bill into something he's not. But then, I guess the only way they acn make money is by twisting peoples words to keep the race garbage going. Get a life.
Rainmangdg57 at 3:59PM on Sep 25th 2007
30. I think that the irony is that they are making the same point. Judge a person by their character and don't generalize about a race of people no matter who they are.
John at 4:16PM on Sep 25th 2007