Friday, July 25, 2008
It's like that Southwest Airlines commercial where someone does
something so stupid that moments later the announcer says
"Wanna Get Away?"
Well Great Googly Moogly! It appears Justin Timberlake wished he
could have flew away last week after a serious racial gaffe gone
wrong. Justin Timberlake hosted the 16th Annual ESPY awards last
Wednesday in Los Angeles. The show was recorded on a 4-hour tape
delay & it appears it was for good reason because it would have been
the single most talked about incident since "nipple gate" with Janet Jackson.
Although the show actually aired on Sunday, what the folks at home
didn't see on the tube was Justin Timberlake's joke that didn't fly
too well with the audience. Timberlake was making fun of
Paul Pierce about injuring his knee in Game 1 of the NBA finals.
In describing how Paul Pierce was able to quickly come back after
being pushed off in a wheelchair, Timberlake joked that Pierce
was back on the court "shucking & jiving" according to FanNation.com
(Enter crickets & awkward silence)
It goes without question to say that the joke caused quite an
uncomfortable silence. Someone would have to have been
born yesterday to not know that the term "shucking & jiving"
is rooted in racism with the primary intent to be offensive.
Justin's lucky that none of the "brothas" in the audience didn't come
find him after the show & hand him his "D&ck In A Box"