Again, is it funny or racist?
You ask me!
For the anonymous commentators who continues to word vomit on the pages of Journal de la Reyna, I've got a question for you!
How far will you go before you get the message?
The freedom of speech is guaranteed when a person mocks or ridicule individuals with racially insensitive themes. It's pretty sad though, but this country assures these assholes a right to be condescending bigots.
The Huffington Post tells a tale of a rodeo clown who dressed up in a cowboy get up. He wore a Barack Obama face mask.
Officials from the Missouri State Fair apologized Sunday after a rodeo clown dressed as President Barack Obama sparked an uproar on Saturday evening.
A photo posted to the blog Show Me Progress showed the fair performer with an Obama mask on. According to fair attendee Perry Beam, the clown came out prior to the fair's bull riding event.
“The announcer wanted to know if anyone would like to see Obama run down by a bull," reads Beam's account. "The crowd went wild. He asked it again and again, louder each time, whipping the audience into a lather. One of the clowns ran up and started bobbling the lips on the mask and the people went crazy.”
The fair's organizers issued an apology on Sunday, calling the event "disrespectful."
"The performance by one of the rodeo clowns at Saturday’s event was inappropriate and disrespectful, and does not reflect the opinions or standards of the Missouri State Fair," reads the statement. "We strive to be a family friendly event and regret that Saturday’s rodeo badly missed that mark."
The fair also drew rebuke from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who called the event "shameful" and "unacceptable."
"The State Fair is funded by taxpayer dollars, and is supposed to be a place where we can all bring our families and celebrate the state that we love," the senator wrote in a statement.
According to the News Tribune, the fair received about $420,000 from state coffers to fund this year's events.
Even the state's lieutenant governor, a Republican had spoke out against this ignorance.
Gov appoints the State Fair Comm'n RT @eyokley: Inquiries out to @mostatefair and @GovJayNixon on rodeo story. Nixon at #MOStateFair today.
— Peter Kinder (@PeterKinder) August 11, 2013
The @MoStateFair celebrates Missouri and our people. I condemn the actions disrespectful to POTUS the other night. We are better than this.
— Peter Kinder (@PeterKinder) August 11, 2013
I love the @MoStateFair and will attend this week. I implore @GovJayNixon to hold the people responsible for the other night accountable.
— Peter Kinder (@PeterKinder) August 11, 2013
To the anonymous commentator who continue to whine online.
If a Black person would dress up like a stereotype of a White person, would you get upset?
Oh, I bet you did!
You seen Marlon and Shawn Wayans' movie White Chicks.
Have you seen a blaxploitation movie of the 1970s?
You probably haven't. You're too busy acting like a fool on the comment section.
Anyway, the lieutenant governor of the state Peter Kinder will get with Democratic governor Jay Nixon to investigate how this type of theme got clearance.
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