Marlon Wayans made himself the target of some anger yesterday with a post he made on Instagram.
The full text of Wayans’ instagram comment:
“Man I got the most UNRHYTHMIC WHITE WOMAN dancing next to me at the jay and bay concert… This bitch dancing to AC/DC”
The post caused a stir because the “white woman” in question is Delta Goodrem who happens to be a big pop star in Australia. She was recently a judge on the down under version of the talent competition show “The Voice.”
https://twitter.com/chickkinOZ/status/496292763810279424
@MeshelandTommy Marlon Wayans isn't exactly the best judge of talent guys, he did co-write this: http://t.co/aOSq61809X
— Red Dead Fredemption (@thiccccccccachu) August 4, 2014
Heh.
@TheIndyPeople @Independent @MarlonWayans Racist post by the least talented and most moronic of the Wayan brothers …
— M.B.I. Munshi (An Agent Provocateur) (@MBIMunshi) August 4, 2014
Ok so let me start by saying suck it long, hard and til y'all mouths hurt to all these sensitive ass people.
— marlon wayans (@MarlonWayans) August 4, 2014
Classy.
@MarlonWayans ok so let me start by saying You look like Beaker from the muppets…
— PatrickWilliamson (@Patrick777W) August 4, 2014
https://twitter.com/TammyVIII/status/496422391296172032
@TammyVIII actually I am but I don't take kindly to sensitive assholes. I do comedy period. Like it or don't. I don't give a fuck. I'm me
— marlon wayans (@MarlonWayans) August 4, 2014
Who exactly is the one being overly sensitive here?
Secondly, I ain't apologizing for a joke…
— marlon wayans (@MarlonWayans) August 4, 2014
@MarlonWayans: Third… She still can't dance. Now go correct someone who is correctable and actually gives a fuck. Peace
— marlon wayans (@MarlonWayans) August 4, 2014
One has to wonder how that little speech would fly in today’s apology obsessed American culture if the racial roles were reversed. We’re guessing a white comedian in a similar spot would be well on his way to never getting any serious work again.
@MeshelandTommy @MarlonWayans @DeltaGoodrem just imagine if a white man said something about a black woman though.. It'd be "racist"!
— Aussie Lives Matter ?? (@FreeJulian) August 4, 2014
So @MarlonWayans can twit "unrhythmic white woman" and no one says is racist but what would happen if we switch ethnics?
— Salvador Gonzalez (@GzzSalvador) August 4, 2014
As always, what really angers people about things like this is not the offensive nature of the comment itself but the double standard applied after the fact. Marlon Wayans can say anything he likes and nobody should care whether he apologizes or not. But that standard should apply to everyone. An equivalent incident would likely end a white comedian’s career.
So sorry, Marlon, you don’t get to play the badass rebel by being unapologetic when you’re hiding behind the skirts of political correctness.
Get over yourself.
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