headline fail.

who and who??

Let’s cut the bullshit paragraphs. She’s racist and it’s fucked up. End of story. It really sucks when someone has a bunch of great qualities then it’s all spoiled by one thing.

“Obama Calls Osama A Pussy”
“Lady Gaga Has Dick, Gets Blowjob”
“Sarah Palin Wrestles Mexican Midget” Look at me! I can make up BuzzFeed headlines too!

Matt Drudge accusing someone of being racist = Donald Trump accusing someone of having bad hair

I know where she’s coming from. She wants a sister do date someone like her accomplished friend. But still. Her comment came out a little racist because color shouldn’t matter in a relationship.

Some of the conservatives here seem to be confused about why this isn’t racism. I think it probably IS racism, but there’s more to it—allow me to help you out. BAD: When you are in a privileged class and you mistreat underprivileged folks, that’s evil. NOT QUITE AS BAD: When you are in an underprivileged class and you mistrust those who have mistreated you historically, that’s not unreasonable. In this case, the fear is that these relationships cut into the solidarity of marginalized group. Have a read:
http://ivoryroad.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/how-black-nationalists-view-interracial-couples/

Finally! A Black Racist in the White House after years of White hegemony! It’s morning in Amercia!

This is terrible. I’m very concerned for white people being kept down; we have such a long history of suppression, and with only 70% of the population and 90% of the nation’s wealth, we are clearly in danger of being marginalized. Jill Scott worrying over the marriage-ability of African-American women may be the final straw that brings us down. Thank goodness we have concerned citizens like Matt Drudge looking out for the anti-white sentiments pervading our dominantly white society.

how did this even make the front page? he quoted something she said, and links directly to the full article for the entire context. stupid. not to mention her comment is pretty much the definition of racial intolerance.

Only people who have never said anything objectionable should be allowed to go to poetry readings at the white house.

damn, this woman is a racist creep.

Real live black woman here. I don’t think Jill’s comments were racist. They were racially intolerant, but she admitted she was thinking and feeling from a place of fear. Fear that as black women we will NEVER be good enough, not even for our own men. It’s insensitive, because she didn’t really “get” that these are two people in love, she just put all her own fears and issues on them, when she should just leave herself out of it. I’m married to a white man, and while I understand the fear and “the wince”, I definitely don’t agree with it.
However, if we’re going to bash all over Jill Scott for being honest about her fears in the context of a discussion of race and relationships then how the f@#! are we going to actually have the discussion? If every time a black person starts to talk honestly about the inner workings of being part of a marginalized group, and all the baggage and ugliness that it carries, we immediately call THEM racist then we’ve totally lost the plot folks. I know plenty of people of all races who have issues with racial and ethnic sensitivity. We can’t just shut them out of the conversation, we have to actually DEAL with these issues.

If that’s her way of making her feel like a “dignified black woman” then Jill, I am Disappoint. Why have the same mentality that whites did about interracial relationships in the past when this is 2011. Get over yourself girl. Sorry you can’t get your man

Sounds pretty racist to me.

this is all just happening because white conservatives are afraid of the number of black people in the white house. white presidents invited white people to speak or sing so what did you think was going to happen?

Seriously people, if you don’t understand her comment, go watch ‘Save The Dance’. (not a sentence I ever expected to type.) It’s not that she thinks less of that woman for being white, it’s that she wishes a ‘sister’ had seemed “good enough”.  Aaaand now I sound racist. great.

I hate how shes being racist and sexist at the same time as if a caucasian woman on a successful african american mans arm is just a status symbol.