Michael Richards' Target Wasn't Even Black

Kramer's Tirade, Adding Insult to Inaccuracy

By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Wednesday, November 22, 2006; C03

Hey, funnyman: You nailed the wrong guy.

That's what Darryl Pitts would like to tell Michael Richards, the
"Seinfeld" star who spewed racist slurs at an African American man
after his stand-up gig at a Los Angeles comedy club was interrupted
last Friday.

The irony of the insult, according to audience member Pitts: It wasn't
the black guy who interrupted him. The black man sat next to the
alleged heckler. Pitts told our colleague Darryl Fears the two were in
a group of roughly 10 people who ambled into the Laugh Factory during
Richards's routine. The comic ordered them to shut up, then asked, "
'What are you talking about?' "

The black guy spoke up: "My friend doesn't think you're funny." The

sirblob1...

oh wow, anyone who's done stand-up knows you can deal with that
perfectly. but no not this kramer guy. what's he doing, acid?

The

loud-talking friend "was maybe Arab or Hispanic but not black," said

telenovels...

In the dark, and with the lights shining in Richards' eyes, the
arab/hispanic guy may have looked black.

I thought my coworker was Asian until he told me his name was "juan".
(shrug)

b...

just as an aside
an asian guy can't be called "juan" or have a spanish name? - i guess
you don't know too many filipinos? even more maybe his parents just
gave him that name - if he had an english name would you assume he
wasn't asian

p4o2...

All blacks are not N***** and all N***** are not black!

Rockboy...

How does that make him not Asian?

Pitts, who was not part of the group. "The way it's been portrayed is
that a group of black guys came to the club and were disorderly . . .
and that's inaccurate, absolutely."

What followed -- as captured on video and circulated on the Internet --
was shocking. Said Pitts, who himself is black: "It was like buckshot.
It hit everyone. . . . I have a difficult time accepting his apology --
72 hours later. What did he do? Read a black history book? Why the
change?"

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Jason "Roving Reporter" Todd

Biting on Tinfoil...

OOps! *I* heard through CNN (a VERY trusted source -can you feel the
sarcasm, people?) that the person in question was of "mixed race".

Let the "reporting" begin!!! It *would* be interesting, though to find
out the "race" of the persons involved in the lawsuit.