25 September 2007

Native New Yorker and known prick, Bill O'Reilly recently met with Al Sharpton at Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem. This was O'Reilly's first time in Harlem. O’Reilly reported that he “had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful,” adding: “I couldn’t get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia’s restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it’s run by blacks, primarily black patronship.”

Later, during a discussion with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams about the effect of rap on culture, O’Reilly asserted: “There wasn’t one person in Sylvia’s who was screaming, ‘M-Fer, I want more iced tea.’ You know, I mean, everybody was — it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn’t any kind of craziness at all.”

I just don't know what to say about this... Um, nice that O'Reilly took some time out of his busy schedule to observe a culture which he pretends to know so much about already. Maybe Sharpton took him over to the local Duane Reid so he could see that Black people are capable of standing in line too. Single file even!

2 comments:

VertigoVirgo said...

I've never really paid attention to him, he's old and will soon be obsolete. He gives conservatives a bad name...and its not like we don't have one already.

Tamara - said...

Yeah I read about this. He also said he thought he was "dispelling stereotypes." Are you kidding?! To say that YOU were shocked that Black folks can act like they got some sense and not think that's racist. Wow...and he's the type that'll stand up tomorrow and say that racism doesn't even exist. Well when you're wowed by the well-behaved negroes and their ability to maintain a nice restaurant...I can't believe it.