Kramer drops the n-bomb repeatedly in racist tirade

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Apparently Michael Richards, who played Kramer on Seinfeld, went on a racist tirade on Friday at Los Angeles’s Laugh Factory after a black audience member heckled him.You can check out a really grainy video (must’ve been on a cell phone or something) here, but below is the gist of the tirade. From TMZ.com:

The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, “Fifty years ago we’d have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass.”

Richards continued, “You can talk, you can talk, you’re brave now motherf**ker. Throw his ass out. He’s a nigger! He’s a nigger! He’s a nigger! A nigger, look, there’s a nigger!”

The crowd is visibly and audibly confused and upset. Richards responds by saying, “They’re going to arrest me for calling a black man a nigger.”

Ah yes, the good ole days when we could casually assault or kill blacks without fear of punishment or social ostracization.

But hey, I’m sure Richards didn’t really mean it. He was probably just drunk or something.

Update: Check out what other bloggers are saying about the tirade.

“Kramer” Launches into Racial Tirade During Comedy Set – Jack and Jill Politics
“Kramer” drops the N-word – Reappropriate
Ku Klux Kramer – The Assimilated Negro
Seinfeld Will Never Be The Same – TheThink

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