Eddie Murphy’s ‘White Like Me’ skit
This is one of the greatest pieces of racial satire ever, in my opinion. Oh 1984, where did you go? Nowadays all we get is this crap.
(Thanks to Tim Ariah for the video.)
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- Written by Carmen Van Kerckhove
- September 17th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
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deb wrote:
1984…. Wow! I remember this like as if it were yesterday. And it’s still as funny! Gotta admit, I immediately thought about that “Black & White” reality show, and then I clicked on the “this crap” link.
Posted 17 Sep 2007 at 3:28 pm ¶
Ariah Fine wrote:
I thought I told you about this?
Posted 17 Sep 2007 at 4:07 pm ¶
eric daniels wrote:
Oh yeah I remember this skit, it was after he left the show and returned as a quest host in late 1984 and this skit had everybody laughing.
Posted 17 Sep 2007 at 7:47 pm ¶
Indra wrote:
And yet Eddie feels free to slam Asians with ugly racist stereotypes. Oh the irony.
Posted 17 Sep 2007 at 9:24 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Ariah – whoops my bad! It was you not Tim. Will correct.
Posted 17 Sep 2007 at 10:55 pm ¶
Aimee wrote:
My mom is obsessed with this skit, she bought the Eddie Murphy SNL DVD so she could have it always.
Posted 17 Sep 2007 at 11:40 pm ¶
bg wrote:
Yeah, that one was classic. Also, check out Chappelle’s skit with John Mayer on white vs. minority music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyLGtc0HAgA
Posted 18 Sep 2007 at 10:42 am ¶
Roger Green wrote:
I LOVED this bit; thought it was dead on, and hysterical.
Posted 18 Sep 2007 at 3:32 pm ¶
thembi wrote:
I turned “Ha, ha…silly negro!” into one of my personal catch-phrases for a while.
Posted 18 Sep 2007 at 7:09 pm ¶
James wrote:
Was that Martin Lawrence on the bus?
Posted 19 Sep 2007 at 2:19 pm ¶