"The Royal Family: They are the OG's, the Sugarhill Gang of Racism" - Chris Rock

[MrsMaxDeWinter]

I got the title of this thread from Chris Rock's funny riff on the Royal family in his Netflix special. I found it a bit off for him to direct his bile at Jada, and not at Will who punched him last year at the Oscars. But his skit about Meghan and the Royal Family was really funny. He took on Meghan, the Royal Family's history of racism, in-laws, interracial marriages and colourism, but to the surprise of no-one, the jokes about the Royal Family are getting no mention in the UK tabloids.

Hope some of you will watch it on Netflix: his delivery is classic Rock, especially when he does the Sugarhill Gang rap.

*Back to the show. Everybody trying to be a victim. Like, who is this girl Meghan Markle? Seems like a nice lady – just complaining. Like, didn’t she hit the light-skinned lottery? Hit the light-skinned lottery and still going off complaining? Acting all dumb like she didn’t know nothing. Going on Oprah, ‘I didn’t know, I had no idea how racist they were.’ It’s the royal family! You didn’t Google those motherfuckers?

What the fuck is she talking about, she didn’t know? The fuck? It’s the royal family. They’re the original racists. They invented colonialism. They’re the OGs of racism. They’re the Sugarhill Gang of racism. Like, ‘a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip hop-a don’t stop' of racism. The fuck is she talking about. I didn't know. That's like marrying into the Budweiser family and going, 'They drink a lot. The fuck is she talking about. These motherfuckers invested in slavery like it was Shark Tank. The fuck?

Some of that shit she went through was not racism. It was just some in-law shit. Sometimes its just some in-law shit. Because she's complaining, I'm like, 'What the fuck is she talking about? 'They're so racist, they wanted to know how brown the baby was going to be...' I'm like, 'That's not racist,' cause' even black people want to know how brown the baby gon' be. Shit. We check behind them ears.

Black girl trying to be accepted by her white in-laws. Oh, it's hard. It's so hard, it's very hard. But it ain't as hard as a white girl trying to be accepted by her black in-laws. Now, that shit is really hard. If you black, and you wanna be accepted by your white in-laws, then you need to marry a Kardashian. Because they accept everybody. Kris Jenner is like the Statue of Liberty.
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I think you should google bleaching creams in Africa and why it is what it is over there.

Imagine being ruled by white people and that having zero effect on a group of people in relation to proximity to whiteness

Well what do you think he meant by it?

I don't need to do any googling, debbrianna. I am talking about my own observations over the years spent in Africa. I am familiar with the bleaching creams, funnily enough, from time spent in NYC and London.

queenofarles · Yesterday 15:18
yes I know that Aliceolive ,
some might even argue that it’s all in the delivery , Chris made it sound funny and light hearted ,
what about the person who allegedly said that to Harry and who ,Harry, allegedly found it amusing till Meghan said otherwise?

Harry is so lucky he has Meghan to tell him what to think..... It's all just too hard for him, poor lad.

But I also think Chris Rock was going for an easy laugh with a cheap shot, given the South Park thing a week or so earlier

He will have been working on this material for much longer than a week or so.

Ironic how? Another one that should educate themselves.

America is very different to Britain though, which might inform Chris Rock's pov. As I understand it, in America historically people were viewed as black, by white people, even if they were majority white in parentage. They don't really see people as mixed race. Which is why Barrack Obama was seen as black in America but would have been described as mixed race in Britain. I remember Halle Berry talking about raising her daughter as a black woman even though HB has one black and one white parent and her daughter's dad was white.
I think it's different in the UK.

Why is saying 25% black offensive? Is it not like saying half Welsh, a quarter English?

@debbrianna I have heard of bleaching creams, but surely they are not widely used? It's incredibly sad if they are.

Why is saying 25% black offensive? Is it not like saying half Welsh, a quarter English?

It isn't [offensive] but maybe to some people because there will always be one. No need arguing over nothing or something that is clear.

Just as tanning is prevalent in Europe/American continents, bleaching is prevalent is Asian/African continents. Although I think there are much more people who tan than there are those who bleach (and tanning is more widely accepted) but it's only my opinion based on observation and experience and I could be wrong.

They are. And there are lots of tribes favoured for their beauty based on colour. I just didn't have the energy to argue with people on the internet for something so in your face.