I heard Chris Rock say John McCain is so old he used to own Sidney Poitier. Is this true?
15 years ago by Black Comedy News
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CarlHardin.Com asked:
I mean he’s pretty old. I’m not sure, seems possible.
if you are lucky to live to be 71, won’t you be happy? Like you should respect any damn thing a rocker says……..get real!
LMAO
No, its not true but McCain is OLD.
I thought he still did.
Chris rock, there’s a pin head of a man making money off of vulgarity and making fun of innocent people. Racist jokes ALL the time. Yep, he fits quiet well in the democratic party!
no thats not thue dont lisen to him
ya its pretty true, he bought him for 2cents back in the day.. its also true that i saw your mom yesterday!!..
rock is funny. but no man alive now could have owned slaves, ever since the republicans with abe lincoln abolished salvery.
The joke is too deep for some.
It’s funnier when you realize he’s making fun of Sidney
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Rock should have disappeared after Pootie Tang
That’s a joke, kid. Slavery ended at the end of the Civil War (1865). That’s 143 years ago. McCain’s not quite that old.
Is he referring to John McCain as a slave owner? That statement is racist in all ways.
Chris Rock???
That’s your spokesperson? The icon of vulgarity and bad taste. Uneducated ignorant fool?
He is a racist and you are to for listening to his vitriol.
If he did it was funny as hell. Unlike your comment. Leave the comedy to the comedians.
is this black humor or democrat humor?…and its no
Why is that funny? Oh! It is ok to make racist, ageism jokes against white people.
IT’S A JOKE.
Chris is just jealous that he didn’t get picked; guess he was voted off the island.
Would that joke be funny if it was told by a white comedian? Something tells me if a white guy tells that joke he will get a visit from Tawana Sharpton and Shakedown Jackson and a lecture on political correctness.
I can’t believe you would actually believe this. Chris Rock was being FUNNY. It’s called “comedy”. Do a little RESEARCH before you ask questions like that/jump to such conclusions. Let’s not forget slavery was abolished hundreds of years ago.
LOL…This is so offensive at so many levels but Chris Rock is a comedian, fer God’s sake! He is a cerebral comedian and is really good. Some of his social commentary is spot on.
BTW, this comment is funny even if blatantly untrue. Sometimes, I wish both conservatives and liberals learned to laugh at themselves instead of taking offense to every real and imagined joke and slight.
YES! McCain is old enough. However, with age comes experience, making McCain more qualified and prepared to lead our country during this difficult time. McCain has lived foreign policy while the other candidate is clueless. Even Hillary had to call Obama down during one of their debates on his answer on foreign policy. McCain served in the Senate, as The Chairman of the Commerce Committee, which deals with the economy. Obama worked on an economic bill which failed 99-0, with Obama, himself voting against his own bill. More frequently than not Obama has cast his vote in the Senate, as PRESENT. What a waste! Obviously, he has no opinion. Just like his eloquent, motivating speeches, he is an empty suit with empty words.
Give me wisdom anytime. Yes, we need someone older and wiser to take care of America. That someone is John McCain.
A number of seniors around today owned the movies that Sidney Poitier made. Neither Sidney Poitier or McCain were alive during the days of slavery, so this is just a stupid question. I find this an extremely racist remark made by Chris Rock. Obviously, you are old enough to know the answer.
Sidney Poitier
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Not to be confused with Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
Sidney Poitier
Poitier (left) with Harry Belafonte (center) and Charlton Heston (right) at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C
Born February 20, 1927 (1927-02-20) (age 81)
Cat Island, Bahamas
Years active 1943 – present
Spouse(s) Juanita Hardy (1950-1965)
Joanna Shimkus (1976-)
[show]Awards won
Academy Awards
Best Actor
1963 Lilies of the Field
Academy Honorary Award
2002 Lifetime Achievement
BAFTA Awards
Best Foreign Actor
1958 The Defiant Ones
Britannia Award
2006 Lifetime Contributions to International Film
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1963 Lilies of the Field
Cecil B. DeMille Award
1982 Lifetime Achievement
Grammy Awards
Best Spoken Word Album
2001 The Measure of a Man
NAACP Image Awards
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-series or Dramatic Special
1999 The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Life Achievement Award
2000 Lifetime Achievement
Other Awards
Silver Bear for Best Actor
1958 The Defiant Ones
1963 Lilies of the Field
AFI Life Achievement Award
1992 Lifetime Achievement
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (pronounced /?pw??tie?/; born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Grammy-winning Bahamian-American actor, film director, and author. He broke through as a star in acclaimed performances in American films and plays, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world.
In 1963, Poitier became the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor—for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three very well received films—To Sir, With Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner—making him the top box office star of that year.[1]
Poitier has directed a number of popular movies such as Uptown Saturday Night, and Let’s Do It Again (with friend Bill Cosby), and Stir Crazy (starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder). In 2002, 38 years after receiving the Best Actor Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive the Honorary Award, designated “To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being.”[2]
Since 1997 he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan.
No, its not true. It is just a joke.
Issues, please. Funny joke, though, but it insinuates the choice of POTUS once again to be based on appearance. We are choosing the next leader of the free world, and commander of English-speaking armies.
Age and appearance has nothing to do with it. Stupidity does. The failed lawyer must not be elected.
If a white comedian would have said something like that about Obama, he would be in total ruin, begging forgiveness, and making a very public apology….double standards make me sick….I think people need to wake up and vote for a person that actually can do the job …not just smile that big smile…..a real AMERICAN
It’s only right when a black person makes racist jokes!!
McCain 08