Comments on: Jamie Foxx BET Awards, Embarrassing.

By: Diedre

Diedre — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:35:35 +0000

I have always been a Jamie Foxx fan, but have a problem with his comment(s) on the BET awards. I have loved Michael Jackson since he and his brothers started recording. It never occurred/occurs to me that he was African-American, just like it never occurred to me that Billie Holiday was African-American, or Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jackie Wilson, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, and on-and-on. Along those same lines, it never occurred/occurs to me that Elvis Presley was white, or Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, Keely Smith, Barbra Streisand, k. d. lang, Diana Krall, or the color of any of the great artists. All I know is I LOVE their music and the music of other artists, and I love the way it makes me feel. I have CD’s/records of all these artists. I never hear anyone mention Charlie Pride either, who was the first African-American “that I remember” singing Country-Western music. Why does everything have to be about race? Why can’t we just look at Michael Jackson’s genius and enjoy it without bringing race into the picture? Wouldn’t you like to be sitting in on that jam session in the sky when he got there? Talk about entertainment! And by the way …I am white; I am 64-years-old; and I enjoy gifted entertainers no matter what generation, race, religion, or any of those other things on which people attach labels. When I first saw “Thriller,” I didn’t say, “My God, he’s a black genius!” I said, “My God, he’s a genius!” Can’t we just leave it at that …

By: DonnieG

DonnieG — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:21:19 +0000

C’mon people. We’re talking about Michael Jackson – a great talent but such a troubled, conflicted man as he got older. What Jamie did was great – he’s a creative, talented performer in every genre. I’ll look forward to him hosting again!!

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:58:18 +0000

Coccbeansupreme, are trying to say that throughout all of MJ’s accusations black people are the only people who didnt believe what was being said & still followed his music? if so….. you are no better than Jamie & ridiculous comments like your’s & his are the reason racism in the world will never end!!

By: dudu

dudu — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:55:02 +0000

listen everyone,the show was so great you all just hav to dis my homie jamie,we understand the death of the king,but that does make us to forget that its show of fun and entertainment,we know who jamie foxx his and that sholuyd not suprise anyone,paying the dues with fun,if micheal was there he would laugh too……….so no dissing ,big up for my man jamie

By: Alice

Alice — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:25:31 +0000

I used to think Jamie Foxx was cool, but he showed a big lack of taste and judgement that night. On another note, he should not have tried to ‘impersonate” him by dressing in the red jacket and trying to moonwalk. It was neither funny or respectful, and it really showed the contrast in the pure gracefulness that MJ showed in his performances and dance moves. MJ was as graceful a dancer as Fred Astaire had been. Micheal Jackson was ONE OF A KIND. I feel so sad that he has passed on from our world…He is in a better place.

By: kelly workman

kelly workman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:23:55 +0000

I have to agree with most everyone. I remember playing Thriller so much I wore the tape out. I am a 44 year old white woman and to me, It don’t matter if your black or white. Jamie Foxx should have done his research before attempting to host the Michael Jackson tribute. Michael would have been appalled. As for Joe Jackson…….well, now we know why he’s not in the will.

By: coccbeansupreme

coccbeansupreme — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:20:48 +0000

And another thing the black community was around plenty in the form of security guards, public relations etc,etc. We as true fans never believed any of those things he was being charged with, MJ never had that in him to do the ridiculousness he was was accused of. He was the poster boy for peter pan for he was forever young he grew in apperance but never in his heart. Jamie Foxx has comedy dvd’s where MJ is the butt of the joke and MJ knew about them, even laughed at some of his jokes. We love and respect Mike the same if not more he made it the highest level of achivement and we are proud of him,JAMIE FOXX was saying reagrdless of skin diease or whatever we still considered him a BROTHER and we never forgot it. Regrdless of what people said he was still loved. Everyons I meet has a least 1 fav MJ song, at least 1.

By: coccbeansupreme

coccbeansupreme — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:02:35 +0000

First, let me state that MJ was the KING period. Now while as a person of color I was a bit mad and embarassed for the poor tribute given to a performer that has given us sooooo much. But in saying that Micheal was OURS and everytime the public villified him he was reminded of the race, class, system that exists whether you people like it or not. He was made a pariah in the media and in the public eye, no wonder he left the country. We say we shared him because in essence that’s what happened he has had more cross over appeal than any other artist of color to date…argue that point. No one packed stadiums like Mike did no one has fans like that loyal fans like that. Please remember that MJ was convicted in the public eye by many media outlets making his us appeal diminsh greatly. In his own community he was treated as if he never left…MJ comeback..well he was never gone. Its a tragedy that has left the world mourning and three children without a father. BET failed on many levels but on trying to give him honor in the Black community means throwing that man a parrrrttyyyy. If you don’t get it you never will, at the last minute a PARTY was thrown for the man who cannot be topped by any other in our musical culture how does a pre planned show do that?? It wasn’t the best they could do but it was the worst there were moments that didn’t reflect the kind of life he lead but that’s the beauty of it, because all these people had plenty of love and respect for him and they performed for him.

By: jbg102304

jbg102304 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:11:44 +0000

First of all, let me say that I took total and absolute offense to what Jamie Foxx said. I am not black or white, but rather a mix of seven different nationalities. MJ stood for better than what Jamie Foxx presented. When someone of Caucasian decent says something about someone of African-American decent, they have to make a public apology. I think that Jamie Foxx should have to do the same. No matter what your nationality, it is not okay to make your nationality seem superior, especially not on television. Being a long time fan of Jamie Foxx from his In Living Color days, I am truly disappointed and outraged that he made such a comment. We must take a stand and tell Jamie Foxx that what he said was not okay and demand a publicly televised apology. END RACISM!!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:03:42 +0000

I know how we all feel about Foxx’s hosting abilities, and we are all in agreement that he failed miserably. We have a person who had a sad life in spite of all of the talent and riches, and died tragically way too early. It has been stated that Michael Jackson uniquely brought all races together through his music and I agree. Foxx allowed his true personal feelings about race be known to everyone by displaying such a pathetic tribute, if one can call it that, that did nothing to improve race relations. If anything, he accomplished just the opposite, and judging by the looks of some of the people who were in the audience that night, Foxx only succeeded in getting people riled up about race. Mr. Foxx should ask himself one basic question- Am I or am I not interested in bringing peace and harmony to people of all races? Or, will I continue to show my ignorance and true feelings when given a platform for which to speak from?