Playing The Race Card

I suppose it was only a matter of time before Isaiah Washington, the Grey's Anatomy dumpee, said racism was a factor in his firing.

He told Newsweek that "someone heard the booming voice of a black man and got really scared and that was the beginning of the end for me."
• More homophobia is implied here when he states that T.R. Knight was "really scared" by the booming voice of a black man. Pansies/gay men are afraid of real men.
• He has previously said it was a lie that T.R. Knight heard him say he was a faggot. So did you say it or not? Not only are you a mess, but a lying mess at that.
• If someone was indeed scared by a booming voice, why does that have anything to do with being black? If you ran around my workplace causing a commotion with an intimidating booming voice, I'd want your ass canned too. Black or not. I don't seem to recall James Earl Jones having any problems finding work.

Washington said it was his unwillingness to act like a submissive black at work was part of the problem.
• Does Mr. Washington think that because he is a black man he shouldn't have to do as he's told by his employer?
• Ummm, it's called being an employee. Employees are submissive. We do what we're told, and if we don't, we're fired. Or if we don't want to do what the boss says, we quit. What does that have to do with being black? If you wanna be the boss, start your own company.
• Implying that white people are afraid of black people that aren't submissive sounds a bit racist to me...against white people.

"Well, it didn't help me on the set that I was a black man who wasn't a mush-mouth Negro walking around with his head in his hands all the time. I didn't speak like I'd just left the plantation and that can be a problem for people sometime," he said.
• Oh, Mr. Washington, you're just so much more intelligent than the rest of us! How could we ever stand to be anything but intimidated by your presence?
• Do the other black people on the show have these interpersonal problems? Or are you saying they're all mush mouth negroes?
• I don't know any white people that expect black people to be "mush-mouth" Negroes. In fact, until you brought it up, I'd be willing to bet that most white people don't even know what a mush mouth negro is! We expect our co-workers to be respectful, nice, professional, and easy to work with on a daily basis. Now if you can't manage that, it doesn't have anything to do with your skin color, race, or background. It's because you're an asshole. And the fact that you don't take any personal responsibility for your behavior and blame it on racism within the people around you just makes you a bigger asshole.

Now dry up and blow away.
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