Jun 19 2007
DL Hughley

DL Hughley Faces Protest From Black Ministers For Telling Rutgers Jokes

This past Saturday DL Hughley faced protests from black ministers and community activists outside of a show in Dallas, Fort Worth. They were up late one night and caught DL Hughley’s recent appearance on The Jay Leno Show. It’s there that DL proceeded to unleash a couple of jabs to the girl’s chins.

He basically said the Rutgers girls were some of the ugliest women he’s seen in his whole life.

Pastor Kyev Tatum of Servant House Baptist Church said Imus’s comment was insulting and so was DL Hughley’s. He said it’s time to stop all black performers from such vile attacks - starting with DL. “It’s not only that comment,” Pastor Tatum said. “He has a history of demeaning our community in such a way that it’s not funny anymore.”

DL Hughley has been doing comedy for 18 years, he said this is the first time he’s ever faced this kind of complaint from the black community. White supremacists have sent him hate mail, but not the pastor.

The protestors were demanding a public apology to be broadcast on national TV.

In an interview with CBS News, DL was unapologetic.

He said he doesn’t respect the mindset behind the complaints.

“I just firmly believe that freedom of speech is a zero-sum proposition. I believe that the mistake people make is to apologize for the way they feel. Whether it was Mel Gibson and the statement he made, whether it was Michael Richards, Tim Hardaway or whether it was Isiah Washington.

Now I believe that each one of those things were probably wrong, but they had the right to say them.

The problem in this country right now is that we’re so uptight that we’ve actually regressed.

Thirty years ago you had All in the Family..

you could have conversations you can’t have now. And the only way you can get anywhere is to have an open and honest dialogue, where everybody gets to fully express themselves.

Some of these same types of people got upset when Barack Obama was called articulate.Now if I can’t call you articulate and I can’t call you black and I can’t call you.. then what can I call you that will make you happy?

It’s a sad day when the civil rights leaders in Fort Worth have nothing better to do then to follow a comedian around.”

Nuff said.


☼ What's Your Opinion? ☼

1 dmac Tue, Jun 19, 2007 - 10:43 am

DAMN RIGHT, LIKE JEEZY SAID, TAKE YA OLD AZZ 2 SLEEP.

2 lisa-nj Tue, Jun 19, 2007 - 2:14 pm

i live in the same dorm as the nappy headed hoes (shout out 2 ROCKOFF!)and they are on the ugly side, i mean i get a little scared when i see them come off the elevators. their like extraordinarily ugly close up and some of them got some of the finest niggas on the football/basketball teams. either the guys are gay or their scared that they’ll get beat up cuz they iz GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY UGLY!!!

3 danZenie Tue, Jun 19, 2007 - 3:23 pm

I concur.  You should be allowed to say wtf you want.  As long as you are aware that there might be consequences.

4 c'mon Wed, Jun 20, 2007 - 1:34 am

Hurting people is never funny.

5 vargas Thu, Jun 21, 2007 - 3:23 pm

What on earth did these women do to deserve this kind of hatred?

6 lisa-nj Thu, Jun 21, 2007 - 4:06 pm

its not hatred stupid, no one wants to kill the or wish them harm or anything of the nature. they are all just personal opinions. i’m sure there are people u deem as “pretty challenged” and do you hate them? didn’t think so

7 CvD Sat, Jun 23, 2007 - 10:48 pm

Thank God for DL Hughley. This Country did take a step backwards. People can’t even talk to one another honestly any more to the point where you now have to ask some one if they mind you being honest. WTF????

I think the Mad Cow Disease is starting to affect the brains of folks in the USA.

8 RC Wed, Jul 11, 2007 - 3:09 am

This nigga ain’t funny.  How’s that for freedom of speech?

9 CHIEF 00 Thu, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:33 am

YOU CAN’T SAY SHIT ANYMORE! COMEDIANS CAN’T BE FUNNY ANYMORE. SORRY TO SAY A BLACK PERSON CAN SAY NIGGA BUT A WHITE PERSON CAN’T. LIKE IT OR NOT BUT THAT IS THE WAY IT IS. AT LEAST GIVE US THAT. INDIANS ARE GETTING LAND, WHITE PEOPLE HAVE EVERYTHING, LET US HAVE SOMETHING. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIKE TO HEAR US CALL EACH OTHER NIGGA BUT IT IS A TERM OF AFFECTION FROM ONE BROTHER TO ANOTHER WRONG OR RIGH. F*CK THIS POLITICALLY CORRECT SHIT. I’M STILL GONNA CALL MY BOYS NIGGA AND TO THOSE WHO DON’T LIKE IT THAT IS ALL YOU CAN DO IS NOT LIKE IT. I KNOW WHEN TO BE PROFESSIONAL AND WHEN TO TAKE IT TO THE STREETS. WORRY ABOUT YOUR PRESIDENT STARTING WARS FOR NO REASON THEN WHAT WE SAY. YOU STILL CAN’T SAY IT!!!!

10 maddowood Mon, Oct 27, 2008 - 4:36 pm

could dl hughly be JohmMcain’s pick for secretary of education?

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