Samuel L. Jackson: ‘I Voted for Barack Because He Was Black’

[UnschoolShqiponjë]

The best part is none of the yahoo commentators seem to understand Samuel Jackson's point.

Quote:Samuel L. Jackson only voted for President Barack Obama because of the color of his skin, the Hollywood actor revealed in a profanity-laced interview in the March issue of Ebony magazine.

“I voted for Barack because he was black. ’Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people — because they look like them,” Jackson said. "That’s American politics, pure and simple. [Obama’s] message didn’t mean shit to me. In the end, he’s a politician. I just hoped he would do some of what he said he was gonna do.

According to the New York Post, the "Pulp Fiction" legend repeatedly dropped the N-word during his cover story interview.

“When it comes down to it, they wouldn’t have elected a nigga," Jackson said. "Because, what’s a nigga? A nigga is scary. Obama ain’t scary at all. Niggas don’t have beers at the White House. Niggas don’t let some white dude, while you in the middle of a speech, call [him] a liar" -- an apparent reference to Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" outburst during Obama's health care address to a joint session of Congress in 2009.

Jackson continued, "A nigga would have stopped the meeting right there and said, ‘Who the fuck said that?’ I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, ’cuz he ain’t gotta worry about getting re-elected.”

Defending his repeated use of the racial epithet, Jackson said it "became a part of my vocabulary when I was born."

"Because it was used on me in my house, often . . . I know the word nigga as an admonishment, an endearment, a criticism and an invective. So I use it; I don’t run from it. I don’t have an issue with it or who says it. I always put it in the context of how it was used on me," he said.

Jackson previously made political headlines in October, when he agreed with fellow actor Morgan Freeman's assessment that the Tea Party was "racist."

“It’s pretty obvious what they are,” Jackson said in an interview with New York Magazine. “The division of the country is not about the government having too much power. I think everything right now is geared toward getting that guy out of office, whatever that means.”

Jackson continued, “It’s not politics. It is not economics. It all boils down to pretty much to race. It is a shame.”

It's like how I am gonna let my four year old cousin choose who I vote for (unless Ron Paul somehow wins the Republican primaries).

It is because me and Samuel Jackson both know it is all a huge scam/joke. So fuck it.

I love this black man.

[Miller0700]

At least he's honest.

[HeartofShadows]

meh

[UnschoolShqiponjë]

(02-13-2012 05:33 AM)HeartofShadows Wrote:  meh

Don't worry I don't like his blackness more than yours.

[HeartofShadows]

(02-13-2012 06:00 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote:  Don't worry I don't like his blackness more than yours.