{"id":7468,"date":"2013-07-19T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2013-07-19T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T10:04:58","slug":"twitter-explodes-with-racist-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=7468","title":{"rendered":"Twitter explodes with black racist tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Larry Elder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following an appearance on CNN, during which he called out host Piers Morgan for race baiting, radio talk show black host Larry Elder has been bombarded with racist remarks on Twitter from other black Americans.<\/p>\n

Morgan admitted that he had booked Elder to appear because he had been critical of Morgan\u2019s assertion that the key witness in the failed prosecution of George Zimmerman is a \u201csmart cookie.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Morgan attempted to railroad Elder into calling Rachel Jeantel<\/a> \u201cstupid\u201d, Elder instead focused on how he believes the media is engaging in outright race baiting over the Trayvon Martin case, stirring up division and promoting hatred.<\/p>\n

Elder\u2019s performance was lauded by many commentators as he slammed Morgan for treating \u201cblack people like children\u201d and told him he should be \u201cashamed\u201d of himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just bothered by how you are handling all this,\u201d he said. \u201cYou think you are doing something for black people but you\u2019re not. You\u2019re making black people feel as if they are under siege and it\u2019s not true, it\u2019s an outrage!\u201d Elder said.<\/p>\n

Elder hit Morgan with cold hard facts, noting that there were 7,000 murders last year of black people, almost all of which were committed by other black people. Elder also highlighted the fact that there have been 480 black people murdered in Chicago alone this year, and 75 percent of the cases are yet to be solved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere are the cameras, where are the shows?\u201d Elder asked Morgan. \u201cIt\u2019s outrageous to act as if black America should fear some non-black guy stalking some black kid at night. The likelihood of a black person being killed by a non-black person is extremely remote, which is why this became a big national issue in the first place.\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHalf of the murders in this country are committed by black people, even though black people are 12 percent of the population,\u201d Elder urged. \u201cThis is why commonsensical people profile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs if [the Zimmerman case] somehow is some sort of indictment of America and black people should look over their shoulders every night and act as if a white guy is going to jump out of a bush and get them. It\u2019s outrageous,\u201d he said. \u201cHard work wins. Get an education, don\u2019t pay attention to negative people, stay focused and you\u2019ll be OK in America. That\u2019s why most of the people in the world want to come here, that\u2019s why you want to come here, Piers.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to Elder\u2019s interview, he has received a torrent of racist abuse on social media sites from other black Americans. Below are numerous examples.<\/p>\n

Warning: the following tweets directed at Elder contain extremely vulgar and racist language.<\/p>\n

Look at this coon ass house nigger on CNN. Nigga so brainwashed.
\n\u2014 Trilla Bella \u304d\u3087\u3042\u304f (@RaeiaTheVillain) July 18, 2013<\/p>\n

YOU ARE A PATHETIC PIECE OF SHIT YOU FUCKING HOUSE NIGGER @larryelder
\n\u2014 Trilla Bella \u304d\u3087\u3042\u304f (@RaeiaTheVillain) July 18, 2013<\/p>\n

Larry Elder is the quintessential white man’s nigger. #PiersMorganLive
\n\u2014 Lindani Mazibuko (@Queer123Lindani) July 18, 2013<\/p>\n

KEEP GETTIN ON CNN MAKING THOSE DUMBASS STATEMENTS AND SOME NIGGAS GONNA LEAVE YOUR ASS WET UP @larryelder #300
\n\u2014 Trilla Bella \u304d\u3087\u3042\u304f (@RaeiaTheVillain) July 18, 2013<\/p>\n

I HOPE YOU HAVE A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND DROP DEAD YOU MONKEY MOUTH SELF HATING UNCLE TOM @larryelder
\n\u2014 Trilla Bella \u304d\u3087\u3042\u304f (@RaeiaTheVillain) July 18, 2013<\/p>\n

Damn man, @larryelder is a house nigger blaming Blacks for their own problems and calling Rachel stupid
\n\u2014 Adam Rage (@abdirmo) July 18, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following an appearance on CNN, during which he called out host Piers Morgan for race baiting, radio talk show black host Larry Elder has been bombarded with racist remarks on Twitter from other black Americans. Morgan admitted that he had booked Elder to appear because he had been critical of Morgan\u2019s assertion that the key … Continue reading “Twitter explodes with black racist tweets”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,123],"tags":[4067,157,4068,4066,429],"class_list":["post-7468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","category-world","tag-larry-elder","tag-racism","tag-racist-black-americans","tag-racist-tweets","tag-twitter"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/larryelder.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7471,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions\/7471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}