Discussion: Publicist: Jerry Lewis, Comedian And Director, Dies at 91

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Here’s how I will always remember Lewis:

Just another racist asshole.

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Sadly I didn’t realize he was still alive. Funny guy that worked hard to make others. lives better. We need more folks like him.

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All white folks were racist then, doesn’t make it right, but a lot weren’t haters, just too dumb to see what they were doing was wrong.

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blinks

Says the guy whose moniker is “charlie don’t surf”???

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Okay… apparently you don’t understand this comes from two contexts:

  1. A scene in Apocalypse Now that is an indictment of American imperialism.
  2. A song by The Clash that is an indictment of American racism.