“… it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alriiii-ght …”
After yesterday’s Twitter uproar, John Mayer is playing that song on a frikkin’ loop right now. In an interview for this month’s issue of Playboy, the often douchebaggey Mayer stuck his foot so far in his mouth that he’s now defecating shoe strings.
Mayer has added his name to the list of people making off-color comments that offend people. Most black folks only know Mayer from his work with artists like Common, Jay-Z, Kanye West and his performance at the Michael Jackson memorial service.
In the Q&A portion of the story, Mayer, who needs a dumbass filter, was asked a follow up question that he should have glossed over. In the initial question, he was talking about how he was “very” (whatever that means) and “That’s why black people love me.”
PLAYBOY: Because you’re very?
MAYER: Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”
*smh* That’s not even where most folks got pissed off. This dumb ass went on to talk about his struggle being similar to a black dude’s and saying he’s not sure if black women are throwing themselves at him because he doesn’t “open himself to it.”
MAYER: … My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock. I’m going to start dating separately from my dick.
*sigh*
Now, folks all over Twitter are all upset, pissed really, saying that it’s offensive and Mayer’s a racist and we can’t let it slide. Political commentator Roland S. Martin went so far as to call one of Toure’s, a journalist and pop culture critic, followers “stupid as hell” for not caring that her white ex-boyfriend used the word “nigger” on a regular.
Disclaimer: I will never reduce the word “nigger” to the “N-word.”
I like Martin and more often than not, I agree with the brotha. Right now is not one of those times. This is a time where I wish he’d just shut up.
*steps up on soap box and speaks in an elevated voice*
We can not demand that our white counterparts not say the word if we are not demanding the same of black people. The word is offensive as all hell, but we should get just as offended when we hear black people say it. I get it, you are pissed at John Mayer. You want to kick his ass. Let him get in line behind Jeezy and Joc and all the rest of them.
Let it slide? You damn right. He’s a douche, we know. He doesn’t apologize for it and he shouldn’t have to because HE doesn’t owe anyone anything. Mayer is an entertainer. He sings and plays music. He doesn’t HAVE to please everybody.
*steps down off soap box*
“How can I put this in a way so it’s not to offend or unnerve …”
Now, on to the lovely ladies of the Negroid persuasion, please, get off your high horses – before you fall and break your hypocritical necks.
The best thing about this interview is the fact that Mayer was blunt about not being attracted to black women. I don’t see a problem. You like what you like. Your preference is your preference. Some of these same black women who are all up in arms are quick to say “White men don’t do it for me” or “I don’t like white men.”
That is just as offensive to them as his statement is to you. And just why do you give a crap about the sexual preferences of one John Mayer. It’s not like he’s gonna swoop into Podunk, U.S.A. and sweep your chocolately ass off your feet. Get a damn grip! It’s NOT always about you.
