Serial homophobe plays the race card

Isaiah Washington, a mediocre actor, played the race card in making himself the victim of his series of insensitive remarks that cost him his job.

In playing the race card, a typical disingenuous act when people do despicable things and want to still be seen as a sympathetic person, Washington took it up a notch by insulting sucessful black actors.

"My mistake was believing that I would get the support from my network and all of my cast mates across the board. My mistake was believing I could correct a wrong with honesty and sincerity," he said in the interview posted online Thursday.

"My mistake was thinking black people get second chances. I was wrong on all fronts," he said.
His unwillingness to act like a submissive black at work was part of the problem, Washington said.

"Well, it didn't help me on the set that I was a black man who wasn't a mush-mouth Negro walking around with his head in his hands all the time. I didn't speak like I'd just left the plantation and that
can be a problem for people sometime," he said.

Instead of facing the reality that his apologies were lame as they generated more controversy that the original remarks, Washington downplays the idea he may just be an ass, he wants everyone to think it is just because he is black.

And he claims he is the victim because he didn't act like "a submissive black", wasn't a "mush mouth negro" and didn't speak like he "just left the plantation." I'm sure the scores of successful actors thank you for suggesting they succeeded because they did all those things you claim to be above.

There are real victims of racism, and everytime the race card is played by people like Isaiah Washington, those victims lose their voice. And in trying to defend his indefensible actions he not only denied justice to the real victims of racism, but he also managed to take away the successes of the scores of actors in Hollywoood who have talent.

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