Isaiah Washington, who was fired off the show Grey's Anatomy for spouting a homophobic epithet (I believe "faggot" is the word in question - they never tell you these things) in regards to T.R. Knight, has decided that no, it wasn't his own intolerance that got him shitcanned - it was the racism of everyone else associated with the show. To explain this, he has stated that he thinks it was the big, "booming voice of a black man" that had everyone intimidated, so they fired him. No, Isaiah - that wasn't it. You're upset because you apologized and they fired you anyway, apparently not realizing that sometimes you do shit an apology won't fix. That's how it works out here in the real world. Of course, no one can blame you playing the race card - that happens so often nowadays that it's the name of the new game from the makers of Uno - "RACE CARD, fun for mixed groups of 6, 10 and 18 - it's a race to the bottom as we hammer on the differences between us!" - but your race card is ridiculous, bigger than the other cards in the deck, an obvious forgery that gets you shot at the end of the game when there's five aces on the table, and Hickok holding the Dead Man's Hand. For those of you still with me, Mr. Washington's comments bear repeating, as they are nothing but him pissing fire from his strictly hetero cock on the flames of bigotry he himself inflamed.
"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. My mistake was thinking black people get second chances. I was wrong on all fronts...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."
Three mistakes he mentions, and not a one them is 'hating on gay people,' 'using slurs,' or 'being intolerant.' You can smell the lack of perspective here. Isaiah, black people often get second chances, as do many other kinds of people - black assholes, on the other hand, like all colors of assholes, often have a harder time. And finally: Does he really imagine that he can act the prick as long he pretends to be dumb and subservient and that will make his prick-acting easier to take somehow? In addition to being full of shit, Isaiah may also be a dumb motherfucker.
Which makes him a good actor, at least. Having watched the show, I hadn't noticed that about him before.