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Katt Williams Racist Rant: 5 Best YouTube Responses

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Right back atcha, jerkhole.
Nothing riles up the Tubes like a good 'n' ignorant racist rant by a Hollywood regular, no matter how semi-famous, or merely infamous, they may be. (Hell, even a UCLA nobody can grab international headlines with a couple "ching chongs" these days.)

Enter Katt Williams, a comedian with Black Panther lineage and a long history of silly crime in the City of Angels. His standup show in Arizona last week was derailed by some insults from a Latino man in the audience, to whom Williams responded with some very serious anti-Mexican sentiments. For, uh, seven ridiculous minutes:

"If y'all had California and you loved it, then you shouldn't have given that mothafucka up. You should have fought for California, goddamnit, since you love it," he says, later calling Mexicans "landscapers" (just as he had at a Young Jeezy concert the week before). Another gem: "Do you remember when white people used to say go back to Africa? And we'd have to tell them we dont want to? So if you love Mexico, bitch, get the fuck over there!"

Racist fucktards -- making Sheriff Joe's job 10 times easier, one highly publicized rant at a time.

The night's most awesome response was probably "This is Mexico, motherfucker!" from a guy standing on his table at the club. And the most surprising media reaction has been from Hispanically Speaking News, who ran a piece called, "Katt Is Right." (Seriously.)

In the week that has followed, though, the real lifetime flamethrowers have gathered their best comebacks and uploaded them to YouTube, for to rip Williams a new one. Because, as we've seen so many times, instead of just ignoring such insignificant, one-man mouth diarea for the non-news it is, the people of America can't help but throw in their 75 cents. In droves. Here are our favorites.

5. "Tell me how you really feel" girl:

4. "Down with the brown" dude, also apparently down with the herb:

3. "Wanna fight?" cholo, admirably backed up by his token black friend:

2. Conflicted "I love Katt Williams" stinkface man:

1 1/2. Equally conflicted "because he got high" semi-sympathizer:

1. And last but not least, some next-level shit:

Why anyone cares what a spastic con with a "bug-eyed Don Knotts-meets-Chris Rock" shtick thinks about immigration is beyond us. But, as usual, this racist rant might just have been worth the rain of responses. Keep doing what you do, reliable Tube army you.

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Kingtempo94
Kingtempo94

So what if Geroge Lopez was in a show and a black person say go back to mexico and George respond bitch go back to africa u are a slave the black commiunity will go crazy nation wide . not a good looking cat williams . Btw im from puerto rico I have alot of respect for all my black people latino stand upppppp peaceee

Johnsonlorenzo741
Johnsonlorenzo741

All Katt Williams was saying is if you are going to stay in America, make money, and be apart of the American dream at least alliance yourself with America. Don’t be saying I am Mexican, Jamaican, and African when you should be saying I am Mexican-American and so on. I like what he said, sorry for the one guy that was sitting upfront but we need to all be Americans and nothing else.

Jakepoof
Jakepoof

The Mexican man in the audience had every right to stand up and say "fuck you racist". I agree. I would have. Katt Williams should nEVER have gone there with the act when he knows full damned well the state of Mexican/American relations at this moment. We have a history of treating Mexicans and those of Mexican descent as "non-humans" in this country. I'm shocked because I love Katt's usually socially concious, low-brow rants on race and politics. GAWD I'm dissapointed as hell to hear he went off like that on Mexican's. Who was he trying to please with that shit? HIs white conservative base? of which he has ZILCH! if you know Katt like his fans do this is completely out of character for his stand up. I don't know what is making him crazy but i do know he has gone crazy. I am really sad for him and the people who sat down to hear him only to get a slap in the face for it. He's grown bitter and very nasty over the past few years. This is so NOT the KATT WILLIAMS I grew to love and laugh with.

Steve
Steve

    My great grandparents moved from Mexico to Silver City, New Mexico shortly before the civil war. My great grandfather was a colonel in the Union Army. I have worked and lived the American dream and am now looking back over 6 decades to see the end of United States domination of the world and her slide into a semi-third world trash heap. Why does our government cater to foreigners and their language? I have lived to see white flight, black flight and a flood of illegal aliens decimate our once wealthy state. The Mexican homeboy is right. THIS IS MEXICO! Try going anywhere in the western U-S-A- looking for places without huge degrees of illegal Mexicans,Salvadorians, and other assorted unskilled, ignorant people. Mexico has succeeded in shipping millions of their unwanted into our country and in so doing, have doomed the legal (which includes Visa,sponsored aliens) to a life not much better than Tia Juana. God help the next generation. God save America3

Stuntboyy
Stuntboyy

Man we are all human, stop living in the past and let ignorance feed itself a person is a person period wrong or not let it go

Susanrazzle
Susanrazzle

Every real American hates the mexicans and have since the slimeywetbacks first slithered in.

Thuggn2daend
Thuggn2daend

KATT WILLIAMS is a staright sucka...yeaaaa he got security wow....i hope he is up to fight that sexy ass cholo....he aint ready tho...dat short b!tch lost all his mexicans fans...stupid little piece of shit

Jamesmoore7237
Jamesmoore7237

fuck you wetback....go back to your girlfriend felipe

David
David

Not one of the people in these comments are fully indigenous if native at all.  And even if their families are from south of the border then they're people never existed in this part of the country anyway.  So what claim do they have past or present on this land?

The reality is that their ancestors not only had their land stolen but also did the stealing (Hint: Most Mexican people are mixed with native and Spanish).  So maybe they should beat themselves up and call it a day.  Or maybe stop living in the past, learn how to succeed in this land as it stands today, and better their circumstances instead of crying over something that happened over 160 years ago.

Ruthless
Ruthless

What about all the black people who constantly bitch that they were brought over here as slaves and how their rights were violated? That happened years ago also but it seems to be the first thing that comes out of black peoples pie hole. Aztecs and indigenous tribes in Mexico were also used as slaves and we don't whine like blacks. If you were brought over here by force then take your ass back to AFRICA! Your ancestors should have fought to stay in Africa. But of course none of them went back even when slavery was abolished because they just love welfare and section 8. Hey I'm a standup comic its my job to insult people. Eyeroll

Cartbl11
Cartbl11

Why would we leave a country we built? We were the pinnacle of trade because of the work of slaves...

helorisc
helorisc

every thing the mexican woman said is so true

Jose M Perez
Jose M Perez

Ignore him and he might go away.

Jose M. Perez

Rambo
Rambo

Sounded like most of the crowd agreed with Kats stance. I do too. Who stands up at a Comedy show and says. "This is Mexico Mother F-er" IN AMERICA!!! You Americans should be insulted by this if you had any balls to stand up for your country and the people that have died keeping it free and prosperous. They were both using racially offensive jargon. Who cares anyway. Im so over this racist whiney BS. Sticks and stones will break my bones but NAMES will never hurt me. I am a bird sh!t, white boy, honkey, cant dance, cant run fast, no rythym, casper looking, pointy nose goofy white boy. Anything else anyone wants to add? It wont offend me. Why do other races seem to get offended more than us white folks? We are all country men on the same side but when someone says this is another country. That gets my blood boiling. Kat was 100% right on for how he handled this. WHo cares about his passed or what he has done. Im sure home boy has a rap sheet too. Anyone bother to check into that? Bunch of cowards that care more baout being politically correct and NOT offending people then doing whats right. Thats why our country is in the current state its in. We no longer look after our best interests and go out of our way to make other people happy.

TELLITLIKEITIS
TELLITLIKEITIS

SO  SAD ! HOW ABOUT STANDING UP FOR THE HUMAN RACE INSTEAD OF A COUNTRY ? WE ALL HAVE A PERPOSE !!!!

Cafelight95
Cafelight95

For the LOVE of G-d! Let us first get this whole YouTube army BS straight. These are people who are seeking their 15 minutes of fame and the shameful part is they are only getting a bit of what Katt Williams said, completely OMITTING the racial epitaphs that the Mexican American man. He had been heckling (using a slew or racist comments himself), prior to KATT losing his cool. I am a professional writer so I will say this to you Simone, F.A.C.T. is rule one in journalism. Make sure it is Fast Accurate Correct and True. Secondly your narrative is welcomed in an opinion article, but when reporting on controversy, still go for the truth and not use the broad brush of scandal to make a story seem legitimate.

Guest
Guest

Katt Williams' behavior was disgusting.  That heckler's no angel either (dropping N bombs).

Ron C.
Ron C.

I've been in media for many years...and I'd like to defend and praise Simone for a tremendous job in writing this article.  Keep up the good work kid!

Joe L
Joe L

You're a VVM intern coordinator aren't you?

frank dillon
frank dillon

i agree the writer is below high school newspaper quallity

EllenTaylor
EllenTaylor

You're a terrible writer, Simone. And you can't make a good joke for shit.

You are just not funny. And you have written this piece so badly. Stick to shoe-shopping.

Joe L
Joe L

I think Simone is an intern, don't be too harsh on her.

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