Verizon axes the “TechNigga” video
July 10th, 2008Many Blacks said that the blog was extremely racist
The negative hype surrounding the “TechNigga” video blog was too much for Verizon, which decided Tuesday to axe the racially offensive offering, HipHopDX reports. “Verizon heard the complaints of the groups and fortunately for all involved sided with those who feel that 1938 Media – along with its founder Loren Feldman, who is the star of TechNigga – ‘promotes racism,’” reported EUR Web, which wrote about the backlash from activists earlier this week. In a statement, Verizon Wireless said that “clips from 1938 media were moved off our service this morning.” Leading the protest were Najee Ali and Paul Porter, who argued that the Feldman’s 2007 video was racist. Feldman is White. HipHopDX said that initial reports that Verizon had financed the video were false. But Verizon did have the power to ensure that all of 1938 Media videos were no longer available to its users. Should Verizon have discontinued distributing the video?
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What sad, is that if it was a BLACK man who was doing the “TECHNIGGA” skit, over 3/4th of the people complaining would have found it funny.
“TechNigga” video gets 1938 Media removed from Verizon
I normally don’t respond to dumb stuff like this, but this is unreal. How the hell, who the hell allowed this. If you think about it, this might be a backlash to our next President. Can you hear me now! Does it really matter that they pulled this video, we have the biggest network! I think this guy thinks he is Dave Chappelle, not. We as a whole will never move forward, if we keep moving backwards.
Oh now they cancel it? The damage is already done! NOW ALL BLACK PEOPLE should cancel their cellular phone service with Verizon and see how that hurts their pockets!!!
No excuses for STUPIDITY Verizon “brainless”.
Now all Black people should cancel their cellular phone service with Verizon “brainless”. No excuses for stupidity!!!!
I’m not sure how hating a black man continues in this day and age. White people get over it. Most of us is related to you some where down the line.
Should Verizon have discontinued distributing the video?
aah, this is a NO BRAINER..I heard the what was stated on this piece of sh%t and it was VERY OFFENSIVE and NOT the LEAST BIT FUNNY. Verizon cant claim ignorance on this one. They WILL NEVER get any business of mine…EVER!!!!!..pssst can YOU hear me now?..
situations like these really need to be addressed. If we keep allowing society to play with our race, our values, our history, and the struggles we have fought to be considered equal, they’ll continue to push it to the limit. Verizon knew what they were doing when it first appeared. As a business move, they wanted to see how long they could get away with it and how many people they can piss off. It’s all about the dollar and how much free publicity they can get. i’m upset and mad. I think African Americans need to stop supporting Verizon because its clear that they are racist. Please visit the nationalist.org. They are the modern day KKK. you’ll read some bad stuff about them but they are still active. I want the people to know that they are located in Learned, MS and they support and has support from a lot of national politicians. I’m serious…check it out. you might don’t know this but they were upset about the Jena 6 march. to fire back, they organized a march on the same street to raise the awareness about their movement. The bad thing is that they marched on Martin Luther King birthday. They said they did it because they didn’t feel that a %?~?@ deserves a national holiday.I’m not even sure if they had a permit because according to Jena City Hall, they nevered filled out the proper documents. They sent in a letter of intent. If you don’t believe me, look it up and see for yourself. I encourage you to read.
Ive been a loyal Verizon customer for 15 years. My current contract is up in January an I will not be renewing.
I have never been a fan of Verizon.
yes they should have pulled the plug on that
I have 12 friends who use Verizon and they aren’t renewing their contract.
Every black person in America needs to stop using Verizon. I was a loyal customer to them and then I got tired of the little increases here and there. I started using AT&T temporarily. Temporarily?? Sheeeeeeeeeiiiiiit!!!!!!EVERY BLACK PERSON IN AMERICA NEEDS TO STOP USING VERIZON….PERIOD!!!!! I’m saving up for my iphone and dats dat…..F**K YOU VERIZON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN YOU HEAR US ALL NOW??? HEH, HEH,HEH!!!
DAM, HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! THESE RACISTS BASTARDS THINK THEY CAN SHOW, PUBLISH OR BROADCAST ANY DAM THING THEY FEEL LIKE AND EXPECT AN “I’M SORRY” TO BE ACCEPTED AND OK!!! WELL, IT’S NOT!!! NOT YESTERDAY, NOT TODAY AND DAM SHO NOT TOMORROW!!!
I would absolutely love to see you all call up verizon and tell them you want out of your contract because you’ve been emotionally damaged
I’m especially loving that you’re all threatening that you and your friends are cancelling/not renewing and implying that it has anything to do with this.
It was a parody. Maybe not a funny one, but it’s still a parody. The type of parody that all of you reactionary fools laugh at on SNL and the like. If this had been a black man portraying a black man, a black man portraying a chinese man or a black man portraying a chinese man or a black man portraying a white man there would be no offense and i’m sure you would be laughing at it. Instead, you’re pretending to have had your delicate sensibilities violated.
You’ll never move forward until you stop being so reactionary and grow up. Come down from your racial high horse. Being black does not make you better than everyone else, nor does it keep you from being subjected to the same parodies every other race is subject to. Being black makes you the same as everyone else, despite what you might like to portray.
Grow up. This video did not in any way harm you. The same way eddie murphy playing a white guy doesn’t hurt the white people. The same way carlos mencia playing an indian guy doesn’t hurt the indian people. You’re not any more entitled to safety from having your “feelings” hurt than anyone else.
RACIST IS ALIVE AND KICKING!! F**K YOU VERIZON!! F**K YOU!!!!
Mozam go f*ck yourself enternally you misbirth! Your philosophical disguise is nowhere near convinving enough you simpleton. Yes I’m addressing your pathetic a** directly. Thats always grown you fraction of a coward! By the way my decision not to rejoin Verizon is directly a result of this Technigga b.s.!
Mozam…your right no one was physically hurt by this. Emotionally stunned and a little taken aback…of coarse. But those of us who chose not to renew our contract or cancel our existing one have a right to and it does not make us “reactionary fools”. it makes us responsible citizens in this country and of our race whom have no problem saying we will NOT accpet this, we will NOT continue to hand over our hard earned money to a company that could be so careless with our feelings, and on top of that they knew it. They knew what they were doing. How do you give the go ahead to something called Technigga without investigating it’s contents, knowing that it may be an issue and offensive to some subscribers? In short we are saying stop with the BULL@#$T!!! Verizon’s apologies are too late, the damage is already done be it emotional or not. And F&#k ya’ll we”ll take our money somewhere else. And that my dear will hurt. No matter how many feel as i do!!!!
You know, it is amazing to have people post comments like if it had been a black guy doing this and that… shut the heck up, and grow up! Especially, if you are other than Black . TO ALL MY BLACK PEOPLE PLEASE WAKE UP AND RECOGNIZE THIS IS WHY MORE AND MORE COMPANY’S AND RACIST PIGS, KEEP DEGRADING, AND BELITTILING US BECAUSE WE DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS. STAND UP FOR YOURSELVES AND STOP TAKING THE DEMEANING CONTENT THAT KEEPS BEING THROWN OUT TOWARDS US! DON’T SUPPORT ANYBODY WHO CAN’T TREAT EVERYONE AS AN EQUAL. IT’S TIME TO GET REAL, STOP YOUR VERIZON SERVICES, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT OFFILIATED WITH VERIZON. OUR GRANDPARENTS DIDN’T MARCH FOR US TO BE ACCEPTING ALL THIS RACISM, AND IGNORANT BS THAT’S BEEN COMING OUT OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS.
WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE MAKING THE COMMENTS, BUT ONCE IT HURTS THEIR CAREERS AND BUSINESSES, THAT’S WHEN THEY WANT TO APOLOGIZE. AND TRUST ME, EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE WAS ALL MEANT, BUTPEOPLE WILL APOLOGIZE AND DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP THEIR MONEY COMING. THINK ABOUT THIS, WE AREN’T TOO BLACK TO PUT MONEY IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS. BEFORE I GO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, BLACK PEOPLE IT IS TIME TO STAND UP, GET OURSELVES TOGETHER, AND OPEN OUR OWN BUSINESSES, SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SUPPORTING SOMEONE WHO CARES LESS ABOUT US. IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP IN 2008!!!!
DAM , AND I WAS JUST GOIN TO GET SERVICE WITH THEM , HELL NO NOW I’M GOOD NOW …… SPRINT , SPRINT ,SPRINT , SPRINT YOU BASTARDS…………………