What is racist about Phil Robertson's (from Duck Dynasty) remarks?

His views on homosexuality,common among some christian denominations.

I see nothinh worse than an honest opinion.

Many PC opinions get right up my nose,but I don't run screaming when I hear them.

Maybe because I'm a grown up personality,not a thin skinned whinging child.

it's not racist, but it is naive. To suppose during that era that blacks would talk openly and freely about a white man is not realistic. No doubt they were reasonably happy, but then again, many no doubt wished they were working their own farms, and not for someone else.

It is also a bit silly to say pre-entitlement, pre-welfare. The comment implies only blacks are on welfare. The fact is far more whites are. Though to be fair a higher percentage of blacks are in comparison to whites. Then again, most of those are in urban areas, which helps people reinforce stereotypes.

Al in all I think the man is looking through a slightly rose colored lens when he is looking back. And having poor white trash in my family, I guarantee you that they did not look upon their low income blacks as brothers in poverty. Unfortunately, one aspect of poor white trash is the need to put down others in order to raise themselves.

"I'm with the blacks, because we're white trash."

Unless there is some deeper meaning to that that has nothing to do with the context of what he's saying in the quote you provided, it could mean two things.

"I'm with the blacks" as in "I'm on their side. I can sympathize with them....because we're white trash".

Or, "I'm with the blacks" as in "I was physically there with them, working next to them....because we're white trash."

He doesn't specify any particular group of black people. A general population of black people. Average black people. So, he's comparing the average black person to "white trash". A category that is usually seen as inferior to the average white population.

If you want to assume he's being specific and implying that he's only talking about black people who lived in the same area as him. Or maybe specifically the black people who worked for the farmers. He's still saying "the blacks and I...BECAUSE we're white trash" (still not specifying that the black people working there are any worse off than the average black population). If he wasn't white trash, he wouldn't be there with black people, because you had to be as low as white trash in order to be in that situation.

This isn't a bit that is hidden or "magically" interpreted into something that isn't there. It's obvious. You would have to be magic in order to spin that in a way that DOESN'T sound racist (only using the information and quotes you provided). Of course, maybe it doesn't seem racist to you if you completely ignored that part. And if you're ignoring what he's saying, how can you say he's NOT saying something racist?

That being said, I believe everyone has the right to speak whatever opinion they have. Likewise, everyone has the right to speak their opinion about your opinion and call you out on saying things they consider to be bigoted, ignorant, etc. When someone says something offensive, people will be offended. And then the anti-PC people will be offended that people are offended, because they want the social acceptance to say whatever racist thing they want...but they don't want other people to call them racist for doing it.

A lot of white people believe that black folks were happy living under Jim Crow laws...I suspect they had to believe that because if they believed otherwise there never would have been Jim Crow laws. I lived in the south in the pre civil rights days... it sucked to be black, not to mention dangerous. 99% of the offenses against black people never made the news... and there were a lot of offenses. Blacks didn't complain...they didn't dare. Always show a happy face to those white mother #$%^ers, otherwise some serious #$%^ will happen to you. They don't tell you that in school...at least not the school this guy went to.

Nothing is racist about his remarks, as you said he was just sharing his life events, it seems to me that the word 'racist' is in word and people just use it for the sake of it.

This makes a story as well, the old thought police are busy these days.

No he's not racist, liberals just hate anyone speaking unpleasant truths. Only in liberal lala land is a guy who works in the fields more racist those who claim that blacks would never be able to succeed without welfare and affirmative action.

Nothing was racist about it.

That doesn't mean the usual suspects won't manage to magically tease some "racism" out of it...

it was the anti- gay comments that cause the controversy and firing. one man's freedom of speech against sensitive about lifestyle.