Race Card
Race Card (Noun) Refers to when a minority makes unfounded assertions that he/she is being rejected by society because those who made the decision are racist.Look: I don't know a damn thing about Harold Perrineau, personally. He was great in "Oz," and he's been serviceable in his two stints on "Lost." As an actor, I have absolutely nothing against him. But where the hell did this come from (For fans of "Lost" who haven't seen the finale yet, Spoilers ahead): When asked if he was disappointed that Michael and his son,, Walt, didn't reconnect before Michael's self-sacrificing, and life-redeeming death, Harold said:
Listen, if I'm being really candid, there are all these questions about how they respond to black people on the show. Sayid gets to meet Nadia again, and Desmond and Penny hook up again, but a little black boy and his father hooking up, that wasn't interesting? Instead, Walt just winds up being another fatherless child. It plays into a really big, weird stereotype and, being a black person myself, that wasn't so interesting. (Source)What the hell? Is he seriously pulling the race card for this? His character killed two innocent people in Season Two, and the writers worked him back into the show to give him a more graceful, redemptive send-off, and now he's blaming the death of his character on racism? Get the fuck outta here. That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. How many people have died on "Lost"? A ton. But you know what? They express a little disappointment that they no longer get to continue on the show, and then rightfully express thanks for the opportunity to be a part of it. But to make baseless accusations that the writers are racist? That's just messed up, man.
Taken out of context, the race card does look a bit hammy... then again, I don't watch lost, but if I did I would have been pissed that the boy never got to meet his father.
A word on Harold Perrineau: Let's not forget his incredibly briilliant and quite frankly revolutionary turn as Mercutio! Not that it was hard, but his chiselled manliness and toeing of the line between funny and disturbing effectively made Leo dicap look like the skinny fruit with a good crying face that he is.
Hmm... I don't think he's calling the writers racist. Hacks, maybe, for not being creative enough to find a way to reunite a father and his son.
Whatever. It would've been soo lame and contrived if Michael and Walt reunited. As it was, it was pretty contrived to have Michael return.
And re: Ling... the kid DID meet his father. It was the whole basis of an earlier season. He's just all bitter. They should've just left him off the show for good.
This is silly. At no point does he use the word "racism." But if you watch any television, you can't deny that the fatherless child has been a stereotype in television since the 1950s.
BTW, you can't accuse someone of playing the race card without playing the race card yourself. Go figure. In this case, you sound a little bit oversensitive.
Hey, he just expressing his opinion, and you know what they say about those. They are like assh*oles. Everyone's got one.
I thinks he's a great actor by the way but since I don't know him as a person, I'll reserve judgement on his judgement of the situation.