KnoxHarrington
09-03-2010, 06:29 PM
An interview in the Guardian with Morrissey is causing a stir, mostly because of this gem:
"Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies."
Morrissey has had a string of comments and songs that seem to indicate racist attitudes, particularly towards Asians: the songs "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "National Front Disco", other comments like "Also, with the issue of immigration, it's very difficult because although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears," and flirtation with skinhead/fascist imagery in album art and videos. He's also angrily denied being a racist:
Morrissey has rejected claims he is racist, saying "If I am racist then the Pope is female. Which he isn't," and "If the National Front were to hate anyone, it would be me. I would be top of the list." He qualified that by saying that far-right rage "is simply their anger at being ignored in what is supposed to be a democratic society."[79] In the 2002 documentary, "The Importance of Being Morrissey", he posits the question, "Why on earth would I be racist? What would I be trying to achieve?" In the film, he also takes issue with those who fail to discern the subtlety of his supposedly racist lyrics, stating that "Not everybody is absolutely stupid."
So I'm not sure. I do know one thing: as time goes along, it becomes more and more clear that Johnny Marr was the real genius of that group.
A link to a story on the newest dumbass thing Morrissey's said, which in turn links to the whole interview, here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/03/morrissey-china-subspecies-racism
"Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies."
Morrissey has had a string of comments and songs that seem to indicate racist attitudes, particularly towards Asians: the songs "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "National Front Disco", other comments like "Also, with the issue of immigration, it's very difficult because although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears," and flirtation with skinhead/fascist imagery in album art and videos. He's also angrily denied being a racist:
Morrissey has rejected claims he is racist, saying "If I am racist then the Pope is female. Which he isn't," and "If the National Front were to hate anyone, it would be me. I would be top of the list." He qualified that by saying that far-right rage "is simply their anger at being ignored in what is supposed to be a democratic society."[79] In the 2002 documentary, "The Importance of Being Morrissey", he posits the question, "Why on earth would I be racist? What would I be trying to achieve?" In the film, he also takes issue with those who fail to discern the subtlety of his supposedly racist lyrics, stating that "Not everybody is absolutely stupid."
So I'm not sure. I do know one thing: as time goes along, it becomes more and more clear that Johnny Marr was the real genius of that group.
A link to a story on the newest dumbass thing Morrissey's said, which in turn links to the whole interview, here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/03/morrissey-china-subspecies-racism