Is Popular Search Engine Racist? Nick Cannon Blasts Google For Offensive Black History Image
Nick Cannon isn’t very happy with Google. On February 1, the official start of Black History Month, the company placed a cartoon image of Harriet Tubman holding a lantern and wearing a scarf, presumably leading slaves to freedom as its home page image. Tubman was a former slave who led hundreds slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Emmy winning actress Cicely Tyson portrayed Tubman in the 1978 film about her life, ‘A Woman Called Moses’.
Nick took to both his Instagram and Twitter pages to rant about the Google image (above) writing,
Really Google??? This is the way we are kicking off Black History Month. #UndergroundSearchEngine#WhoApprovedThis #WhySheRockingALouieVscarf #AmIJustBeingSensitive #FeelingSomeTypeOfWay#RacistMuch…It’s interesting to see all the different opinions. At least we are having the conversation…Like I said in my stand up special… We are ALL Racist!!! Lol
Nick expressing himself about politics and pop culture is nothing new. If you recall a few months ago, Nick blasted ’12 Years A Slave’, writing on Twitter:
If I see another damn slave movie…AARRRGGHHHH!!!!! I think they keep making them because they want to keep Black folks on edge! They don’t want us to get to comfortable! Yeah we know about Obama…But don’t forget about Toby!”
He later added an image of his grandmother and wrote,
They called this lady a slave, I call her my grandmother’s grandmother. Why don’t they make movies about our African kings & queens? #OurHistory I would love to see a film about Akhenaton and his beautiful wife Queen Nefertiti! Or Cetewayo, a King who was a war hero. Im about to drive to my office RIGHT NOW and start the development! New Hollywood Trend, Black King and Queen films! Starring Black People!! #NoDisrespectToElizabethTaylor.”
Reportedly, Google kept the image posted for a full 24 hours as it does all its tribute images.
Is Nick being to sensitive or was Google’s image offensive?
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I don’t think it’s offensive at all. Had they not kicked off Black History Month with an image of a notable black figure then I would’ve been offended.
Co-sign! I think he is being a little too sensitive. I am glad they choose Ms. Harriet–her history was so powerful…unfortunately, one of our own **cough, cough Porsha Williams Stewart** choose to make light of it in a supposedly innocent. Ms. Harriet was AWESOME!! It took alot of guts to do what she did and she had a medical condition…she let NOTHING stop her.
I wish there was an edit button…I was trying to say “make light of it in a, supposedly, innocent way.
He’s definitely being sensitive. He’s actually starting to annoy me these days.
So he is not being sensitive,I agree we all know harriet tuabmans story or mlk but there are so much more to learn in black history month,y cant harriet tubman be on google in january or any other positive blacks,see we are so comfy jUst seeing SOMETHING OF BLACKS,when as WE ALL KNOW THEIR IS SO MUCH MORE TO KNOW
When I saw the google image the first thing I thought was really? I know it’s Harriet Tubman but, why is it that’s the only thing to acknowledge during black history. I understand what Nick is saying. My brother feels the same way. There needs to be a balance, Like let’s talk about the other things that blacks invented or achieved that everyone needs to know about as well.
I’m offended he did’ t marry a black woman.lol
ouch!
Mariah Carey is biracial. Her mom is white but her dad is black. She has always identified with blacks also as far as in the music business and music associations and such.
I’m aware of Mariah’ s ethnicity.I just thought that it was ironic that he was offended of the image.When some may say his wife does’ t look what you would call African.I just thought it was ironic.
The point is THEIR R OTHER PEOPLE TO AKNOWLEDGE THAN SLAVERY AND THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY YEAR…WE HAVE MOVED ON OTHER PEOPLE HAVEPAVED THE WAY..THIS HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH HIS WIFE..that is his point and every1 elses…
You have a valid point that I didn’t think of before. I agree that there are a ton of blacks that have contributed to black history. I do think that Sojourner Truth will always be iconic.
I’m just tired of people like Nick,Louis Gates and countless others that want to beat the pro black drum.But,they’re not completely living it.If your gonna talk the talk walk the walk all the time!
I am not sure this is Racist, its more of giving respect to Black History Month.
Seems like some of you got off topic above…but I agree with Nick until he said “we are all racist”. When I saw that image on Google I cringed! If they wanted to pay respect to Ms. Tubman why didn’t they use a REAL picture? Or something more serious. I told my mom that they could have made it one of the interactive kind like when you click on something it shows people walking through a “underground railroad”. Idk…Ijs
Google uses doodles for ALL of its tributes. Why should Harriet Tubman’s image be any different? I do agree that perhaps Black History month needs to stop revolving around slavery. There are so many blacks achieving so many great things and to focus on slavery and the same heroes every single year is deplorable.
Excellent article. I’m dealing with some of these issues
as well..
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