Maher Defends Richard Sherman, Blasts the ‘Underground’ Racism of ‘Thug’ Label [View all]

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Maher Defends Richard Sherman, Blasts the ‘Underground’ Racism of ‘Thug’ Label
by Josh Feldman | 10:59 pm, January 24th, 2014

Bill Maher took on the Richard Sherman controversy Friday, defending the NFL star and agreeing with his claim that “thug” is just the politically correct word people use instead of the n-word, saying “racism has really kind of gone underground in this country,” but it still subsides.

Howard Dean, no stranger to loud outbursts, also defended Sherman, though he didn’t completely agree with Sherman’s assessment of the word “thug.” Maher thought it was more spot-on, because “whenever people see a black guy they don’t like,” they call him a thug.

Josh Barro added that black men are expected to have a level of humility while white men like Donald Trump can be as arrogant as possible and no one calls them a thug.

Maher kept the race connection going, and quipped, “I don’t think the Duck Dynasty people are going to be rooting for Seattle.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maher-defends-richard-sherman-blasts-the-underground-racism-of-thug-label/

This also had me thinking about how very few people referred to Justin Bieber as a thug recently even though he's been in trouble with the law numerous times.

Sherman has never been in trouble with the law, but he's the thug?

Ya, right.