CNN’s Chris Cuomo was slammed for an “offensive” comment where he said he is “black on the inside” after singing the theme to TV show Good Times.
“How do you know the words to ‘Good Times’?” fellow CNN host Don Lemon asked Cuomo after the two broke into song.
“You know I’m black on the inside,” Cuomo responded as Lemon went back to singing.
CNN offered its own rendition of the Good Times theme song.@DonLemon: “How do you know the words to Good Times?”@ChrisCuomo: “You know I’m black on the inside.” pic.twitter.com/Uc3NvOOIrN
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 7, 2021
Cuomo, who is white, was hit with criticisms on social media for the comment, with users labeling his joke “offensive.”
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“It’s fucking offensive. Black isn’t something you can just say you feel you are inside without having to deal with the racism that comes with being physically Black on the outside. This is cultural appropriation,” tweeted Sister2Sister magazine Managing Editor Aisha Staggers.
“Black is not a costume, I don’t get to be white when I don’t feel like not dealing with racism or racist police or just regular bulls— Black people deal with. I can’t even hide at home because I can be killed there in my bed, so understand, there was nothing silly about this,” Staggers added.
Others echoed her comments on social media.
“Chris Cuomo just said to Don Lemon OUT LOUD on Wolf Blitzer’s CNN, ‘You know I’m Black on the inside,’ and we had to turn off the television because I’m not here for that nonsense. @CNN needs to have some sensitivity training with their on-air personalities,” one user said.
Another asked: “Are the Cuomo brothers competing for S—-iest Cuomo rn?”
CNN’s Cuomo just said he’s “Black on the inside.” pic.twitter.com/EumZpa7zpn
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) March 6, 2021
Now why did I just see Chris Cuomo say “I’m black on the inside” on live TV pic.twitter.com/utMxjQmkG5
— sierra (@SierraWritesYA) March 6, 2021
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The comment comes after Cuomo was criticized in 2019 for saying using the name “Fredo” on Italian Americans was akin to using the N-word on black Americans.
