Kelly Tilghman Sorry For Suggesting Golfers Lynch Tiger Comments (Page 2)
30 Comments
Frederic
January 25th, 2008 11:59 AM
If you are a national sports announcer and cannot avoid using the word " lynch " in reference to the world's best black golfer, then you (the announcer), are in the wrong line of work. Period. A person in Tilghman's position must be held accountable for their statements while on the air and representing the network for whom they work. Tiger Woods did the right thing by down playing the insident (class act), but Tilghman should be terminated by the Golf Channel right now. It was a insensitive remark that must not go unpunished.
Leroy
January 24th, 2008 7:23 PM
Boy, certain people love to be victims don't they. They will never let go of their victim-hood; it's too powerful, and it makes for a constant excuse to fall back on. Of course, you have the all-powerful Victicrats like Sharpton and Jackson to make sure racism stays alive.
Jimmy
January 24th, 2008 4:08 PM
Bottom line- that is a very racist comment. To her, and obviously many posters on here, it is benign. Which just goes to show how racist most parts of the south truly are.
Gary Raines
January 24th, 2008 1:14 PM
to Michael Prejean I see in your e-mail you called Kelly a "ho" so I take it you must be black. That statement goes to prove that the word lynch will still be around for awhile. When a black makes a mistake and you bring it to their attention, you're a racist. It's sad to read the newspapers or listen to the news and see how often this is happening in our society. If you're black, you can't say or do anything wrong but if you're white there are idiots like yourself waiting to pounce. You and Al Sharpton would make a good pair, they keep asking that idiot for advice on race issues and he conveniently forgets his past.
Michael Prejean
January 23rd, 2008 3:43 PM
To Craig Warren:
There is so much that is so wrong with your post, but I will only comment on one thing. There is most certainly a white organization in this country and it has numerous offshoots. It is called the KKK. The fact that you don't see them is not because they do not exist, but rather because their activities tend towards shadows.
Michael Prejean
January 23rd, 2008 3:12 PM
Fire Buffy. She is without a doubt a bigoted racist and the two week suspension is nothing but a symbolic slap on the wrist. No golf channel in my home as long as that ho is employed there.
Luis Acosta
January 22nd, 2008 8:51 PM
Kelly Tilgman is not sorry for what she said about Tiger. I think miss Tilgman was reacting like a natural white racist just like many other golfers in the PGA tour and golf courses through america. God Bless Racist America and christian hypocrisy.
georges sanon
January 21st, 2008 12:09 PM
I meant to say that mr wood is indeed black and not cublnasian as he presfers to refer to himself
georges sanon
January 21st, 2008 12:06 PM
well well well
I agree ms. tilhman is far too educated to make such a comment randomly. Maybe Mr. Tiger Wood will internalize now that he is indeed Black and cublinasian as he prefer to refer to himself
kip
January 18th, 2008 7:43 PM
FIRE KELLY T. Keep integrity in the game of Golf. This is time to the Golf Channel to step up and have some backbone and integrity. Two week "vacation"...not appropriate. FIRE HER NOW! I will not wtch GC anymore if she is back. And my perspective on the game and its integrity will be altered as well.
kate
January 18th, 2008 7:40 PM
YES FIRE HER! She needs to be held accountable. Golfweek did the right thing. Now it is time for the Golf Channel to do so. This is not about Tiger. It is about her lack of integrity and the Golf Channels lack of backbone!~
Roger Ficken
January 14th, 2008 2:06 PM
Sorry. The first on said it didn;t go through.
Roger Ficken
January 14th, 2008 2:04 PM
I just want to say that I'm really disappointed in the Golf Channel for letting some waste of time individual like Al Sharpton and others like him make you use such lousy judgment in the Kelly Tilghman â€" Tiger Woods incident. She should never have been dismissed even for two weeks. Not even a minute.
Tiger said that there was no intent and he knows and likes Kelly. I think Tiger Woods ought to make an announcement and tell Sharpton to stay out of his business. Kelly wasn't talking about (All) black people like Sharpton suggests and never would. She was talking about Tiger and apologized about the way it sounded which was accepted by Woods. That should be the end of it.
But you have Sharpton who tries to bring up Racial crap that isn't so to cause another white person to be fired. If he was truly interested in racial indignations, he would ask that Chris Rock be fired for his comments. But NO……………he's black. Talk about reverse discrimination. This is Sharpton, t
canachick
January 12th, 2008 2:16 PM
Fire her. There is no excuse for her to be using the word "lynch" in any fashion or form. My God, people and Kelly can come up with all kinds of excuses but the bottom line is that she made the reference about Tiger who happens to be black. Don't tell me she didn't realize what she said. As usual people make all kinds of excuses hoping something will be exceptable. Well, nothing will work. Bottom line: she said it and can't change that fact.
luzpayen
January 11th, 2008 10:55 PM
kellytilghman should be fired. we dont need that kind of anchorwoman .
Dan Lenfesty
January 10th, 2008 5:46 PM
It is sad that we have come to this, I was watching the show, and I do not believe Kelly was implying it to any race, but a golfer, and that it was the only way any player had a chance in beating him in a game of golf, if anyhing it shold have been taken as a compliment to Tiger which I am sure he took it as.Golf Chanel handled it, so lets just get over it and move on.
Sebastien Greaves
January 9th, 2008 11:29 PM
Let me get this straight are you folks really implying that someone who is a professional sports commentator as well as being an American college graduate somehow does not understand the significance of the term "lynch", particularly in reference to a person of color ion America?!?!
It's beyond amazing to me what folks are willing to believe and forgive when it does not directly pertain to them and their heritage.
I wonder if these same people including Ms. Tilghman herself would have been as magnanimous or found it as funny had it been a golfer of the Jewish faith and phrase "gas him/her in the club showers" was mentioned instead?
I highly doubt it.
That she made a serious error in judgment is not in question
What is highly offensive and troubling is that a representative of a sport, long thought to be a racist, exclusionary old-boys club just made a "joke" about LYNCHING IT'S PREMIER BLACK player and is only being offered a two week suspension!
Far as I
thaer
January 9th, 2008 10:29 PM
she shouldn't be fired for making a racist remark, she should be fired for being too stupid to understand that she shouldn't make a racist statement in public.
Marine Bugler
January 9th, 2008 5:58 PM
Sorry. She will have this baggage tagged to her forever. Innocent as her intentions may have been, she might as well have said "Taken him to the gas chamber then burned". Lynching is strong word for those whose ancestors had to endure it, no matter the context. My feeling is that most people who feel that others will let it blow over have not taken the time to find out WHY comments such as hers invoke such emotions. She should not be fired. She should read a book on the history of lynching in America.
Craig Warren
January 9th, 2008 4:18 PM
Kelly is a "MAJOR" home run for The Golf Channel, a GRAND SLAM!...and she would be for any network. She is a wonderful and knowledgable commentator. I truly hope this story dies here and now. If Kelly is guilty of anything, it's simply of not thinking before she speaks and it's a shame we have to be so careful about what we say. If she were talking about say, Phil Mickelson (as in a white man), we all know this story would have had no legs. Come on America! Let the lady talk, you know she meant no harm. The racism lies in the hearts of all the people who are accusing her of the same. Like the people who belong to all of those "black" organizations of America, where in you don't see any so called "white" organizations of America, that's racism! Pardon the pun but look who's calling the kettle black.
January 25th, 2008 11:59 AM
If you are a national sports announcer and cannot avoid using the word " lynch " in reference to the world's best black golfer, then you (the announcer), are in the wrong line of work. Period. A person in Tilghman's position must be held accountable for their statements while on the air and representing the network for whom they work. Tiger Woods did the right thing by down playing the insident (class act), but Tilghman should be terminated by the Golf Channel right now. It was a insensitive remark that must not go unpunished.
January 24th, 2008 7:23 PM
Boy, certain people love to be victims don't they. They will never let go of their victim-hood; it's too powerful, and it makes for a constant excuse to fall back on. Of course, you have the all-powerful Victicrats like Sharpton and Jackson to make sure racism stays alive.
January 24th, 2008 4:08 PM
Bottom line- that is a very racist comment. To her, and obviously many posters on here, it is benign. Which just goes to show how racist most parts of the south truly are.
January 24th, 2008 1:14 PM
to Michael Prejean I see in your e-mail you called Kelly a "ho" so I take it you must be black. That statement goes to prove that the word lynch will still be around for awhile. When a black makes a mistake and you bring it to their attention, you're a racist. It's sad to read the newspapers or listen to the news and see how often this is happening in our society. If you're black, you can't say or do anything wrong but if you're white there are idiots like yourself waiting to pounce. You and Al Sharpton would make a good pair, they keep asking that idiot for advice on race issues and he conveniently forgets his past.
January 23rd, 2008 3:43 PM
To Craig Warren:
There is so much that is so wrong with your post, but I will only comment on one thing. There is most certainly a white organization in this country and it has numerous offshoots. It is called the KKK. The fact that you don't see them is not because they do not exist, but rather because their activities tend towards shadows.
January 23rd, 2008 3:12 PM
Fire Buffy. She is without a doubt a bigoted racist and the two week suspension is nothing but a symbolic slap on the wrist. No golf channel in my home as long as that ho is employed there.
January 22nd, 2008 8:51 PM
Kelly Tilgman is not sorry for what she said about Tiger. I think miss Tilgman was reacting like a natural white racist just like many other golfers in the PGA tour and golf courses through america. God Bless Racist America and christian hypocrisy.
January 21st, 2008 12:09 PM
I meant to say that mr wood is indeed black and not cublnasian as he presfers to refer to himself
January 21st, 2008 12:06 PM
well well well
I agree ms. tilhman is far too educated to make such a comment randomly. Maybe Mr. Tiger Wood will internalize now that he is indeed Black and cublinasian as he prefer to refer to himself
January 18th, 2008 7:43 PM
FIRE KELLY T. Keep integrity in the game of Golf. This is time to the Golf Channel to step up and have some backbone and integrity. Two week "vacation"...not appropriate. FIRE HER NOW! I will not wtch GC anymore if she is back. And my perspective on the game and its integrity will be altered as well.
January 18th, 2008 7:40 PM
YES FIRE HER! She needs to be held accountable. Golfweek did the right thing. Now it is time for the Golf Channel to do so. This is not about Tiger. It is about her lack of integrity and the Golf Channels lack of backbone!~
January 14th, 2008 2:06 PM
Sorry. The first on said it didn;t go through.
January 14th, 2008 2:04 PM
I just want to say that I'm really disappointed in the Golf Channel for letting some waste of time individual like Al Sharpton and others like him make you use such lousy judgment in the Kelly Tilghman â€" Tiger Woods incident. She should never have been dismissed even for two weeks. Not even a minute.
Tiger said that there was no intent and he knows and likes Kelly. I think Tiger Woods ought to make an announcement and tell Sharpton to stay out of his business. Kelly wasn't talking about (All) black people like Sharpton suggests and never would. She was talking about Tiger and apologized about the way it sounded which was accepted by Woods. That should be the end of it.
But you have Sharpton who tries to bring up Racial crap that isn't so to cause another white person to be fired. If he was truly interested in racial indignations, he would ask that Chris Rock be fired for his comments. But NO……………he's black. Talk about reverse discrimination. This is Sharpton, t
January 12th, 2008 2:16 PM
Fire her. There is no excuse for her to be using the word "lynch" in any fashion or form. My God, people and Kelly can come up with all kinds of excuses but the bottom line is that she made the reference about Tiger who happens to be black. Don't tell me she didn't realize what she said. As usual people make all kinds of excuses hoping something will be exceptable. Well, nothing will work. Bottom line: she said it and can't change that fact.
January 11th, 2008 10:55 PM
kellytilghman should be fired. we dont need that kind of anchorwoman .
January 10th, 2008 5:46 PM
It is sad that we have come to this, I was watching the show, and I do not believe Kelly was implying it to any race, but a golfer, and that it was the only way any player had a chance in beating him in a game of golf, if anyhing it shold have been taken as a compliment to Tiger which I am sure he took it as.Golf Chanel handled it, so lets just get over it and move on.
January 9th, 2008 11:29 PM
Let me get this straight are you folks really implying that someone who is a professional sports commentator as well as being an American college graduate somehow does not understand the significance of the term "lynch", particularly in reference to a person of color ion America?!?!
It's beyond amazing to me what folks are willing to believe and forgive when it does not directly pertain to them and their heritage.
I wonder if these same people including Ms. Tilghman herself would have been as magnanimous or found it as funny had it been a golfer of the Jewish faith and phrase "gas him/her in the club showers" was mentioned instead?
I highly doubt it.
That she made a serious error in judgment is not in question
What is highly offensive and troubling is that a representative of a sport, long thought to be a racist, exclusionary old-boys club just made a "joke" about LYNCHING IT'S PREMIER BLACK player and is only being offered a two week suspension!
Far as I
January 9th, 2008 10:29 PM
she shouldn't be fired for making a racist remark, she should be fired for being too stupid to understand that she shouldn't make a racist statement in public.
January 9th, 2008 5:58 PM
Sorry. She will have this baggage tagged to her forever. Innocent as her intentions may have been, she might as well have said "Taken him to the gas chamber then burned". Lynching is strong word for those whose ancestors had to endure it, no matter the context. My feeling is that most people who feel that others will let it blow over have not taken the time to find out WHY comments such as hers invoke such emotions. She should not be fired. She should read a book on the history of lynching in America.
January 9th, 2008 4:18 PM
Kelly is a "MAJOR" home run for The Golf Channel, a GRAND SLAM!...and she would be for any network. She is a wonderful and knowledgable commentator. I truly hope this story dies here and now. If Kelly is guilty of anything, it's simply of not thinking before she speaks and it's a shame we have to be so careful about what we say. If she were talking about say, Phil Mickelson (as in a white man), we all know this story would have had no legs. Come on America! Let the lady talk, you know she meant no harm. The racism lies in the hearts of all the people who are accusing her of the same. Like the people who belong to all of those "black" organizations of America, where in you don't see any so called "white" organizations of America, that's racism! Pardon the pun but look who's calling the kettle black.