Many celebrities sent out tweets of celebrating the nation's independence on July 4th, but none of them attracted the same attention as Chris Rock, who tweeted "Happy white peoples independence day [sic] the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks."
Reactions came pouring in, with some fans telling Rock that they were boycotting all of his movies for what they viewed as an unpatriotic tweet.
One follower, David Burge, wrote "Good one! I bet your Guatemalan house staff got a good chuckle."
Managing editor of libertarian-conservative blog America's Right, Jeff Schreiber, also gave his two cents, saying "Slavery existed for 2000yrs before America. We eradicated it in 100yrs. We now have a black POTUS. #Go (expletive) Yourself."
Schreiber deleted his first tweet and later followed up with, "I'm not saying we're blameless for that horrid practice, but for @chrisrock to indict the US as he did is inappropriate at best."
On the flip side actors Zach Braff and Don Cheadle joined in on the fray, with Cheadle retweeting Rock's post with the caption "Haha," while Braff tried to make sense of everything, tweeting "Slaves weren't freed for another 90 years. So maybe just enjoy some of the fireworks..."
Source: hiphopwired.com
