The petition which was started by Eric Williams on Change.org asked to
have actor/activist Jesse Williams fired from the show Grey’s Anatomy
stating his speech at the BET awards was “racist” and a “hate speech”
against law enforcement and white people at the BET awards.
The petition, has garnered about 1,796 signatures
The petition states:
“Jesse Williams spewed a racist, hate speech against law enforcement and
white people at the BET awards. If this was a white person making the
same speech about an African American, they would have been fired and
globally chastised, as they should be, but there has been no
consequences to Williams’ actions. There’s been no companies making a
stand against his racist remarks and no swift action condemning his
negative attitude. Why was Burke’s character fired from Grey’s Anatomy
after his inappropriate homophobic slur, but nothing for Jesse Williams?
Why the one-way street? Why the support for a hater? Why the hypocrisy?
#AllLivesMatter All humans bleed the same color.
#EqualConsequences4RacistBehavior”
**A special note to all the people making assumptions: Who said I was
white? Who said I’m a Trump supporter? This is not about politics. This
is about equal consequences for racist behavior. If this was an Asian,
Mexican, Caucasian or whoever saying the same exact words as Jesse
Williams did, I would be against it and petitioned them to be fired if
they did not suffer the same consequences as others have suffered for
their irrational behavior. We’re all human. Why not act that way?
Instead of lashing out with immature and obnoxious name calling, do
something about getting everyone to look at everyone in the same light.
Make a difference!
A counter-petition has over 17,000 signatures.
