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Kim Zolciak slams racism accusations

NeNe Leakes and Kandi Burruss both not laughing about season premiere

By MSN TV Nov 9, 2012 9:01AM

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"Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member Kim Zolciak has slammed accusations she made racist comments towards co-star Kandi Burruss. On Sunday's season premiere, Zolciak paid a visit to her friend's new home and commented that she had to lock her car doors, calling Burruss' affluent neighborhood "ghetto" and "hood."

 

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Zolciak's rival, NeNe Leakes, took to Twitter to respond to the on-screen comments and wrote, "Racist comments! I been telling y'all this for a while now." But Zolciak struck back at Leakes on her Bravo blog by insisting she meant nothing by the remarks. She wrote, "NeNe constantly insinuated 'I come from a trailer park' and I am the racist one? I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I know my character, and the multiple friends of different races that I do have know it as well! Like I have said before and will say here again for the last time, COLOR means absolutely nothing to me. It is the person's character and blatant ignorance that determines the non-friendship between me and the person."

 

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Additionally, during Zolciak's visit, she complimented Burruss' indoor pool and said, "Well, you don't need sun, that's perfect for you!" Zolciak went on to explain her actions that day and wrote, "My comment about her having an indoor swimming pool because she's black was just a silly joke. Kandi, Sweetie (her assistant), and I laughed. Quite frankly, I wish I had one myself ... (I) wasn't in the best mood ... It was over 95 degrees outside, I was seven months pregnant, and Kandi's home had no A.C. running. Sweetie told me it wasn't safe at all (however I still went to support Kandi), and in fact there are several movies and songs that describe and portray the harshness of that area." But Burruss wasn't laughing when she took to her own blog and wrote, "I was offended and irritated by Kim's ghetto neighborhood comments ... In my opinion, the stuff that Sweetie says to Kim adds to the whole racist theory people have about Kim."

 

"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.

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colorblind1308
Nov 12, 2012 2:45PM
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This is so unfortuante...racism​ is in our everyday lives...I lock my car doors no matter what neighborhood I am in. I am mindful of my whereabouts because I know ANYONE OF ANY COLOR CAN DO HARM...I wear hoodies, but I also wear business attire....I eat pigskins and also filet mignon....I have friends of every culture, creed, color....So, when comments are made about "ghetto" and "hood" that is racism..... It seems the only ignorant ppl out their are the ones who do no know and are uneducated.......The​ only thing I can do is pray

EVA HEFFRON (eheff)
Nov 12, 2012 12:05PM
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People are so sensitive about race, they should get over it; I do not think Kim has a racist bone in her bodyOf course it makes for good gossip.My god, we just got done electing a bi-racial president, I hardly think people were thinking about his color when they pulled the voting lever.
I only say what I have learned
Nov 12, 2012 10:18AM
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You stupid **** niggers have every job in the Television industry and just about every sports position that pays anything.  What the **** do you want besides a Cadillac and a White woman?
Vlucky
Nov 10, 2012 11:21AM
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Who cares!!!! Can people feel the way they feel without being pounced on???? I think EVERYBODY has a degree of racism in them.. When people say to me " I don't see color" I answer, 'That's a crock of BULL! Color is the FIRST thing you see when meeting people!' I have a sister who says this constantly....BUT, she will only date WHITE men! Does that make her a racist??? Oh, I forgot to mention; SHE'S BLACK!!!!

I respect you for the simple fact that you are human...but I would be lying if I say I don't have a degree of racism in me; I'm just being honest.....more than what I can say for a lot of people. I treat people the way I want to be treated, regardless of race. But that is not because I was raised to; my family made no bones about their feelings about people of different ethnic backgrounds. No, I learned this from society. Meeting different people throughout my life has made me a better person. So, no matter how much people complain about racism, I still say society has taught us much more than we care to mention.

OldRed1
Nov 10, 2012 8:01AM
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What a homely ugly woman. skank. Put some real beauty bake on tv
Maria Ogier (malfo)
Nov 10, 2012 7:46AM
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She is so ugly. What happened to true beauty.
Betteryouthanme
Nov 10, 2012 7:13AM
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What crap. You know what. I was married to an african american and grew up in an extra extreamly diversed enviroment. African Amercians are just a racist and come out there mouths with that same crap. So you know what..... Its not a black and white thing. Its a small person thing. So look people. Let that 17 and 18th & 19th Century garbage stay there. Not saying we forget where we come from. But people we have an african american as president we have had african american secrtary of state, and we have an even more diversed society now than ever before. So when the n word comes out, and the honkey or whity or what ever comes out the mouth. We should not call it racisit. We should call it small and weak minded person. Period.

 

Let that garbage lay where it belongs. In the past garbage heap.

MeemyselfandI
Nov 10, 2012 7:02AM
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It amazes me how people are willing to sell their dignity and self-respect for fame.  These are not real housewives.  You want to see what a real housewife goes through then watch one who has to juggle their kids with schoolwork, extra-curricular activites, housework, laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, paying the bills, etc.  They don't get to sit around and bitch about which hoochie pissed them off or run to the nail salon or hair salon when they are having a bad day.  These women need to grow up!  If they had to really be a housewife they couldn't handle it!! 
I only say what I have learned
Nov 10, 2012 6:10AM
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The TV shows and documentaries always promote racist agendas against whites?  All they do is talk about the Civil War, oh woe is me??? They teach the niggers to be race sensitive and then get mad every time someone mentions that they're black, they go nuts?  **** um!
I only say what I have learned
Nov 10, 2012 6:03AM
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What ever you do, don't joke about anything around a ****.  They'll demand your head and most employers will give in!
pinkfly
Nov 10, 2012 4:37AM
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The entire RHOA season so far is bad. Overacting, and petty. Kim is not racist, she once said she wished she was black. Classless might be a better term to describe her.

renee ross (DIVA 49)
Nov 10, 2012 3:49AM
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 GET OVER IT  YOU HAVE REAL PROBLEM  ABOUT BLACK  PEOPLE ARE WHO  THEY ARE WHEN STEP ON SOME FRONT PORCH BE PREPARED ..... ZIMERMAN HE KILLED THAT KIDS 17 YEAR OLD .... 
ladyappleeve
Nov 10, 2012 3:22AM
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The problem is the words that whites uses toward black have a history of being born out of hate and every time they uses it, they are usually using it out of hate.  The way we uses the word is wrong as well,  to me any word that is born from hate, violence and any negative thought is wrong.  Kim is a racist, she can not stand the fact when a black female seems to be doing better than her.  The reason she took my black girl back because she love the feeling of being that person boss.  Anybody that agrees these words that degrades one race, sex or religion is good than they themselves have issues with these matters.  If you look and listen to kim, every time she have something to say about any of the other ladies on the shows she always have to bring in the factor of their race and their back ground.  Her history is crappy and I will never believe a word that come out of her mouth.  The only reason she marry that man is because she sees dollar signs,  it's not going to last cause he do not make enough for her life style.  But he'll be good for chid support.
shawnieh
Nov 9, 2012 6:51PM
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I have never been a fan of Kims from the first episode of the first season. Watching her call "big poppa" on the phone and ask him to buy her a car was so disgusting. What bothered me was the example she was setting for her girls. Basically letting them think its ok to have a relationship with a married man as long as he buys you things.  Then last season she had the nerve to be surprised by her older daughter's attitude. She brought that on herself and its only going to get worse. As for the racist thing, I don't know if she's racist or just rude. But she was definitely being a hater. No matter where the house was,it was paid for. Kim was leasing hers and putting on airs like she owned it. She's just pathetic and I hope she fades away into the sunset. Go be a wife and mother.
wishwell
Nov 9, 2012 5:52PM
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what the F's wrong with her face?
S PEREZ (tiasue3)
Nov 9, 2012 3:31PM
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Kim IS a racist.  Anyone that spends as much energy as Kim has, in defending the accusations of being a racist, is guilty.  i.e. - the black baby issue.  If she wasn't  a racist, the alleged comments made should not have bothered her - as much as it did.

Kalesh
Nov 9, 2012 3:28PM
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This is so dumb. People are entitled to their opinions about others based upon their character. Just because the person being attacked is a person of color doesnt mean that their color is the reason they are being attacked. This is in line with the lunacy of people calling critics of Obama or Cam Newton racists.
eunice richardson
Nov 9, 2012 2:45PM
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Now remember it is ok for Nene to say something about the trailor park.  But it is not ok for the nonblack person to say anything that might sound racist.  Remember now no more freedom of speech if you are nonblack.  Come on people keep up.    This is what I am getting from this reporter.
Bobbygale
Nov 9, 2012 2:21PM
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As I've said many times, racists never think they're racist; they think they're just "telling it like it is."  Ditto for sexists, homophobes, xenophobes, and bigots of every variety.
Chris Cox (chris cox)
Nov 9, 2012 2:21PM
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if this woman were racist, she wouldn't be allowed on television! blair underwood called sombody the gay "F"-word and he is gone now.

 

it time racism will become a federal crime, how many hate crime laws are on the feds moral protection books(aka hate crimes laws list)?

 

 

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