That footage is clearly many years old.
So what - it's an ignorant 15 year old kid being an idiot.
I wouldn't ever want to be that famous at any age, where there's a camera up your arse everywhere you go.
So he's a victim of bad parents and frankly evil record companies. That is absolutely true. The fame at such a young age made him completely crazy, that is also true. Still, the kind of insane behaviour one engages in when one is given the chance to is dependent on one's character - what comes out has to be in there to begin with. He's probably not a racist, but he certainly isn't the least bit empathic. He is completely indifferent to other people's feelings, refusing to respect their dignity and their property (see his behaviour regarding his neighbors), he doesn't care for anyone's physical safety (see the racing-incident and the marijuana-in-the-airplane incident), etc. etc.
So yeah, he's a victim. But if he weren't, he'd probably still be a huge jerk, because he's got some really nasty personality traits. This isn't a result of his fame - his fame merely enables him to put those nasty traits into practice without many restraints. Not every teen starlet behaves like this, far from it. That says quite a lot.
I can't agree with some of you guys.
I mean - I believe in such stupid things as "freedom of speech" or "the right to show anybody on the planet that I'm an idiot". BUT - this freedom should NOT include cry for violence.
For example, I have no problems with him using the "n-word". I believe that words can harm you only as much as you allow it. I even accept the joke (run nigga nigga nigga) - I think it's insensitive, and if I was black I would probably feel insulted, but I accept it, it does belong to the "freedom of speech" protection.
But the song is a completely different case. He sings that he wants to kill niggers so that he can join the KKK for fucks sake! This can't be considered funny, nor it shouldn't be tolerated! Age is NOT an excuse. He was 14 according to the sources, a 14 years old human being knows for many years that killing is wrong, and joining a white power terrorist group is equally wrong.
But I agree he's probably not really racist, since he's surrounded by black people, a real racist couldn't stand it for so long. But this song, his drug and alcohol excesses show clearly he's an idiot and shouldn't get so much media attention.
I don't know much about the laws of the US ( except some really weird ones). But isn't there something like a "incitement of the masses law" ? Killing people and joining a terror group would definitly fall into that category I think. In Germany we have a law that works in that direction. It works well, we have freedom of speech but in those extreme cases it comes into play.
Anyway he's a victim of his parents and the business.
It wouldn't even rank in the top 50 of Dumbass Things Bieber Has Said Or Done.
Was there a thread for when he said he liked to imagine that 'Anne Frank would've been a Belieber' in the fucking Anne Frank guestbook, or wherever it was??
I for one don't give a shit about the people he's offended in this instance. They've had 5+ years to come to grips with his chronic retardation.
Like I said, he's probably not a racist, but he's still completely callous scum with no decency or empathy whatsoever. A self-obsessed vandal who's a danger to himself and all around him.