If it was white --> black on this comment, there'd be vicious outrage.
But since it was black --> white, it's just a young kid thing and that's just the way that it is.
We talk a lot in our society about equality ... and I'm 100% ok with that. But you can't have equality when you allow double standards to rule the day.
If it was white --> black on this comment, there'd be vicious outrage.
But since it was black --> white, it's just a young kid thing and that's just the way that it is.
We talk a lot in our society about equality ... and I'm 100% ok with that. But you can't have equality when you allow double standards to rule the day.
If it was white --> black on this comment, there'd be vicious outrage.
But since it was black --> white, it's just a young kid thing and that's just the way that it is.
We talk a lot in our society about equality ... and I'm 100% ok with that. But you can't have equality when you allow double standards to rule the day.
No offense, but not even close.
Then please elaborate ...
And BTW, the black --> white thing was stated by Stephen A Smith ...
I just find the whole thing amusing because being a "non-athletic" white guy my entire life, I've always found it amusing the stereotype that such players have.
The reality is that the Kentucky guys got beat by a bunch of dudes that they consider to be athletically inferior, were pissed about it, didn't react well, and said some shit that anybody that has ever spent time on a basketball court in their life has heard countless times ... but that isn't in front of a microphone with one of the biggest media spotlights imaginable glaring down on you.
That being said, there's no question in the last 2-3 years the racial tensions in this country have increased. It's beyond unfortunate. This COULD be a great example and lesson to many in our country about how far we've gone in disrespecting people across such a wide range of factors that we've become so highly judgmental and are way to quick in associating stereotypes on people without even taking the time to figure out a thing about them.
And, you also can't tell me that there won't be some kid somewhere that will hear such a phrase spoken and then use it inappropriately down the road in the wrong setting resulting in a probable ass kicking.
Kudos to Kaminsky for just shrugging it off ... I guarantee that he's taking the comments as a complement and probably laughing about it.
If it was white --> black on this comment, there'd be vicious outrage.
But since it was black --> white, it's just a young kid thing and that's just the way that it is.
We talk a lot in our society about equality ... and I'm 100% ok with that. But you can't have equality when you allow double standards to rule the day.
No offense, but not even close.
Then please elaborate ...
And BTW, the black --> white thing was stated by Stephen A Smith ...
I just find the whole thing amusing because being a "non-athletic" white guy my entire life, I've always found it amusing the stereotype that such players have.
The reality is that the Kentucky guys got beat by a bunch of dudes that they consider to be athletically inferior, were pissed about it, didn't react well, and said some shit that anybody that has ever spent time on a basketball court in their life has heard countless times ... but that isn't in front of a microphone with one of the biggest media spotlights imaginable glaring down on you.
That being said, there's no question in the last 2-3 years the racial tensions in this country have increased. It's beyond unfortunate. This COULD be a great example and lesson to many in our country about how far we've gone in disrespecting people across such a wide range of factors that we've become so highly judgmental and are way to quick in associating stereotypes on people without even taking the time to figure out a thing about them.
And, you also can't tell me that there won't be some kid somewhere that will hear such a phrase spoken and then use it inappropriately down the road in the wrong setting resulting in a probable ass kicking.
Kudos to Kaminsky for just shrugging it off ... I guarantee that he's taking the comments as a complement and probably laughing about it.
If it was white --> black on this comment, there'd be vicious outrage.
But since it was black --> white, it's just a young kid thing and that's just the way that it is.
We talk a lot in our society about equality ... and I'm 100% ok with that. But you can't have equality when you allow double standards to rule the day.
They really are two different words.
When is the last time you heard a white person say "nigga"? Let alone a "vicious outrage" from a white person saying "nigga"?
"****er" usually has some sort of racial overtones. "Nigga" can, but does not have to, as we see in this instance. It is another word for guy, or dude (which used to be a pejorative).
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If it was white --> black on this comment, there'd be vicious outrage.
But since it was black --> white, it's just a young kid thing and that's just the way that it is.
We talk a lot in our society about equality ... and I'm 100% ok with that. But you can't have equality when you allow double standards to rule the day.
And BTW, the black --> white thing was stated by Stephen A Smith ...
I just find the whole thing amusing because being a "non-athletic" white guy my entire life, I've always found it amusing the stereotype that such players have.
The reality is that the Kentucky guys got beat by a bunch of dudes that they consider to be athletically inferior, were pissed about it, didn't react well, and said some shit that anybody that has ever spent time on a basketball court in their life has heard countless times ... but that isn't in front of a microphone with one of the biggest media spotlights imaginable glaring down on you.
That being said, there's no question in the last 2-3 years the racial tensions in this country have increased. It's beyond unfortunate. This COULD be a great example and lesson to many in our country about how far we've gone in disrespecting people across such a wide range of factors that we've become so highly judgmental and are way to quick in associating stereotypes on people without even taking the time to figure out a thing about them.
And, you also can't tell me that there won't be some kid somewhere that will hear such a phrase spoken and then use it inappropriately down the road in the wrong setting resulting in a probable ass kicking.
Kudos to Kaminsky for just shrugging it off ... I guarantee that he's taking the comments as a complement and probably laughing about it.
I'm getting older though. Maybe the nomenclature has changed?
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When is the last time you heard a white person say "nigga"? Let alone a "vicious outrage" from a white person saying "nigga"?
"****er" usually has some sort of racial overtones. "Nigga" can, but does not have to, as we see in this instance. It is another word for guy, or dude (which used to be a pejorative).
I got pissed when they called me Larry Bird. That's racist and demeaning. Dr J or Earl the Pearl please
-Mars Blackmon, "She's Gotta Have It"