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  • HillsboroDuck
    HillsboroDuck Member Posts: 9,186
    CallMeBigErn said:

    This is ridiculous. Maybe we need to offer this guy and his friends to put this issue to bed.


    Having you been reading the thread? Africans don't count.
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  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,848 Founders Club
    edited April 2019
    What exact part of the okg pitch is coming off as racist? Serious question.
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  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    CallMeBigErn said:

    This is ridiculous. Maybe we need to offer this guy to put this issue to bed.



    Yeah, he's raw, but I can see him becoming a key contributor by his junior season, not to mention the recruiting effect.

    Looks smarter than Benji Olson at least.
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  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    HillsboroDuck said:

    CallMeBigErn said:

    This is ridiculous. Maybe we need to offer this guy and his friends to put this issue to bed.


    Having you been reading the thread? Africans don't count.
    He's from Detroit.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,242
    genzhusky said:

    OKG system is basically asking for yes men and there is no room for overt individuality or personalities who can disrupt the system. It just so happens that this OKG mantra does not extend to a specific demographic. So like its not straight up racism, but you can argue that the system disadvantages or discriminates against the recruitment of African Americans. I'm not saying that I believe this but in today's PC culture everything is racist and it's honestly really easy to make the argument that OKG is racist. Personally I don't care how they act as long as they can ball but as long as Pete is the coach, his OKG system will stay in some capacity.

    Pretty sure that we don't look for "yes men" in the program

    We look for people willing to work their ass off, willing to put the work in to develop, and are going to embrace the process. The rest we only care about if you can play.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,242
    Domicillo said:

    lawsandl said:

    Domicillo said:

    lawsandl said:

    I am a Duck fan and this is part and parcel of the “everything is racist” cultural milieu.

    Part and parcel of the “I don’t acknowledge inherent biases“ culture
    Bias is different than racism and it’s important enough to distinguish between the two.
    Exactly why I said that, cause there is a whole segment of society today that see's anytime someone points out that something may be biased against a different racial group, their default response is "Are you calling me racist?". When asking people to recognize that the language we use, the processes in place or the manner in which we reach out may not appeal the same way to African American households, isn't calling someone racist. It's asking people to recognize that it exists and if we want to avoid that perception we need to actively change how we go about it.

    There's a reason every time @Dennis_DeYoung has brought up this issue over the past couple years, he has to preface it with "I don't think Pete is racist". Because Pete isn't racist, but he has a major blind spot if he thinks his messaging and the perception of it is being received equally across all racial and other demographic lines.
    I largely agree with what you're saying ...

    I get a little sideways when people start talk about "messaging" and "appeal" type things ... I get why it is important, etc. and been through a number of different examples via trainings that this stuff becomes so transparent.

    The reality is that we're never going to all speak some kind of universal language. It's not going to happen. And there's so many different ways that people grew up, etc. that you're never going to be able to convey and connect in someone else's language at all times.

    But to your point, I think that what is highlighted may be nuanced and change depending on the subject. That's a very fair point.

    I don't think that Pete has a blind spot as much as that there are characteristics of what he's looking for that doesn't probably correlate as well to certain segments. I don't think it's race driven as much as what Dennis has pointed out regarding slow vs fast strategy.
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  • Gwad
    Gwad Member Posts: 2,855
    I think Pete believes in melanin inequality.
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