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We just won a national championship a little over a month ago and now everyone hates each other here……..chill pill everyone!! :cool:
 
It would be very remiss of me not to post in this legendary thread
 
UCONNfan1 said:
Honestly, I did think maybe there would be some interesting links to articles from ESPN or something talking about a racist witch hunt, or at least something giving both sides. Instead, this is what I got so far...

"Here's my opinion"
"You're a d*ck"
"Yeah? well you're a bigger d*ck"
"No, I HAVE a bigger d*ck"
"Oh yeah? Well why don't you get on your knees and suck my d*ck"
"Well my mom could beat up your mom if they were the same age and in 3rd grade"

I am now 10% dumber from reading this thread... :confused:
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Nice work on the postgame recap, but you missed the part around half time.
"Grindr is a place for people who want d*ck, you should go."
"You're already there."
Otherwise, pretty solid play by play.

About that 10%... How long does this thread have to go on before you walk your dumbA into oncoming traffic?
 
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UcannUconn said:
Espn is running a whole segment right now on cubans comments. None of which were remotely racist. This has to stop. We cant assassinate the character of everyone who says anything that in some minor way can be construed to be some how racist. We have an nfl owner whos received no punishment after taking a bunch of pills getting drunk and getting behind a wheel for christ sake. It cant be the worst thing in the world is a person who may generalize a certain race or ethnicity. Cuban is right if I see a group of young black males on one side of the street im probably going to walk on the other side, same thing with a group of white guys with tattoos. Due to socioeconomic reasons these tends to be the demographics of people who are more likely to committ a crime...is that racist? I think its just more or less playing the percentages...
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I agree it is overblown, but his statement was prejudiced not racist. The fact the two concepts are often considered one in the same hurts any chance of real public discourse. One is a personal feeling/belief system. The other is a systemic tool used to oppress a person or people. The first is sad, but everyone has a right to their opinion. The latter is simply evil.

The issue with Cuban's street crossing analogy (which is often used in some form) is it reeks of pure ignorance. IMO, that's why it is mildly offensive to some (not me). It is ignorant because Cuban should know in America he is about 6 times more likely to be assaulted by a White Male than he is at the hands of a Black Male. There are several reasons for this, but in his scenario...if he crosses the street to avoid the Black Man with a hoodie only to cross to the side of the street where in theory a White Man with or without a hoodie is walking...the only thing he accomplished is raising the likely hood he will be assaulted. A man of Cuban's intelligence should know that. Avoiding the White guy with tats is a better decision based on facts, but I know a lot of cool ass White Dudes with tats who wouldn't harm a fly (unless the fly talked shit to them lol)
 
Kembacity said:
What I read of Cubans comments were exactly in tune with how I feel about profiling other people. I don't profile by race, but I absolutely profile people on appearance. I will make myself aware of another person I'm approaching on the street if they look desperate or violent regardless of race. I'm sure Cuban's said much much more that could be easily misconstrued as a bit racist, but just wanted to say that bit of his comments I fully agree with.

In my neighborhood most of the junkies that I like to avoid are not minorities, but it is absolutely okay to profile the people you see on the street
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I'd go so far as to say that if you don't, you are horribly naive, and going to be taken advantage of or throughout your life, until you (hopefully) learn that lesson.
 
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I took a sociology class in college and the professor said everyone is prejudiced. People naturally gravitate to people that are more like them. The danger is when people allow this to become racist by discriminating against others. Everyone needs to be conscious of this and check themselves when they find they are heading this way. I think this is what Mark Cuban was trying to say and he was dead-on.
 
Saying everyone is prejudiced is a cop out, I can honestly say I don't see color, ethnicity etc. People are people, I think around 90% of us suck but it has nothing to do with nationality or color.
 
superjohn said:
Saying everyone is prejudiced is a cop out, I can honestly say I don't see color, ethnicity etc. People are people, I think around 90% of us suck but it has nothing to do with nationality or color.
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Probably higher than that if you take the entire human race into account. But I'm a misanthrope, so don't necessarily listen to me.
 
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I stayed away from this thread and now I know why. So here is my chance to piss everyone off!

Look, Cuban was being honest and he was not being hateful. This could have been the start of a conversation about how we all stereotype to some extent or another. Too bad we can't talk about this stuff like grown-ups.
Worse yet, every bigot now feels more justified that racism no longer exists and that all related incidents are bull like this overreaction to Cuban.
1) This is not an NBA witch hunt , it is a media frenzy. Big difference. Because that is what the media does. Everyday on every issue. 2) Unlike Sterling, nothing will happen to Cuban other then the stupid media frenzy. Because every one with half a brain knows he didn't do anything wrong beyond inadvertently hurting the feelings of parents who recently loss their son due to that stereotype. And he apologized to them. 3) He was trying to admit that, like most of us, he is not perfect. I applaud him for that.
If one links Sterling with Cuban feeling like they were both unjustly punished by blacks and liberals for being "politically incorrect", then I think you are a bigot
On the other hand, if you link Cuban and Sterling as racists and don't see the difference in their statements and intent , I think you are a bigot too.
 
The Bigots come out at night, the Bigots come out at niiiight
 
UCHuskies08 said:
It's not a strawman, it's the logical conclusion from what you posted. So either you're deflecting or aren't the best at expressing your thoughts through writing.

Let's break it down, shall we:



What Cuban said is that if he sees a black person in a hoodie, he would walk to the other side of the street (implied that this would be out of fear of violence)

You don't see anything racist with saying that a black person in a hoodie is dangerous.


A few years ago on the news (Wash DC) they were interviewing Black & White Women on the street. Asked them if they saw a group of young white men walking towards them on the sidewalk what would they do? Nothing they said. Black men? Walk across the street. Thus White Women are racists towards Black men? How about the Black Women?
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A few years ago on the news (Wash DC) they were interviewing Black & White Women on the street. Asked them if they saw a group of young white men walking towards them on the sidewalk what would they do? Nothing they said. Black men? Walk across the street. Thus White Women are racists towards Black men? How about the Black Women?
 
Sky ball said:
A few years ago on the news (Wash DC) they were interviewing Black & White Women on the street. Asked them if they saw a group of young white men walking towards them on the sidewalk what would they do? Nothing they said. Black men? Walk across the street. Thus White Women are racists towards Black men? How about the Black Women?
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Or you just saw the prejudiced interviewed whose testimony the producers of the show specifically chose to tell a specific narrative?
 
Rocktheworld said:
Or you just saw the prejudiced interviewed whose testimony the producers of the show specifically chose to tell a specific narrative?
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Well if you want to discredit the story without actually seeing it or knowing the context what can I say? However, knowing the local DC news they are not loaded with Neo Nazi KKK types. DC Local news probably has more black reporters, anchors etc. than any other city in America. So your premise of prejudice though possible is very doubtful.
 
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