On Andrew Harrison racial comment.....
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I'm so glad a double standard doesn't exist. I breathed a sigh of relief when CNN had it as their headline with a size 96 super bold font. I breathed easier knowing that Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson have arrived on the scene. I wish that people weren't out there picketing the finals but it's a testament to the freedom of speech we enjoy in this fine nation.
Oh the Irony:mj07:
Kid wasn't being racist, but he was never going to be pegged as one even if he was because kimiskey or whatever the hell his name is does not make a good victim. The news and media as a whole needs a good victim to sell their stories of racial divide, and simply put kimiskey does not fit the eeeeerrrrrrrr discription. Have zero problems with this story not having legs, but I have a hell of a lot of problems with all these other "stories" that do. Hands up, don't shoot the messenger.
Kid wasn't being racist, but he was never going to be pegged as one even if he was because kimiskey or whatever the hell his name is does not make a good victim. The news and media as a whole needs a good victim to sell their stories of racial divide, and simply put kimiskey does not fit the eeeeerrrrrrrr discription. Have zero problems with this story not having legs, but I have a hell of a lot of problems with all these other "stories" that do. Hands up, don't shoot the messenger.
Why is it that once again the race issue is the daily headline, yet nobody anywhere is ever a racist?
I mean there isn't a single racist on this board. Just ask everyone. No way they're a racist, they just don't agree with the double standard, right?
I mean there isn't a single racist on this board. Just ask everyone. No way they're a racist, they just don't agree with the double standard, right?
I think there is a HUGE double standard, especially in the media but for those that played basketball then you should also know this is no big deal. I'm 42 and have played ball since I can remember. There have been countless times that I was the only white person in the gym. I never thought about it then because I was just playing ball. I was also called the N word often. If I was ever called an F'n N then I knew I was doing good and had really gotten to someone. Everyone knows when you're on the court that black guys call each other that more than any other word. I never minded it. I did however mind being called "white boy" and for me that was out of bounds. Frank took the UK boys, bent them over and sent them home. If he would have said "f that white boy" I would have been pissed but he said something he would say to every single black guy he's ever played ball with. I know it may not make sense to everyone and heck it may not be right but to me it was a sign that Harrison had just gotten his ass kicked and he knew it.
Cracks me up how white people are disappointed that there isn't being more made of this.
That's your double standard right there. What if a white guy had said this, what if Kentucky would have won and so and so would have said this, blah blah blah.
It would be just as meaningless and stupid then too. Who gives a shit what a 19 year old kid mutters under his breath? Should every single one of us be called to task for all the things we've muttered or said under our breath? Ted Nugent can call Hillary Clinton a cunt on stage and his freedom of speech gets defended, but a black kid doesn't get expelled for muttering some indistinguishable slight on another random white student and suddenly there's a double standard. Fucking ridiculous.
That's your double standard right there. What if a white guy had said this, what if Kentucky would have won and so and so would have said this, blah blah blah.
It would be just as meaningless and stupid then too. Who gives a shit what a 19 year old kid mutters under his breath? Should every single one of us be called to task for all the things we've muttered or said under our breath? Ted Nugent can call Hillary Clinton a cunt on stage and his freedom of speech gets defended, but a black kid doesn't get expelled for muttering some indistinguishable slight on another random white student and suddenly there's a double standard. Fucking ridiculous.
they would have been similar to the current ones.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/06/frank-kaminksy-andrew-harrison_n_7010336.html
Just seems like this is not a big deal.
some people have trouble understanding context.
I hope the media camera's venture into the area outside of Lucas Oil Stadium tonight and shows America the truth. Bonus, would be interviewing Andrew Harrison tonight and not "just let anything go away" for now at the least.
The people with their heads in the sand are the ones that make RACE an issue here.
Go Figure.
JMHO
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Go Figure.
JMHO
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Seems like the media kinda buried this story.
Thirty-one people were arrested after Kentucky fans set fires in Lexington, police said, after the Wildcats' undefeated streak came to a stunning end at the hands of Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament Saturday.
Sporadic fires were seen being set as the large crowd, chanting anti-Wisconsin slogans, gathered on State Street, which is adjacent to the University of Kentucky's Lexington Campus.
Lexington Police Department spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said the crowd set fire to multiple objects, while a number of people were injured ? some of whom were transported to a local hospital for treatment. None of the injuries were serious, Roberts said.
The situation was completely cleared by 2:15 a.m. ET, Roberts said. "This was a citywide effort to clear this situation ... it really requires the whole city to come together in situations like these," she said.
The disturbance came after the Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 71-64 Saturday night in a thriller that came down to the final minutes. Wisconsin now advances to face Duke in the NCAA national championship game.
Thirty-one people were arrested after Kentucky fans set fires in Lexington, police said, after the Wildcats' undefeated streak came to a stunning end at the hands of Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament Saturday.
Sporadic fires were seen being set as the large crowd, chanting anti-Wisconsin slogans, gathered on State Street, which is adjacent to the University of Kentucky's Lexington Campus.
Lexington Police Department spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said the crowd set fire to multiple objects, while a number of people were injured ? some of whom were transported to a local hospital for treatment. None of the injuries were serious, Roberts said.
The situation was completely cleared by 2:15 a.m. ET, Roberts said. "This was a citywide effort to clear this situation ... it really requires the whole city to come together in situations like these," she said.
The disturbance came after the Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 71-64 Saturday night in a thriller that came down to the final minutes. Wisconsin now advances to face Duke in the NCAA national championship game.
A personal experience
A personal experience
My wife and I were staying with a Japanese family about 20 years ago, cultural exchange civic thing.
The new bride confided to me that the family was slow to accept her because she was "the wrong color".
She was 100% Japanese, yet a very slight color difference to the Japanese mind set, perhaps her origin was from a far rural area of Japan....I did not probe, I saw a beautiful young Japanese bride.
It really showed me prejudice exists EVERYWHERE, sadly always will, perhaps it is part of the human Genome keyed on self-preservation...no one knows.
A personal experience
My wife and I were staying with a Japanese family about 20 years ago, cultural exchange civic thing.
The new bride confided to me that the family was slow to accept her because she was "the wrong color".
She was 100% Japanese, yet a very slight color difference to the Japanese mind set, perhaps her origin was from a far rural area of Japan....I did not probe, I saw a beautiful young Japanese bride.
It really showed me prejudice exists EVERYWHERE, sadly always will, perhaps it is part of the human Genome keyed on self-preservation...no one knows.
As a guy that thinks that this is a mountain out of mole hill type of thing, let me ask you a couple of yes/no questions. Feel free to expand after answering yes or no and I would gladly do the same to your questions.
1) Is racism alive and well in the black communities like it is in the white communities of America?
2) Are black racist actions(assuming one believes in such thing) covered and handled the same way in the media as those of whites?
I gotta say.....when I heard about it, the only thing I thought was, "What a poor fucking sport this kid is". Calling a white kid a nigger, certainly is "racist". As a white man, I couldn't give a shit less about it, and I'm actually quite astonished that so many people are making a big deal of it.
