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re: Al Sharpton on Clippers owner racist rant
Posted on 4/28/14 at 3:29 am to TbirdSpur2010
Posted on 4/28/14 at 3:29 am to TbirdSpur2010
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this isn't even close to the same thing as Jay-Z and you know it.
Disagree. Showing respect and equality for others is equal across the board... This racial slur has so much hurt carried over from generations why anyone would use it is beyond me... Jayz might not say it with the same type ignorance as the other guy but it's still uncalled for..Honestly, the other guy is an idiot but we all know that, but Jay z is well respected and idolized by a a lot of our younger kids. His words will carry a lot more influence than some guy most people has hardly heard of...In short the word should be off limits no matter what your skin color may be.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 3:43 am to AU4real35
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...In short the word should be off limits no matter what your skin color may be.
That's a conversation for black people to have amongst themselves, tbh. The word was a slur for generations by whites against blacks, and now white people are saying blacks can't use it at all? That's not a call non-blacks get to make, IMHO.
And we're getting a little off topic: I only brought up Jay-Z as a counter-example because he's the only black owner that I'm familiar with (and truth be told, I don't know many NBA owners: Peter Holt (SA--because I'm a Spurs fan), the Maloof brothers (Sacramento--because they've been in the news recently), Jay-Z (Because he's a notable celeb), Mark Cuban (because frick Dallas, that's why
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The only reason I brought him up was to make an analogy: he's not discouraging Beyonce from bringing white people to Nets games or being photographed with them. That's it. Not going to defend that 5% garbage, as that's a whole 'nother can of worms, but at the very least, he's not doing what DS just did.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 7:13 am to AU4real35
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His words will carry a lot more influence than some guy most people has hardly heard of...In short the word should be off limits no matter what your skin color may be.
False. The community took that word and turned it in to a term of endearment. Sure, people still use it the racist way, but more and more kids are growing up without the n-word being nasty but something else completely, and I think that's the greater good.
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