OT: Shaq and Trey Burke Mock Man With Disability

I sincerely think that the color of this mans skin has absolutely nothing to do with the situation. The sooner we stop looking at race as a variable the sooner we bridge the separation between ethnicities, and the closer we come to togetherness.

And to call this man disfigured is extremely insensitive as it implies that there is something off putting, or wrong about him.

Not looking for an argument, just giving my opinion...

 

Your whole tone is childish, this one is just an example. You got a hard on because Shaq, someone we all pretty much hate did something stupid. My first response was simply DUMBASS. Then I thought about it a bit and figured even Shaq might not even be that big of a douche.

 

I don't hate shaq, I actually find a lot of his antics to be funny. And have tremendous respect for his body of work(on the court). But he is definitely over impulsive and often times immature, which leads to insensitivity such as this.

 

Now it is bad because he is black too? Holy fuck you will latch on to the dumbest shit just to defend some poorly considered position.

 

Poorly worded. Shaq seems decent enough, not Mother Theresa by any stretch. I meant hate as in memories of him butt bumping Sabonis away and dunking on everyone.

 

Oh of course, every fan of, or player on the opposing team hated him. Dude was a beast on the block, easily the best big man I have seen first handed.

 

See, that was your mistake. Shaq IS that big of a douche, and now he's commenting on slavery, Mark Cuban, and Donald Sterling. Not a word on TNT about his photo earlier today.

 

Police Chief. Fire Chief. Chief Petty Officer. Chief Operating Officer. Chief is not a racist term. WTF? Has the whole world gone mad???

 

Using the term Chief in the way it was used has absolutely no connection to Native Americans whatsoever. It stems from communicating with superiors in a line of Work, such as BBert mentioned Police Chief, Fire Chief...etc... it is the respectful way of addressing a Chief in the line of work. It is also used sarcastically or as a replacement as for other terms such as Man and Dude.

 

Fuq Shaq. Shattered my fandom when he signed with the Urine and Lilac.

 

Agreed

 

This. The word chief dates back before the colonization of America. The reference to Native American leaders as "chiefs" is a manifestation of Americans own doing. "Chief" has no more relation to native Americans as it does any other cultural group.

 

Ironic that a thread about Shaq mocking a black guy would turn into a white guy calling another white guy a racist for using the word "Chief," which apparently was an indirect insult to santeesioux, who I believe is the only Native American poster on this board. That's some fantastic message boarding, right there.

 

The guys color has nothing to do with this...why is that so hard for you to understand?

 

Oh, but it potentially does. Anyhow, I don't care, other than Shaq's typical douchebaggery.

 

Shaq, a gigantic "role model" mocking a victim for his disease is the perfect partner for Chuck, a married father arrested for buying blowjobs from a hooker on the corner.

 

Any way you read it, Chief is a flattering term of ultimate respect.



chief (adj.) Look up chief at Dictionary.com
c.1300, "highest in rank or power; most important or prominent; supreme, best," from Old French chief "chief, principal, first" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum (also source of Spanish and Portuguese cabo, Italian capo, Provençal cap), from Latin caput "head," also "leader, guide, chief person; summit; capital city" (see capitulum).
chief (n.) Look up chief at Dictionary.com
c.1300, "head, leader, captain; the principal or most important part of anything;" from Old French chief "leader, ruler, head" of something, "capital city" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput "head," also "leader, chief person; summit; capital city" (see capitulum). Meaning "head of a clan" is from 1570s; later extended to American Indian tribes. Commander-in-chief attested from 1660s.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=chief

 

Next time I see Shaq, I'm gonna kick his ass.

 

Maybe its just me but I think it's a good look for shaq, I think everyone is mistaking inspiration for bullying.