Around the NBA (And Oregon High Schools) - January 2018

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  1. andalusian

    andalusian Season - Restarted

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    I see. A coloring book for the kiddies ;)
     
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    Interesting, my experience was different. I grew up in NE Portland in the 70's and played ball after school with friends who were black, but for the most part I was pretty much surrounded by all whites going to a catholic grade school and highschool, and then in a fraternity at Oregon......and we were absolutely fucking ruthless to one another when we were clowning around. There were very few boundaries......and it was non stop.

    Maybe it is a NE Portland thing......
     
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    Absolutely agree. I grew up NE Rocky Butte area. Madison HS. We destroyed anyone who could not come back with a burn. Up your nose with a rubber hose style. Started with Welcome back Kotter and Your Momma jokes. Bow you head in shame type thing....
    It really must have been a NE Portland thing.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Maybe it's a geographical/cultural thing and not racial?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    And now that I know you were a Senator, I wish I could take back all my LIKES I've sent your way FAMS!
     
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    Shoot, we might have rode the same bus to school.

    There's a lot more to it than just the Yo Mamma jokes angle. Guys like Meyers and Brad Miller get under players' skin way too easily for it to not be purely a racial thing. We all know it with the "goofy white guy" references, but we tip toe around the underlying issue. White guys are expected to back down from a physical challenge, and it royally pisses off some black guys when it doesn't happen.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Kinda like the beef between me and that dviss cat!
     
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    Ha Ha! Senators always rule fams.
     
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    Heck back in the day Grant was a huge rival but at least they were cool. Benson was all dudes. Now the Techmen we really didn't like at all.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Ya, the only Benson kids I knew were my friends that went there to shine in sports. Never had beef with Madison guys. Now Jeff kids on the other hand.......
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    How could something that doesn't exist make people squirm?

    Racism is just that, Racism.
     
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    No it's racial. Black people tend to value material things because we don't have them. When someone was wearing some Volume/Payless shoes they were instantly stung on.

    You had to be clever and come up with something funny to say. I really think this is where battle rap was born.
     
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    They've never been good during my school years. We SMASHED them at every sport.
     
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    I was a "Jeff kid" for one year. My mother tried unsuccessfully to transfer me before I went. It didn't happen. Went to Grant the next year and was bullied far less. Had to SMASH this kids face for burning my Kid-N-Play flat top with a lighter.
     
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    We called them the Jefferson "Dancers". Ha! They sucked back then so they fit the bill.
     
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    After the influx of Vietnamese in the early 80's things changed at Madison. A lot of families moved out of the area. Not sure if any of you are old enough to remember the racial wars there? Literally hundreds of Vietnamese students were thrust into the school in a couple years. Some of those students weren't even kids. They were 20-30 year old boat people. It was a tough thing for all to deal with.
     
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    I think Madison is now 5A instead of 6A? Do they still have the PIL as a division?
     
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    Central Catholic? I, too, was raised in the 70s in NE Portland.
     
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