OT Play by play guy suspended for "racist language"

There's a teeny tiny chance that it wasn't meant to be racist but I highly doubt it. Everyone with an IQ over 40 knows you don't refer to Black people as any kind of monkey. So, I agree, it as almost certainly racism.

 

No, there is a 99 percent chance it wasn't racism. There's a 99.999999 percent chance that people don't always stop and think about the racism rules when winging live broadcasts. There are no scripts don't ya know?

 

King Kong is racist now? Since when?

What happened to all of those years of people calling Joel Przybilla the Vanilla Gorilla? Selective Racism?

 

That one is pretty obvious. A lot has been made of it through the years.

 

This thread reminded me of the King Kong speech by Denzel Washington in Training Day.

 

It's not that when you call someone who is not a Black any sort of large monkey. It's when you refer to a Black person as any kind of monkey. For many years now racists have compared Black Americans to monkeys. Why, I remember when Michelle Obama was referred to as a monkey.
https://www.apnews.com/4968a8b35bf64c959e700a8ddfe79714

 

Lanny, I have to call you out on this. Plenty of guys (of various races) I played basketball used terminology like King Kong, Beast, Monster, etc. to describe themselves or others as being powerful in sports. It happened all the time in high school (Benson Polytechnic) and it was not meant as racist in that context.

 

I've never heard of it except as a racist comment, in my life. I would never do it myself.

 

Pretty obvious difference between someone describing a guy dominating a basketball game and someone making an obviously derogatory insult about Michelle Obama.

 

Well, the guys I went to school with were quite colorful. Some white, asian, and black. It was educational and quite fun being able to laugh and be ourselves with each other. We never thought of calling each other racist names. We just weren't that way.

However, I understand and respect your view being that you lived through those tough times during the 60s and 70s.

 

Ha!!!!! Watch this video at about 50 seconds and then go f yourselves.

 

Times change. Keep up or getvleft behind.
Gay doesnt mean what it meant 50 years ago, so maybe king kong doesnt mean what lanny says it does now, compared to back then???
Either way, i must be racist too because i called @dviss a beast on the court one time...

And ill say it now. @hoopsjock can be king kong on the court at times( when i slack up on defense) and i bet @dviss1 would agree.

Context is everything. Very few things are black and white aNd most are best judged situationally.

 

Watch that Nurk highlight video and listen to calabro describe nurk vs adams at 50 seconds.

 

Well kc is most definitely racist then. 99% chance anyhow.

 

Those dudes ain't American either. Add xenophobic too.

 

As you said, context is everything. I would also go one step further. A person's true intent when using specific words and phrases also needs to be considered. And that can be known through civil discussion.

I've noticed many people making assumptions about a person's intent (on the internet and within our society) rather than asking them. I would like to see more discussion and understanding.

 

Unfortunately & sadly the willingness to discuss/debate and compromise anymore seems lost.
When opposing views can be receptive to mediation and open to conciliation theres a chance for give and take, balance! We need this as a society now more than ever, imo.

 

You can look no further than this site and how it seems more and more posters refuse to listen to anyone they disagree with.
absolutely concerning on a big picture level.