<div class="quote_poster">Franchise4Ever Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The guy said he was sorry and he didn't mean any racial slurs by it. I believe him, I mean it just doesn't make any sense what so ever that he would call Deke a monkey and not Dwight, they are the same skin tone. The guy just let his emotion of the game get to him. There is also 10x worse racial slurs than monkey out there which he could have used. Why would a racist call the opposing team member a racial slur and not his own team? That makes no sense at all. Do the "white" Magic jerseys make him change his mind? I just can't see that guy being racist or a bigot especially when I saw him on the news. He has held parties for the Magic, and Dwight was there as well as plenty of other African Americans. My fact still stands though, it would be like a black racist hating whites and yet he loves going to hockey games. No offense to all the white guys in hockey. </div> there are worse racial slurs than being called a monkey, but being called a monkey must hurt. just like someone else said (i think it was skater) mutombo was born in an african country if im not mistaken, so being from an african country rather than being an african american (big diffrence) could of been the reason for the slur against mutombo and not dwight. especially since monkeys are commonly found in africa, and hes african.(pretty sure thats were the insult came from to begin with )
Just because he likes the NBA it doesn't mean he's not racist. Calling someone a monkey and making monkey faces is racism. You can still be racist and watch a sport where the majority are blacks. The "fan" was lucky he didn't say this to Ron Artest. Deke did not over-react.
The fan was either mexican or black. But i think the real reason why he did that was just to shake Deke up and ruin his concentration.
<div class="quote_poster">TmacGarnett Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Did you see his shirt??? Wow...unbelievably gay.</div> Why what was he wearing?
Not to piss on anyone, but my question for those who are semi-defending/justifying the man (I by no means hate you or anything) I wanted to ask...if he didn't mean anything to be rascist why did he choose "monkey" I mean you can say that he didn't plan to say monkeys and he wanted to just say something to get in the players head and he wasnt thinking, but honestly if I'm not thinking and I want to piss someone off monkey isnt a name that would really come to mind. I would have to plan something to call someone a monkey, it just isn't one of those terms people use as insult. But yeah thats all im wondering.
<div class="quote_poster">DynastYWarrioR6 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Not to piss on anyone, but my question for those who are semi-defending/justifying the man (I by no means hate you or anything) I wanted to ask...if he didn't mean anything to be rascist why did he choose "monkey" I mean you can say that he didn't plan to say monkeys and he wanted to just say something to get in the players head and he wasnt thinking, but honestly if I'm not thinking and I want to piss someone off monkey isnt a name that would really come to mind. I would have to plan something to call someone a monkey, it just isn't one of those terms people use as insult. But yeah thats all im wondering.</div> What if that guy called your race monkeys? How would you feel?
<div class="quote_poster">Franchise4Ever Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The guy said he was sorry and he didn't mean any racial slurs by it. I believe him, I mean it just doesn't make any sense what so ever that he would call Deke a monkey and not Dwight, they are the same skin tone. The guy just let his emotion of the game get to him. There is also 10x worse racial slurs than monkey out there which he could have used. Why would a racist call the opposing team member a racial slur and not his own team? That makes no sense at all. Do the "white" Magic jerseys make him change his mind? I just can't see that guy being racist or a bigot especially when I saw him on the news. He has held parties for the Magic, and Dwight was there as well as plenty of other African Americans. My fact still stands though, it would be like a black racist hating whites and yet he loves going to hockey games. No offense to all the white guys in hockey. </div> This whole post is a cop out. The guy called him a freakin "Monkey". Theres only one word more disrespectful than that, and niether should ever be used on or off the court.
<div class="quote_poster">TmacGarnett Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Did you see his shirt??? Wow...unbelievably gay.</div> I feel you on that one. Bill Worrel pointed out "Look at the shirt he is wearing" Matt Bullard was like "He should've been thrown out the game just for wearing that shirt" or something like that. But, calling him a monkey is racist, it doesn't matter if Dwight is african american too. But Deke, obviously has an accent and the way he talks really does make him seem like he is from Africa.
<div class="quote_poster">Carter Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">What if that guy called your race monkeys? How would you feel?</div> I wasn't saying what he said was right buddy, I'm actually mad about it. I was asking the guy who was defending the dude why did that kid pick that word of all words when in the spur of the moment he could've picked any other word. I was merely pointing out that he had to have planned saying something like that because monkey isn't really a term we think of in the spur of the moment. So read my post before accusing me of defending the kid.
There's too much weight carried with that term for me to believe the fan, in this case. He may be watching a game with many African-Americans, but Mutumbo is still distinguished from the rest of them, because of the fact that he was born in Africa. I'm sure this isn't the first time, Mutumbo's heritage has led to someone "accidentally" insulting him. I can see a child calling someone a monkey and not understanding the racist dimension that term has, but this is a grown man who would have to be beyond naive to have not understood what he was saying. What's more, the way he apparently acted out the monkey term after he saw Dikembe get angry, just makes it more obvious.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post"> I feel you on that one. Bill Worrel pointed out "Look at the shirt he is wearing" Matt Bullard was like "He should've been thrown out the game just for wearing that shirt" or something like that. But, calling him a monkey is racist, it doesn't matter if Dwight is african american too. But Deke, obviously has an accent and the way he talks really does make him seem like he is from Africa.</div> What kind of shirt was he wearing? Someone post pics.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Hooman Hamzehloui, an Orlando Magic season-ticket holder who was ejected from a preseason game last Thursday night for heckling Dikembe Mutombo, has sent the Houston Rockets center a letter of apology, according to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. The man also wrote that he would not attend another Magic game until Mutombo gives the team his approval and that he would donate $5,000 to a charity of Mutombo's choice.</div> Heckler Apologizes to Mutombo
Here's the video guys. Invalid Video Link The guys ugly shiry, him flailing his arms like a cheerleader, and Mutombo very pissed off it's all there.
Great summing it up, man. In the video, you could see the guys shirt AND when JVG gives V-Span the mean-"dam u turnover machine"-look.
<div class="quote_poster">Pakman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Great summing it up, man. In the video, you could see the guys shirt AND when JVG gives V-Span the mean-"dam u turnover machine"-look.</div> Thanks. Heh, I didn't notice the look JVG was giving Span. He looks like he wants to assassinate him. I like how Span was avoiding eye contact with JVG.
LOL, that guy was trying to act hard in that video, and now he wants to donate 5,000 to Mutombo's charity.
