Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist email

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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    I didn't think Levenson was a racist based on this, and I find it hard to believe that he'd have been drummed out of the NBA for that e-mail. It causes me to wonder if he wanted out of owning an NBA team for other reasons and decided to fall on his sword and make what was a somewhat tone deaf e-mail almost a virtue by how "seriously" he took it.

    I agree with Abdul-Jabbar's reaction, including this: "Sure, there are a few assumptions he makes that make me cringe a little." Levenson's "crime" is probably, as I said, writing about racial demographics in a somewhat tone deaf manner, rather than being a racist.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Can someone post the email . . .
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    You can if you call it W.E.T. Dream! :lol:
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Is that a new Cinemax channel?
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Yeah, well I could put a swastika on my door so that black people don't feel welcome inside, but that doesn't make it any less racist. And I see very little white backlash against the BET network, but imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth that would take place if we ever got a white-only network.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Sure, people have a right to prefer their race and want to watch shows that feature their race. But if you're the type that likes to do that, don't be bitching about guys like Donald Sterling or the Hawks owner.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    1. B.E.T. is not black only. There is nothing preventing you from watching it.

    2. What part of the television market is not being covered for white audiences? Whites are very well represented in television programing.

    If you are really in the need of all white programming CBS seems to have it covered tonight with episodes of The Big Bang Theory, Mom, Two & a Half Men and Under The Dome. I believe that Under The Dome does have one black cast member but the rest of the shows are all white!
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Would you believe it?

    http://dogtv.com
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Damn straight!
     
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    Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist ...

    Those darned dogs. They have to have their own channel. It's not right. TV should be people.

    White people. /sarcasm
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    It's black only in terms of only allowing shows with black people in it. They don't show Family Ties re-runs. LOL!

    Ok, so maybe BET is a niche for crappy black shows that otherwise wouldn't be able to compete. But it's like if I would prefer to watch a crappy show just because it had white people in it, as opposed to the Cosby Show, then I'm having a pretty racist attitude. I'm just saying, don't bitch about racism if you're going to be racist yourself.

    The civil rights movement was largely about ending segregation, where you had the white line and the black line. It was the whites who actually made the "separate but equal" arguement.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    If they were the same thing, I'd agree. Since you clearly didn't read my post, I accept your surrender! ;)
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    I thought that article was kind of stupid. Of course, everyone should be just as an individual, not their race, but it's still a fact that, black people commit crimes at a much higher rate than the rest of the population, and a good number of black youth are enamoured with a "thug" image. If they protray themselves as being apart of that crowd, then whine about being followed.

    A lot of blacks are just so obsessed with racism that they see it where it doesn't exist. Like when Trader Joes wanted to open store in the St. John's neighborhood and they blocked it saying it was "gentrification".

    Then he brings up the George Zimmerman case as evidence that whites are racist against blacks? Well, maybe it's evidence that blacks are racist and that tainted their view of the case. Afterall, the jury, who reviewed the evidence, did find him not guilty.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Gentrification is not racism. You'll be amazed to hear that young white folks have complained about gentrification, too.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    But it is. And it may not be "race" per se, but cultural. How do you get "good ol' boys" to come to Hawks games that is perceived to attract a "gangsta" clientele?
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    They opposed it because they believed it was some kind of plot by whitey to "gentrify" the area. The whole idea doesn't even make sense. People should be trying to attract businesses to their community. But some moronic black leaders have led their people astray. One of the big problems with inner cities is the lack of job opportunities, and are they going to protest against businesses coming to their neighborhood because of "gentrification." Just stupid beyond belief.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    I'm all for gentrification. North Portland is a great example of it.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    Big Bang Theory does not have an all white cast.
     
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    Re: Bruce Levenson will sell the Atlanta Hawks after revelation of a 2012 racist emai

    My opinion after reading portions of that e-mail, Levenson doesn't care about black, he doesn't care about white, he cares about green.
     
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