OT LaVar is costing his son MILLIONS of dollars

I'm almost at 10,000 posts mfers.

 

That's not clear. A lot of how we perceive others is subconscious--I think there's definitely an inbuilt societal prejudice against black men (and women) being aggressive (in the various contexts of aggression) as compared with white men and women. It's not always a conscious thing. In fact, it rarely is, except for explicit racists.

 

In your opinion.

 

Malcolm preached racist hate, and was pro segregation. He had an epiphany late in life, and realized that he was being a piece of shit. Then his ex-comrades killed him for turning against their hateful cause.

 

Well we don't know for sure, because nobody's acted this fucking crazy. However, the Curry family is always given positive attention, as I've seen way too many shots of Curry's wife and mother after he scores. They're black, and they get a ton of good attention. I don't think the attention given to Lavar, nor the Curry family is of a racial base.

 

But you got mad at people for discussing race when it comes to Collins, yet you discuss race when it comes to Lavar... I know they're different situations but why is this board always talking about race recently?

 

Great post.

 

Say what you want Bones. But IMHO if he were white it'd be different.

 

As I said, people would "get it twisted".

 

I dunno if we can say this. For some people, yes. For some, no.

I mean, we all thought Trump was a douchebag long before he was president, and that's the same douchey level I view Ball on. Just hot garbage outta the mouth at all times.

 

Okay... You could say that about any person we talk about on the board though. Ex. "Zach Collins wouldn't be hated on as much if he were black". "Lavar would be treated different if he were white". "Russell Westbrook would be more liked if he were white". "Donald Trump would get treated differently if he was a black president".

Do we need to point out every time someone's race has a specific affect on how they're being treated by the public? Because society treats people different based off race, so this could be said in any situation as it's normal. (I don't mean turning an eye to real issues)

 

Perhaps, until it stops happening.

 

OMG you're right. I never made the connection. He's one of those idiot, jersey poppin' posers I see at Moda during Laker (and now Golden St) games. But he has a platform. This is bad......

 

Get what twisted? The difference between MLK and Malcolm Little?

 

I've been re-reading Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man recently. I encourage everybody to read this book - it is, IMO, the great American novel. Here's a PDF for anyone who doesn't feel inclined to go to Powell's or the library:

http://bpi.enschool.org/ourpages/auto/2010/5/11/36901472/Ralph Ellison - Invisible Man v3_0.pdf

 

Hilarious. Because I wasn't the one who brought up Zach's race. It was a white person. And it was a white person in this forum who brought it up before Quick. I don't see you asking them this question. But the second I do I need a talking to about it...

Only white people ask black people "why do we need to talk about race"...

 

The point of the post. As if MLK was the one black leader that should be celebrated.

 

To be fair, we all poke at MM and the few people that have made it about race.

 

Lmao. Apparently you've missed the many times where I've gotten annoyed at WHITE people complaining about WHITE players. I've said shit like "Why do we need to define this player based off race when we could easily define him based off his play." I've gotten mad at MM for it. I've had a European get mad at me for comparing Luke Kennard and J.J. Redick to each other because he thought it was race-based, and I agreed in saying that comparisons shouldn't be made off race, and that it's off other factors.

With that said, don't go pull this bullshit with me. You're alluding to me being racist by saying I "wouldn't ask a white person why we need to talk about race". You've told people on this forum how they would act differently if someone's race was different, implicating them as racist as well:

These situational instances aren't even based in any fact. I understand that some people wouldn't (bring stuff up because of race), but you point your finger at multiple people telling them how they would act based on race, and it's fucked up because it has no basis when it comes to that specific person. You're using the fact that there's oppression on a societal level against African-Americans to try and fit specific people into the mold of a racist by claiming they're acting in accordance to race.

You literally said only "white people ask black people...", lumping me in with "whites" and claiming that I wouldn't ask the same for white people. Even though I got annoyed at the race-based comparisons between Meyers and Collins. Someone was saying he watched Collins a lot in college so I asked

, as in, there's no other comparisons other than race. I called people out in that thread for bringing up race because there was no need for us to talk about race. And now you're claiming:

Not everybody is racist towards African-Americans like you think is the case. I'm dating a girl who's half-black. You played the victim card with that last sentence, by pointing the finger at me and claiming I act in accordance of race and claiming that's why I asked "What's the point in speculating on race in Lavar Ball's case?".

Should I use your famous closing of "GTFO"?

 

Present company excepted, of course...