OT Miami Heat fan gets kicked out after calling Russell Westbrook ‘boy’

I’ve asked two of my black friends if they took offense to that? Both laughed and said no.

There definitely is crossing the line when it comes to fans as they can’t just say anything and especially racist things but that yesterday was nothing.

If a fan isn’t crossing the line then it’s more on the player, in this case WestBrook just letting someone get under his skin.

Do players understand that if not for fans that pay for tickets for NBA games they wouldn’t get paid to bounce a ball and play basketball and get paid greatly for it?

 

The lengths some take to imply racism stretches further in this forum than any other place in life that I experience.

 

Slave owners had their slaves fight each other for their entertainment. You can absolutely be a basketball and a racist.

 

Your two black friends laughing if off doesn’t make it not racist.

 

Not very hard. I apparently am not the only one that felt this way, especially reading this thread and the majority on other forums. You appear to be among the smaller minority of people who can't see the obvious.

 

Um, i rather an opinion from a black person in this conversation hold more weight over your opinion and other woke people’s opinion.

Also doesn’t mean Westbrooke has to have super sensitive skin and ask a fan that paid money, the same money that allows WestBrook to get paid, to get kicked out.

plus, how can you judge that guy just based on what he said? Ever been around some hillbillies or country people that say “BOY” every other sentence? “Get your ass over here, BOY” go do the dishes “boy”

 

Lots of white men in here grumbling about how they don’t find another white man’s racism to be offensive. Thanks for your valuable perspective!

 

I detest Westbrook, but it's crazy to think it's okay to go Jim Crow and call a black man a boy. If you think no-big-deal, then do some research on the history. To say "white men grumbling" or whatever is insane too. It's about decency not your right to discriminate.

 

I think it would be an extreme rare case a racist would actually purchase darn near courtside seats and help the growth of the wealth of NBA players, if they are truly racist.
Ive cancelled a few ex friends due to thier racism and not one of them had any interest in the NBA. As a matter of fact, becoming a season ticket holder shed the light for me on one of them who responded to it with, “why would i want to support those, nig****? They are criminals. Don't give them any money.”
I told him he is a racist moron and we haven't spoke since.

 

My post was more in reference to this being an issue league wide, not just this instance. The thin skin of players these days is crazy. Why even engage? It’s like a little brother poking and prodding at you for the sole reason to poke the bear and get that kind of reaction.

I mean to be playing a game you love for millions of dollars and you let fans get to you that much is crazy to me. Bird, Jordan, Reggie Miller and greats of the past wouldn’t engage. They’d step up their game and make a fun game out of the jabbing.

Didn’t Doncic just have a fan kicked out for saying he needed to get on the treadmill? Which also happened to coincide with him having a shitty shooting game? Good grief. They do it more knowing they’re so easily triggered.

 

Yeah I’m not sure who on here grew up with black people and who didn’t (and PLEASE don’t say you knew a black kid at church camp in 6th grade or you used to watch the Fresh Prince of Bel Air)….. but I can tell you without a doubt, you call a black man “BOY” you’re going to get what you deserve.
I don’t care if you hate Westbrook or not.
Do me a favor, anybody above that said it wasn’t an offensive statement….. next time you see an African American male….. call ‘em “BOY” and see how far that gets you.

 

You are so wrong on this.

I live in place where 95% of the population is black, outside of the United States and in a 3rd world country.

they use the word boy in slang all the damn time here. White men on a daily will say, “you don’t know what you’re talking about boy” in sentences. It’s all perspective man, Portland is one of the worse places when it comes to woke people and playing victims every damn day and that’s why Portland is getting worse everyday and people are leaving Portland every year so it’s not surprising to see some of the takes on here.

 

Ridiculous. Buying a ticket to watch black people battle each other doesn’t mean you’re not racist. You clearly don’t understand what racism is. Educate yourself.

 

There is a difference between a black man calling another black man boy and a white man calling a black man boy.

 

assumptions being made about people here being a certain race, but ok

 

I just told you that happens here on a daily, white man calling a black man a boy daily. It’s how they talk here and it’s part of the slang.

 

I’m “so wrong”?
“Outside of the United States”?

I can promise on everything that is holy, you call ANY of my closest 20 childhood black friends this afternoon right here in NE Portland a “BOY”, you get your ass thumped immediately, no questions asked. Like I said, give it a try next time you come thru the neighborhood.