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#61 cw68

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Posted 05 February 2014 - 04:03 PM

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton

Steve, I still think it's racist to use one thing to peg him and vilify him because of his race. A jerk is a jerk. Every black jerk isn't a wannabe gangster, nor a poor role model. The guy is only human.

I'm done here. Made my point but continued banter isn't going to change minds.

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Posted 05 February 2014 - 04:05 PM

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton

Steve, I still think it's racist to use one thing to peg him and vilify him because of his race. A jerk is a jerk. Every black jerk isn't a wannabe gangster, nor a poor role model. The guy is only human.

I'm done here. Made my point but continued banter isn't going to change minds.

 

I don't know if it's racist to vilify him based on his villainous behavior. 

 

I agree that not every black jerk is a wannabe gangster, but he is a poor role model. 


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Posted 05 February 2014 - 04:58 PM

Right. That's why he finished second in his high school class, held very high GPAs there and while at Stanford, enrolled in Stanford for post-graduate work, gives back in his community and such. He was emulating his 15-yr old gangbangers.

This whole thing has racism written all over it.

Even you, Steve. As a black man he's supposed to do more. You mentioned that he's reinforced stereotypes. What, the stereotype that black athletes from Compton usually are their school's salutatorian, go to Stanford and do well and choose to do post-graduate work? You're letting his smack talk be a black thing instead of a stupid thing. IMO, he's still very much a role model. Maybe a role model who should learn some modesty, but that's not just a black thing.

Would a white athlete be held to the same standards, ripped in the same manner or assumed by so many to be just another thug? Definitely not.

Besides, he's right about Skip Bayless. ;)

 

 

 

You have no business calling me a racist, You don't know my background. And yes when Sherman threw that temper tantrum he was acting like a 15 year old gangbanger, I agree with Steve when people that are in a position to be role models act out the way Sherman did on national TV it does a lot of harm. What is racist is having lower expectations of peoples behavior based on their race. 



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Posted 05 February 2014 - 11:46 PM

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. Charlotte Whitton
Steve, I still think it's racist to use one thing to peg him and vilify him because of his race. A jerk is a jerk. Every black jerk isn't a wannabe gangster, nor a poor role model. The guy is only human.
I'm done here. Made my point but continued banter isn't going to change minds.

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#65 Judge Smails

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Posted 05 February 2014 - 11:52 PM

Perhaps Sherman's life in Compton was more influential than his years at Stanford. Very difficult position to be in.

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Posted 06 February 2014 - 09:27 PM

Perhaps Sherman's life in Compton was more influential than his years at Stanford. Very difficult position to be in.



Racist much? I'm white and grew up in Compton too, does that mean you know me well enough to label me too because of where I grew up? Asshat

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Posted 06 February 2014 - 10:35 PM

Racist much? I'm white and grew up in Compton too, does that mean you know me well enough to label me too because of where I grew up? Asshat


Easy there skippy! It has nothing to do with racism. It is not unrealistic to hypothesize 18 years in one environment can overshadow 4 years in another. Sherman has been vocal about the hurdles he had to overcome in Compton to get into Stanford. But if you want to play the FOX News shout down game go ahead.




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