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Michael Jordan: "I Considered Myself Racist"
Petey:
lol better question: what about the nba ballers in china hahaha
Hack Wilson - real:
the "barsketballers" in china?
Petey:
blasket barr prayers
M Dogg™:
I don't think Jordan knows the meaning of racist. I broke it down on ToT once.
Racism is the idea that one race is superior to the other. So if he thinks blacks are superior to whites, then he is a racist. BUT, if he just didn't like whites because of growing up in the south, then he is either prejudice, or a bigot.
Like Archie Bunker, he is a bigot. He was not a racist because he could not hold minorities down and he had no power using racist words on his couch. Now if Archie Bunker says "blacks smell, they are always dirty and whites are superior because we the clean race," then that's holding a racist view. Like athletes, if you say, "whites can't jump, blacks are naturally the superior athlete, therefore the superior race," that is ALSO a racist view. Now Jordan as an executive, if he doesn't draft a white player because he believes blacks are superior athletes and he refuses to have whites on his team, then Michael Jordan would be a racist. We don't know Jordan's views on white basketball players, but we do know he has white players on his team so Jordan has not been proven to be a racist.
Now on to Donald Sterling. Well talking to his girlfriend on the phone is actually not racist. What makes Donald Sterling a racist was denying people housing. Donald Sterling used his power to deny people a place to live. That's racist. Or if Donald Sterling would have said whites are superior to blacks, that's holding racist views. Now Sterling's conversation did instruct his girlfriend to not take pictures with black people, that's racial discrimination. Basically all around, you can point to Donald Sterling and say, yes, that man is a racist. Even though he has mostly black players, he looks at his players as his property and he controls them and owns them. That's very racist.
So all and all, the work racist is not something that can just be thrown out there. It's very complicated.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on May 16, 2014, 10:32:18 AM ---I don't think Jordan knows the meaning of racist. I broke it down on ToT once.
Racism is the idea that one race is superior to the other. So if he thinks blacks are superior to whites, then he is a racist. BUT, if he just didn't like whites because of growing up in the south, then he is either prejudice, or a bigot.
Like Archie Bunker, he is a bigot. He was not a racist because he could not hold minorities down and he had no power using racist words on his couch. Now if Archie Bunker says "blacks smell, they are always dirty and whites are superior because we the clean race," then that's holding a racist view. Like athletes, if you say, "whites can't jump, blacks are naturally the superior athlete, therefore the superior race," that is ALSO a racist view. Now Jordan as an executive, if he doesn't draft a white player because he believes blacks are superior athletes and he refuses to have whites on his team, then Michael Jordan would be a racist. We don't know Jordan's views on white basketball players, but we do know he has white players on his team so Jordan has not been proven to be a racist.
Now on to Donald Sterling. Well talking to his girlfriend on the phone is actually not racist. What makes Donald Sterling a racist was denying people housing. Donald Sterling used his power to deny people a place to live. That's racist. Or if Donald Sterling would have said whites are superior to blacks, that's holding racist views. Now Sterling's conversation did instruct his girlfriend to not take pictures with black people, that's racial discrimination. Basically all around, you can point to Donald Sterling and say, yes, that man is a racist. Even though he has mostly black players, he looks at his players as his property and he controls them and owns them. That's very racist.
So all and all, the work racist is not something that can just be thrown out there. It's very complicated.
--- End quote ---
but blacks are superior athletes in general....so yea, the entire world is justifiably racist if they know whats up.
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